Colorado Statesman

PATRONIZE MERCHANTS WHO ADV. IN THE PEOPLE'S PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RAGE COUNTRY PARTY THE KNOCK- ER AS HE IS VOL. XIX. The following editorial appeared in the Detroit Informer a few weeks ago:— Inspired by the utterance of a very learned Rector, Sunday past, of one of the leading churches of Detroit, that in due time he was satisfied that the knockers' hammer would fall on him. Up to the present he was thanked that he had escaped this attention, that he had not been knocked. In many instances it does not reach the individual's ear he is knocked for a long time. To the man who does things, to the man who has accomplished a position in society, in affairs of church or state, or the man who has, or is sometimes succeeding in any rank of life, will find the little fice, though sometimes big in avoirdupois barking, and always at his heels. For a man of parts, ability and thrift, for one to accumulate wealth, to expect to escape the jealous barks of pigmies, and unwarranted attacks of cowardly curs of which all knockers belong, their is no better way to pick winners, in the race of life, than men or women who are knocked. You yourself must agree that the knocker's hammer is raised to impede their progress, or their activities. The knocker only knocks those who amount to something, or is doing something—they never knock the pigmy. Who is it that has a cintilla of ambition, that has not been critized one way or the other. There is but one desert for the cur known as the knocker, and that is a cowhiding in public. This learned devine stated it was the duty of parishioners to uphold his arms as was the arms of Moses, that he might be stronger, and better able to do his work as a Rector in the community.' He will find many giving the support asked for, but many for trivial cause undermining his life's work and effort, but this should not deter him as every knock from a knocker, is a boost, and especially with one so able and eloquent whose life is but an open book need not be swayed from putting his best efforts forward for fear of fowardly attacks. This cannot be prevented. Pigmies will snarl, but will not bite like the dog that snarled at Richard. We do not mean pigmies as a race, but pigmies in brain measurements, who have an exalted opinion of self. They may be to the boy when asking who Alexander was, that he thought so tall that he would touch the sky. He may be heavy in weight, usually the more corpulant, the less brain power. Usually an attempter desires to be the whole thing, and many instances he is neither. Now there is the Presumptive Knocker who thinks there is no one as righteous as he or she, but dare not open the closet door. The Political Knocker whose sincerity to party cannot be questioned and all others are insincere. There is the Church Knocker who says he or she is not sufficiently good enough to go to church, what does she come here for, unmindful of the fact that the Church is built to make people better. There is the Fashion Knocker who criticises the less fortunates wearing apparel. There is the other who savs I cannot see where she cannot afford to wear this or that. I can not, it is awfully funny. There is Peeping Tom who sees everything that is going on that Mrs. So and So does, no matter how innocent the amusement indulged in, and he or she should lose their standing in polite society, Peeping Tom can be characterized as a woman as well as a man. And in all of the instances we know it is sour grapes. There is the Business Knocker who starves his own business to prevent others from doing business and says, "If he gives you that for that price, I will give it to you cheaper." A cheap proposition is no good at any price. And there is the Newspaper Knocker. Of all, he is the lowest. And when he stoops to knock those whom knocked should purchase a 10 cent cowhide and await the opportunity in a public place to humiliate him. The National Reflector, Wichita Kansas, has an interesting article on George M. Fox's steam laundry. Mr. Fox runs five delivery wagons and one automobile. During the past year he has installed four thousand dollars worth of improv ed laundry equipment. The Negroes of Guthrie, Oklahoma, support a wide awake library. It was established by Negro club women in 1908. In a city of fewer than 2,500 Negroes, this library has had 2,200 visits in one month; has loaned 750 books in the same length of time, and has added to its shelves 765 volumes. The report of the third quarter is as follows: Registered visits, 2000; books loaned, 1,000; books added, 265; members to DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 1912. State Hist & Nat Hist Biolog State House Denver As Seen Through Plate Glass Not only is the Queen of the Rockies a City of Lights, but it is an Empire of Plate Glass. Through the windows of our stores on the busy thoroughfares may be seen the richest and most varied assortment of holiday goods that can be found in any city of the world. Goods to suit any taste and any price, from the most valuable diamonds and rare native stones to the latest toy made in foreign lands. The show windows are only an indication of what engages the attention and admiration of the purchasers who step inside. On the counters and shelves lie oceans of goods ready to make the purchaser's heart happy and his home delightful. The stores of Denver are prepared to meet the needs of the people. Our citizens do not need to go elsewhere or order from distant states; they can get their heart's desire right here at home, be their pocketbooks bulky or slim. Those intending to purchase will do well to consult our advertising columns. We carry the largest, best and most reliable stores. Business firms who count it a pleasure to have you trade with them. Just tell them you saw your "ad" in The Colorado Statesman, and they will be glad to show you the real thing in the line of suitable holiday presents. date, 800. Since the opening in 1908: Registered visits, 27,056; books loaned, 10,810; books donated, more than 2,000. The library maintains a Young Men's Christian Association, a children's story hour club and a lecture course on domestic science and home making for our women. There is no such institution in the State doing so much for race uplift. Mrs. J. C. Horton is the librarian. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES One of the best known and most successful farmers of Texas is Wm. Smith, who owns a well cultivated farm near San Antonio, also one in Guadalupe county near Seguin, where he owns considerable city property. For seven years he was sheriff of Guadalupe county and is held in the highest esteem by all who know him. The race should feel proud of such men as Mr Smith. construction in the Roman faith. The children, due the genuineness of her faith religion and her interest in eagerly came; and frequent her busy days (for she was working washerwoman crowded about her, sometimes dering the progress of her sometimes helping her, by gathering new inspiration living and becoming n Baltimore, Md., Dec. 10. — Fire which swept the fourth floor of the St. Francis Colored Orphan Asylum, this afternoon, caused great excitement among nearly two hundred children in the place. When the flames were discovered the children were led hurriedly from the building by sisters. Sister Philomena, who is ill, was left in her bed on the fourth floor. Guinan, a policeman, rushed through smoke and flames to her bedside and carried her to safety. The property damaged was several thousand dollars. Ashburn, Ga., Dec. 10.—In a battle following the horsewhipping of C. R. Christmas because of his infatuation for a Negro girl, John Christmas was killed and his brother, James Christmas, and J. D. Ward were probably fatally wounded. Several others are reported to have been wounded. The battle occured Saturday night at Kings Mills, a lunber town near here. C. R. Christmas had been warned to let the girl alone, but Friday night he visited her. He was captured by employees of the lumber plant, stripped and horsewhipped. His clothes were burned and he was forced to make his way home naked. His relatives and friends went to the lumber mill to seek revenge. The lumber mill employees then opened fire with automatic shotguns. In Philadelphia there is a thriving new Catholic Congregation in a church just purchased on Philadelphia's most beautiful and popular street. As a rule it has been believed that our people do not take to the Catholic Church, and they do not. And that is what makes the story here told so remarkable. In the Northern part of the city there were only a few colored people and many of these did not attend any one of the churches in their midst. A woman, who was poor and largely illiterate, conceived the idea of gathering the children together in her humble home and giving them in- NO 15 struction in the Roman Catholic faith. The children, discerning the genuineness of her faith in her religion and her interest in them, eagerly came; and frequently on her busy days (for she was a hard working washerwoman), they crowded about her, sometimes hindering the progress of her work, sometimes helping her, but always gathering new inspiration to better living and becoming more and more indoctrinated into the Roman Catholic faith. Her work grew so large that her home no longer was adequate and larger quarters had to be secured. The matter was brought to the attention of the Priest and the Bishop, and the result is a new and handsome edifice and a thriving Catholic church in that city. It is said that the news of the great work of this humble colored woman reached even to Rome and that the Pope himself sent to her a message of approval, congratulation and blessing. NOTES INDICATING NEGRO BUSINESS PROGRESS NOTES INDICATING NEGRO BUSINESS PROGRESS Supplied By The National Negro Business League A new printing plant has been opened in Toledo, Ohio, by Messrs B. Harry Lasher, W. H. Harrison Howard Kirk. The Philadelphia Tribune celebrated its 28th anniversary by purchasing an $8,000 building into which it is shortly to move. The colored people of Brooklyn, New York, are to have an up-to-date restaurant. Edgar M Miller and Isaiah Walker are the proprietors. Fred M. Johnson, one of San Juan Hill heroes, has invented a belt feed rifle that will fire 300 shots in succession, at the rate of 20 shots a second. Allenworth, California, a Negro colony, is completing a new grammar school. "One of the best colony schools in the state," the neighboring papers say. The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association, of Durham, North Carolina, has decided to invest its surplus earnings in securities that will yield the saftest returns. Following this plan the company invested $20,000 in Georgia State bonds, on Saturday, November 23rd. LATEST NEWS EPITOMIZED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS THAT COVER THE WEEK'S EVENTS. OF MOST INTEREST KEEPING THE READER POSTED ON MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT TOPICS. Mrs. Emma M. Vanvetchen, former treasurer of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, died at her home in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Guy Johnson, employed on the Stevens ranch in the Seminole district, was found burned to death with his team at Separation flats, near Rawlins, Wyo. Five men robbed the bank of Modena, Mo., of $3,000, terrorized the town by shooting at everyone whom they could see, and escaped, presumably in buggies. Two persons were killed and fifteen injured when Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific passenger trains Nos. 23 and 24 collided headon at Winnekah, seven miles south of Chickasha, Okla. Six persons were killed and three are missing as the result of a collision between a street car and a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern coal train on the Oil City branch at the Center street crossing in Ashtabula, Ohio. Governor Donaghy of Arkansas pardoned 316 state and forty-four county convicts, and in a long statement said his action was taken as a protest against the system of leasing convicts, in vogue in Arkansas. A Port Arthur, Texas., dispatch states that G. Sand, skipper of the Standard Oil barge No. 87 and the nine members of his crew were drowned in the Gulf when a heavy storm tore the barge from its tow and it turned turtle. The young desperado who was killed at Tomato Springs, Cal., after slaying one and wounding three of the posse which battled with him, was identified as Joe Matlock, son of J. B. Matlock, a former mayor of Eugene, Ore. Fragments of a hydro-aeroplane and clothing which were washed ashore and promptly identified, proved that Aviator Horace Kearny and his reporter companion, Chester Lawrence, met disaster soon after they started on their proposed flight over the ocean to San Francisco. Governor Woodrow Wilson indicated in two public utterances that although he had been elected President of the United States, he would continue to fight at every turn the forces in New Jersey and any other elements in the nation's Democracy which he considers reactionary or non-progressive. In a battle in the hills at Tamato Springs, twelve miles north of Santa Ana, Cal., between a young desperado and more than 100 county officers, militiamen and citizens, the outlaw who had attacked a young girl, was killed; Undersheriff Robert Squires met death and three of his deputies were seriously wounded. Miss Frances A. Groff, a magazine writer and newspaper woman, was perhaps fatally injured at Los Angeles when she either jumped or fell accidentally from the seventh story window of an office building, landing on the roof of an adjoining one-story building. Both arms and both legs were broken and her skull was fractured. WASHINGTON. Participation by the government in the livestock department of the Panama Pacific exposition is to be on an extraordinary scale. Representative Kahn urged public buildings committee to provide $500,000 for marine hospital at San Francisco. Representative Berger introduced resolution providing that the government condemn and buy the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad properties. More than 150 American citizens have been murdered in Mexico since the revolution has held that country in its grip, according to authentic information which has been brought to the attention of the State Department in Washington. A thousand dollar Christmas tree, the largest ever seen in Washington, and $10,000 worth of imported toys, will make the birthday party of Vinson Walsh McLean, the $100,000,000 baby, notable in the annals of American childhood. "Safety first" is the paramount rule of train operation suggested by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its twenty-sixth annual report submitted to Congress. Discussion of disasters on American railroads during the last year constitutes an important feature of the report. From persons prominent in Pennsylvania affairs and in federal court circles of the east, the attorneys for Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court, on trial before the Senate impeachment court, drew testimony to establish his good reputation. FOREIGN. The United States may become the mediator between the Balkan allies and Turkey. The Turkish fleet engaged the Greek fleet off the island of Lemnos, according to an official telegram from the Dardanelles. The Greek fleet was compelled to withdraw from the action. A plot to establish a military dictatorship in Portugal was discovered at Lisbon. Part of the army was supposed to be implicated. The cabinet was in session all night. Troops were kept under arms and warships in the harbor cleared for action. As a result of the raid on No. 41 Wilton Crescent, in the fashionable Mayfair, in London, three women and ten men, one the son of a baronet, created this year, who were in this gambling house when the police descended upon it, were held in bonds of $250 each not to enter any gaming house within a year. SPORT. Eddie Johnson of Pueblo defeated Phil Kearney, the Denver lightweight, at Pueblo, Colo. Al Kubiak of Philadelphia, was awarded the decision over Carl Morris of Oklahoma at the end of their ten round bout at Atlanta, Ga. The necessity of securing army officers as expert military aviators is emphasized in the annual report of Brigadier General Allen, chief signal officer of the army. Billy Papke, middleweight champion of France and claimant to the world's title, was signed to meet Frank Klaus of Pittsburg, Pa., before the Wonderland Club of Paris on the night of March 5. Norris L. O'Neill of Lincoln, president of the Western Baseball League, says he is the hired man of the league and will move the headquarters from Chicago in strict accord with the wishes of the club owners. Rudy Unholz met a Tartar in Dauber Jaeger, local welterweight, at Fond du Lac, Wis., the Denver pug getting but a shade over Jaeger after ten rounds of furious milling. Unholz's crouch baffled Jaeger. Unholz rushed the fighting in the ninth and tenth, striving to put Jaeger out, but met several hooks which dazed him, and was content to outbox his younger opponent. GENERAL. President-elect Wilson returned from his vacation trip to Bermuda. The band of marching suffragettes en route from New York to Albany reached Yonkers with a declaration that they would place New York in the list of equal suffrages states in 1915 or leave the state. John Carstensen, vice president of the New York Central lines and three subsidiary railroads of the system, was indicted by the federal grand jury at Chicago, charged with having given rebates to the O'Gara Coal Company amounting to $60,000. "A woman police platoon assigned to the white light district is the solution of the white slave problem," declared Mrs. Alice Stebben Wells, police woman from Los Angeles, speaking in New York before 100 members of the Women's Municipal League, assembled in the home of Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell. "Yes, the papers are signed and my decree is granted. I am a free woman. Poor boy, the foolish boy. I wonder who will care for him now? He is so helpless." So said Mrs. Augustus Heinze, two years ago the bride of the copper king, when notified that the Supreme Court of New York had granted her a decree. John T. Butler, of Buffalo, vice president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, was locked in jail after his bond of $10,000 had been increased to $15,000 and after the court had said he committed perjury in testifying in his own behalf as a defendant in the "dynamic conspiracy" trial at Indianapolis. President-elect Wilson's life has again been threatened by a letter writer. The letter was mailed in New York December 12, received by the governor's secretary at Trenton the following day, and turned over to the postal authorities. It is now in possession of United States Assistant District Attorney Lindabury, who declined to discuss it. CONGRESSIONAL. Senator Sutherland introduced resolution to modify proceedings in impeachment trials. The Senate passed a bill appropriating $5,000 for a statue of Pocahontas at Jamestown, Va. President Taft submitted for approval nine names for members of the commission on industrial relations. The House agriculture committee, bye tie vote, deferred action on Lever bill framed to encourage oleomargarine industry. The Senate adopted plan designating Senators Gallinger and Bacon acting alternately fortnightly, as presidents pro tempore. Representative de Forest introduced joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment to make terms of congressmen four years. William R. Hearst, testifying before campaign funds investigation committee, produced several new letters bearing on political activities of John D. Archbold and Standard Oil Company. Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. January 20-25—Eighth Annual Western Stock Show—Denver. S. S. Walker, fifty-five, a Mason and Shriner, died in Denver from Bright's disease. Charles Price, 38 years old, and his common-law wife, were arrested in Denver on charges of forgery. The Denver Teachers' Association objects to school janitors receiving more pay than school teachers. The second Japanese to be charged with murder in Weld county within a year was placed on trial in the District Court. B. F. Montgomery, lieutenant-governor-elect, who underwent an operation at St. Luke's hospital in Denver is reported slightly improved. Members of the oldest civilized Indian tribes in the world will probably assist in making Denver's 1915 festival the greatest Indian congress of all time. Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, newly elected state superintendent of public instruction, is ill at her home in Denver, said to be on the verge of pneumonia. The funeral of William F. Robinson, one of Colorado's most widely known newspaper men, who died in Denver, was held from St. Mark's Episcopal church. Impressive ceremonies in memoriam to Mrs. Julia Von de Leith Welles, one of Colorado's most notable women, were held at the Woman's Club building in Denver. Denver will be represented by a delegation of five men on a national tariff board to be selected from the chambers of commerce of New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Denver. The scene for the legal struggle for the possession of Marion Ethel Pearse, five-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Parks of Mesa county, shifted to Grand Junction. Denver has two social centers, one of which is in full swing at 4809 Race street, in Elyria Park. The other is the old Harmon town hall, near the country club, in the Fourteenth ward. Reduction in salaries of employees in almost every department of the Denver city government has been agreed upon by Mayor Arnold and the finance committees $o^c$ the boards of aldermen and supervisors. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Company, with $10,000,000 capital, has been incorporated under the laws of Colorado with power to acquire all the properties and franchises of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific. The case brought against the city of Denver by Mrs. Carrie Wheeler and Frank Luft, in which the right of the public utilities commission to exist is questioned, has been set for hearing in the Supreme Court on January 6. A bill providing for the general purging of the columns of newspapers and other publications of pernicious advertising will be presented at the forthcoming Legislature through the agency of the Denver Advertising Club. Additional pledges, amounting to $5,000 were obtained by President W. F. Slocum of Colorado Springs, toward the Colorado College endowment fund. This leaves $38,600 to be raised, $10,000 of which must be raised in Colorado. While acquittal was the verdict in the celebrated penitentiary graft case after seventy-four hours' deliberation at Cañon City, the jury found the defendants guilty of gross negligence, but held that the evidence was insufficient for conviction. Without the knowledge of some of his most intimate friends and almost as quietly and secretly as he married the beautiful Jane Oaker, who played with him at Eliteh's several seasons ago, Hale Rice Hamilton secured a divorce from her November 14 and was married to Miss Maud Myrtle Tannehill of New York. That as a result of the new parcels post law Denver will be made the center of a large mail order business, is the belief of local postoffice authorities. They base their opinion on the number of inquiries received at the postoffice regarding rates and kinds of goods which can be shipped through the parcels post. If Alonzo Thompson, Jr., known as the "best dressed man in Denver," desires to inherit his father's million dollar estate, he will have to prove his worth in the remaining few years which his father, Alonzo Thompson, Sr., expects to live. The elder Thompson declares that if his son makes a success in life before he dies, he will bequeath him his entire estate. If the son falls "to make good" in the world, the father says he will cut him off with a bequest of only $5. Realizing that the eight-hour law not only lessens the working hours of women, but also tends to diminish their wages, Helen Ring Robinson on Denver will attempt to offset this disadvantage by inducing legislation in favor of women laborers. John Madden, a Denver & Rio Grande freight conductor, is in a serious condition at Littleton as a result of a beating given him by five unidentified men. A man giving his name as V. C. Geard is under arrest at Castle Rock, suspected of having been implicated in the assault. MINING IN COLORADO STATE FIRST IN TUNGSTEN ORES AND VANADIUM MINERALS. Leads West in Coal and Second In Gold Production—The 1911 Value Is $51,958,239. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—Colorado leads all other states in the production of tungsten ores and vanadium minerals, and is second only to California in the production of gold, according to a report made public by the United States Geological Survey. Colorado also leads the Western states in the production of coal and in the manufacture of pig iron and coke. The total value of minerals mined in the state in 1911 was $51,958,239. The following shows the value of the principal minerals products of the state in 1911: Gold ..... $19,128,800 Gold ..... 4,754,764 Zinc ..... 4,814,562 Silver ..... 3,958,800 Lead ..... 2,755,890 Red Cross Stamps. Pueblo.—The interest which the people of Colorado are taking in the fight to exterminate the great white plague is shown in the manner in which they, one and all, respond to the sale of the Red Cross Christmas Seals. These seals are being pushed in every town in the state and the work is being done by volunteer workers, mostly young ladies who are interested and who are willing to give a portion of their time toward the stamping out of the dread disease — consumption. These girls stand in the hallways of the large buildings and other places from 8:30 in the morning until 5:30 in the evening and request each passer-by to purchase a package of the seals. The packages are done up in small envelopes containing ten, twenty-five, fifty or a hundred seals as the case may be and the purchaser chooses the number that he wants. There is no begging of the trade, neither is there any attempt to embarrass; just an earnest appeal to purchase the stamps and use them according to directions on the envelope. The Red Cross Society does not expect to make any great amount of money off of this work. What it hopes to do is to educate the people on what it is doing in the way of exterminating the white plague and to also educate the people how to help exterminate it. Central Agency to Sell Fruits. Grand Junction.-Secretary A. E. Mauff of the State Board of Horticulture, made his annual report at the convention of the society here. He recommended a state distributing and fruit sales agency, combining all fruit growers' associations in Colorado under one head; a forecast of the world's fruit crop similar to the federal grain forecast; cannning and evaporating factories for using surplus crops; longer storage for winter apples; protective legislation for horticulture, and a more energetic and scientific fight against the leaf roller and other fruit pests. Wolves Attack Lone Girl. Hudson.—Miss Dora Shaffer started to ride to the home of a neighbor when she was attacked by three prairie wolves, maddened by hunger. The young woman, who is an excellent shot, killed the wolves and will add three rugs, made of their hides, to her large collection. Hauling Ore on Sleds. Georgetown—Heavy snows have been prevailing in East and West Argentine districts recently. Ore haulers holding contracts have been compelled to use sleds. Old-timers predict that the winter will be the most severe in the Argentine section during the past decade. To Probe Beauty's Death. Grand Junction.—With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Agnes McAllister of Central City, aged 76, grandmother of Lizzie Noyes, former beauty of the Denver tenderloin, demanded an inquest into the death of the girl, whose body was found in a hovel west of town. Millions for Beet Raisers. Greeley.—Farmers' in Weld county have received checks aggregating $910,000, representing the value of the beets delivered in November to the three factories in this county. The grand total of the crop this year will exceed more than $3,000,000. Fight Bad Prairie Fire. Dover.—All of Dover turned out to fighta disastrous prairie fire, which covered an area of fifteen square miles, and which licked up straw stacks, wheat stacks and stabble, and for a time threatened to destroy the town. Woman With Baby Goes to Jail. Pueblo.—Rather than be separated from her husband, who had been arrested for obtaining $200 under false pretenses, Mrs. Jack Bosta, a Croatian, went to jail here with him, together with their 7-months-old baby. Delivers 18 1/2 Tons of Beets. Rocky Ford.—John Edgar delivered to the factory of the American Beet Sugar Company two loads of sugar beets, one weighing 19,150 pounds, and the other 17,985. HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS The best time to select Xmas Gifts is the present, while the lines are complete. Never before during our thirty years' business career have we ever shown as extensive a line of novelties at popular prices. Perini's Gloves Have no equal in quality or style and are gifts that appeal to men, women and children. Handkerchiefs NEVER FAIL TO PLEASE. Dainty hand-embroidered designs. Armenian laces, initial or plain. All Pure Linen. Hosiery There is no gift which appeals to a woman so irresistably as does silk hoisery. Perini's Silk Holsery is of the very finest quality. The prices are moderate. Are one of the many useful gifts. The woman of today, as well as the one of yesterday, needs a hand purse or a bag wherever she goes. We also have an extensive variety of Ladies' Fancy Scarfs, Jewellery Novelties, Combs, Barettes, Silk Underwear, Emproidered Pieces, Ladies' Shoes and Evening Slippers. WE STAND BACK OF OUR PRICES. THE Perin 1021-25 Sixteenth St HOPKIN'S 1229 16th Street S Phone M PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PRACTICAL OF STERLIN Our present holiday assortment Silverwear and Cuttery is the most bled from the foremost American, L factories, it has the charm of complete THE Perini Bros. 021-25 Sixteenth Street. Opp. Postoffice OPKIN'S STUDIO Street Suite 601 N Phone Main 1885 GRAPHS FROM $3.00 PER TICAL XMAS OF STERLING QUALITY Holiday assortment of Dinnerwear, Fancy lery is the most complete we have e most American, English, German, Fr charm of complete diversity. The Perini Bros. CO. PRACTICAL XMAS GIFTS OF STERLING OUALITY Our present holiday assortment of Dinnerwear, Fancy China, Cut Glass, Silverwear and Cutlery is the most complete we have ever shown. Assembled from the foremost American, English, German, French and Austrian factories, it has the charm of complete diversity. 96-piece Dinner Set. English porcelain, green and gold decoration; well worth $15. Special, the set.....$9.50 100-piece Dinner Sets, English porcelain, border decorations, very popular shapes; choice of two patterns; well worth $18.50. Special.....$10.50 42-piece Cottage Sets in a variety of colors and decorations. Special, the set.....$2.75 "The I have —Why, lish set CUT We are showing some very fine values in the best of American Cut Glass. Cut Glass Salt and Pepper Shakers. Special, pair .....50c We have stretched a point this year and we can honestly say that never before have our patrons had the chance to buy such splendid Christmas gifts for so little money. CARSONS SPECIAL HO ARSONS AL HOLIDAY CARSONS SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE T F. W. GROMM T 632 Fifteenth Street, PHONE MAIN 1922 OPEN EY ROMM TRUNK FA fifteenth Street, Temple Court OPEN EVENINGS ES F. W. GROMM TRUNK FACTORY 632 Fifteenth Street, Temple Court Bldg. PHONE MAIN 1922 OPEN EVENINGS ESTABLISHED 1873 Gloves Umbrellas Make a very useful gift to men and women. When you select from us you get the best that money can buy. Neckwear Fashion's latest fads are to be found at PERINI'S. A selected piece of Neckwear solves the doubt. Hand Bags Are one of the many useful gifts. The woman of today, as well as the one of yesterday, needs a hand purse or a bag wherever she goes. nini Bros. CO. eenth Street. Opp. Postoffice. N'S STUDIO Suite 601 Nassau Blk. Line Main 1885 FROM $3.00 PER DOZEN UP AL XMAS GIFTS SERLING QUALITY Department of Dinnerwear, Fancy China, Cut Glass, the most complete we have ever shown. Assem- merican, English, German, French and Austrian complete diversity. "They are so easily matched at Carson's that I have no hesitancy in buying a one-pattern set —Why, only yesterday they matched an English set bought thirty years ago." CUT GLASS Cut Glass Lamps, small size, very at- tractive design. Special. $8.50 7-inch Cut Glass Fern Dishes, with fern and mirror complete, neat, popular cutting, well worth $5. Special. complete $3.50 ELECTRIC PORTABLE LAMPS 12 only, Electric Lamps at prices less than cost of manufacture. All portables not especially priced 10 per cent discount. HOLIDAY SALE 25% DISCOUNT ON ALL Trunks, Suit Cases AND Leather Novelties Repairing of Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases Promptly Attended To. M TRUNK FACTORY Street, Temple Court Bldg. EN EVENINGS ESTABLISHED 1873 732 - 36 Fifteenth Street Near Stout AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS To the Colored People of the South: To the Colored People of the South: This season of the year, for several years, I have spoken a word to you regarding the importance of building up a good, first-class school in every community. Plans are on the way by which during the third week in October, 1913, the colored people throughout the United States will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their actual freedom as a race. In this connection it is of the greatest importance that we be able to show to the world the progress that we have made in sustaining and building up first-class public schools, especially in the rural districts. During the last 50 years we have succeeded in reducing our ignorance from 97 per cent. to 30 per cent. This is a fine showing for 50 years of freedom. We must not stop, we must go further. In every case where there are already proper school facilities, the business men, together with the ministers and teachers, should appeal constantly to the public school authorities to see that better provisions are made. Unless we look out for ourselves, we cannot expect other people to do so. As an illustration of what united and constant effort can accomplish, I would state that during the last five years the colored people in Macon county, Alabama, have contributed $12,133.05 toward the building of new schoolhouses; in addition they have contributed $14,000 toward the extension of school terms in the county. The result that nearly every school district in Macon county has a first-class schoolhouse, well painted and well furnished; the school term has been extended from four to seven months in the year, and the people are continuing to contribute in the way of extra taxation toward the upkeep of public schools. We must not cease to agitate the question of education, to keep the white people in our communities informed concerning our educational interests and desires. We cannot get something for nothing. While in many parts of the south the educational opportunities are so few that it is almost discouraging, in other section the outlook is bright. For example, at a meeting of the county superintendents of Alabama called by the state superintendent of education in Montgomery a few days ago, the following sentiment, relating to the negro, was unanimously endorsed: "By providing him with schools and churches instead of poison and whisky, he will make a better and more useful citizen, according to one delegate present. Others expressed their opinion on the negroes' relation to education, and it was the unanimous opinion that the race should be aided as much as possible by the state." It is encouraging to note, too, that in many counties in the south, the teachers are under the supervision and guidance of Dr. James H. Dillard, president of the Anna T. Jeanes fund, and are doing much to improve the education of the race and to bring about better relations between black and white people. These Jeanes fund teachers should have the constant support and co-operation of our leaders wherever they are at work. In conclusion, let me urge ministers, teachers, business men, women's clubs and all classes to unite and make this a banner year in the matter of improving the public schools for our race. (Signed) BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The conditions surrounding the negro today are critical. They demand strenuous leaders, men of iron will, men of strong physique, men who think right and stick to their convictions. We must have leaders who do not cater to selfish purposes, but who are wholly and solely upon the sacrificial altar for the sake of their people. In earlier days the ministry was considered the leaders of the race, but because of many not proving faithful to their trust the politicians stole his fire, but he, too, has also made shipwreck of his charge, and the negro race must now turn to the advocates of industrialism, and work out the problem of life and conditions along practical lines. Shall we as a race fall to reach the culmination of our desire, because of the fault of many of our leaders? Our greatest and truest leaders are those who many times are silently working out the "salvation" of the race with fear and trembling. They are the men who are attaining while others suggest, are completing accomplishments while others rest.—Colorado Appeal. By the time a man's wife has trimmen the raw edges off his cynicism, taken tucks in his morals, polished up his manners, ironed the wrinkles out of his disposition and put em? broldery on his tastes he wouldn't recognize the ghost of his youthful self if he were to meet it on the street. Never "stoop to conquer" a man or a cat; just sit still and pretend not to notice them, and sooner or later they'll come around, stand on their hind feet, roll over and purr for petting We have received and studied with great interest, a copy of the "Negro Year Book—Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro," complied by Mr. Monroe N. Work of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. The book was planned to meet the growing demand from all parts of the United States and some portions of the old world for accurate and concise information in regard to the history and progress of the Negro race. Probably it would be possible to condense a greater variety of important facts into the same amount of space, but we doubt it. In this book one can find important facts—the essential facts—touching the progress of the Negro in any and all fields wherein he has been a worker. Nor is this all. All legislation bearing upon his destiny both as a slave and as a freeman are given here in condensed form. Negro education before, during and since the Civil war, is treated in an interesting way. In fact it would be difficult to think of any subject, any line of endeavor, with which the Negro is, or has ever been, identified, that is not found here, and the facts put in a form which makes them easily accessible. Among a number of surprising "first things or persons," may be mentioned these: "The first settler in Alabama was a Negro." Paul Cuffe, noted Negro skipper, was the first person to advocate colonization of Negroes in Africa; "Lot Carey the first missionary to Liberia." "The first slave insurrection occurred in New York." "John Brown Russwurm was editor of first Negro newspaper in the United States, and was one of the first Negroes to graduate from a college in this country;" "Daniel Walker, the first Negro to attack slavery through the press." Negroes have been inventing objects since as far back as 1834, when a Maryland free Negro was granted a patent on a corn harvester. It is curious in the light of later developments to note what strenuous efforts, as given in this book, were made by many of the Southern states to abolish slavery in the first quarter of a century of its existence. The price of the "Negro Year Book." is, we believe, 25c, and to say that it is worthy many times that much, would be another way of trying to indicate its value. The book should be in the hands of two classes of people: Those who make some claims to know something of the progress and development of the race, and those who didn't know anything at all about the subject—and this, I believe, includes all Negroes and just as large a proportion of white folks.—Dallas Express. Education as the pancea for all of the illiterate conditions under which the colored race is struggling was advanced by Judge John E. Schwarz in an address before the Negro Civic Improvement league at the Masonic temple in Savannah, Ga. "Education and Cleanliness—the Foes of Disease and the Friends of Prosperity," was his subject, a very appropriate one for Tuberculosis day. He sketched the progress of the negro from the time slavery was introduced into the southern states until the present day, showing that "no race has progressed so much in the same space of time." A man's "remorse" in after years appears to be not for the foolish things he shouldn't have done and did, but for the foolish things he might have done and didn't. Thirteen years ago, when President Cleveland left the White House, a South Bend (Ind.) Democrat vowed he would wear a beard until another Democrat should be elected. His name is Peter Kreczmer and his hair is very red. He had to pay 50 cents to get his beard shaved, so rank was the growth of 13 years. He gathered up the fiery red bunch and had a watch chain made of it, which he will send to President-elect Wilson. Thirteen is generally considered an uncanny numerical combination, and President Wilson will get the full benefit of it "for better or for worse." Tuskegee, Ala.—A few months ago a few special friends of Dr. Booker T. Washington organized a movement to secure a special gift of $50,000 to lighten his burdens and encourage him in his work at Tuskegee, to be given annually for five years from a number of selected persons throughout the United States. The movement has been so successful and so spontaneously responded to that $53,000 a year for five years has been guaranteed. A true "gentleman," is one who is always chivalrous toward the "weaker vessel" even when it is filled with inconsistency—always tender toward the "clinging vine" even when its clinging has begun to choke him. In this age of progress, the people who go on before must bear the torchlight of intelligence; must be abreast of every hour; must read between the lines.—The Baptist Rival. For every hot day gone there's a cold one coming. WHITELAW REID DEAD NOTED EDITOR AND DIPLOMAT HAD INTENDED RETIRING TO PREPARE MEMOIRS. Was Historian of "After the War," Author of French Treaty and Harrison's Running Mate in Campaign of 1892. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Events in Whitelaw Reid's Life. Born at Xenia, Ohio, October 27, 1837. Correspondent during Civil War on staffs of Generals Morris and Rosen-crazy New York.—All party lines have been submerged here in mourning for Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. His death is accepted as a loss by New York and the United States of a great publicist and statesman. It is only a few weeks since another of the old guard of editors—dean of them all—Colonel Henry Watterson—told the part which Reid played in smashing the political triangle of '72 and securing the nomination of Horace Greeley, whom he succeeded in the control of the New York Tribune. Now they are speaking of the war correspondent of Shiloh, Corinth and Gettysburg; the historian of "After the War," and author of the reciprocity treaty with France. Reid avoided prominence in politics since he bore the brunt of the Republican campaign as the running mate of Benjamin Harrison in 1892. Reid inherited from both sides of his family the pure Scotch blood and strong covenant leanings. The first WHITELAW REID. American Ambassador to England. American Reid settled in Kentucky, in the latter part of the Eighteenth century. The descendants of this Scott lowlander moved to Ohio. Whitelaw Reid was born at Xenia, Ohio, on October 27. 1837. He had a brilliant scholastic career, for which he repaid his father by teaching school. This debt cancelled at twenty, he returned to Xenia and purchased the local newspaper. He took Greeley, then making history with the New York Tribune, as his mentor. His paper was the first east of Illinois and only one in Ohio to support Lincoln for President in 1860, and Reid plucked the only delegation in Ohio from Samuel P. Chase and into the Lincoln column. He stumped the state for Lincoln and Hamlin. Worked for $6 a Week. After Lincoln's election Reid went to Columbus, the Ohio capital, to write a daily letter to the Cincinnati Times for $6 a week, which was just enough for his board and lodging. Presently MADERO'S CONGRESS CLOSES. Few Laws Passed But $10,000,000 Loan and $20,000,000 Bonds Authorized. Mexico City, Mexico.—With a record of few more than a dozen measures enacted and about 180 still pending, the first congress elected under the Madero administration, which was expected to carry out many revolutionary promises, closed its three months' session. The most important bills passed include authorization for a $10,000,000 loan, as yet unfloated, and authorization for a $20,000,000 bond issue. The budget also was approved, providing for an increase of $6,500,000. The $20,000,000 bond issue is for the purpose of railroad subsidies and other public works and for the payment of indemnities in connection with the revolution of 1910. Win Six-Day Bicycle Race. New York.—Fogler and Rutt, the German-American team, won the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. Portugal Prisons Full of Conspirators. Portugal Prisons Full of Conspirators Lisbon. Although the trials of political prisoners continue daily in Lisbon, the prisons are crewed. The largest number is confined in the central prison of Lisbon, the Limoeiro, where they are lodged eight and ten in cells designed for two. Chicago Board Charged with Monopoly Chicago. Suit to dissolve the Chicago butter and egg board on the ground that it is a combination in restraint of trade was filed by the department the Cleveland Herald engaged him to send it a daily letter for $15 a week and finally the Cincinnati Gazette wanted a like service for $18.00 He accepted and satisfactorily filled all three engagements during that legislative session, thus earning an income of $38 a week, which then and there seemed almost princely. On the outbreak of the Civil War as war correspondent and volunteer aide de camp, followed the federal campaigns of McChellan, Morris and Roseans in Virginia; and later accompanied Grant from Cairo to Shiloh. His provision led him to go and to stick to Pittsburgh Landing as a place destined to be the scene of a tremendous conflict. He arose from a sick bed on the eve of Shiloh and was the only correspondent who was actually present at that tremendous two-days' battle, from the disastrous start to the triumphant finish. His "agate" letters from the field filled columns of the Gazette and were reproduced in extras by Chicago and St. Louis papers and attracted national attention. Chosen as Tribune Editor. Reid in 1868 established himself at Cincinnati as one of the proprietors, editor-in-chief and principal leader writer of the Gazette. The impachment of President Johnson attracted him to Washington, however, to report personally that extraordinary trial for his paper and where what may be regarded as the crisis of his career occurred. He was again brought into contact with Greeley who again renewed his invitation to Reid to enter the home office of the Tribune and this time the invitation was accepted. Then came the political campaign of 1872. Immediately upon his nomination for President Greeley resigned as editor of the Tribune and Reid was chosen to fill his place. Upon the reorganization of the paper after Greeley's death he came into control of its policy. He declined the offer of the ministry at Berlin when it was tendered by President Hayes in 1877, but in March, 1889, acceded to President Harrison's wish and went to Paris as United States minister. His chief work in France was the removal of the prohibition which for eleven years had entirely barred American pork from the French market. In 1897 he was special ambassador of the United States at the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria and in 1898 was one of the five American commissioners to conclude the peace with Spain at the Paris conference. In 1902 he went again to London as special ambassador to the coronation of Edward VII. In 1905 he took over the post. Was Married in 1881. Reid was married in 1881 to Miss Elizabeth Mills, daughter of the capitalist and philanthropist, Darius Ogden Mills, who bore him two children. The elder Ogden Mills Reid, after being graduated from the collegiate and law departments of Yale university and admitted to the bar, became associated with the Tribune and is now president of the corporation and managing editor. The younger, Miss Jean Reid, was married in 1908 to the Hon. John Hubert Ward, a brother of the earl of Dudley and equerry to King Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Reid long maintained three residences in America. Their New York city home, purchased in 1886, was a large house at Madison avenue and Fifty-first street, which had been erected some years before by Henry Villard. Their country home was at Purchase, near White Plains, N. Y., on the extensive estate known as Ophir Farm, formerly the property of the well-known shipbuilder, John Roach. Soon after Reid's purchase of it, the house was destroyed by fire and he built in its place Ophir hall. A third dwelling, for seasonal occupation, was Camp Wildair, at Paul Smith's, in the Adirondacks. Washington. — Representative Mott of New York introduced an amendment to the so-called newspaper law, to eliminate the sections requiring newspapers to publish sworn circulation statements, statements of indebtedness and the marking of reading matter published for pay. It would require publications to file the names of their officers and owners, omitting the names of publishers owning less than five per cent. of the stock. Religious publications would not be exempt as in the existing law. Chicago.—Mrs. Hattie M. Verity, wife of Dr. William P. Verity, a former North side surgeon, who is now the mayor of Two Buttes, Colo., was given a decree of separate maintenance and was awarded alimony of $4,100, with an additional allowance of $100 monthly, until her husband returns to live with her Washington.—Good roads enthusiasts of the Western states hope for the passage of the bill introduced by Representative Mondell of Wyoming, by the terms of which an additional sum of twenty-five per cent. from all forest reserve receipts is to be devoted to road maintenance and construction. Senator Guggeheim obtained the enactment of a similar bill, appropriating only ten per cent. from forset reserve receipts of 1912, which this year added an average of $30,000 to each of the Western states containing forest reserves. 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We simply call your attention to just this If it is anything that properly belongs in a jewelers place we have it. Give us the opportunity to serve you. :: :: :: COLORADO AND SOUTHERN COLORADO AND SOUTHERN FAST, FREQUENT AND EXCELLENT DAILY SERVICE Between Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo via the Colorado & Southern Railway Electric Lighted Sleeping and Dining Cars—Well-Ballasted Roadbed—Block Signals—Stone and Concrete Bridges—and a service appreciated by the experienced traveler. Al trains eave and arrive Union Pass- senger Stations, Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Electric Lighted Sleeping and Dining Cars—Well-Ballasted Roadbed—Block Signals—Stone and Concrete Bridges—and a service appreciated by the experienced traveler. Al trains eave and arrive Union Passenger Stations, Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. to Santa Claus' headquarters. In all Denver there is no place like TOY WORLD AT JOSLIN'S The greatest, best and most comprehensive collection ever shown in the city. Thousands of dollars' worth from the Old World as well as a great quantity of American-made Toys. Toy World this year is in our newly arranged basement. The demonstration of the mechanical toys is very interesting to all. "A Better Christmas Gift For Less" ESTABLISHED 1879 Stark JEWELERS The Store Accommodating ESTABLISHED 1879 Stark JEWELERS aed a aS a A ap ge a P a ECO LORE ON: ASTATES MAKE | HEE BUSS Ey SATLOMAN SO Soe ee ea baa Fey) Ss eg Prat | pe Orirens Fl DEC AG rate | pert SESE A Al MONS arenes Lind aad, - CS SO ans aegis a JOS. DD. a ee 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONO LOOT cece sTevscecccsscccewevercrsyssenceveccscvscscseriesesesececes sGMOe Bix Monthia! <2¢:.csvagisaposeemenn ce res sengacsenseree assests nicer ceacens 00) Three Menthe 2.610... wees ebcesst i veeaeccaeececoe minis 1 Tener ee AUAGO) PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the city of Denver, Colorado. Reading notices, ‘ten lines or less, 10 cents per line, Each additional line over ten Ilnes, 5 cents per line. Dieplay advertising, 25 cents per square. A square contains ten agate lines EE Epes a ae a No discounts allowed on leas than three months' contract. Cash must accom- pany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft, Postage stamps will be recelved the fame as cash for the fractional part of a dollar, Only 1-cent and 2-cent stamps taken. ‘il communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary wil! be withheld from the columna of this paper. Communications to recelve attention must be newsy, upon important sub- fects, plainly written only upon one side of the papér; must reach us Tuesdays, If possible, anyway, not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the Author, No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. Tt occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. Tn case you do not receive any number when due, inform us by postal card and ve will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. THIS PAPER. man has been issuec has at all times anc for the advancement yught to make this a urnal of opinion, reflect d in return has been a entitled to it, We are tionable matter. We w id and pay for this pap ed this money. Just ser ATESMAN’'S CHIRSTM an extends to its subse n and out of the state, r all. Prosperity has received good wages anc . The Colorado Statesn ecasion, accept our gre rry Christmas to you. The Colorado Statesman has been issued regularly for nineteen years, Its management has at all times and under difficult cireum- stnees 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 patron- age. We feel that we are entitled to it. We are sending you a clean sheet, {ree from conrse and objectionable matter. We want every colored man and woman 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 emuse as a Christmas gift, | pus: eeseusee | ~ COLORADO STATESMAN’S CHIRSTMAS GREETING. | ‘The Colorado Statesman extends to its subseribers, readers, advertisers, patrons and friends, both in and out of the state, “a Merry Christmas.” ‘This has been a busy year for all. Prosperity has been general, crops good. Everybody has had work, received good wages and are prepared to pay their bills and have a good time. ‘The Colorado Statesman joins with you in mak: ing the holidays a happy occasion, accept our greetings, forget your troubles and be happy. Again, Merry Christmas to you. CHRISTMAS Joys. ‘The holiday or holy day season is the happiest event of the year. Hence itis usual to call it “Merry Christmas.” It marks the highest and most joyous occasion in the calendar. During the preceding twelve months the hearts and minds of busy people have been burdened with business respon- sibilities and care, but at the Christmas tide the burdened hearts are loos: ened, cares are relaxed and the pentup spirit leaps forth into spontaneous rejoicing. To make the children happy ought to be the first concern and chief delight of all. Big children, little children, orphans, bachelors, old maids, grandmas and everybody ought to have the privilege of sharing in the Christmas joys, It should be the glad event of the year, as it represents a significant occasion, “Heaven's best gift to carth.” Without which there would be few things to make glad the hearts of the weary. School boys and girls, teachers, servants and laborers ought to turn aside from dull routine and crowd into the Christmas tide many happy hours of mirth and pleasure. Of course, Christmas eve, or the days previous, prepares the way for our Christmas joys, as at this time our heads and pocketbooks are strained to get presents for loved ones at home or abroad, When we know that they are happy we cannot easily restrain the emotion that arises in our own souls. None are too poor to give something, It is not what you give,,but the spivit in which you give it that determines the result. Let every one resolve to be happy by making others so. LOOKING FORWARD. ‘The greatest, most important and most wonderful events that transpire in the world usually have their sources in humble, obscure and apparently insignificant conditions or causes. Little things which, at firet, hardly attract the serious attention of the wise and alert observers and forecasters of human affairs, suddenly expand and assume a degree of such vast importance that the world is awed by the overwhelming conviction of suparnatnral ae Alvis ai ine se oe ‘The greatest, most Important and most wonderful events that transpire in the world usually have their sources in humble, obscure and apparently insignificant conditions or causes. Little things which, at firet, hardly attract the serious attention of the wise and alert observers and forecasters of human affairs, suddenly expand and assume a degree of such vast importance that the world is awed by the overwhelming conviction of supernatural or divine direction, Certainly men, in all their combined might and as much as they try, do not plan out and command their own destinies, The Negro for centuries has been, and still is, the most insignificant of all the five great branches of the human family. The Caucasian, or Aryan, is, and long has been, the greatest of them all, and in his might virtually dominates and controls the earth in the present age. Europe, with ht aggregate of monarchies, and America, with her #mbitions and insuperable array of young republics, from the heart and the soul of the modern world, influencing the affairs of men to the very limits of man’s abode. The political balance of this vast and mighty leadership is maintained, against the inherent dangers of its own nationally divided and internationally associated strength, by the most strenuous and enlightened diplomacy. Yet the most insignificant of men, in all of his comparative ig. norance and weakness, embraces the possibility of becoming the instrument for the altering and transforming of all these patent, deep-rooted and age- worn conditions. In the uncontrolable indulgence of his restless spirit, the Caucasian has usurped and taken to himself the physical ownership and control of the black man’s natural and unsurrenderable heritage, comprising one-sixth of the inhabitable area of the earth. ‘The taking of it has imposed upon him the unavoidable obligation of enlightening its teeming millions of inhabitants. ‘The process involves the nations of the world in experimentations and coun- ter convictions. Drifting swiftly toward an inevitable climax, men and na tions refuse to recognize the futility of their ambitions, When the govern: ment of the United States, in recent tardy recognition of a morai obligation of long standing, took steps to inform itself upon the military customs fol lowed by European governments in Africa, it very innocently and uninten tionally foreshadowed an inevitable future obligation to participate with Burope in the development of world affairs which it has hitherto left un touched. It is » very small seed, but it may contain the germ of wonderful possibilities. The future is fraught with changes almost too mighty for hu man conjecture, and we do not assume the gift of prophesy, but it is possible, in the light of past experience and present development, to conceive that Li berla, poor and insignificant in the world’s eyes, may Jecome the wedge wherewith the bulwark of time-welded human relationships shall be sundered and changed. _ x ag THE SPECIAL- | TY STORE — t Gloves, Umbrellas, Hosiery Useful Christmas Presents ae OE J. C. BLOOM & COMPANY ARTISTIC JEWELRY FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS 730 Sixteenth St. Denver, Colo. | THE GEORGE BELL COMPANY Lapidaries and Manufacturing Jewelers THINGS SUBSTANTIALLY MADE 437 Seventeenth St. DENVER - - - COLORADO WELTON TRUNK MFG. CO° Geo. Brandenburg, Prop. Sea RNa ae Sp N (Biz a TRUNKS, SUIT CASES, BAGS AND TRAVELERS’ NECESGITIES Phone Champa 2048 225 3 Welton JEWELER 1033-35 Fifteenth St. PHONE 2710 MercanTILE Bupa. DENVER PHONE CHAMPA 395 DR. C. D. DeFRANTZ PHYSICIAN axp SURGEON Office Hours: 2to4dp.M. OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT 2716 Welton St. Deiver. No Time to Quit. A local judge has refused to divorce a couple who lived together for 40 years and then parted. We agree with the court that marriage has no bust ness having a second childhood.—Los Angeles Times. Sald More Than He Meant. The Candidate (having quoted the words of an eminent statesman in sup: port of an argument)—"And, mind you, these are not my words. This is not merely my opinion. ‘These ara the words oMa man who knows what he’s talking abhor" Look for This Sign in Front of Our Store. BW =) in We SS) = > ; ARE.) Wigan. ! “INN. \ BER,/ i ae ke iL yit ULE ha a a a bun LEADER. Hog Chitterlings, 5¢ tb. Were Seman We Sell Everything a Hog Furnishes Get our prices before you buy else- where. We eh our groceries OUR MOTTO: * Our profits are small, ea 2048 LARIMER oe Cirsonenesse || Open Sunday All Day. | THE GREAT BABY Photographer ONLY CATERS TO FIRST. CLASS TRADE. OUR PIC- TURES SPEAK FOR THEM. SELVES. COR. 16th @ CURTIS ST. POST BLDG. MICHAELSON’S THE BIG STORE Corner 15th and Larimer Sts. HOLIDAY BUYING is done most Profitably here Head to Foot Wearing Ap- pargl for MAN, WOMAN and CHILD Thousands, : of Gifts <i of Al COW Cg re — Combined with the Lowest Prices at this Store hom cen, Cour Friends a ee oe will appreciate something new and Ns ° ° REY | Christmas Sifts wl in the line of a Japanese Novelty and Art Soods You can't, therefore, fail to visit S. BAN CO.’S STORE Direct Importers of All Kinds of Japanese Goods 2009-11 LARIMER STREET, DENVER, COLORADO We Carry Everything and Complete Line Displayed_ Holeproof Whole for the Family WE ARE EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR RAR @US ---The only hose with a writ- floleproo frlosiery ten guarantec, “Holeproof” ie f-0R MEN WOMEN’ AND CHILDREN™ guaranteed to need no darning in six months. If a hole ap- pears, within six months, in any of the six pairs, bring them back and get new hosiery free. Box six pairs, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00: Silks, 75c and $1.00 per pair, packed in Xmas boxes. Buy now and have your slips dated Dec 25. This allows you two weeks of extra service. Sent prepaid anywhere. BATH ROBES, $3.65 $5.00, $6.50 and $7.50 Values We secured a sample line of these fine CLOTHING @. robes. Handsome colorings. 621 to 627 16th St. Mack Block. If you want good Eastern Corn-Fed\Beef and Pork —GO TO— * GOLDBERG & BLOOM Gee e ey Ape eoee oy hagas : ens Rudolf Beiter MANAGER East Denver Turner Hall The hall can be RENTED by Socie- ties and Clubs for Entertainments, Balls, Etc. Fine Bar in connection 2132-48 ARAPAHOE st Telephone Main2449 Denver, Colo PRAT SALA TIE ES A 2 aN ~ f P o 4 FANE COLORADUNS7X STATESMAN asgteene 9 feet nr arr ee SSO Marya : Cstey Fewel k es F, ih Aa Pras | ethiteireae Kee Dx oie ate epee er Se i OD! Se = OES EE Sie UY epee ew = FeO mL = Jutfis Perkins of the Neusteter.Co.| Mrs. Lillian Jones and Choir, Re is very sick. Mt., Court No. 3 Pond Lilly Art ¢ a and their many friends, for the k S. W. Scott of 2063 Delgany street (ness and many beautiful floral who has been very sick is able to be { ferings during our jate bereavmen out again. our dear mother Josephine Dun ee gan. Mrs. Fred Williams of 2222 curtis Sree eae st., is improving after two weeks ill- ‘A CHRISTMAS /GIET- hess with bronchitis, You can search the world over EE not find another Christmas gift m i.r. and Mrs, George S. Contee left } acceptable and that will bring you today tor Wankitat . C, q{te received and bring pleasure the sea 6 ati ae: to Soo a friend or to every member of ys ow relations and} family than by becoming a subscr friends, for The Colorado Statesman the pee ee staunch reliable family journal. Mr, Theodore Von DickersoIn our 1 7 local artist is muking maps for the SECON On CHE CEnS: Bible class of Shorters church. On last Thursday evening, Ro Wm. H. Johnson died Thursday morning at his daughter’s home, Miss Maggie Johnson, 2543 Clarkson street. Funeral notice later. Mrs. Arthur Chapman and mother, Mrs, Washington and Miss Willie Lenoir left Monday for Los Angeles, Calif. to spend the winter. A Christmas suggestion, if you are in doubt would be to send a copy of ‘The Colorado Statesman to a friend as a yearly visitor. Miss Ada Downey, one of our pop- ular ladies of the younger set, has gone to Kansas City, Kan., to spend the holidays with relatives. Willis Buffet of 1766 Clarkson street who was operated upon for appendici- tis at Mercy hospital last week, has improved so rapidly that he will be re- tnoved home in a few days. James T, Anderson of ‘Tacoma, Wash., who has been here for several weeks visiting his mother, Mrs, Fan- nie Anderson of 2113 Welton street, departed for home last Sunday. Mrs. Black and daughter Della of Colorado Springs are in the city at- tending Mrs. Edith Moore of 2329 Lafayette st., who is suffering with Ja grippe. Congress has passed the bill ap- propriating four hundred thousand dol- lars to complete our new federal build- ing, thanks to our Congressional dele- gation. ( Miss Nelsine Howard left the city Wednesday for Topeka, as a delegate from the Self-Improvement Club, which meets in annual conference during the holidays, Before returning she will visit other cities, The writer is under many obliga- tions to Henry Jones of San An- tonio, ‘Texas for courtesies extended him while in that city a tew days ago. Mr. Jones is quite popular in the Alamo city, and stands high in the estimation of its citizens. Mrs. John R. Contee is still confined at home with illness, although she is improving but slowly. She is very much missed in church and social functions, of which she has always been an active member. Mrs. Charles White gave a very fancy luncheon Tuesday to the follow- ing well known society ladies: Mes- dames Lewis Parks, C. B. Langston, Roy Handy, H. J. Foster and Misses Nelsine Howard and Stella Green. Mr. and Mrs, C, A. Franklin enter- tained the newlyweds at a handsome- ly appointed dinner last Sunday. Those who graced the festal board were: Messrs. and Mesdames C. E. Langston, Lewis Park, H. J. Foster, Wm. Parks, R. Las Chappelle. Edward Baker, who was shot and killed at Casper, Wyo., Monday, 16th, was shipped to Denver for burial. His parents live at 2320 Lawrence street. Vuneral will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m.,, from the Douglass Undertaking parlors, 1830 Arapahoe street. Miss Maggie Williams, after on ill- ness of several months, died at the County hospital Monday. Her funeral wag held Friday at 10 a. m., from the Douglass Undertaking parlors. Rev. James F. Wallace conducted the ser- vices. ‘The enterprising Negroes of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Association haye completed the yearly decorations ofthe club rooms, The music room is furnished in the style of Louis XVI, and the other rooms are furnished in panels on background of red. The bil- liard room is finished in Colonial fashion. Mrs. Lawhorn and sister wishes to experess their heart felt thanks to Mrs. Lillian Jones and Choir, Rocky Mt, Court No. 8 Pond Lilly Art Club and their many friends, for the kind- ness and many beautiful floral af- ferings during our late bereavment of our dear mother Josephine Dumne- gan. ) A CHRISTMAS GIFT. You can search the world over and not find another Christmas gift more acceptable and that will bring you val- ue received and bring pleasure to a friend or to every member of the family than by becoming a subscriber for The Colorado Statesman the old staunch reliable family journal. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. On last Thursday evening, Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 2320 G. U. O. of 0, F. elected the following Bros., as the annual and semi annual officers: Warden Jerry, W. Wilson; Guardian, J. C. Wright; R.'S. A. V. G. George Derry; L. S. A. V.G. Jos. D. D: Rivers; R. 8. A, N. G. N. O'Neal; L. 8. A, N. G., Chas. L. Casey; Eelec: tive, Secy., Edward L. Faulkner, Jr.; Vice Grand, H. Fields; N. G., J. A. Crumbly; P. N. G., V. T. Scruggs; N. F., Lon Williams; P. N. F., Geo G. Ross; Worthy Chaplain, J. W. Rus- sell; Judge Advocate, W. G. ‘Camp bell; Worthy Treas., Paul W. Walker; Per. Secty; George S. Contee. Degree and Deputy Degree Trustees’ J. W. Levell and R. M Johnson. CAMPBELL CHAPEL. Corner 23rd and Lawrence., Rev. H. Franklin Bray, D.D., Pastor. oY mE aera eee rrr get Presiding Elder ‘A. M. Ward will have charge all day Sunday, preach- ing in the morning and evening. Dr. R. L. Pope will preach at 3 p.m. Tite churches of the city, with their pas: tors, are invited to this service. This is our first quarterly meeting. ‘The conference this week has been vell attended, the receipts wonderful. ly satisfactory and the entire affair a great big success. Monday night will mark the close, at which time all final reports will be made and a banquet served free to all. Lawyer W. B. Townsend will be the principal speak: er on this occasion. Xmas exercises by the Sunday school ‘Tuesday evening, the 24th inst. Big Xmas tree. Bring your presents for your friends. SHORTER CHAPEL NOTES. Dr. R. A. Randolph preached a most excellent sermon at Shorter last Sab- bath morning and his large audience was meved in a most remarkable way. Mrs. Mattie Watkins, formerly of Colo: rado Springs, was received Into out communion. ‘The pastor’s sermon on the Seventh Commandment on last Sunday evening both drew out an unusually large con: gregation and was the subject of gen: eral comment during the week. He will deliver a sermon on the Bighth, on the evening of Sunday, January 5th. On next Sunday Shorter’s congre: gation will worship with Campbell in the afternoon, and at night the full {ime will be devoted to the rendition of “Prince of Peace,” 2 Christmas can ta, by the choir. Our Sunday school X:mas-tree will be had on Tuesday evening, Dec. 24th, when a well-prepared program will be rendered by the Sunday school child. ren. The public is invited. Shorter’s Christmas service will be held at 5:00 a, m. Xmas morning, when the pastor will deliver a special sermon for this occasion, and the choir will render appropriate ‘music. Mrs, J. N. Batts was welcomed into the Mid-week Bible class last week. The first quarterly examination will be had during the holidays. ‘The class will give a Bible social on Tues. day evening, Dec. 31st. Every members of our congregation is hereby urged to attend the fiftieth celebration of the emancipation proe- lamation on the evening of January ist at Calvary Baptist church. Dr. R. B. Jones of New Orleans, La., one of the greatest orators of the country, will deliver the principal address, and race loyalty should bring together on this occasion the entire Negro popt- lation of Denver. SCOTT M. E. CHURCH NOTES. The Tom Thumb Wedding, rendered last Tuesday evening, was a humming success. Two hundred and sixty tick- ets were sold and $26.45 was cleared after the expenses had been deducted. The ticket sellers were Miss Minnie Whitsell, Mrs. Emma Trousley, Mrs. Lucy Coleman and Frs, Ella Carter. The prizes were a beautiful silk quilt and a sofa pillow. The prize winners were Mesdames Carter and Coleman. The Pastors’ Auxiliary will serve Christmas eve in the church, They are composed of the following work- ers: Dr. S. 8. Turner, Mesdames Dooley and Williams. The carpet committee, headed by Mrs. Lucy Coleman, will serve dinner at her residence, December 30th. We were indeed delighted to have out Sunday Mr. Ralph Rice and Mrs. Jennie Pierson, who have been con- fined at their Homes on account of an accident and operation, Brother Mc- Pherson is improving and is now at his home on Lafayette street. Mrs. M. EB. Fornia and Mrs. Luelia Wil: liams are both on the sick list this week. The Sunday School Christmas tree will be on Wednesday evening, De-, cember 25th. A program will be rend- ered and presents distributed by San- ta Claus to every child who attends Sunday school. Miss Rice and Mrs. | Dooley will have charge of the pro- gram. . Dr. Arthur P. Ragatz will deliver the Communion sermon Sunday after- noon at 3 o'clock. The business ses- sion of the third quarterly conference will be held Saturday evening. Do not fail to hear this eloquent divine. Mrs. Lula Berry, one of Scott's active workers left for Little Rock, Ark, last week. Her stay in her fome city will be indefnite. Mrs, J. M, Johns arrived in the city last week from Atlanta, Ga., where she has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Mary Kirkpatrick has been ap- pointed chairman of the bond com- mittee. A QUEEN CITY CHORUS SENDS XMAS GREETINGS. By Hewetson Watson. All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. Hach has his exit and his entrance, and each man in his time plays his part, his acts being seven.—Shakes- pear, It is customary in other parts of the world that all organizations fos- tered and encouraged by the public generally return thanks at this time of the year, in the form of Xmas greetings, and so the writer feels he is not out of place in offering to the Denver public through the Statesman the. best wishes for a joyous Yuletide; also gratitude for the help and en- couragement .given the chorus since their birth in May, 1911, Like other organizations, there have been struggles, trials, etc., but the stability and tenacity of the members, coupled with the indomitable pluck and courage, persistence and _perse- verance of the leaders, have enabled them to surmount all obstructions and overcome all difficulties, which in turn affords much pleasure in giving our thanks to the public. “Truth crushed to earth will rise again,” says the poet, and the fact goes indisputably that we are grad- ually demonstrating our ability to think, act and feel in the various arts and sciences. We are commended for our natural musical talent as a whole; then let us clothe nature by entering the arena of the artistic side, and reach the goal of success as others have done. I may mention that the motto of the club is “Persist- ence,” and the password “Persever- ance,” two qualities which, if adhered to, necessarily means success. I take this opportunity of express- ing, on behalf of the chorus, its thanks to the editor of this paper as well as the editors of the others two papers for the use of their columns from time to time; and may tong life and prosperity be theirs in both their bus- iness as well as domestic spheres. Merry Christmas! The Masons’ next big event, special attractions for the holidays at Eureka hall, Friday, Dec. 27th, 1912. Admis- sion 50 cents NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Denver, Colo., Dec. 12, 1912. ‘The annual meeting of the Stock- holders of ‘The Antiers Gold Mining and Milling Company ‘will be held January 14, 1913 at 2:00 o'clock p, m. at the Company's office 413 McPhee Blg., Denyer, Colo. H. EB. Wright Asst. Secy. For Rent—A nice modern, furnished room at 1869 Marion street. ‘Telephone York 2521. For Rent—A nice five-room frame cottage, Apply 1869 Marion street. Phone York 2521. . Nicely modern furnished rooms for rent at 2222 Curtis street. Phone Olive 1608. Brickler’s New Barber Shop is to- cated at 2208 Larimer street. Shave, 10c Hair Cut, 25¢; Children, 15¢. 13 CENTS A DAY BUYS A PIANO. WITH MUSIC LESSONS FREE, PI- ANOS FROM $88 UP. COLUMBINE MUSIC CO., 920-924 15th STREET, CHARLES BUILDING. For Rent. Bigut room house with concrete chicken house and barn. A 75 foot well with plenty of water. A ood place for one who would like to raise chickens or who runs an ash or express wagon. Apply Mrs. C. Ander- son, 1064 Ivanhoe, Montclair, or L. Anderson, Scholtz main Drug’ Store. | Before You Buy Property, Let Lawyer | W. B. TOWNSEND EXAMINE THE TITLE AND MAKE | YOUR CONTRACT. LAWYER TOWN- SEND MAKES A SPECIALTY OF COLLECTING FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES, ALSO ENDOWMENT MONIES, | OFFICE 209 KITTREDGE BUILDING PHONE MAIN 6782. ae Drawn Estimates Furnished Ernest Howard : CARPENTER Job and Repair Work a eeccielty _ Coal, Wood and Express _| Residence: 353 W. Warren Ave. | Shop Phone Champa 762 1021 2ist St ARTHUR JACKSON'S ORCHESTRA | | Rehearsals Friday Nights and Sunday ane | PUBLIC CORDIALLY INVITED. 2422 Walnut Street. Denver ase: Sa a femme 0 aaa altuna eee PR pe ea eres ee aenmesur itt MM Mig aaban trae e Open Evenings — Metal Sanitary Drinking Cups FREE to All Customers ABEL-BACH C0.’S, OF MILWAUKEE, THREE BIG SAMPLE LINES WHAT Sy aa, Samples in | $1 “ foe é i) Traveling Bags WAN Screener eee and INTHIS 1 : aa f Suit Cases sate a All at 238 ae | Qh y Femi ectarst ara etal: sratiees atieseoecer era slime’ with Seerecneaten Leis: | = OFF THE DENVER TRUNK FACTORY COMPANY, 724 teenth street You can buy your Christmas Furs, Marabou Muffs and Boas at Janu- ary sale prices. On account of the extremely backward season this year CRUD we are compelled to offer our entire Fur stock at a reduction that means é Pes a saving to you of from 25 to 50 per cent on any Fur Coat, Fur Set, Odd Pda Mutf of Odd Collar Se em Gwe Ex ial Milli v4 tra Special Millinery Gx WA Offeri tho / EL) , EeO> nt ering gf yy eae f % t) Wid if ca 10 Choice Trimmed Hats selling up to $20,00...... et VN Ee \ Se ee Eee | Your Choice Wa 29 Ba iiss 10 Choice Trimmed Hats selling up to $15.00. Si | \\ii , 1 BS) SO CREB e TELM BCS BUNS, UU MOEA Oe sss este \ , . 25 Cholce Trimmed Hats selling up to $12.50...0.-0 | 5 NE SA yy BO REIS ened te ae ou te Be Seer \e Ki Cee ae 50 Choice Trimmed Hats selling up to $10.00.......... | $3. 0 VW ea” 2 ————————— eae Wee fe , z WS All Are New Hats—The choicest Hats go first. : SZ aha / — Symans’ Christmas Jewelry Our new department will save you about every purchase; Leather Bags, Gold and Silv Bags, Chains, Lavaliers, Beads, Purses, Bar Pin: Pins, Brooches, Barrettes, Combs, etc., all ne at about HALF THE REGULAR PRICE. Our new department will save you about half on every purchase; Leather Bags, Gold and Silver Mesh Bags, Chains, Lavaliers, Beads, Purses, Bar Pins, Flower Pins, Brooches, Barrettes, Combs, ete., all new stock, at about HALF THE REGULAR PRICE. See Our C Windows e (SS JOIN The company of good men who are trying to lay the foundations for things of benefit to our race. One of the best movements in this direction is the or- ganization of colored Elks. THE Local lodge of this city, desiring to in- crease its membership, has reduced its initiation fee from $10.00 to $4.75 for a period of forty-five days, ending January 1, 1912. The ELKS Invite all male persons of moral char- seter between the age of 21 and 50 to take advantage of this opportunity. Mountain lodge No. 39, I. B. P. O. E., E, of W. JOHN W. LEVEL, E. L. Ruler. LOYD HALL, Secretary. La a: f {UNION Bp, \ ee O Qa: Par os S232 [ = fs? | ead oS / Le P Meese ee a Owe Ee 1215-12 i g Betw Christmas Ribbon Sale Pure Silk Holly Ribbon, all colors, at, per bolt .% Fancy Persian Ribbon, reg. 18¢ value, yard,.....,124¢ Fancy Persian Ribbon, reg. 25c¢ value, yard...... 19¢ 5 in all, Silk Taffeta Hair Ribbon, 20c value. .. 12¢ | Sco THE SILMO WINE CO. Sane re BB 2636 Welton St. Baxter Bld, Phone Champa 1888 "Oa. oa tote: hy The New Store. The Store that ee Y ie r Saves You Money. Our weekly Special Sales are the best bar- gains ever offered in: the city. | a es a a “ S NEXT WEEK’S SPECIALS A Beautiful Hand Mirror Free with every bottle of Old Man- chester Club Whiskey. Old, Rich and Mellow........85¢ Full Qt WINES AND LIQUORS FOR THE HOLIDAYS We have a complete stock of Galifornia and Imported Wines and Liquors, for the holidays,-as we are direct shippers, w® can sup- ply you with the highest grade wines and liquors at money sav ing prices. ALBERT KOPPER Proprietor ; Phone. 1149 Main ? KOPPER’S HOTEL First-Class Furnished Rooms By Day, ( Week or Month 1215-1219 TWENTIETH ST. DENVER, COLO, Between Larimer and Lawrence. 2735 Welton St. Main 6363 Family Liquors, Wines, and Cordials Genuine Goods at Popular Prices A glass of good wine will improve your Sunday dinner, and aid digestion. The Champa Pharmacy Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE HOT DRINKS. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, PROPR. PHONE MAIN 2425. WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED TELEPH THE CAPIT REPA SEWED HALF SQ HENRY 1511 CHAMPA STREET Boost Colorado Produ ZA DELICI COLUMBIN VIEN Boost Colorado Products Patronize Home ZANG'S DELICIOUS TABLE BEERS COLUMBINE, VIENNA AND PILSE Guaranteed Absolutely Pure. Dellvered Daily to All Parts of the City. The Ph. Zang Brewing TELEPHONE GALLUP 395. We Boost for Colorado You Should Boo Private Dining Room. Ph. Zang Brewing TELEPHONE GALLUP 395. Rest for Colorado You Should Boo Private Dining Room. The Newport A Cafe and Lunch Richard Frazier and Tom Furnished Rooms And the Old Reliable Newport Thirst Parlors SHORT ORDERS AT AL oe Street. E ZOBEL BROTHE AMPLE ROO Nineteenth Street, Corner of THE ZOB SAMPI 1004 Nineteenth 1004 Nineteenth Street, Corner of Curtis FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS COORS' CELEBRATED BEER ON TAP DOLPH BROTHERS NUTRARY GROCERY BAKERY RUDOLPH SANITARY GR MEA Imported and Domestic Vegetables. Our Own L 2758-2760 Downing Avenue RUDOLPH BROTHERS SANITARY GROCERY, BAKERY AND MEAT MARKET. Imported and Domestic Table Delicacies. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Our Own Bakery. Finest-Goods in the City. 2758-2760 Downing Avenue Phone York 320 In Connection There Are Also Nicely DENVER REPAIRING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT N 7377 CITY SHOE G CO. cts. and 75 cts. President DENVER, COLO. patronize Home Industry G'S BEERS AND PILSENER Brewing Co. CLUP 395. You Should Boost for Us ing Room. Phone, Main 7413 The port Annex and Lunch Room Frazier and Tom Lewis, Props. ROTHERS' ROOM Corner of Curtis ROTHERS BAKERY AND KET. plicacies. Fresh Fruits and Fineest-Goods in the City. Phone York 320 DENVER, COLO. DENVER, COLO. COLORADO TAFT ACCEPTS YALE POSITION PRESIDENT LIKELY TO BEGIN NEW DUTIES AS KENT PROFESSOR NEXT SPRING. LAW SCHOOL WORK WOULD HAVE FELT EMBARRASS MENT PRACTICING BEFORE JUDGES HE APPOINTED. Washington.—President Taft has decided to accept the Kent professorship at Yale and probably will take up his duties at New Haven in the spring. The President was said to have determined upon accepting the Yale professorship for several reasons. He will not be restricted merely to lectures to Yale students, but will be permitted to lecture if he desires in other law schools or upon the platform, or to engage in in any other occupation which he sees fit. If the President had returned to Cincinnati to resume law practice he felt he would have but little opportunity for practice. He felt that he could not appear in cases before the United States Supreme Court, because he has appointed a majority of its membership. He remembered, when he thought of the law, that he had named many federal judges in Ohio before whom he might have to argue cases, and believed that the only sort of practice he could take up would be international, and that he regarded as uncertain. At Yale the President will be in surroundings dear to him and in a position to engage in almost any sort of business fitting to a former President. The analogy between the Yale professorship and Grover Cleveland's relations with Princeton appealed to President Taft strongly and when many of his close friends wrote to him urging his acceptance of the chair at Yale he decided to take it. CONTROLS MANY BANKS. Deposits in Morgan Bank November-12 Amounted to $81,000,000. Washington.—That J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. controls eighteen of the biggest financial institutions in New York city and, through Drexel & Co., four of the biggest banks in Philadelphia, was the assertion contained in a report given out by Samuel Untermyer prior to calling Morgan himself to the stand at the hearing of the money trust investigation. Although Morgan was on the stand but a short time, Untermyer brought from him the fact that J. P. Morgan & Co. is a private bank, doing the general business of a banking institution. Morgan said that the deposits in the bank on November 12 amounted to $81,000,000, and that seventy-one corporations, with a total capitalization of $9,000,000,000, made their deposits in that institution. Children Burned Alive. Fort Smith. Ark.—In a fire which is charged to the father—Marion Capps, aged 35, a minister—Posie Capps, 8, and Priscilla Capps, 3, lost their lives; Ellis, 13, and Mack, 10, were so badly burned they will die; and Bertha, 15, was badly burned when the Capps home, a mile and a half north of West Bonanza, was destroyed by flames. Constantinople.—A great victory by the Turkish troops over the Greek army near Janina is reported by the Turkish commander there in a telegram to the war office. He asserts that 400 Greeks were killed and 126 wounded. Several field guns, numerous rifles and a quantity of equipment were captured by the Turks. Praise and icicles for Wilson Speech. New York.—Warm praise and some icicles is the editorial reply of the New York newspapers to President-elect Wilson's warning to panic-makers. Will Carleton Is Dead. New York.—Will Carleton, the poet newspaper man, died at his home in Brooklyn of pneumonia. "Over the Hills to the Poor House" was the best known of his earlier works. Denver Boy May Be Suicide. Pueblo.—Louis Schmitz, aged 20, a pastry cock living in Denver, has disappeared, and may have committed suicide in Pueblo. Asks Re-appointment of Taylor. Washington.—Senator Guggenheim recommended to President Taft the appointment of Hugh Taylor as receiver of public monies at Denver. Taylor's present term of office expires February 27, six days before President Wilson and the new Democratic organization goes into power. Flags for Police Stations. New York.—Beginning December 18, every police station in New York city must fly an American flag from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. each day. GREAT INCREASE SHOWN IN COLORADO FARM PRODUCTS. Figures in Bulletin On Live Stock And Crops Raised in Centennial State Show Advancement. Denver.—Statistics for farm products for Colorado during 1909 are presented in a bulletin issued by Director Durand of the government census bureau, showing the remarkable increase in livestock and crops in the decade just prior to the taking of the last census. The comparisons are not exact in many instances because of the lack of detailed information available in 1899, which made it necessary in some instances to count by-products in with the actual products, thus doubling up the figures in some instances. "The number of farms in Colorado reporting dairy cows on April 15, 1910, was 22,600, but only 23,225 reported dairy products in 1909. The number of dairy cows on such farms on April 15, 1910, was 94,132. The amount of milk reported was 33,632,000 gallons. "By reason of the incompleteness of the returns for milk produced the census bureau has made no attempt to determine the total value of dairy products for 1909. For convenience a partial total has been presented comprising the reported value of milk, cream and butter fat sold and the reported value of butter and cheese made, whether for home consumption or for sale. The total thus obtained for 1909 is $4,174,000, which may be defined as the total value of dairy products exclusive of milk and cream used on the farm producing. The butter made on farms in 1909 was valued at $1,565,000. "The total number of sheep of shearing age in Colorado on April 15, 1910, was 1,306,000, representing a decrease of 3.5 per cent, as compared with the number on June 1, 1900 (1,353,000). The approximate production of wool during 1909 was 1,254,000 fleeces, weighing 7,563,000 pounds and valued at $1,458,000. "The total number of fowls on Colorado farms on April 15, 1910, was 1,721,000. Of the 34,491 farms reporting fowls, 9,408 did not report any eggs produced in 1909, and 10,537 did not report any poultry raised in 1909. The production of eggs actually reported for the year 1909 was 5,580,000 dozen, valued at $1,968,000. "The total production of eggs in 1909, including estimates, was 10,652,000 dozen, valued at $2,444,000. The total production of poultry in 1909, including estimates made on the same basis as in the case of eggs, was 2,707,000 fowls, valued at $1,393,000. "The total value of domestic animals sold during 1909 was $22,454,000, and that of animals slaughtered on farms $1,754,000, making an aggregate of $24,208,000. "The census of $900 called for the receipts from the sale of all domestic animals raised on the farms reporting and the total value of those slaughtered during 1899, which amounted, respectively, to $8,478,000 and $1,093,000. "The total value of crops in Colorado in 1909 was $50,975,000. The combined acreage of crops for which acreage was reported was 2,614,312, representing 60.8 per cent. of the total improved land in farms (4,302,101 acres). "The general character of Colorado agriculture is indicated by the fact that less than one-third (29 per cent.) of the total value of crops in 1909 was contributed by the cereals, about one-third (33.9 per cent.) by hay and forage, about one-eighth (12 per cent.) by sugar crops, and about one-eighth (11.9 per cent.) by potatoes and other vegetables. The remainder, representing 13.2 per cent. of the total, consisted mostly of fruits and nuts. "In 1909 the total acreage of potatoes and other vegetables was 118,282, and their value $6,059,000. "Raspberries and loganberries are the most important of the small fruits raised in Colorado, judged by value, with strawberries a close second. The value of the raspberry and loganberry crop in 1909 was $156,668; of the strawberry crop, $156,059. The total acreage of small fruits in 1909 was 2,829, and in 1899, 2,347, an increase of 20.5 per cent. The production in 1909 was 4,295,000 quarts, as compared with 3,649,000 quarts in 1899, and the value $399,000, as compared with $294,000. "The total quantity of orchard fruits produced in 1909 was 4,566,000 bushels, valued at $4,652,000. Apples contributed nearly four-fifths of this quantity, peaches and nectarines most of the remainder. The production of grapes in 1909 amounted to 1,037,614 pounds, valued at $28,026, while the production of nuts was unimportant. "The production of all orchard fruits together in 1909 was 1,189.6 per cent. more than that in 1899, while the production of grapes increased by 77 per cent. The value of orchard fruits increased from $378,000 in 1899 to $4,652,000 in 1909, and of grapes from $17,174 in 1899 to $28,026 in 1909." Pays $33,000 Inheritance Tax. Topeka, Kan.—The state of Kansas received an inheritance tax of $33,000 on the $2,000,000 estate of the late Henry Dexter of New York. 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DO IT NOW Subscribe for THIS PAPER If Christ Were Here 予 from whom the man has gone away, leaving the woman to fight single-handed against the wolf. The effort there to keep up heart and to hold together the children in the home, with the handicap of the lower wage which is meted out to the working woman, seemed even more desperate. The little ones looked hungry; the Christmas tree had shrunk to a tiny sprig of green; there was little light, and it was, oh, so cold, and the tiny babe on the mother's arm was the only soul that smiled. And this at the time of plenty, when all should rejoice! Is the mother at work at a time like this? Yes, in spite of all the world has to tell us of "sacred motherhood," the woman with the babe on her arm is not exempt from this harsh demand, and at work she must be, even on this day of days, or risk the dole which is all that stands between her children and the wolf. And deep in the saddened eyes of the Christ I read the condemnation and the question: He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" Is the rush of the gift-buying a sign either that there is plenty in the land or that we really love to celebrate the birthday of the Christ? If you think so, listen to the groans of the overburdened father of the family when approached with the request for Christmas moneys; hear what weary women say to each other in passing concerning the unwelcome necessity of "exchanging gifts" with so many people "who look for something from you." What of the original spirit of Christmas is there left in this "exchange," this giving in the expectation of a return in kind? Thousands upon thousands of gifts are "exchanged" by people who bought them with the money which was really needed for the daily uses of their own households, bought them grudgingly in servitude to custom and without a particle of real Christmas spirit accompanying the selection or the giving. But this is not the worst of it; the children, even, have come to know in many families that the gifts to those outside the family circle are given not because of a loving desire to give, but in the spirit represented by "that wicked dollar," which Emerson said was given in order to save himself the unpleasantness of refusing or the trouble of investigating some demand made upon him. Which has the better claim upon the time and the purse of the man of small means—those dear to him who actually need comforts, or the richer friend who in no sense needs the thing sent and who in turn will feel obliged to make a gift to keep his record clear? Shame upon the weakness which forces the "exchange" of what should be an outpouring of good feeling or else has absolutely no raison d'etre. But is there any righteousness in the feeling of smug comfort in the homes of the well-to-do at the Christmas season? Is the full table and the joy of one's own household a fair offering in honor of him whose coming we are supposed to be celebrating? While we are pretending to be a Christian community what are we doing to the weak and the helpless? Can there be any greater wrong to the children of any community than TRUST HIS LOVE knows our path. The deepest lessons, and the most salutary, of our lives come through our adversities. An thlete cannot be trained without difficult exercises, the mind is developed by hard studies, the heart is enlarged and humbled and purified by affliction. Our transient troubles are working for us "more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory" Our faith is small because the temporal I S Christmas a season of plenty? Face to face with this timely question I have been thinking of the households in our cities. In many of them, I know, the tables will groan under an array of substantial and dainties, tasteful enough to make the mouth of an epicure water. There will be that lovely loan from the pretty customs of the German fatherland — the Christmas tree—laden with its numerous gifts for family and friends; the little ones will rejoice in toys and candies; those a bit older, in a wealth of books and games, while fathers and mothers will have exhausted their ingenuity in discovering each others desires and those of their children in order that all may be gratified on this anniversary of Christ's coming. In well-ordered households those who serve the family will be welcomed around the tree and merriment and song will add to the gayety. If he in whose name it will all be done were right here in the midst of them, what more could he ask? And I dreamed a dream—that he had come once more upon earth, had come right down among us and was looking with eyes of deep questioning at what was being done in honor of his former coming. And as he walked around hidden from all eyes but mine own, his glance seemed to pierce beneath the seeming and reach the heart of the festival. He passed by the well-warmed and lighted homes, where all was happiness and content; he went into the places where those of whom he said "Of such is the kingdom of God" were playing in the path of death, and his glance was stern as he saw one of "these little ones" sweep into eternity beneath the iron wheels which crushed its tiny form almost out of all semblance of the beauty and sweetness which belonged to it. His look said: "What gift has been given to this child in honor of my birthday? Has it had not even that right of every creature, a safe place to expand its nature in the play which it must have in order to grow?" And he went among the homes of those who serve the people in the marts of trade, great and small. Surely there we would find the Chirstmas good cheer of which I had been thinking. But in too many households we found only worry and anxious care for the morrow and for the health of those who were tired almost to death after their long hours of labor for the thankless, rushing crowd of searchers after "Christmas gifts;" they were not thinking of Christmas festivities, but only "Lord, give rest and bread to eat—rest, Lord, rest." We left the middle-class homes and wandered on our quest into that great neighborhood of the weavers, men and women by the thousands, who in the best of times can never be sure that the wolf is far from their doors, and who, during these late years of costly living, have not often seen the best of times. There were attempts in many humble homes to celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace, but, oh, how pitiful was their setting forth of the good things we all think belong of necessity to this blessed season! "What are you doing to these my little ones?" said the sad eyes with the deep questioning look. "Is this the best you can give them in honor of me? Why, these are no longer children; they are dwarfed men and women, with the spirit of play gone from them and the weight of years upon them in their very childhood." And he went farther among the weavers, and came to the homes of those who had abandoned all hope of better times; the homes where the season of Christ's birth could not be celebrated for even their utmost efforts could not still the howl of the wolf right upon them, not at, but within the door. Theirs was the cry of the poor women' of the roads in the German fatherland in a century long gone by, to the appeal of the priest who consecrated his life to such as they. "Give us only bread and water, and we will follow thee." And these poor households said, "Give us to know where tomorrow's bread is to come from, and we will be happy and make a festival for thee; all we ask it to be free from the wolf; we are willing to work, but work is not plentiful enough, and some of us must always go hungry." And the face of the Christ grew sadder. And we passed into the home of one of those whose grief must be greater than that of her from whom death has taken the husband and the father of her little ones; of one They are few who have not sometimes, said like Jaob, "All these things are against me." We cannot wonder that he thought so; but he was mistaken. They were working for his good, and the time came when he knew it. We cannot see the bright light that is in the storms that afflict us, and our faith is so small that our hearts are troubled. But when our spirit is overwhelmed within us God to permit the years during which they should be laying the foundations of knowledge most easily, to find them so crowded by thousands out of the schools or sitting on the window ledges or (with doubly worked teachers trying to instruct two sets of youngsters) on "half time"? And yet we go calmly on year after year permitting money to be misused while the little children pay the bills in wasted years; and then, when Christmas comes, the children's festival par excellence, we lift up our eyes to heaven with the prayer of the Pharisee and rejoice over the Christmas season and its joy for the children! Can there be any neglect of the commonwealth's interests greater and with results more lasting, than our failure to consider every child an asset to be treasured and and appreciated, to be educated to its utmost possibilities? We are all prone, men and women alike, to look mostly at immediate effects. If some one we know goes out to nurse a poorer neighbor stricken down with typhoid or any of the other preventable diseases, we exclaim over the lovely charity of the action and praise the kindness of heart which prompted it. "That," says the average person, "is true charity and neighborly love." But if that kindly woman were to give half the time and effort to help along a crusade for pure water or for the prevention of consumption or for the cleaning up of a pestilent neighborhood, she would probably be called by those immediately around her, if not a muckraker, at least an uncomfortable active reformer. Yet the prevention of the illness would mean more to the poorer neighbor than all the kindly nursing during its continuance. All we may do in the way of juvenile courts for the young offenders is not to be compared with giving them just their bare right to playgrounds and good teaching, with plenty of room for all and well paid teachers to work for and with them. When we know that the coming of Christmas, the children's festival, is going to make all the young boxmakers in our city slave extra long hours, in order to fill the rush orders of the season, shall we not be shaken out of our smug rejoicing over this as a time of plenty for all? Not enough schools for the city's children; not enough food for them, even when they do get into the schools; not enough wages for their parents to enable the mothers to remain in the homes to look after them; not enough money spent by the municipality to give them places to play in safety; not enough care for their lives to clean up the neighborhoods in which they fairly swarm; not enough Christmas joy to go round to all the city's children—such is our record as we prepare to celebrate with merriment and feasting the advent of the Christ Child. Is it a record of which we dare be proud? May we offer it as a meet festival in honor of the coming into our world of him who said: Whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believes on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea." Who lives for humanity must be content to lose himself.—Frothingham. has too strong a hold on us. If our vision were always fixed on the things not seen and eternal we would rejoice in our tribulation. One of the greatest goods of life is the severity of its spiritual discipline. To those who trust him God gives the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places. We cannot comprehend his perfect plan for our lives, but it is our blessed privilege to trust his unerring wisdom and his infinite love. FURS - FURS WE ARE manufacturers of furs, that is the reason we can give you the best at the most reasonable price. What ever may be your favorite fur, we have it, made up in the best of style. Call and let us show you something that is sure to please. YOUMAN'S FUR CO. 422-24 Fifteenth St. Phone M. 8045 In You Want sweet, Tails Snouts, Neckbone or any other part of the hoo the squeal go to it's Market When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings or any other part of the hog except the squeal go to East's Market ADD 3 CENTS FOR POSTAGE M. M. A. HOLLY Manufacturer Of Holly's Wonderful Hair Grower 2618 DOWNING STREET Your Home with the Cated Tivoli Beer BOTTLED BY FIRE BOTTLING CO. Phone Gallup 245 C. A. BRYANT, M. In your heart for the Maceo Ice Cream and Confection carlors, stop in and get cool. THE MACEO Drinks, Confectionery and Cigars CREAM, DAIRY LUNCHES Hot Drinks, Chili and Spaghetti. DENVER, COLORA Market and Grocery When You Want Fens, Fresh Meats and Fresh Vegetables ENDER OUR OWN LARD Street Telephone York 19 Pool and Billiard Parl GARS, TOBACCO SOFT DRINKS 2710 WELTON STREET. Manufacturer Of Madam Holly's Wonderful Hair Grower PHONE YORK 2229 2618 DOWNING STREET Supply Your Home with the Celebrated Tivoli Beer BOTTLED BY THE EMPIRE BOTTLING CO. Phone Gallup 245 J. A. GARFIELD, Pres. C. A. BRYANT, Mgr. If you have a warm spot in your heart for the Maceo Ice Cream and Confectionery Parlors, stop in and get cool. THE MACEO Fountain Drinks, Confectionery and Cigars ICE CREAM, DAIRY LUNCHES Our Specialty, Hot Drinks, Chili and Spaghetti. 2712½ WELTON STREET. DENVER, COLORADO. WE RENDER OUR OWN LARD 2601 Lafayette Street Telephone York 1979 Five-Points Pool and Billiard Parlor CIGARS, TOBACCO and SOFT DRINKS Where Are Your Interests q Are they in this community? q Are they among the people with whom you associate? q Are they with the neighbors and friends with whom you do business? If so you want to know what is happening this community. You want to know goings and comings of the people with w you associate, the little news items of neighbors and friends—now don't you? That is what this paper gives you THE VALUE of well-printed neat-appearing stationery as a means of getting and holding desirable business has been amply demonstrated. Consult us before going elsewhere Where Are Your Interests Are they in this community? Are they among the people with whom you associate? Are they with the neighbors and friends with whom you do business? If so you want to know what is happening in this community. You want to know the goings and comings of the people with whom you associate, the little news items of your neighbors and friends—now don't you? That is what this paper gives you in every issue. It is printed for that purpose. It represents your interests and the interests of this town. Is your name on our subscription books? If not, you owe it to yourself to see that it is put there. To do so Will Be To Your Interest When The Heads, Feet, T or Chiterlings or a except the East's 2300-6 Larimer Street. FIRST TREATMENT $1.50 OTHER TREATMENTS EACH $1.00 RATES BY THE MONTH ADD 3 MADAM HOLLY Man Madam Holly's W PHONE YORK 2229 Supply Your Celebrated BOOK THE EMPIRI Phone J. A. GARFIELD, Pres. If you have a warm spot in your he Parlors, s THE Fountain Drinks, C ICE CREAM Our Specialty, Hot 2712½ WELTON STREET. Tesch's Mar When You Live Chickens, Fresh WE RENDE 2601 Lafayette Street Five-Points Pool CIGARS and SC Phone Main 2759 THE VALUE of well-printed neat-appearing stationery as a means of getting and holding desirable business has been amply demonstrated. Consult FUR CO. Phone M. 8045 Want uts, Neckbones part of the hog to rKet Phone Main 1461. OIL 60 CENTS DISCOUNT TO CUSTOMER TREATED 10 CENTS MAGE HOLLY For Grower DOWNING STREET. with the Beer TLLING CO. C. A. BRYANT, Mgr. Ice Cream and Confectionery ol. EO Berry and Cigars LUNCHES and Spaghetti. DENVER, COLORADO. Grocery at Meats and ables IN LARD Telephone York 1979 Williard Parlor CCO TNKS E. R. PAGE, Prop. We Are Interests they in this community? they among the people thom you associate? they with the neighbors fends with whom you do s? that to know what is happening in unity. You want to know the moments of the people with whom s, the little news items of your friends—now don't you? what this paper gives you The CAPITOL BREWING COMPANY The purity of Capitol Beer is demonstrated by its superior flavor and strength-giving qualities. It's capital. HAVE A CASE SENT HOME. The Capitol Brewing Co. Phone Champa 356. Delivered Anywhere. C. B. PRIOR, President C. B. PRIOR, President D. S. ELEY, Secy. and Treas. THE PRIOR FURNITURE CO 1814 CURTIS STREET NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNITURE BOUGHT, SOLD AND EXCHANGED. WINDOW SHADES AND SEWING MACHINES SOLD AND RE- PAIRED A SPECIALTY NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNITURE BOUGHT, SOLD AND EXCHANGED. WINDOW SHADES AND SEWING MACHINES SOLD AND REPAIRED A SPECIALTY Phone. Champa 392 Cash or Credi Cash or Credit BRING YOUR FEET TO Tober's Sample Shoe Store Tober's Sample Shoe Store 2115 LARIMER STREET AND SAVE MONEY $5.00 Sample Shoes.....$2.95 $4.00 Sample Shoes.....$2.50 $3.00 Sample Shoes.....$1.95 Sample Shoes from Well Known Makers at Half Price D. TOBER, Prop. Sample Shoes from Well Known Makers at Half Price D. TOBER, Prop. Follow the Crowd to THE ANNEX THEATRE ALWAYS CROWDED 2118-20 LARIMER ST. THE BEST SHOWS AND GOOD MUSIC COME ONE, COME ALL AND HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AMATURE NIGHT EVERY TUESDAY BUCK AND WING CONTEST EVERY FRIDAY MAX KAUFMAN, THE TAILOR THE ANNEX THEATRE THE ANNEX THEATRE ALWAYS CROWDED 2118-20 LARIMER ST. THE BEST SHOWS AND GOOD MUSIC COME ONE COME ALL AND HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AMATURE NIGHT EVERY TUESDAY BUCK AND WING CONTEST EVERY FRIDAY 1 2110 LARIMER ST. Unecalled for Suits Half Price and Less. Uncalled for Suits Half Price and Less. $40.00 Suits.....$17.95 $30.00 Suits.....$14.95 $25.00 Suits.....$ 9.95 Also suits made to order in our store. A Call will convince you. MAX KAUFMAN, THE TAILOR. 2110 Larimer St. Denver, Colo. A Bradshaw Also suits made to order in our store. A Call will convince you. MAX KAUFMAN, THE TAILOR. 2110 Larimer St. Denver, Colo. Denver, Colo. A Bradshaw A Compete Line Of Holiday Goods THE MARKET AT LOWEST PRICES CALL and see our STOCK of Ladies' and Gents' Furnish- ings, Millinery and Christmas Novelties. We can afford to sell our goods at a great Discount, be- cause we have no rent to pay. Around the corner from the Old Stand 1443-47 STOUT ST. EXTRA SPECIAL! CHRISTMAS PERFUMES A Gift that always pleases, comprising the world's highest quality Perfumes. COTY'S PARISIAN PERFUMES—Beautiful packages, now priced at $3.25 to $7.50 GODET'S FRENCH PERFUMES—Entirely new in Denver and sold ex- clusively by the Scholtz Drug Stores. Priced at $1.50 to $7.50 PIVER'S FRENCH PERFUMES— $1.50 to $2.50 ROGER & GALLET'S PERFUMES— 95c to $4.00 HOUBIGANT'S FRENCH PERFUMES— $4.50 MARY GARDEN PERFUME—Red Satin Case $4.50 DJER KISS PERFUME— $1.50 and $2.00 ENGLISH CROWN PERFUMES— $2.25 RICKSECKER'S AMERICAN PERFUMES—Most delightful odors, bea- tifully packered 50c to $4.00 tifully packaged .50c to $4.00 PALMER'S HUDNUT'S AND REIGER'S POPULAR PERFUMES. 25c to $4.50 HARMONY OF BOSTON INTENSE PERFUMES—Very strong concern- trated odors; ½ oz., 25c; oz. .50c Larger size $1.00 COMBINATION PERFUME SETS—Containing Perfume, Face Powder, Toilet Water and Soap. Violet Dulce, D'Artagnan and Bouquet Jean- ice. $1.00, $1.50, $1.75 and $3.00 LADY JANE PERFUME—The most popular odor of all. Original and Toilet Water and Soap. Violet Duice, D Artagnan and Bouquet Jean- ice. $1.00, $1.50, $1.75 and $3.00 LADY JANE PERFUME—The most popular odor of all. Original and exquisite. Put up in very attractive satinlined yellow box, cut glass stopper, $1.25 to $2.50 ON SALE AT ALL SIX SCHOLTZ DRUG STORES Denver's Leading Pres- cription Druggists Reduced Holiday BY WAY Denver & Rio "The Scenic Li ONE FARE FOR Reduced Holiday Excursion Fares. BY WAY OF THE Denver & Rio Grande Railroad "The Scenic Line of the World" ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP Between all Stations in Colorado and New Mexico On the Denver & Rio Grande System. Also Reduced on Connecting Lines in Colorado. Tickets on sale Dec., 23, 24, 25, 31, 1912 and Jatween all stations in Colorado and New Mexico; Also Denver, Colorado Springs. Pueblo, Trinidad, La Veta Salida and intermediate points to Alamosa, Creede, Ago, Silverton, Dolores, Telluride, Ridgway, Colo., Santa Ton, N. M., and intermediate points. Also in the opp between points named. FINAL RETURN LIMIT JAN. 3, 1913 For fares, Pullman reservation, etc., call on Rio Grande Agent. FRANK A. WADLE1GH, General Passenger Denver, Colorado. On the Denver & Rio Grande System. Also Reduced Rates to Points on Connecting Lines in Colorado. Tickets on sale Dec., 23, 24, 25, 31, 1912 and Jan., 1, 1913, between all stations in Colorado and New Mexico; Also Dec. 22, from Denver, Colorado Springs. Pueblo, Trinidad, La Veta, Canon City, Salida and intermediate points to Alamosa, Creede, Antonito, Durango, Silverton, Dolores, Telluride, Ridgway, Colo., Santa Fe. Farmington, N. M., and intermediate points. Also in the opposite direction between points named. FRANK A. WADLEIGH, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colorado. Diamond Racing Club A Goodly Assortment of Superior Underwear CHRISTMAS GOODS IN ENDLESS VARIETY Fancy Suspenders, Half Hose, Silk Handkerchiefs some in sets of two and three pieces. Bath and Slumber Robes Smoking Jackets at half price, every thing for the man from head to foot excepting shoes. Suits, Overcoats, Fancy Vests, Odd Trousers. * ALL DESIRABLE GOODS MODERATE PRICES THE Johnson-Noel Co 1005 Sixteenth Street. J. Gibson Smith, 322 SEVENTEENTH ST A Foxy Scheme. "My wife is trying to get all the other suffragettes to come out in 30 cent hats." "What's her idea?" "Then she'll appear in a fifty dollar confection." Phone Main 4843. Denver's Leading Prescription Druggists Excursion Fares. OF THE Grande Railroad one of the World" THE ROUND TRIP Mem. Also Reduced Rates to Points Points in Colorado. 25, 31, 1912 and Jan.. 1, 1913, be- New Mexico; Also Dec. 22, from Trinidad, La Veta, Canon City, Alamosa, Creede, Antonito, Duran- idgway, Colo, Santa Fe, Farming- . Also in the opposite direction LIMIT JAN. 3, 1913. Vation, etc., call on Local Inde Agent. General Passenger Agent, Colorado. NEGRO PROGRESS IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS An investigation in Kansas City, Kansas, reveals some interesting facts about the Negroes of that city. It has been found that of out a Negro population of 23,566, eight hundred were property owners. The Negro property was assessed at $1,400,000. Fifty Negroes owned property valued at $10,000; one hundred Negroes between $5,000 and $10,000; two hundred between $1,000 and $5,000; and four hundred and fifty between $500 and $1,000. The figures go to show that the Negro of Kansas City is worth $28 01 more than the average Negro of the United States. A canvas among 8,000 employed Negroes in Kansas City between the ages of 14 and 60 give this result:—barbers 240, dentists 4, doctors 23, janitors 350, laborers 5,000, lawyers 6, police service 8, postal service 20, barber shop porters 375, hotel porters 140, saloon porters 600, independent proprietors 90, pool hall owners 75, preachers 25, pullman service 140, railway service 250, teachers 30, teamsters 210, waiters 510 A Blt Hot, but Loyal. A girl went to India, and at the first New Year's away from home she wrote to her devout mother: "It is now very hot and I perspire a great deal, but you will be pleased to hear that I am still a member of the Church of England." Pawn Tombs of Relatives. Pawn Tombs of Relatives. In times of financial difficulties the Loochooans, residents of the southwestern islands of Japan, sometimes pawn the graves of their relatives. They are always redeemed, however, failure to do so meaning family disgrace. The turtle-back shaped tombs, usually located on a hillside facing the water, are elaborate affairs of stone and cement, and their cost and upkeep often bankrupt the family. Roman Script Favored. Shall the world's script be Roman, such letters as we use, or Arabic or Chinese? The Roman script has by far the best chance and the best claim, according to the New York Independent. Efforts are making to introduce it in China and Japan, and now the effort is making to interest India in reducing its fifty alphabets to a single one. PHONE MAIN 6123—Day or Night RESIDENCE PHONE YORK 1669. PARLORS, 1830 ARAPAHOE ST. THE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING COMPANY CURT HAR Asst. 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Thompson's Saloon FOR Fine Wines Liquors and Cigars 1701 ARAPAHOE STREET CORNER OF 17TH ST. J. R. CONTEE Pres. and Mgr. Licensed Embalmer Frank Rogers Assistant Funeral Director. A. B. B. CE TO ALL. Furnished for All Occasions PAIRING EENTH ST. In the West to Produce the Goods Resolving from heel to heel, entire new bottom and heel.....$1.50 SHOES MADE TO ORDER. Tailor Made.....$10 WE CAN FIT ANY KIND OF DEFORMED FOOT. First Class Work Guaranteed. BARBER SHOP first Street. ance. Best Line of Cigars and Tobacco. Harry Jones, Prop. Turkeys BERT'S MARKET 2940 WELTON STREET TO Jason's Saloon R guors and Cigars CORNER OF 17th ST