Colorado Statesman

Vote The Republican Ticket Straight THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Settle The Ques InformatiOn Which May be of ver now Entering upon an the Good Work proceed--H payers to Consider. Politics. "Joker" Settle The Water Question. InformatiOn Which May be of Interest to Taxpayers. Denver now Entering upon an Era of Civic Progress. Let the Good Work proceed--Facts and Figures for taxpayers to Consider. Let Business be above Politics. "Joker" in the Patterson- Rush Amendment. Next Tuesday the voters will go to the polls to cast their ballots on some of the most important questions in the history of the city. Of these the Water Question presents the paramount issue. If the taxpayers of the city vote wisely, it will be settled to stay settled for twenty years. If they vote unwisely, the litigation and controversy that has been experienced during the past fifteen years will be prolonged for, no one knows how many years more. If the question is not settled the city will enter upon an era of special elections, court trials and what not, that will keep it in a state of turmoil and retard its growth so it will be anything but a desirable place of abode for the citizen who seeks prosperity. If it is settled, Denver's most important problem will be solved. The city will take on a new lease of life and grow as it should grow. The Civic Center has been made a certainty, the boulevard system, connecting the various parks, is settled, and Denver is radiant with improvements under way. Skyscrapers are going up on every hand, and the prospect of great things for the city is better than in any other city of the country. All Denver needs is surecase from unnecessary agitation; if she is let alone, all will be well. THE SANE SOLUTION OF THE WATER QUESTION LIES IN GRANTING TO THE DENVER UNION WATER COMPANY ITS PROPOSED FRANCHISE. This is the decision of a majority of the citizens after a careful study of the question involved in the franchise proposal and in the various plans for acquiring municipal ownership of the water system The Denver Union Water Company, in its campaign in support of the franchise, has presented to the people facts and figures dealing with the cost of water plants in other sections of the country, and with the rates in other cities for water service. It has appealed to their intelligence and business judgment in an honorable, business-like manner. It has proven, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the valuation placed upon its plant by the board of appraisers is conservative, and that a new plant cannot be built for less money and furnish the same capacity and same safeguards for a water supply for the future. It has proven, beyond any reasonable doubt, that its rates are VOL. XVI. lower than the rates in a great majority of the cities of Denver's class; and this without taking into consideration the fact that the company has overcome greater difficulties in obtaining its water supply than any other city in the country, and furnishes from two to four times as much water as any city in its class. The opponents of the company have contented themselves with a campaign of vilification and abuse. They have asrserted that the rates in Denver were higher than in any other city. They have offered, in support of this claim, the rates in effect in Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, cities that are situated upon the Great Lakes with a water supply ample for the whole world at their doorsteps to be had for the cost of pumping. These cities have no expense for great storage reservoirs, or for the conveyance of their water from twenty to fifty miles, as is the case in Denver. Neither do they furnish filtered water. Therefore, have no expense for the construction or operation of the purification plants that have made Denver's water supply equal, if not superior, to that of any city in the world. These cities should furnish water at a lower cost to consumers than Denver. These opponents have declared that a better plant than the present one can be built for less than $8,000,000. Have you seen any of them present any estimate of the cost of a single foot of pipe for that plant, or of a fire hydrant, or of a reservoir? Have you seen a single detailed plan for the construction of any part of the water system? Have you seen a single, solitary statement as to where they would obtain their water supply; where they would locate their reservoirs, or their filtration plant? Would you, if you were building a house, pay any attention to any estimate of cost that might be placed upon it by a person who had no plans, had no knowledge of the cost of materials, or of what sort of a house you wanted to build? No one, who is blessed with good common sense, would. In contrast with this campaign of generalities the Water Company has analyzed the contents of every water plant, of any importance, in the United States. It has shown that the actual equipment of every plant that has DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, MAY 14 1910. State Hst & Nat Hst Society State House e Repu ADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, been mentioned as costing less than the valuation upon its plant has been far more expensive to the people of the cities, where municipal ownership is in vogue. The analyses of these plants have not been controverted by its opponents. They were presented so fully and so clearly that they could readily be answered if they were not founded on facts. No important claim by the opponents of the Water Company has been unanswered. Wild and unimportant ones have been ignored because it is folly to answer statements that, on their face, are foolish. THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION THAT THE CLAIM OF A $7,000,000 WATER PLANT OR A CITY OBTAINING ITS SUPPLY UNDER THE DIFFICULTIES PRESENTED IN DENVER, IS THE WILDEST FOLLY. Los Angeles is spending about $40,000,000 merely to increase an inadequate supply. San Francisco is preparing to spend $46,500,000 to build a new plant. This is only the preliminary estimate. New York City is spending $160,-000,000 to increase an inadequate supply. Philadelphia has spent more than $30,000,000 for a filtration plant alone that has only two and one-half times the capacity of the plant of the Denver Union Water Company, which the appraisers valued at $863,136. The Massachusetts Metropolitan Water Board spent $40,000,000 for a gravity supply for Boston and neighboring cities. It supplies about twice as much water as is used in Denver. It brings the water thirty-five miles—fifteen miles less than the distance to Lake Cheesman. The cost is exclusive of distribution or filtration system. New Orleans has spent, to date, $8,480,000 for a new water plant; it is not yet complete. On the basis of the valuations rixed by the appraisers upon the Denver plant, a system more adequate than that in New Orleans could be built for $6,438,538. The people of New Orleans, according to the Denver valuation, paid $2,000,000 too much under municipal ownership. That may be economy, but it appears rather left-handed. The plant obtains its water supply within the city; it has no storage system. Its mains are so small that they could not carry half the water required by Denver. On this showing it is a certainty that a new plant cannot be built in Denver for less than the appraised valuation. If it could be built for that price, that would not begin to cover the real cost to the people of the city. Building a new plant would necessitate tearing up at least 500 miles of streets. The work would require at least five years. Every class of business would suffer untold damage. It would cost at least another $1,000,000 to connect the service pipes of consumers to the mains of the new plant. This is an item that the opponents of the Water Company have not mentioned. To make the connections a trench would have to be dug the full width of the street in front of every house. Municipal ownership would mean an immediate increase in water rates, or taxes, that would raise your present charge for water at least 50 per cent. Interest on $15,000,000 in bonds, at four and one-half per cent., amounts to $675,000 a year; sinking fund, to redeem bonds in fifty years, $300,000 a year; operation and maintenance, at least $350,000 a year; ordinary extensions of plant, at least $150,000 a year; general expenses, litigation, accidents, etc., at least $100,000 a year, making a total of $1,575,000 as the lowest possible expense of a city-owned plant, without any allowance for waste or inefficient service. That is $508,000 more than the present revenue of the Water Company. It means that the water consumers must make up that fifty per cent, by higher rates or increased taxes. The proposed franchise of the Denver Union Water Company offers the rates now in effect. They cannot be higher during the twenty years, but may be lower. Twenty-six cities in the United States of 100,000 to 300,000 population supply water under schedule rates. Denver's rates are lower than twenty of the twenty-six and lower than the average of all. Average charge for a six-room house, bath, closet and irrigation for one lot in the twenty-six cities is $20.36 a year. is $20.30 a year The charge in Denver, for the same service, is $18.30 a year. The average, per capita, consumption of water in the twenty-six cities is only 97.8 gallons daily. The average, per capita, consumption in Denver is 220 gallons daily. No city is supplied with purer water than Denver; every drop furnished is scientifically filtered. Only six municipal plants in the twenty-six cities of Denver's class supply filtered water. Denver had the first filtration plant west of the Mississippi river. The plant has been kept abreast of the development in water purification. Nothing has been left undone to protect the health of the people of Denver. The new franchise requires the company to replace, within one year, all small pipe now owned by the City of Denver with mains, at least six inches in diameter. It requires an abundant supply of water for fire and domestic purposes, under a minimum pressure at the high points of the city, of forty-five pounds, and a correspondingly higher pressure at lower points. In Denver, as in every other city, water for irrigation of lawns and gardens is part of the domestic service. It is supplied through the same mains and service pipes as water for any other use and subject to the same conditions. THE OLD FRANCHISE REQUIRED A SUPPLY OF WATER ONLY FOR FIRE PURPOSES. WATER HAS BEEN FURNISHED FOR DOMESTIC AND IRRIGATION USES UNDER THAT FRANCHISE FOR TWENTY YEARS. THE COMPANY IS IN BUSINESS TO SELL WATER, NOT TO KEEP IT. The $100,000 a year in free water, for parks, boulevards, street sprinkling and other civic improvements, is one of the most liberal propositions as compensation for a franchise that has ever been given any city. It represents about 10 per cent. of the present gross income of the company. It is within $10,000 of the combined compensation paid by the Tramway and Gas companies. The combined income of these companies is nearly five and one-half times the income of the Water Company. In addition to this the company pays about $100,000 in taxes in the City and County of Denver. Mr. D. H. Moffat has stated that the revenue under the proposed franchise will not allow the company to pay dividends in less than five years, and not then unless the city grows rapidly. Does anybody believe that inexperienced politicians, conducting a water plant under municipal ownership, which is political ownership, can do so as economically as the best business men in the city? The chances are a hundred to one that the politicians would spend two dollars where the experienced men, now in charge of the water system, spend one. Also, does anyone believe that the water system will be conducted with less political favor than other branches of municipal government? Will not the political friends of the men in charge receive water free, just as favored politicians receive other things free? Investigations now in progress to uncover graft in the water department in Chicago and Kansas City show how municipal water departments are conducted. In Chicago it has already been shown that the city pays just twice as much for water department supplies as private concerns pay. In Kansas City it has already been shown that the water department pays twice as much for moters, and other supplies, as private parties pay, and scores of politicians are kept on the payrolls without doing any work. Would Denver be any better off? Former Senator Patterson and "Clean-Up" John A. Rush, otherwise Mushrush, are the head and front of the municipal ownership movement. We have published Rush's letter to a Chicago banker setting forth a plan to "clean up" from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 on a fake tramway franchise four years ago. Senator Patterson was behind this deal with the support of his papers. What can be expected from a political machine fostered and controlled by them? If they will graft themselves, will not their machine do likewise° The charter amendment proposed by them repeals the legislative power of the City Council and the veto power of the mayor, and authorizes their water commission to provide and force the council and mayor to agree to a bond issue for the construction of a water plant in any sum it may deem advisable. These provisions of the Patterson-Rush charter amendment are as follows: "The council shall pass such ordinances as said commission shall deem necessary respecting the issuance of said bonds or to the full exercise of all the powers given it. IN THE FORM RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION NO.35 AND WITHOUT AMENDMENT AND THE MAYOR SHALL SIGN THE SAME. * * * * THE COMMISSION MAY SUBMIT AN ALTERNATIVE BOND PROPOSITION AT THE SAID SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN SUCH SUM AS IT MAY DEEM ADVISABLE FOR THE ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER PLANT, OR ANY PART THEREOF, BY ANY OF THE WAYS WITHIN ITS POWER HEREIN MENTIONED." These jokers, in the Patterson-Rush water league amendment give the commission the right to put its hand into the public purse as often and as deep as it desires. Is this not a dangerous power to give three men? If they spend fifteen, twenty or twenty-five million dollars experimenting with a water plant, who will pay the freight? THE POLITICIANS WON'T. THE TAXPAYER WILL THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH TO AVOID PROLONGED LITIGATION AND CONTROVERSY, TOGETHER WITH GRAFT, INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT AND POLITICAL ABUSE OF THE WATER SYSTEM, IS THROUGH EXTENDING THE FRANCHISE OF THE DENVER UNION WATER COMPANY. VOTE "YES" FOR THE FRANCHISE AND YOU WILL MAKE NO MISTAKE. LOCAL OPTION LOST THE DRY ISSUE. The injection of a "Dry" issue into the local campaign seems rather inopportune. A movement for state-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic is going on in various parts of the country. Alabama has just turned it down, while the fight has but begun in Missouri. Both in Missouri and Illinois local option has had a test for the past few years and in the various elections held this year local option lost a majority of its towns. These towns and cities gave local option a fair test and the verdict of public opinion is that local option, whether it covers a city, a county, a town, a ward or any fractional part, is a farce. It fails in the purpose of its enactment. What is true of towns in other states would be true of Denver. The system in vogue here of voting the saloon out of certain precincts, does not prohibit or restrict the sale of intoxicating liquors, but merely compels the fellows who want a drink to walk a few blocks. This paper is strongly in favor of any movement calculated to improve public works or build up the town. With the several issues in the way of amendments to the city charter, the voter is apt to be somewhat confused. The voters of our race must follow carefully the lines that mark out the city's progress and opportunity for future success. THE HOTEL East Turner 2132-2148 ARAPAH Phone 2449. 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Instead of issuing a subpoena to the secretary of the corporation or other official requiring him to appear with these books, United States Attorney Wise procured a subpoena from Judge Holt directed to the company itself. An attempt was made by the corporation to have Judge Lacombe quash the subpoena. He declined and when the corporation failed to comply fined it $500 for contempt. Judge Lacombe said the procedure was no doubt a wholly novel practice. He added that it seemed to be a logical outcome of the distinction that corporations, unlike individuals, were not protected by the fifth amendment of the constitution, which provided that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. Judge Lacombe said he was not prepared to assent to the proposition that the officer producing the books is entitled to volunteer testimony as to what the books contain, nor was the judge impressed with the argument that the corporation could not physically produce the books. Kaiser Honors Roosevelt. Berlin.—There was an unexpected and highly dramatic scene at the military maneuvers near Berlin Wednesday. Suddenly the kaiser wheeled his horse out in front of the group and turning toward the former president, lifted his hat from his head, held out his hand and in a loud voice exclaimed: "Roosevelt, my friend, it is my great delight to welcome you here in the presence of my guard and army. I want you to know that you are the only private citizen who ever had an opportunity to witness the maneuvers of our German troops." Aeronauts' Narrow Escape. Horse Cave, Ky. After a thrilling flight of 400 miles, during which they ascended to an altitude of 20,600 feet, and encountered two snowstorms, A. Holland Forbes of Bridgeport, Conn., vice president of the Aero Club of America, and J. C. Yates of New York, lost control of their balloon, the Viking, Wednesday afternoon and descended with such precipitation that both aeronauts were badly bruised and the balloon partly wrecked. Wilson Objects. Washington.—Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture has filed an unfavorable report with the House public lands committee on the bill introduced by Representative Taylor to authorize the sale of lands within the Pike's Peak forest reserve to the cities and towns of Colorado Springs, Manitou and Cascade for use in connection with a proposed joint water supply system. Street Cars for Delinquent Taxes. Seattle, Wash.—County Treasurer Gormley Wednesday forced the Seattle Electric Company, operating the principal street car system of this city, to pay $167,000 delinquent taxes by seizing 125 of the company's cars, but by his act he invalidated the county's claim to the fifteen per cent. interest penalty provided by law and lost to the county $29,000. Arizona Train Hold-Up. Phoenix, Ariz.—Two bandits without masks held up train No. 16 of the Arizona Eastern railroad a mile from this city Wednesday night and after robbing the passengers escaped to the desert, presumably on their way to Mexico. One passenger was almost scaled by a blow from a revolver butt. Cincinnati.—For the tenth consecutive time, Joseph N. Weber of New York was Wednesday nominated for the presidency of the American Federation of Musicians. Taft Dines With Fair Boosters. Washington.—In honor of the Californians who are touring the country urging the claims of San Francisco as the place for holding the Panama Canal Exposition, President Taft gave a dinner at the White House Wednesday. Duluth, Minn.—A wireless message from Grand Marais late Wednesday night says the wind has risen anew and again the town is in grave danger of total destruction. BUSINESS MEN AS SENATORS Senator Guggenheim of Colorado. The National Magazine for April: From the viewpoint of the practical West, and sometimes even of the less practical East, the legislator who best serves his constituents in the great legislative forum at Washington, is the one who obtains for these constituents the most appropriations, gets them the largest number of government jobs, looks the closest after their business matters in the various departments, and who makes himself truth, as well as in theory, the servant of those who sent him to represent them at the national capital. This is particularly true in its application to legislators from the West, and is mainly due to the fact that the West needs much assistance from the national government. The West is in a state of transition, and to grow and develop must have national aid for the development of its industries—aid no longer needed by the older settled parts of the country, the East and Middle West. The West must have appropriations to reclaim its barren wastes; its cities and towns must have federal buildings; there is a constant demand for changes in legislation affecting the disposition of western public lands; new laws are required to adjust the disposal of Indian lands, and countless questions are constantly arising in congress and the departments in regard to Western conditions, long since settled for other sections. The legislator, senator or representative, who accomplishes these things is the one whom his constituency usually re-elects. He may be of that class of eloquent statesmen who get into the Record and the public prints but, unless, in addition to his oratory, he can obtain appropriations for public buildings, secure funds for irrigation enterprises, military posts, and resurveys of public lands, his oratory will count for little when election day comes around. And to accomplish these things it is essential that he be constantly on the job. He must typify industry and persistence, for without either or both he will fail. Among the senators in congress who have notable reputations as hard workers is the senior senator from Colorado, Simon Guggenheim. One of his constituents recently wrote of him: "He is the hardest worker and the most successful senator the state has had for some time," and Senator Guggenheim lives up to this reputation. Colorado has an area which is greater than the combined areas of the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Of course, a people of a state when the national administration is Republican, naturally look to their Republican representatives in Congress to assist them, and, as Senator Guggenheim is the sole member of the Republican party in Congress from Colorado, practically all of the needs and demands of that state fall to his lot. Thus in area he has the work to look after for Colorado that the six Republican senators and sixty Republican representatives have have for the three states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. If federal patronage were of any benefit to a senator, the Colorado senator would be in great luck, for he is the sole dispenser of such patronage for his state, including federal court officials, land office and treasury officials, and upwards of 1,000 postmasters. Senator Guggenheim is an unceasing worker. He is at his committee room in the capitol early in the morning, getting his correspondence with constituents answered so that he can later be in attendance upon the proceedings in the Senate chamber, and he attends personally to the many hundreds of requests of constituents requiring attention in the various departments. In choosing committee places, Senator Guggenheim picked out the ones likely to enable him to be of assistance to his own state and the West. He has assignments on agriculture and forestry, conservation of national resources, mines and mining, postoffices and post roads, census, Pacific railroads, and Philippines, and is chairman on the committee on the University of the United States. Senator Guggenheim comes of a family which has made industry and honesty its watchwords. He was born in Philadelphia in 1867, and has been a citizen of Colorado for over twenty years, going there in 1888 to engage in the smelting and refining business. Of the seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, the founder of the family, Senator Guggenheim is the only one who has shown any preference for public life. In 1894 he was nominated for lieutenant governor of Colorado, but withdrew from the ticket because he was under the age of thirty required by the state constitution as the minimum age for the occupant of that office. Two years later he was nominated for the position of governor, but declined the nomination. In 1907, after Colorado had been in Democratic senatorial hands for six years, he was elected without opposition to the Senate to succeed Thomas M. Patterson. Mr. Guggenheim's career in the Senate has been marked by characteristic unobtrusiveness and by faithful attention to the very many duties devolving upon a member of that body. 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IN LATE DISPATCHES DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS OF THE AGE. WESTERN. East El Paso county, Texas, is having a rush for oil lands. The Texas (Gates) company has struck a large body of oil and are putting down more wells. Great excitement prevails. Mrs. Samuel W. Allerton, wife of S. W. Allerton, once a defeated candidate for mayor of Chicago, and known as "the richest farmer in the United States," was painfully injured in an automobile accident at Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday. Ghastly evidence of a duel to the death was revealed today when the dead bodies of two men, both bearing fatal knife wounds, were discovered near the railroad track between Gazelle and Edgewood, Siskilyou county, California. The Oklahoma state banking board, it was learned Tuesday, has made an assessment of one per cent on the increased deposits of the 668 state banks as appeared on March 11, in order to replenish the state guaranty fund, which was greatly depleted. Director Campbell of the Lick observatory Tuesday issued the following statement: Halley's comet is the most conspicuous comet since that of September and October, 1882, and the chances are good that in a few days it will surpass in apparent size the great comet of 1882. Under a Washington date the New York World Monday printed a sensational article in which it stated that A. S. Connolly of Cheyenne had filed charges with the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating committee against Senator Warren of Wyoming, in regard to his alleged fencing of public lands. At Cheyenne Monday night Senator Warren in the course of an interview said: "Neither Francis E. Warren nor any company in which he is interested has an acre of government land illegally inclosed, nor any illegal fence on or surrounding government land; and that Connolly had been confined in an insane asylum at Washington was considered unbalanced and that his statements were unworthy of attention." GENERAL Forest fires are reported to be raging about Duluth, Minn., endangering the water plant. An increase of 18,159,285 pounds in copper stocks on hand May 1, as compared with April 1, is shown by the monthly report. By an overwhelming vote the union freight handlers of Chicago Thursday night declared against further strike against the twenty-three railroads. Miss Nancy Bingaman, a Vassar graduate and member of one of the oldest Pittsburg families, killed herself Sunday by firing a bullet through her brain. The convention of the Daughters of the Revolution, in session at Atlantic City, N. J., led by delegates from Colorado, will go on record as in favor of a "sane Fourth of July" without the use of dynamite crackers and rockets. All hope that any of the forty-five white and 150 negro miners entombed in mine No. 3 of the Palos Coal and Coke Company, at Palos, Ala., as the Thursday afternoon, may be rescued alive, has been abandoned. An alliance has just been formed by producing theatrical managers in the United States, who together own and control 200 of the leading traveling combinations in this country. They have placed the booking of their various interests in the hands of Klaw & Erlanger with instructions to play only in such territory and in such theatres as will give the producing managers the support to which they consider themselves entitled. A press dispatch from Washington announces that John D. Rockefeller had abandoned the idea of securing a national charter for his proposed foundation. Starr J. Murphy, personal counsel for Mr. Rockefeller, and speaking for the Standard Oil president, said the statement was entirely without foundation. Mr. Murphy also said that Mr. Rockefeller had nothing to do with the "Economic and General Foundation," for which a charter is being sought from the New York legislature for "an aged man of wealth," said to have $2,500,000 to spend on charity. After confinement for three years in the Orange alms house, at East Orange, N. J., tethered to a stake in the yard by day and locked in the house at night, with aged and feeble-minded persons as his only companions, Martin Connors, 8 years old, is about to be removed to a good home as the result of the interest taken in his case by Gov. J. Franklin Fort. By order of Mayor Gaynor, the play "The Girl With the Whooping Cough," in which Valeska Suratt was starring, has been taken off the boards at the New York theater. WASHINGTON. The Senate and House have adopted the conference report upon the bureau of mines bill, which goes to the President for his signature. Resolutions expressing the regret of the Senate at the death of King Edward VII were reported by the Senate committee on foreign relations Monday. Without a single dissenting Republican vote the House Tuesday passed the railroad bill, one of the chief measures that President Taft wishes enacted at the present session of Congress, by 200 to 126. Fourteen Democrats joined with the majority. Criminal lawyers throughout the country are said to be agitated over the action of the Supreme Court of the United States in inaugurating what is designated as a new era in the punishment of criminals—that of requiring punishment to be proportionate to the offense. Secretary Ballinger has recommended to the President the restoration to public entry of lands within forest reserves aggregating 450,000 acres, among the restorations being the following: White river, Colorado, 6,700 acres; Battlement, 16,500; Gila, N. M., 228,150; Caribou, Idaho, and Wyoming, 33,800. The secretary has also added 14,000 acres to the area in Wyoming open to entry under the enlarged homestead law. Under a flag of truce, hostilities between the conservative Republicans of the Senate over the administration railroad bill have ceased. They will be renewed probably when Senators Cummins and Dolliver return from Iowa, where they have gone to open the campaign. Senator Aldrich is expected to return from Rhode Island any day. If he should attempt to precipitate a vote on any important amendment Senators LaFollette and Clapp will undertake to hold the floor. SPORT. WESTERN LEAGUE, MAY 10. Won. Lost. Pet. Denver. .12 3 .400 Wichita. .10 5 .967 St. Joseph. .11 6 .643 Topeka. .6 8 .429 Lircolin. .6 8 .429 Sioux City. .5 8 .385 Omaha. .5 9 .357 Des Moines. .5 12 .294 The Philadelphia-Cleveland American game at Philadelphia Tuesday was twelve innings and 1 to 1. The Comte de Castelbajac made a world's pistol record during the tournament in New York by scoring 785 out of a possible 800. Jake D Rossier Monday on the Los Angeles Motordrome track set a new record for 100 miles, making it in 1 hr., 20 min., 14 3-5 sec. He had to dismount and push his machine a quarter of a mile. As far as is known, the largest rainbow trout ever caught in the waters of Colorado fell victim to Thomas J. Holland, commissioner of fish and game. Mr. Holland and his assistants were taking trout from the waters of Emerald lake for the spawn, when this big one was caught. It weighed 19 pounds and was placed on exhibition in Denver. Purses aggregating $20,000 will be hung up for harness races at the Wisconsin State fair, to be held in Milwaukee September 12 to 16, inclusive. The total amount offered is $10,000 less than last year, but is in accordance with a rule adopted at the last meeting of the American association of fairs and expositions. In adhering to his desire to make Sunday afternoon a regular half-holiday day break in his training routine, Jeffries disappointed a large crowd of spectators who waited several hours at the gymnasium for a sparring match that did not materialize. After the big day's work Saturday, with the exception of a short period in the gymnasium in the morning, Jeffries spent the day without exercise, other than a tram up the stream for fishing. With Jack Wooley, he spent the afternoon on the banks of the San Lorenzo. FOREIGN Col. Roosevelt visited Emperor William of Germany Tuesday at the Potsdam palace. Former President Roosevelt is suffering seriously from hoarseness due to an inflammation of the bronchial tubes. George V was proclaimed king throughout the British empire Monday with all the traditional ceremony of centuries. Before a vast audience in London, the Royal Geographical Society presented Commander Robert E. Peary with the special gold medal of the society. Pending word from the American embassy at London or from the British embassy here no steps have been taken toward the appointment of a special representative of the United States at the funeral of King Edward. If Mr. Roosevelt's visit to England is carried out it will be shorn of all display. Telegrams from Berlin say the German emperor will proceed to England, and that Mr. Roosevelt's visit to Berlin must be postponed. An explosion Sunday wrecked the plant of the General Explosives Company of Canada, near Hull, Quebec, killing about fifteen persons and injuring fifty others. The Emperor of Germany has decided to accept Mr. Roosevelt's suggestion and notified the American ambassador Sunday that he would not be able to receive him as his guest. The obsequies probabily will be held on May 20. Before the funeral, it has practically been decided, the body of the king will lie in state in Westminster hall under the house of parliament. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF INTERNATIONAL N SURANCE COMBANX OF NEW YORK, N. Y. COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AUTHORITY, Liabilities 1,706,607.16 Capital 1,297,273.99 Surplus 200,000.00 399,333.17 STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 1918. Office of Commissioner of Insurance, Denver, Colo., March 1, 1910. It is hereby certified that the International Insurance Company, a corporation organized by the said company, principal office is located at New York, has compiled with all the laws of this state so far as the requirements of said company, and the said company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company in accordance with its Charter or license of said State of Colorado, subject to the several provisions and requirements of said laws, until the twenty-eighth day of February, 1918, when our Lord nineteen hundred and eleven. In testimony whereof, I, W. L. L. Clayton, Commissioner of the Commission, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of offices, and have set the day and year first, above written. (as published in The Colorado States- man by authority of the Commissioner W. L. CLAYTON Commissioner. ALEX. W. GRANT Deputy. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. UNION HEALTH AND ACCIDENT COMPANY OF DENVER, Colorado COMPANY OF Denver, Colorado Assets $147,982.10 Liabilities 11,152.34 Capital 100,000.00 Surplus 36,558.76 STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance De- partment CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 1911. Office of Commissioners of Insurance, Denver, March 1, 1910. It is hereby certified that the Union Health and Accident Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Colorado, whose principal office is cated at Denver and whose state so far as the requirements of said laws are applicable to said company, and the said company is hereby authorized to transact business as an insurance company, with the Articles of Incorporation, within the said State of Colorado, subject to the several provisions and requirements of said laws, until the twenty-eighth day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen forty and eleven. In testimony whereof, I. W. L. L. Clayton, Commissioner of the Department, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, that I will attend the day and see first, above written. (Seal) Deputy. Published in The Colorado Statesman by authority of the Commissioner of Insurance. W. L. CLAYTON. Commissioner. ALEX. W. GRANT. Deputy. STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department SYNOPSIS OF STATEMENT AND COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. THE LUMBERMEN'S INSURANCE Assets ..... $1,703,438.62 Liabilities ..... 495,410.14 Capital ..... 250,000.00 Surplus ..... 958,028.49 STATE OF COLORADO, Insurance Department. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 1911 Office of Commission of Insurance, Davis, Calif., March 1, 1910. It is hereby certified that the Lumbermen's Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, whose principal office is located in the state, has complied with all the laws of this state so far as the requirements of said laws are applicable to said company, and the said company is hereby authorized to sact business as a company with its Charter or Articles of Incorporation, within the said State of Colorado, subject to the several provisions and requirements of said laws, until the law of eight day nineteen hundred and eleven. In testimony whereof, I. W. L. Clayton, Commissary, Colorado, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, and sent me to the day and earl first above written. (Seal) Dilished in The Colorado Business man by authority of the Commissioner W. L. CLAYTON. Commissioner. ALEX. W. GRANT. Deputy. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Denver, Colo., April 16, 1910. To the Stockholders of the Western Loan and Investment Association: You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Western Loan and Investment association will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 1910, at the hour of 8 o'clock p.m. of said day at room 25, Western Newspaper Union building, 1824 Curtis street, Denver, Colorado, for the election of officers and directors of said association and for the transaction of any and all other business which may properly come before said association. L. C. CONNELL, President. JOSEPH D. D. RIVERS. Secretary NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY Estate of S. Cory. The undersigned, having been appointed illustrator of the estate of Joseph H. Stuart, late of the City and County of Denver, in the State of Colorado, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of the County of Denver, at the Court House in Denver, in said County, on Monday, the 9th day of May, A. D. 1910, at the hour of 9 o'clock a.m., at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m., at which all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are admitted to make an payment to the undersigned. Dated at Denver, Colorado, this 6th day of April, A. D. 1910. B. E. WOODWARD. Administrator of the Estate of Joseph H. Stuart, Deceased. Published in Colorado Statesman on April 9, 16, 23, 30 May, 7. WHY PAY MORE! $ NO MORE 15. NO LESS The Only Exclusive MENS $15. SUIT Shop in Denver The Iland 1538 CHAMPA st Own A Watch! SEE MY 20 YEAR GUARANTEE WATCH. ELGIN OR WALTHAM MOVEMENT, WITH EITHER OPEN FACE OR HUNTING CASE. ONLY $11.50 EASY PAYMENTS. I REGULATE WATCHES FREE. IF YOURS ISN'T KEEPING TIME, BRING IT IN WHEN YOU NEED IT FIXED. I DO FIRST-CLASS WORK. ALSO HAVE A FINE LINE OF JEWELRY. 404 16TH ST., DENVER, COLO. FOR KODAK SUPPLIES, FINISHING AND ENGRAVING. TRY OUR PHOTO DEPARTMENT. A FEW BARGAINS IN SECOND-HAND KODAKS. Phone Main 8012. JES I. HANSEN Manufacturing Watch Maker and Jeweler Repairing a Specialty. Dealers in Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Jewelry. 404 Sixteenth Street, Denver, Colorado. You Read the Other Fellow's Ad You are reading this one. That should convince you that advertising in these columns is a profitable proposition; that it will bring business to your store. The fact that the other fellow advertises is probably the reason he is getting more business than is falling to you. Would it not be well to give the other fellow a chance To Read Your Ad In These Columns The Buyers' Guide The firms whose names are represented in our advertising columns are worthy of the confidence of every person in the community who has money to spend. The fact that they advertise stamps them as enterprising, progressive men of business, a credit to our town, and deserving of support. Our advertising columns comprise a Buyers' Guide to fair dealing, good goods, honest prices. WHEN YOU WANT printing, you want good printing. That's the kind we do, and at the right prices. Give the home printer the same chance you would ask for the home merchant—trade at home. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE prestige of the colored man in Denver never has been, and never will be, so great under Democratic rule as under the rule of Republicans. The same statement may be extended over the entire state. Whatever our private conditions may be, the truth remains that we never attain a secure, sincere and cordial standing politically with the bourbon elements. Some of their more progressive leaders, like Mayor Speer, have developed horse sense enough to retain and perpetuate some conditions and relations voluntarily instituted by Republicans, but their general lack of true sympathy for the colored citizen always brings them short in their accounts with those who are deceived into following them. From the Democratic governor down to the small fry there is hearty disdain for the colored citizen, covered only with the small veneer of political deceit. It is time that the straggling coterie of colored apologists and reformers who blind themselves to these conditions should tire of their folly. The Republican city ticket should have the support of the solid colored vote next Tuesday. Success in this election will be a stepping stone to success in the fall and a good, strong blow struck for the redemption of the state. Vote the Republican ticket straight, as a political proposition, and as a business proposition, vote on the various amendments and schemes so as to protect your property and yourself from the unrestricted expense of wild experiments and demoralizing "reforms." Vote for the return of old conditions entrusted to hearts and hands not afraid to own the colored voter as a valued ally. REGULATION BEATS REVOLUTION. extension of the license system in D. being the liquor traffic, is not incompetence contrary, it contributes to the best metropolitan community, where divi with the general idea of personal liberty, bitter resentment and civic disgust. in alcoholic stimulants in some for the reasonable purpose. Most of them from. derivation of their privilege would dis has often been the case, and the other than improved. in conditions demand the bar, and that it is best regulated by a lie character at the outset. Denver can on. The careful extension of the license system in Denver, as a proper means of regulating the liquor traffic, is not incompatible with public morality. To the contrary, it contributes to the betterment of moral conditions in a metropolitan community, where divers customs are so closely allied with the general idea of personal liberty as not to admit of divorce without bitter resentment and civic disgust. A great majority of men indulge in alcoholic stimulants in some form and with what they believe to be reasonable purpose. Most of them suffer no particular injury therefrom. Forible deprivation of their privilege would drive many of them to worse habits, as has often been the case, and the moral standard is thus lowered rather than improved. Metropolitan conditions demand the bar, and good moral sense recognizes the fact that it is best regulated by a license system which establishes its character at the outset. Denver cannot afford to attempt a revolution. NO POLITICS IN WATER. question is not a political question. It platform. Concerning principally the war as a matter of purely monetary interest assume to ally it with the taxpayer is a Republican or a Democrat or an his own convictions upon the water, customary course as a political partition rests with the citizens themselves, whatever its political color, and by a majority of the voters will be on, regardless of its political make up. Citizens will consider the propriety increased tax burden for the aims to build and control a new water to the taxpayer in his lifetime then pay for its construction. He will counting of a new franchise to the water, totally free him from the possibility of imposing any other new obligation in any other condition that can be rega. These considerations have no bearing. For this reason the desperate attack professional opponents of the fraternities for not declaring upon the war and show the dishonest and demoral the sham and deception that has been rates in Denver has been founded national agitators to destroy the equi. conditions so that millions of loot f. be brought within reach of their gre. but a repetition of previous efforts must in other channels, wherein the interest involved, and hence, wherein the dishonesty could not be so generally an threaten a community than that of dishonest political agitator. THE water question is not a political question. It has no proper place in a party platform. Concerning principally the individual taxpayers of Denver as a matter of purely monetary interest, no convention can properly assume to ally it with the taxpayer's party beliefs. Whether a voter is a Republican or a Democrat or an Independent, he has the right to his own convictions upon the water question entirely apart from his customary course as a political partisan. The solution of the water question rests with the citizens themselves, and not with the city administration, whatever its political color may be; and the decision expressed by a majority of the voters will be binding upon any city administration, regardless of its political make up. The taxpaying citizens will consider the propriety and justice of his assuming a largely increased tax burden for the purpose of allowing the politicians to build and control a new water plant, that can never give back to the taxpayer in his lifetime the amount which he was compelled to pay for its construction. He will also consider the fact that the granting of a new franchise to the water company will entirely and absolutely free him from the possibility of that increased tax burden, without imposing any other new obligation upon him or committing him to any other condition that can be regarded as unjust or unreasonable. These considerations have no bearing upon a voter's party affiliations. For this reason the desperate attempts of the newspaper and other professional opponents of the franchise to condemn the party conventions for not declaring upon the water question, are clearly fanatical and show the dishonest and demoralizing purpose back of them. All of the sham and deception that has been published about exhorbitant water rates in Denver has been founded upon the desires of these professional agitators to destroy the equitable balance and peace of existing conditions so that millions of loot from the pockets of the people might be brought within reach of their greedy clutches. It has been but a repetition of previous efforts made by these same leading agitators in other channels, wherein the interests of the people were not so vitally involved, and hence, wherein the knowledge and the proof of their dishonesty could not be so generally made public. No greater danger can threaten a community than that of the demoralizing influence of the dishonest political agitator. AMENDMENTS AND PROPOSALS. passed through many grotesque and ines, but it is doubtful that such anon- is ever crowded upon a single official, the voter next election day. Ordi- issues, and the various parties are elected candidates, to serve the best in ought to choose the best of them; b of handling ceremonialists, oppose DENVER has passed through many grotesque and demoralizing political experiences, but it is doubtful that such another group of fantastic dreams was ever crowded upon a single official city ballot as that which will face the voter next election day. Ordinarily, when there are no fictitious issues, and the various parties are striving honestly, with decently elected candidates, to serve the best interests of the city, it is difficult enough to choose the best of them; but when a crystalized aggregation of howling sensationalists, opposed to conservatism and bent upon the frenzied institution of revolutionary experiments, get in their preparatory work on the official ballot, the voters have a weeding out job before them as big as that which awaits the man with the hoe when the garden first blooms in the spring. Proposed amendments to the city charter, almost as numerous as the candidates for the several city offices, are forced into prominence by the evil they might bring about in the name of virtuous reform. These amendments, riding upon a ballot primarily intended to enable the voters to carefully and fairly choose their public servants, becloud the legitimate political situation and demand quite as much attention as the tickets to be voted for. They cannot be either defeated or accepted by merely voting a party ticket carrying a certain list of candidates, but each of these proposed amendments must be marked separately for or against its adoption and the voter should bear that fact distinctly in mind. One proposed amendment would create a board of water commissioners to acquire and manage a new water plant for the city. That is the proposition which means indefinite experimenting, fighting and bickering and big salary drawing, litigation and big money spending in the name of municipal ownership, and all at the expense of the present taxpayers who vote to so burden themselves and their homes. Another proposed amendment is intended to make the old Populist fanciful doctrines of initiative and referendum effective. Its claim is that the people need the power to pass their own laws. It is a buneo claim. Its adoption would put into the hands of a set of professional agitators and visionary originators a disturbing power which they cannot now enjoy. The people never make laws. Laws are conceived by those who honestly study the people's rights and needs and they are best shaped and enacted by the people's trained representatives. The recall is another proposed amendment intended to extend the agitator's power. It gives one-quarter of the voters the right, on petition, to remove any official from office and to call a special election to fill his place. It means everlasting dissension and expense, for the sake of the professional howler. Then there is the proposition of Mayor Speer for the purchase of the present water plant and its control by an appointed board. It has the virtue of being an attempt to negotiate a fair deal in such a way as to avoid tax burdens and litigation. The granting of a new franchise to The Denver Union Water Company is another entirely separate and final proposition on the water question, the adoption of which will immediately banish all ideas of water boards, water plant purchase, increased tax levies, water litigation and political turmoil over the water question. In these days one hears much about the "Insurgent" and the "Progressive." These two words are so often applied to the same sort of a human "protest" that we are liable to the very grave error of considering them synonymous. However, the general acceptance of the word insurgent is a rebel, and a progressive as one who is alive to conditions calculated to benefit humanity. In the present local campaign the City of Denver has little, if any, use for the insurgent. The insurgent, or reformer, serves no purpose in any campaign except as a grotesquely attired scarecrow, in the political garden. On the other hand, the progressive is the civic live wire. From the beginning all his energy and ability has been identified with movements for the city's growth and welfare. The Colorado Statesman desires to especially call the attention of all the colored voters and taxpayers of Denver to just this sort of a condition confronting the people in the present local campaign. The men who have been identified with the commercial and moral development of Denver from its infancy are the ones who are most deeply interested in the proper solution of the water question at this time. They are men who have interests in Denver outside the Water company holding which runs into the millions. Besides these there are hundreds of citizens who have large interests here who are not directly connected with the Water company but are vitally interested in the future of a greater Denver. It is in the making of a greater and more beautiful city that attracts and holds all sane citizens. Our people, with their small holdings, can well afford to consider very carefully the line of conduct followed by those who have accumulated much of this world's goods. It will be found that interests are mutual. What will benefit the man with a large holding will proportionately benefit the man with less. Despite the loud clater of the Rush-Patterson-Reform element, the franchise asked for by the Water company is simply a permit to go on expanding and extending its service to meet the needs of a Greater Denver. This city has developed so rapidly during the past few years that the keeping pace with and being prepared to meet the demands has been a problem far overtaxing the enegries of the most deeply-interested citizen. THIS PAPER While not an issue in the campaign, the Colorado Statesman has been issued regularly for many years. Its management has at all times and under difficult circumstances sought to labor for the advancement and upbuilding of its people. We have not sought to make this a petty, personal organ of the owner, but a broad journal of opinion, reflecting the good of a growing people. All we have asked in return has been a fair share of your patronage. We feel that we are entitled to it. We are sending you a clean sheet, free from coarse and objectionable matter. We want every colored man and women in the West to read and pay for this paper. We have much due us from our readers. We need this money. Just send it in and help a worthy cause. Rochester, N. J., April 28.—Bessie Bristol, a pretty eighteen-year-old white girl, was arrested here to-day with a forty-year old colored man, Daniel Linsey, with whom she had eloped from her home in Brattlebore, Vt. The couple had been traced here from Buffalo. The Bristol girl's father is one of the leading merchats of Brattleboro. She has been well educated and abandoned a luxurious home to flee with the colored man. She said she and her companion are married. Aberdeen, S. D., May 2.—Calvin Bowdrey, an undersized colored man, 30 years old, from Bismark, N. D., stepped up to map in the Land Office here this morning and put his finger on a spot where he wished to locate in the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations. When W J. Engle of Butte, Neb., disqualified himself by filing on another homestead before he drew No. 1, Bowdrey with No. 2 became first. The opening is proceeding under Federal supervision. The historic Mason and Dixon's Line is a name that was given to the southern boundry of Pennsylvania about 150 years ago. It coincides with 39 degrees 43 minutes and 26 3 seconds north latitude Except for a distance of 22 miles the line was marked out by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, English engineers. They surveyed it for a distance of 258 miles west from the Delaware river, between November 15, 1763, and December 26, 1767. Each five-mile stone bears the coat of arms of Maryland cut on one side and that of Pennsylvania on the opposite. The intervening milestones have the letters "P" cut on one side and "M" on the opposite. During the progress of the violent debate in congress in 1820, which resulted in the historic measure known as the Missouri Compromise, on the question of excluding slavery from Missouri, John Randolph made use of the phrase "Mason and Dixon's Line" as the dividing line between slave and free state. Maryland being a slave-holding state and Pennsylvania a free state. At that time the crossing of this line meant freedom to the fugitive slave. The application as made by Randolph drewattention to Mason and Dixon's Line all over the country as indicative of a bar to freedom. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES In Franklin, Virginia, is located the Ashburn Bros. Shirt Manufacturing Company, Inc. It was established in March, 1909, incorporated September of the same year. The capital stock is $20,000 Its daily capacity if from fifty to seventy-five dozen shirts. The present number operating about fifteen; the factory building is 45x 65 in a one-acre lot. Kingston, Jamica, May 1.—Nord Alexis, former president of Hayti, died here this morning of senile decay. He is said to have been more than 100 years old. He was exile here in 1908, but was pardoned by President Simon a few months ago, and was preparing to return to Hayti. The body will be sent to Hayti for burial beside that of his wife. Gen. Alexis is reputed to have died enormously rich. Bishop W. J. Gaines, of Atlanta, Ga., who recently held the annual New Jersey conference of the A. M. E. Church, was arrested a few days ago, in that city, charged with having embezzled $150, which was turned over to him for the superannuated ministers' fund. The warrant was issued at the instigation of Rev. J. H. Morgan, of Bordentown, N. J., formerly secretary of the conference. The Bishop gave bond in the sum of $1000. His case will be up for trial in a few days. C. R. Patterson and Sons, the Negro carriage manufacturers of Greenfield, Ohio, have recently issued their 1910 supplement. This supplement shows eight new styles as nobby and attractive ever came from a carriage factory and like all of the Patterson work, these new styles are the perfection of durability and high quality. For years now C.R. Patterson and sons have been among the leaders in their line, and today they show more styles of distinctive, professional vehicles than probably any other firm in the country. In addition to this, this firm has made original contributions to the carriage industry. There are about thirty workn.en (equally divided between the white and colored) employed in this factory. THE BROADHURST CARTER SHOE CO. 823 Sixteenth St. We Are Denver Agents for the Nettleton Shoe FOR MEN $6, $7, and $8, Pair The Washington Market The Cash Store Where You Can Buy Good Meats and Groceries for the Same Prices You Pay Down Town Cash Discount Checks with Every Sale Nugget Soap, 2 bars for.....5c Water White Soap, 7 bars for.....25c Coffee, a good brand, per pound.....15c Toilet Paper, 2 rolls for.....15c Rice, No. 1, cracked, per lb.....5c Prunes, per pound.....5c Corn, 3 cans for.....25c Peas, 3 cans for.....25c Peaches, fancy, per can.....15c Ketchup, per bottle.....5 and 10c Picnic Hams, per pound.....16c A good, heavy Bacon, per pound.....22 1-2c Hamburger, fresh every day, per pound.....15c A good Sausage, bulk, per pound.....12 1-2c A good Sausage, link. per pound.....15c Smoked White Fish, per pound.....25c Fancy bloaters, 6 fish for.....25c BREAD, PIES, CAKES, GUM, CANDY, TOBACCO, COAL OIL, GASOLINE, CHEESE, FISH ON FRIDAY, POULTRY ON SATURDAY SPECIAL VALUES IN THE Hat Dept. 22c for Children's and Misses' Straw Hats. this season's shapes, styles and colorings. All fine straws, the best 50c values. 22c for Boys' and Children's Fancy Caps in all the leading styles—regular 50c grades. 79c for Boys' Fine Felt Hats. The very best $1.50 values and the very latest blocks. 95c for Men's $1.50 Dress Hats. Stiff and soft are included, all the very latest styles. $1.69 for Men's $2 and $2.50 Dress Hats. Stiff and soft, every style and color that fashion demands. Michaelson's COR. 15TH AND LARIMER STS. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Negro Townsite and Land Company will be held June 7, 1910, 8 p. m., at the office of the company, 119 Twenty-third street, Denver, Colo., for the purpose of electing nine directors. O. T. JACKSON, Pres. PROF. WILL TAYLOR, SPECIALIST ON Hard corns. Soft Corns. Festered corns. Nervo-vascular corns. Vascular corns. Laminated corns. Fibrous corns. Calla sities spots. Bunions. Chilblain feet. Ingrowing nails. Call to see me in regard to your feet. 911 18th street. Phone Main 7402. STRENGTH AT VARIOUS AGES Years In Which It Increases—When It Falls Most Rapidly Is After Fiftieth Year. According to excellent authority the muscles, in common with all organs of the human body, have their periods of development and decline, our physical strength increasing up to a certain age and then decreasing. Tests of the strength of several thousand individuals have been made and the following figures are given as the averages derived from such tests: The lifting power of a youth of 17 is 280 pounds; in his twentieth year this increases to 320 pounds and in the thirtieth and thirty-first years it reaches its height, 365 pounds. At the expiration of the thirty-first year the strength begins to decline, very gradually at first. By the fortieth year it has decreased eight pounds and diminution continues at a slightly increasing rate until the fiftieth year is reached, when the figure is 330 pounds. Subsequent to this period strength fails more and more rapidly until the weakness of old age is reached. It is found impossible to obtain trustworthy statistics of the decline of strength after the fifthieth year, as the rate varies greatly in different individuals. Limit of Condemnation Gen. Humphrey, retired, former quartermaster general of the army, was discussing a certain army officer who had long been in the volunteer service, says the Saturday Evening Post. "What kind of a chap is he?" asked a friend. "Oh, nice enough," replied the general. "But has he any sense?" "Sense," snorted the general, "he hasn't sense enough to turn around in a revolving chair." New Diseases. The perfectin' of common things an' the removal of obstacles seem like it would result in perfect ease an' unreferred health, after a while; but I'spicion it'll only mean a shiftin' of pivots an' a new class of alliments—an' healers.—Ruth McEnery Stuart, in Century. Don't forget to vote next Tuesday Mrs. Henry Penn is on the sick list. D. B. Faw left last Tuesday with a crew of waiters for Estes Park. Capt Thos. Campbell's mother remains confined to her bed. The Presbyterian year has opened up with very bright prospects, the accessions being registered. The nature is in healthy condition. Mr. D. Wiley, a recent addition, has been appointed assistant secretary to the trustees. He will be inducted into the first Sunday in June. The prayers of all Christians are good wishes of the public are solicited. The R. M. A. C. base ball team defeated the Lemps-Ticklers last Sunday by a score of 9 to 3. Mrs. B. G. Burrell left last Monday night for a three months' stay in Los Angeles, Calif. Jack Johnson has a pig for a mascot. Undoubtedly Jack intends to "bring home the bacon." Mrs. Monroe Tompkins, who underwent an operation last week at Mercy hospital, is getting along nicely. Be sure and see the crowning of the queen, at Dania hall, May 19th. Meredith Lee, after an operation at St. Anthony's hospital, is able to be on the street again. R. L. Hadley, brother of Mrs. E. L. Faulkner, is a recent arrival in Denver for an indefinite stay. Dr. Westbrook did a very successful operation upon Mrs. Sadie King of 1218 33rd street. She is at St. Anthony's hospital. Shall Denver become anti-saloon territory? Mark an X opposite the word "no" on your ballot next Tuesday. O. T. Jackson has filed on 320 acres of government land in Weld county. There are ten sections open in this locality. C. A. Pilgrim of Cripple Creek, and Grand Lecturer K. of P. of Colorado, passed through the city this week en route to Boley, Okla. Come, cast your vote for the most popular young lady at Dania hall, May 19th. C. A. Tasker who for several years was employed as janitor at the Daniels & Fisher store, was found guilty in the West Side Court last Monday of burglary and was sentenced from three to five years in the penitentiary. Last Wednesday J. R. Contee received ten per cent. on his twenty-eight years' salary, for his faithful service, as an employee in the Colorado National Bank. Mr. Contee is receiving congratulations from his many friends in the city. Last Sunday was the anniversary of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and in honor of the event appropriate services were held at Shorter A. M. E. chapel. The Three Linkers were escorted to and from their hall by the Olympia Cornet band. The church was filled and the exercises were much enjoyed by all present. The sermon, by Rev. A. M. Ward, was one of much inspiration. A May-Day Queen Party will be given by the Woman's Guild of the Church of The Redeemer, Thursday evening, May 19th, 1910, at Dania hall, Twenty-Seventh and Arapahoe streets. Good music. Admission 25 cents. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. East 23rd and Washington Streets. Sunday Topics, May 15th. 11a. m., "A Godly Family Broken Up." 7 p. m., Y. P. S. C. E., "Christ's Verilies," John 6:26,32,47,53. 8 p. m., "A Friend's Requirements of His Friends." J. A. THOS-HAZELL, S. T. B. Pastor. The Sacred concert, under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor Society last Sunday night was in every particular a success. The Juniors creditably acquitted themselves. The choir was in fine shape. The paper read by Miss Striplin, the solo sung by Mrs. Pearl Ross, accompanied by Mrs. Nellie Marshbanks at the piano, as well as the instrumental by Miss Ailene Gibbs, are worthy of special mention. Up the Presbyterian year has opened up with very bright prospects, three accessions being registered. The finance is in healthy condition. Mr. J. D. Wiley, a recent addition, has been appointed assistant secretary to the trustees. He will be inducted into office the first Sunday in June. The prayers of all Christians and good wishes of the public are solicited by the pastor and congregation of this church. If you are without a church home "COME, WE CAN HELP YOU." If you are looking for church work "COME, YOU CAN HELP US." SCOTT'S CHAPEL NOTES. Miss Annie M. Cox, who has been attending the Denver university for for the past eight months, will spend a few weeks in St. Louis, Mo., visiting relatives. Miss Cox will graduate from the college department on May 26. She will teach in the State of Oklahoma next year. Mr. J. D. Rice made good last Sunday evening in delivering a well prepared sermon. Mr. Rice's popularity was shown by the large audience of friends and associates who gathered to hear his initial sermon. The laughing contest will take place Monday evening. Prizes will be awarded. You are invited to attend. Mrs. Bobo is working hard to clear the parsonage of debt. The pastor will preach both morning and evening Sunday. The topic for Sunday will be "The Christian a New Creature" and at night he will deliver a strong temperance sermon. Mrs. Carrie Jackson of Nashville, Tennessee has decided to cast her membership with Scotts. Mr. G. W. Anderson let the Sunday class. Mrs. Emma Anderson made the church a present of a new pulpit cover last week, which was much needed. Mrs. Anderson is a lover of beautiful flowers and brings them to the church to grace the pulpit. Class No. 3 led in the collection last Wednesday night. Mrs. Bobo is gaining the ground that her class lost during her absence. Miss Erma Anderson read quite a masterly paper on "Opportunity" in the Epworth League last Sunday evening. The league enjoyed the present of a large and enthusiastic attendance. Mr. F. D. McPherson and Mr. Cornelius Rice will lead the meeting next Sunday. This is a special opportunity for the young people of the city to develop along moral and intellectual lines. The league opens at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Dora E. Wallace read a very interesting paper before the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Colorado conference a short while ago. She has been besieged by the many branches of the W. H. M. society to read papers on the work of the women in the south. Mrs. Edna Collier has been confined to her home during the past week because of threatening ptomaine poisoning. She is out again. Dr. S. J. Wilson delivered a splendid temperance sermon last Sunday morning to a very appreciative audience. Rev. O. A. Rheinhart of the Sunshine Mission was present and spoke upon the "Dry Movement." A collection was taken for the same. The members and friends at both morning and evening service responded very liberally. Dr. S. W. Crostwait was a prominent visitor Sunday morning. We invite the doctor to come again. The Ladies' Aid society had a large attendance last Thursday afternoon. Dr. Crostwait and Mrs. J. D. Rice addressed the ladies. Mrs. McPherson and Mrs. Evans served the happy company to the delight of the season. All went away happy. SHORTER CHAPEL NOTES. Shorter chapel's great $2,500 rally will be held Sunday, at which time the above amount is expected to be placed upon the financial tables of the church. Let there be no ringing of any bacink bells' upon the part of the members of the church. Sunday Services. Bishop A. Grant, D. D. will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The S. S. children will rally their forces at 10 a. m. Rev. A. E. Reynolds will preach at 3 p. m., after which the captians and lieutenants will report. The city pastors and their congregations have been especially invited and expected to be present and re-enforce us at the afternoon service. The district conference, S. S. convention, Allen C. E. Leagué and the Women's Mite Missionary convention will be held next week beginning Tuesday morning and close Friday evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all. REV. A. M. WARD, DEATH OF AUGUSTUS MOSBY. Augustus Mosby, aged eighty-four years, an old pioneer, well known and respected in Denver by both races, died at his residence 2751 Arapahoe street, Tuesday, May 10th, after an illness of two years. Mr. Mosby was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1826. [Name] He came to Denver in 1868, and in 1872 he was employed in the Colorado National Bank and worked there until his health failed him a short time ago. Mr. Mosby leaves a faithful wife, a brother, Edward Whipple, and a host of friends, both white and colored to mourn his loss. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock from Zion Baptist church, in which he was a member. Interment at Fairmont cemetery. A. M. Lawhorn Undertaking Co. in charge. Confirmation will be held at the Church of the Redeemer Sunday evening, May 15th, at half past seven, sharp, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Olmsted. REV. THOS. G. BROWN, Found—Gold watch at R. M. A. Association. Give description and pay for adv. Call 2014 Champa street. For Rent—Nicely furnished room all modern conveniences, at 2508 Glen-arm Place. Furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent in a modern house, 2415 Court Place. Mrs. G. J. Morgan. For Rent—Modern furnished rooms at 2660 Lawrence St. For Rent—Furnished room for rent at 1849 Marion St. Hair cut, 15 cents; 1831 Arapahoe street. For Rent—Two unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. Mrs. Branford 1258 Champa street. Nicely furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent. All modren, Louis, George, 2819 Glenarm Place. When the time for which you pay is up we stop the paper. You know what to do. FORD'S HAIR POMADE THE OLD RELIABLE DRESSING FOR KINKY OR CURLY HAIR. IT'S USE MAKES STUBBORN, HARSH HAIR SOFTER, MORE PLIABLE AND GLOSSY, EASY TO COMB AND PUT UP IN ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT. WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, TELLING HOW THIS REMARKABLE REMEDY MAKES SHORT, KINKY HAIR GROW LONG AND WAVY. BEST POMADE ON THE MARKET FOR DANDRUFF, ITCHING OF THE SCALP AND FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GENUINE,PUT UP IN 25*AND 50*BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU,WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES,SMALL SIZED BOTTLE,25* LARGE SIZED BOTTLE,50* THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 216 LAKE ST,DEPT. 30 CHICAGO,ILL. AGENTS WANTED No. 1640 to 1646 California Street—Next Door to Cooper & Powell We want you all to come and get your Rugs, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Linoleums; also Curtains and Shades at Less Price and of Better Quality than Anybody Else Will Offer You. LINOLEUM AND OIL CLOTH RUGS AND CURTAINS 50c Quality, per yd.....35c $30.00 Room Sizes.....$20.00 75c Quality, per yd.....45c $25.00 Room Sizes.....$17.50 90c Quality, per yd.....50c $20.00 Room Sizes.....$14.00 $1.25, Inlaid Colors. Through $2.50 Lace Curtains, per pr.....$1.50 to the Back, as low as.....80c $ Come and see us The Martin-Eberle 1640 TO 1646 CALIFO Copyright 1910, by L. ADLER, BROS. & CO. S & GARMENT 925-16TH ST. Regular Slaught LADIES' TAILO S&N GARMENT STORE 925-16TH ST. OPP JOSLINS LADIES' TAILORED SUITS Commences Here Today Our entire stock of Ladies' Tailored Cloth Suits will go on sale at prices that are fully 1-3 Below Regular Values We have about 250 of them to close on weather garments, and we move them now as they have never been cut before. There are black, navy, green, gray, and black and white shepherd checks and fancy worsteds. Regular prices rise go on sale in three big bargain lots as $11.00 for Suits Worth $15.00 for Suits Worth $19.00 for Suits Worth If alterations are required, we need charge, and guarantee perfect fit. We have about 250 of them to close out; want to make room for hot weather garments, and to move them quickly we will cut the prices now as they have never been cut before at this season. There are black, navy, green, grey, green reseda, rose and black and white checks in the lot. Cloths are serges and fancy ones. Regular prices range from $16.75 to $28.75. All are made in three big bargain lots as follows: If alterations are required, we make them without any extra charge, and guarantee perfect fit. SALE OF NEW DRESSES Taffeta and Messaline Silk Dresses Dresses in all the new and popular c below what other stores ask for same TAFFETA SILK DRESSES, solid color checks; worth $15.00; our price ... MESSALINE DRESSES, in black, rose, $22.40; our price ... Lingerie DRESSES, white, tan, light bl and $10.00; our price ... LINEN DRESSES, in blue and white, heavy lace; worth $12.50; our price NEW SKIRTS—Hundreds of them, shown for the first time today; n.s. SILVERSMITH & H Taffeta and Messalline Silk Dresses, Fancy Lingerie and Linen Dresses, in all the new and popular colors, at prices fully one-fourth below what other stores ask for same class of garments. TAFFETA SILK DRESSES, solid colors and fancy stripes and $12.50 heavy face; we new $199.99-Hundreds of them, in panama, serge, voile and silk, show for the first time today; n sale for $4.95, $6.95, $8.75 and $9.95. SILVERSMITH & HILLER 925 16th Street Denver's Largest Exclusive China Store CORNER FIFTEENTH AND STOUT STREETS Did it ever occur to you that to buy china right, you must go to a china store?—ours is that kind of a store. In dinner sets we are always giving big bargains. 100 piece English porcelain, underglaze decorations.....$8.75 100 piece floral decorations, $15 value at.....$9.95 Decorated dinner plates, each.....10¢ Decorated cups and saucers.....10¢ RUGS AND CURTAINS $30.00 Room Sizes.....$20.00 $25.00 Room Sizes.....$17.50 $20.00 Room Sizes.....$14.00 $2.50 Lace Curtains, per pr..$1.50 $1.50 Lace Curtains, per pr..$1.00 Carpet Company FORNIA STREET From America's Finest Tailor Shop It means something to you to wear clothes that come from the finest tailoring institution in America. It means something to us to handle the product of this institution — the Adler-Rochester plant. Adler-Rochester Clothes reflect in their every line, their most inner detail, the perfect working conditions under which they are made. The Adler-Rochester plant is a fresh air and sunshine institution. It affords health, happiness and even recreation to its employees. And this unusual consideration on the part of the employers is no more unusual than the ability of those employed. For each man in the Adler-Rochester plant is a specialist, a master in his craft. That's why "Adler-Rochester" represents the utmost in clothes making—the utmost in style, in fit and in finish. They sell at $18 and upwards to men who discriminate. THE Johnson-Noel C N T-STORE OPP JOSLINS Halter Sale of ORED SUITS Here Today Ored Cloth Suits will go on sale at out; want to make room for hot quickly we will cut the prices fore at this season of the year. , tan, Copenhagen, reseda, rose kins in the lot. Cloths are serges range from $16.75 to $28.75. All as follows: h $16.75 and $18.75 h $20.00 and $22.50 h $25.00 and $28.75 make them without any extra lenses, Fancy Lingerie and Linen colors, at prices fully one-fourth one class of garments. colors and fancy stripes and blue, blue and green, worth $17.50 blue and pink, worth $8.75 $6.75 slaborately trimmed with $9.95 sale. in panama, serge, volle and silk. sale for $4.95, $6.95, $8.75 and $9.95. MILLER 925 16th Street Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs a Specialty Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the PrintingLine Turned Out in Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. We have supplied our office with job press and type of up-to-date style and our work will be on a par with the Very Best Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction PRICES AS REASONABLE AS THOSE OF ANY JOB OFFICE IN DENVER. THE Colorado Smith—Why did your pretty cook leave you? Jones—Got mad. Smith—At what? 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M affiliated with] Thompson's Eye Water Hints For Hostess Suggestions for Entertainments, and Other Matters of Moment, Edited by Madame Merri May's last special day comes on the thirtieth—Memorial day. It is worthy of recognition by every loyal American citizen and should be a day honored reverently by old and young. It is, with all its sadness, a day of great thankfulness, inasmuch as the "gray and blue" are united as one man under the glorious Stars and Stripes. An occasion of unusual interest is being planned for next Saturday night by a devoted daughter of an old soldier. It is to be a "camp fire" to which six men of the Loyal Legion are bidden as honored guests. Each man is requested to relate a war story of ten minutes' duration from his actual experience, and each is to wear something (if he has anything) that he wore during the war. The host is to receive in his uniform (captain's), that was made for him in a southern city nearly half a century ago. The rooms are to be decorated with flags and pictures of war heroes, and there is to be a big wood blaze in the fireplace. The refreshments are to be hard-tack, coffee, grilled bacon sandwiches, ple, doughnuts, pickles and cheese. War songs are to be sung, and the wives of the six soldier guests are to come dressed as the girls of '61 and serve the refreshments, but this is a surprise, so let us hope none of the men will read "Dame Curtsey" today. Pipes, cigars and liquid refreshments are to be conveniently near at hand to facilitate the story telling. Would that every old soldier throughout the length and breadth of our fair land could receive a personal hand-clasp and a smile of recognition on this coming Memorial day. A Tenth Wedding Anniversary. For the invitations have little squares of sheet tin lettered with paint, inclose in envelopes to fit exactly. For a table centerpiece use a large cake tin with a funnel in the center, in which place the flower chosen, with plenty of trailing vines to radiate over the table. Have candle-sticks made of tin with shades of the same material pierced to show the light through like the ones of brass are made. For the side dishes have a tinsmith make little odd dishes and plates, also spoons may be purchased with tin cups just the right size for coffee. Salad may be served in individual gem pans, also the ice cream in tin molds; first, of course, lining both the salad and cream tins with waxed paper. For souvenirs have wedding cake put up in little boxes of tin tied with white satin ribbon. Serve this menu: SALMON SAUCE Aspic of Chicken and Olives. Bells. Sandwiches. Rolls. Sandwiches. Strawberry Ice Cream. Sponges. Cake. Coffees. A Novei Puzzle Party. The hostess, who, by the way, is the most original, planned this little party for about a dozen couple who were in the habit of dropping into her house very informally just to see "what was doing." She bought a number of inexpensive articles, wrapped them in paper and placed in boxes which were piled on a table in full view of every one. No one was allowed to handle them. Then she passed slips of paper. As she read the words written on the boxes, the guests wrote down what they judged the contents to be. The one who came the nearest to being Box for Clothes TORTOON BED TWO-STEP BED IN flats and small houses, where cupboard accommodation is limited, the suggestion contained in our sketch will be found very useful, and may be carried out at a small cost. Packing cases can be obtained in every conceivable size and shape, and a good strong one should be selected that will fit comfortably underneath the bed. If the case has a lid that is hinged on, so much the better, but if not, it is an easy matter to obtain a couple of strong iron hinges and fasten them in their places. The inside of the box should be entirely lined with paper, pasted to the sides, the bottom and the inside of the lid, and castors screwed on underneath. To complete this useful article two metal handles are fastened on in front, and handles suitable for the purpose may be obtained from any ironmongers at the same time that the --- dear little boxes filled with homemade candy to take home as souvenirs. Below I give a few of the articles she had and the words on the boxes that suggested the contents; the list may be lengthened or changed according to the desires of the hostess: A small mirror—"A place for reflection." A negro doll—"Darkest Africa." Sixteen bon bons—"Sweet sixteen." A small doll dressed in silk—"In silk attire." A tablet of writing paper—"Nothing but leaves." Two sooons—"Lovers." A toy flat iron—"The home of Burns." A few pennies—"Common sense." A few pennies—"Common sense." A toy broom—"A woman's weapon." Cigars—"Things that end in smoke." Nuta to Crack. Here are some jolly good new riddes that I hope will delight our younger readers: When is a newspaper like a delicate child?—When it appears weekly. What tree is of the greatest importance in history?—The date. Why does a man's hair turn gray sooner than his mustache?—Because it is about twenty-one years older. What is always behind time?—The back of the clock. What melancholy fact is there about a calendar?—There is no time when its days are not numbered. On what day of the year do women talk the least?—The shortest day. Why is a washerwoman like Saturday?—Because she brings in the close (clothes) of the week. What is that which occurs twice in a moment, and not once in a thousand years?—The letter "m." Why is a watch dog larger by night than by day?—Because at night he is "let out" and by day he is "taken in." Born, presumably before the world, destined to live about as long as the world, and yet never five weeks old.—The moon. If the above program is thought too long or too elaborate, it can easily be shortened or simplified. Help to Needlewoman. Punching eyelet holes by guess may be all very well for the experienced needleworker, but when essayed by the tyro it is apt to result in painfully irregular rents in the fabrics. There is a new eyelet maker which is provided with a gauge to regulate the size of the holes. The stiletto tapers from a sharp point to the thickness of a pencil, and by adjusting the gauge, holes of any size may be punched without effort. Shirtwaist Fastenings. Three huge scallops lapping from right to left form the front fastening of a French pique shirtwaist. After being most carefully faced with bias sheer linen or lawn, these shallow scallops are braided in parallel rows with white star braid. The garment is buttoned in the center of each scallop with a tailor's buttonhole and a linen-covered button braided in circular lines. 3 hinges and castors are procured. A good sized box will fit comfortably under most beds, and will hold a great many clothes and be quite out of sight. When anything is required from the box it is an easy matter to pull the box out by the handles, and being mounted on castors, it may be readily pushed back against into its place. In the sketch the counterpane is turned up to show the box in position under the bed. The wood can be painted or stained, or a cover may be made for the box. For a girl whose circumstances perhaps compel her to live in a bed-sitting room, this suggestion should be very welcome, as it will enable her to keep a large number of clothes free from dust and dirt. Silent domes are very useful to nail under the box if castors are not available. --- Kidney Troubles Lower the Vitality of the Whole Body. Don't wait for serious illness; begin using Doan's Kidney Pills when you first feel backache or notice urinary disorders. John L. Perry, Columbus, Texas, says: "I was taken sick about a year ago. My limbs and feet began to swell and my doctor said I had Bright's disease. I then consulted another doctor who told me I had dropsy and could not live. Doan's Kidney Pills re- lumbus, Texas, says: "I was taken sick about a year ago. My limbs and feet began to swell and my doctor said I had Bright's disease. I then consulted another doctor who told me I had dropsy and could not live. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me promptly, and I owe my life to them." Remember the name—Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. HIS HOBBIES. Jimpson—Is Watson a pleasant talking man? Simpson—Yes—if you don't get him started on religion, golf, automobiles or politics. How He Expressed It. Every small boy—the right kind, anyhow—thinks his own mother the symbol of all perfection. Few, however, have the ability to express their admiration as prettily as the little hero of the following anecdote: Richard's mother was putting him to bed, and as she kissed him good night, she said: "Do you know you are the whole world to mamma?" "Am I?" he answered, quickly. "Well then, you're heaven and the north pole to me!"—Youth's Companion. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of H. H. Hutton. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Drain on Country's Resources. In 1908, the foreign-born population of 13.6 per cent. furnished 15.6 per cent. of the criminals, 20.8 per cent. of the paupers, and 29.5 per cent. of the insane. Between 1904 and 1908, the aliens in these institutions increased 34 per cent. Different. Visitor—I saw your husband in the crowd down town today. In fact, he was so close that I could have touched him. Hostess—That's strange. At home he is so close that nobody can touch him!—Puck. Impressed. "I think I shall let that woman rent my house." "Why?" "She's the first one who's called to see me about it who didn't brag about what a good tenant she is." Proposed Partnership. Father—You want to marry my daughter? Why, sir, you can't support her. I can hardly do it myself. Suitor (blandly)—C-can't we chip in together,—Pick-Me-Up. Circumstances Alter Cases. "The trouble is that too many people give expensive presents. That's where the mischief comes in." "Rot! My wife's father gave her a house and lot." Personal Knowledge. Teacher—Give me an example of a transparent object. Boy—a keyhole—Rire. 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Presented by sumptuary ers is prohibited under ment of the immediate the enforcement of the the result of agitation who are determined to In cases where the it is far better to regu- and the failure to enforce idea that laws are to all of those affected; I such a loose theory is. w leads to a demoral- Publicity and Organization. "Nothing is more foolish, nothing more utterly at variance with sound policy, than to enact a law which, by reason of con quions surrounding the community, is incapable of enforcement. "Such, for instance, are sometimes presented by sumptuary laws by which the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited under penalties in localities where public sentiment of the immediate community does not and will not sustain the enforcement of the law. In such cases the legislation usually is the result of agitation by the people in the country districts, who are determined to make their fellow citizens in the city better. In cases where the sale of liquor cannot be prohibited in fact, it is far better to regulate than to stamp it out. "By the enactment of a drastic law and the failure to enforce it there is injected into the public mind the idea that laws are to be obeyed or violated according to the will of those affected; I need not say how altogether pernicious such a loose theory is. The constant violation or neglect of any law leads to a demoralized view of all laws." Nathan A. Coe Director of Publicity and Organization. The United States Manufacturing & Merchants Association territory?" Yes NO X NOT AS SHOWN ABOVE OUR COUNTRY LIBERTY INDEPENDENCE TO VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION MARK YOUR BALLOT AS SHOWN ABOVE OUR COUNTRY LIBERTY · INDEPENDENCE OUR COUNTRY LIBERTY · INDEPENDENCE OUR COUNTRY LIBERTY · INDEPENDENCE PINN DAY OR NIGHT. PHONE MAIN 6243 ```markdown ``` A. M. LAWHORN A first-class Mortuary establishment. First aid to the bereaved in the time of death of their loved ones. 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