Colorado Statesman

PATRONIZE MERCHANTS WHO ADV. IN THE PEOPLE'S PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY PULPIT POLITICIANS TEXAS FARMERS' UNION RESENT PREACHERS' ATTACK ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION VOL. XX. PULPIT POLIT TEXAS FARMERS' UNION RE ON THE LIQU We have from time to time expressed through the columns of our journal our entire disapproval and utter abhorrence of ministers of the gospel dabbling in politics, and going to the extent of not only turning the sacred edifices into political meeting-rooms and headquarters, but to compromise the dignity of the ministerial office by playing in the hands of politicians for greed of gain, thereby using their positions as leaders of people to obtain earthly possessions so as to increase their coffers. We therefore deem it our duty to publish this article for the guidance of those who are not given to such things, and the good it will do in making others desist. The following is a statement in part from the Farmers' Union of Fort Worth, Texas in reply to the ministers of political fame who are leading the prohibition cause in the state: "We want to say a few words to the pulpit politicians who have attacked the position of the farmers' Union on the liquor question. "Civilization has many times been compelled to drive incorrigible preachers back to the pulpit at the point of the bayonet. Many of the pages of history are wet with blood shed at the hands of political preachers who wrote laws on the statute books that committed arson upon mankind, maimed human beings with the hatchet and sent helpless women to the torture rack, all because they disagree with their views. "When in control of government the pulpit politicians invariably undertake to perform legislative miracles such as casting out witches with the flame of the torch, suborning conscience with shackles and enforcing opinions with the guillotine. "A preacher who graduates from the pulpit into politics becomes a menace to good government and likewise a politician who occupies the pulpit, debauches the church and becomes a menace to religion. "The hand that passes the sacrament should not collect slush funds for political purposes. It is no more wicked for a priest to sell penance than for a preacher to grow rich selling political newspapers. We think it is as immoral for a preacher to seek to lobby while he prays as it would be for him to gamble while he preaches. "We want to the larmon of "We appeal to the laymen of Texas to demand that political preachers give their congregations more old-time religion and less political clap-trap; that they display a more earnest effort to reach the hearts of men and play less to the galleries; that they more often hold fellowship with members and fewer caucuses with the politicians. "The ministry, unsophisticated and confiding, is no match for the politician versed in artful persuasion and skilled in deceit, and it is the duty of the laymen to protect the ministry against the onslaught of these wolves in sheep's clothing and drive the politicians from the pulpit with the lash of public scorn. It is the laymen's problem to keep the ministry free from unholy alliances, for it is said on divine authority that we are our brother's keeper. "There is a political machine in this state that would put Tammany to shame and make Thurlow Weed turn over in his grave with envy, and the pulpit politician is one of the component parts of its mechanism." This ought to serve a very important purpose in the form of a lesson to some of our religious leaders in this city and state, as we are in receipt of facts from reliable and authoritative sources of their activity in politics, and the large financial benefits they received from the politicians, which must necessarily result in a division of the time and energy they ought to devote to their spiritual calling. Beware! Take heed, lest you sell your birthright and also your blessing for the things of the world that perish. MONUMENTS TO SLAVES' FIDELITY We take great pleasure in publishing the following which appeared in the Rocky Mountain News of the 20th inst. and offer our special commendation to the Editor for his comment on the article as it offers another proof of the kind feelings of some of our white brethren towards us. "A moving issue of the great Civil war is raised again for the moment by the action of the confederate veterans at their great reunion at Jacksonville, Fla., last week. "The old men in gray passed a State Hist & Nat Hist Board State House ANTS WHO ADO THE JOURNAL DENVER COLORADO resolution urging that monuments be erected in the capital of each state to commemorate the fidelity to their masters shown by the slaves during the war. "The Florida Times-Union shows the logic on which this resolution is built by declaring that had the slaves been hostile the soldiers of the South could not have fought at all. They could not have left their families defenseless in the midst of hostile blacks. Or even if the slaves had tried by the modern device of sabotage to harass their masters, they must have been successful in preventing the war, for without their work Dixie's armies could not have been fed. Says the Times-Union: "The men of the South went out with confidence, leaving the defenseless ones they loved under the protection of their loyal slaves, and during the four years of strife and over the whole extent of the confederacy not one Negro was unfaithful to his trust. A few, as the federal armies approached, ran away to freedom, but there is no record of one act of violence or one word of insult toward the wives and children of their masters. One who think of this wonderful record must see in it reason for pride for both races. Good will is never one-sided. The Negroes could not have shown such unswerving loyalty to those who had oppressed and maltreated them." This, of course, is one side of it. It is well enough to praise the slaves for that fine quality of loyalty which they showed, but it is not well to use that loyalty, in these days, as a halfway implication that Negro slavery was a just and pleasant institution. To us the very loyalty of the blacks seem pathetic. Their eyes were not open to see the vision of freedom. Slavery had hemmed them in and kept them down intellectually and spiritually. They did not know enough to strike for themselves the blow that lay in their refusal to raise food for the masters who were fighting against their cause. Skeleton of Small Dinosaur. There are now being assembled in the United States National museum the bones of a very small three-horned dinosaur, which is being made the type of a new species. This diminutive dinosaur, when completely assembled, will measure about six feet in length and stand only about three feet high. Its head is 22 inches long. When its bones are compared with those of the larger members of this extraordinary family of reptiles, it will be seen that this specimen is less than one-fourth of their size. In the National museum are several skylis of one of the large horned dinosaurs, Triceratops, which measure from six to eight feet, and in one case nine feet. World's Largest Plant. The largest plant in the world is said to be a species of sub-tropical seaweed which grows sometimes 600 feet in length. AMERICAN RELIGION IS AN ABOMINATION WITH GOD From New York Age. Preaching the seventy-first anniversary sermon of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, at Manhattan Casino, Sunday, May 10 before an audience numbering from eight to ten thousand people, Dr. A. Clayton Powell, pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, declared that "American religion is an abomination in God's eye." The sermon of Dr. Powell was listened to with with close attention and the vast audience gave voice to its approval when the ministers touched on conditions in this country and discussed the difference between true christianity and American religion. Dr. Powell said in part: "If any race or organization would make permanent its progress and position, it must take a righteous God into its life. It is not enough to have religion. We must have God. The Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, and Grecians had plenty of religion, but religion did not save them. We must draw a sharp line of distinction between religion and the Christianity of Jesus. Most of the stuff in the United States labeled Christianity,' is not Christianity at all but American religion. Now American religion is an abomination in God's eye view. All sorts of crimes have been committed and are still being committed in the name of American religion. You can steal a railroad stretching from New York to Boston in the name of American religion. You can rob the State of ten million dollars get sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary and be pardoned in ten days in the name of American religion American religion shuts boys and girls up in the factories and grinds all of the red corpuscles out of their blood. American religion enslaved 4,000,000 human beings. It disfranchises, segregates and Jim Crows ten million American citizens, shoots, hangs, and burns defenseless men and women. I admire and love Christianity because it believes in doing unto others as you would have others do unto you; because it believes in an open door and a square deal for everyone, regardless of race, color or previous condition; because it reaches out its strong beneficent hand and lifts weaker men and weaker races to the plain of justice, mercy, love and equal opportunity. If the colored race copies American religion it shall die. If it embraces and imbides Christianity it shall live." RACE NEWS Philadelphia, Pa., April 22, 1914 — A verdict for $20,000 was awarded by a jury in Judge Patterson's court yesterday to Arthur M. Murray, colored, a former Pullman porter, again the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company for permanent injuries Murray received while working on a train of the defendant on November 24, 1911. New York, April 27, 1914 — Howard F. Drew of Springfield, Mass., running for the University of Southern California, established a new world's indoor record of 9 1-5 seconds for a 90-yard dash at the games of the Loughlin Lyceum held in the 13th regiment armony in Brooklyn tonight. The former record, 9 2-5 seconds, was made in this city four years ago by E. A. Frey. the door and informed Mr. Travis that he could not be seated in the orchestra because of his color. Because of this degradatson Mr. Travis secured the services of counselor Robert S. Hartgrove and entered suit against the company. Attorney for the defendant delayed trail in various ways, and as a final resort demanded a jury trail, hoping to be able to appeal to prejudice. Mr. Travis' main witnesses were Peter F. Keller and P. J. Wiedner, two white friends. The case was hard fought, lasting for three hours and a half. Mr. Hartgrove had an opposing counsel in the case the corporation attorney for the city of Hoboken. After the final argument, for which Counselor Hartgrove has been highly complimented, the jury returned a verdict for $500 against the amusement company. This is the Albany, April 21, 1914.—Attempted enforcement of a "Jim Crow" rule in a Rochester theatre will cost the owners, the Moore-Wiggins, Ltd. $318, by a decision of the Court of Appeals today. Susan M. Joyner, a woman of Indian and Negro blood, took a seat on the main floor of the theatre. An attendant summoned her to the box office, where she was told that Colored persons were permitted to sit in the balcony only. She sued, alleging she was humiliated. St. Joseph, Mo., May 17.—A former slave's gratitude to a young woman who cared for him during a critical illness several years ago was shown today, when the will of James Patton was filed here. Patton left $1,000 in life insurance, several hundred dollars in a bank and a house and lot to Miss Edith Raines, a former St. Joseph school teacher, now living in Minneapolis Minn. Patton accompanied the Raines family when it removed from Alabama to Missouri years ago. When he became ill, Miss Raines cared for him. "I won't forget this kindness, Missie," Patton told the girl. His will revealed that he had remembered. Jersey City, N.J., May 13.—In the First District Court of Jersey Empire Amusement Co., a New York corporation operating a theatre in the city of Hoboken. On February 19, 1914, in company with two friends, Judge Travis bought tickets for orchestra seats in the theatre controlled by the Empire Co. After he and his friends had entered the theatre the ticket chopper left his position at NO 39 the door and informed Mr. Travis that he could not be seated in the orchestra because of his color. Because of this degradatson Mr. Travis secured the services of counselor Robert S. Hartgrove and entered suit against the company. Attorney for the defendant delayed trail in various ways, and as a final resort demanded a jury trail, hoping to be able to appeal to prejudice. Mr. Travis' main witnesses were Peter F. Keller and P. J. Wiedner, two white friends. The case was hard fought, lasting for three hours and a half. Mr. Hartgrove had an opposing counsel in the case the corporation attorney for the city of Hoboken. After the final argument, forwhich Counselor Hartgrove has been highly complimented, the jury returned a verdict for $500 against the amusement company. This is the first case of this nature ever brought to a trial in Hudson County. A SHARP QUESTION While everybody in the editorial rooms of the Dallas Express were busy Saturday night winding up the affairs and thinking of the blessed rest of the approching Sabbath, a small chocolate colored street Arab pocked his head in the door and presented this card to one of the Christian writers: "They say that Beer produces Bright's Disease; Brandy ruins the kidneys; Burgundy brings on gout and Absinthe destroys the brain. Now we all know typhoid and malaria lurk in water and tuberculosis in Milk. What in the h—l is a man going to drink?" (Now here's a question which calls for serious thought. Let the prohibitionists have a lick at it.) —Dallas Express. Manners Maketh Man. F. Hopkinson Smith, in one of his sketches, lamented that in the hurry and rush which obtain in the present era good manners has become conspicuous by their absence, saying: "We live so fast that we have not time to be polite." His lament is recalled by a story told by a lady from Virginia who lately visited New York. The story was about a prayer credited to "Uncle Nat," an old darky who had served for many years as buffer in the house. The prayer concluded in this wise: "Make me so lib dat when Ah does Ah will know what to say when Ah meets mah Hebenly Master—so he sure Ah done had proper raisin' and lecrant ma manners." Daily Thought. The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.—Henry Ward Beecher. NEWS TO DATE IN PARAGRAPHS CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF WIRES ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD. DURING THE PAST WEEK RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENT8 CONDENSED FOR BUSY WESTERN. Five were drowned in the Mississippi when a launch containing a party of nine capsized, according to a Minneapolis dispatch. Laity rights for women was defeated by the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Oklahoma City by a vote of 171 to 105. Railroad traffic in the Texas Panhandle, southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico was nearly at a standstill Tuesday, due to floods. The first watermelons of the season were put on sale in St. Louis at $4 each. Only nine melons were in the shipment, which came from Florida. In a revolver duel in the business section of Douglas, Ariz., Eduardo Soto, a Mexican, 24 years old, was shot and killed by Luke Short, a mounted customs inspector. William McKinney, 45, and his two children, 5 and 9, were drowned while attempting to row across the Tongue river, near Sherldan, Wyo. McKinney's body was recovered. Three men were injured, one fatally, by the explosion of a steam box in the engine room of the naval receiving ship Intrepid at the Mare Island navy yard, at Vallejo, Cal. Because members of the Epworth Methodist church failed to pay him back salary, amounting to $40, the Rev. H. C. Breese, the pastor, sold the church building at Bartlesville, Okla. Robert T. Hodge, Progressive candidate for governor in 1912, and formerly a coal miner, was admitted to the bar by the State Supreme Court at Olympia. Wash., after being rejected three times. Mrs. Victor Hall, widow of a young merchant, shot to death in his home in Green Spring, Va., on April 15, was indicted for murder by a special grand jury which has been investigating the crime for five days. The union coal miners of Colorado will never surrender in their present fight, according to John P. White, national president of the organization, in an address at Fort Smith, Ark. White declared that if the United States troops are withdrawn from the state there would be a repetition of the Ludlow massacre. Three men entered the State Bank of Spangle, Wash., when Cashier O. W. Newton was alone, locked him in the bank vault, took about $4,000, went out the back door, rented an automobile and escaped undetected. Later a posse was formed and the robbers were surrounded in the woods near Waverly, Wash. WASHINGTON. Mexico has promised to avenge the death of Private Parks. The President nominated Bo Sweeney of Seattle, Wash., to be assistant secretary of the interior. After an absence of eight months, due to illness, Senator Culberson of Texas resumed his seat in the Senate. Secretary of State Bryan reiterated his advice to Americans not to return to Mexico under conditions now prevailing. Claims of mail carrying railroads against the United States aggregating $31,000,000 and involving 720 railroads were denied in a test case decided by the Court of Claims. Resignations of Moses Friedman, superintendent, and S. J. Nori, chief clerk of the Carlisle Indian school, were accepted by Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs. General Huerta has authorized the Mexican mediation delegates to submit his resignation, in case such a course is found necessary to a settlement in peace negotiations. American citizens only are to be trusted to pilot vessels passing through the Panama canal under the rules just laid down by Colonel George W. Goethals to govern the appointment of pilots. Officials of the United States public health service were exercised over the escape of John R. Early, the leper, whose case has attracted public attention for several years, from the Diamond Head quarantine station near Port Townsend, Wash. Former President Mellen of the New Haven railroad testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission that he had discussed the Boston and Maine-New Haven railroad merger with the then President Roosevelt, in 1907. The colonel told him, he said, that the merger was not illegal, and he favored it. President Wilson is reported forming a Mexican policy to which he will pledge the government of the United States when General Huerta is finally eliminated as dictator and hostilities in Mexico have ceased. FOREIGN. Cardinal Gibbons was received in audience by the Pope at Rome. Actual mediation of the Mexican imbroglio was begun at Niagara Falls, Ont., Wednesday afternoon. Archbishop Mora y del Tio was driven out of Mexico City by Provisional President Huerta, according to information reaching Vera Cruz. The body of Lillian Nordica was shipped from Batavia on board the stoomer Van Cloon for Singapore, from which port it will be taken to the United States. American women delegates to the quinquennial session of the International Council of Women were present at a garden party given by the queen mother, Margherita, at Rome, who presented each with a bunch of roses and a silver medal as a souvenir. The two horses belonging to Lieut. Col. Elmore F. Taggert, which were taken into the Mexican lines by Private Samuel Parks when the soldier disappeared, were returned to the American military authorities at Vera Cruz by order of the Mexican commander. A Shanghai dispatch to the London Daily Mail gives details of a loan of $30,000,000 negotiated by the Chinese government with the Bethlehem Steel works for the construction of a naval base at Foo Chow dock. Only American engineers and material will be employed. Baron Erland von Nordenskjold, the leader of the Norwegian South American exploring expedition, who was reported to have been killed by Indians March 14 last, is safe. The news of his escape from the Indians reached London in a letter from Santta Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia, dated March 21, which reported his arrival at Trinidad, capital of the Bolivian department of Beni. SPORT. In one of the best lightweight battles staged at Sydney, Australia, in many days, young Joe Shugrue of New York knocked out Herb McCoy of Australia in the fifteenth round. Twenty-nine colleges from California to Maine will compete at the annual championship track and field meeting of the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America, to be held at the Harvard stadium at Cambridge, Mass., May 29 and 30. At Nevers, France in order to show her confidence in an automatic detachable parachute invented by her husband, Mme. Gayat de Castella dropped 2,500 feet from an aeroplane. She landed gently in the grass of the aerodrome, and an enthusiastic crowd carried her shoulder high from the field. GENERAL Vincent Astor, much improved in health, according to his friends, has sailed away from New York with his bride for a short sea trip. Six hours of desperate fighting, in which fifty fireman dropped unconscious and one was severely injured; were required to control a fire here in a block on Greenwich street in New York. The notable collection of jewels, valued at $1,000,000, including the famous Nordica pearl and other gems almost priceless because of their flawlessness and beauty, were disposed of by Mme Lillian Nordica, the singer in her will The funeral of William Henry Pulliam, the first-class fireman of the United States battleship Utah, who died from wounds received in the fighting at Vera Cruz, was held at Pualaski, Va. Five thousand people attended the services. Among the floral tributes was one from President Wilson. The million dollar estate of Gen. Hiram Duryea of New York who was killed on May 5 by his son, Chester Duryea, will be divided among his three children, the patricide sharing equally with his brother, Harry H Duryea, and his sister, Mrs. Henry O Anderson, according to friends of the family to whom the general is said to have made known his plans for the disposal of his property. Becoming enraged over what was started as a joke, Charles P. Harris and Henry Bigley, merchants at Ford Blackmore, near Gate City, Va., engaged in a duel with pistol's while attending the funeral of a friend and shot each other to death. Theodore Roosevelt set foot on his native soil Tuesday night for the first time in seven months. His home coming was a quiet affair, in sharp contrast to the noisy welcome he received when all New York turned out to greet him on his return from Africa four years ago. WEEK'S EVENTS IN COLORADO Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. May 27. — Log-Rolling Contest, W.O.W. at Loveland. June 9-11.-G. A. R. Encampment at Fort Morgan. June 16-18.—State Sunday School Convention at Denver. June 19-20—Meeting Colorado Bankers Association at Colorado Springs June 25-26—Basketball Enthusiast Convention at Colorado Springs. June 13-July 4—Race Meet, Denver. June 18-July 15—Basketball Enthusiast Convention at Colorado Springs. June 19—Cherry Pie Day, Manzanola. July 13-19—Grand Lodge Session, B.P. Olks at Denver. July 22-23—Cattlemen's Day, Gunnellson. Aug. 18-21. -Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar. Aug. 25-28. -Bent Co. Fair, Las Animas. Aug. 27. -Santa Fé Trail Day, Las Animas. Aug. 29. -Farmers' Fair at Fowler. Sept. 1-4. -Arkansas Valley Fair, Rocky Ford. Sept. 3- Watermelon Day, Rocky Fork Sept. 2- 5- Farmers' a n d Stockmen's Burlington. Sept. 1- 4- Morgan Co. Fair, Fort Morgan. Sept. 1-4—Larimer Co. Fair, Loveland Sept. 8-11—Crowley Co. Fair, Sugar City, Sept. 8-11—Cheyenne County Fair at Cheyenne Wells. Sept. 10—Sugar Day, Sugar City, Sept. 14-19—Colo. State Fair, Pueblo Sept. 19-26—Lincoln Co. Fair at Hugo Sept. 19-26—Lincoln Co. Fair at Hugo Sept. 21-23—Inter-Co. Fair, and Race Sept. 21-23—Inter-Co. Fair and Race Meet at Limon. Sept. 22-25. — Western Slope Fair, Montrose. Sett. 22-25. — Montrose. Sett. Sept. 22-25.—Montezuma Co. Fair at Cortez. Sept. 22-25.-Trinidad Fair, Trinidad. Sept. 23-26.-El Paso Co. Fair, Calhan Oct. 6-9.-Colo.-New Mex. Fair at Du- rango. 1915. Last Grand Council of North American Indians at Denver. A new $15,000-canning factory is being built at Grand Junction. The eight-year-old son of J. W. Carpenter of Mancos fell into the Dolores river and was drowned. Automobile thieves are abroad in Fort Collins, two cars having been stolen from off the streets. The Democratic state executive committee decided to hold the central committee meeting August 1. The only known victim of the flood at Pueblo was William Cassidy, 53 years old, a zinc smelter employé. Memorial day is to be observed this year in Craig on a more elaborate scale than ever before, notwithstanding the fact that there are but a few veterans of the Civil war in the vicinity. Residents in the 900 block on Pearl street protested to the city commissioners of Denver against a big billboard on a vacant lot. They asked the council to order its removal as a nuisance. Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson, was in Denver as the guest of honor at a lunch on given by the Williams College Alumni association at the University club. Pending the arrivals of Corporal Mills and Private Pacheco from Ludlow the general court-martial, which is trying Major Hamrock at the Golden rifle range, was forced to take a recess Tuesday. Every dealer in firearms in the United States, every express company and every railroad company, has been warned by Secretary of War Garrison not to ship any arms or ammunition into Colorado. The Colorado portion of the Laramie, Hahn's Peak & Pacific roadal was sold at Walden to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York for $100,000. J. W. Dickson of New York represented the company. Acting on an idea that they have had in mind for some time, at a meeting of the Farmers' Union, they took the preliminary steps for the establishment of a retail market in Fort Collins, a thing that has been more or less agitated for a number of months past. Fear of a state-wide revolution on the part of labor if the militia re-enters the strike zone was expressed in a telegram sent to Senator Shafroth by the general counsel for the United Mine Workers of America, who said he feared the worst if the militia returned. A Gunnison county branch of the Colorado Metal Mining Association was formed at a meeting of mining men which was held in Gunnison, Delegates representing Pitkin, Ohio City, White Pine, Bowerman, the Cochotopa and Gunnison district were present. The "mediation" committee named by the Legislature to conduct an investigation into the industrial war and to assist in settling the strike, had a conference with Governor Ammons. The first formal meeting of the committee will be held at the state house and a chairman named and active work begun. Col. George M. Lee, assistant adjutant general, has been sent to Washington by Adj. General John Chase to get equipment for the state militia from the War Department. He will ask Secretary of War Garrison to replace 200 tents burned or otherwise ruined while the state guard was camped in the coal strike district. Nicholas Bolkjoviz, who told Sheriff S. J. McAfee when he was arrested at Platteville that he had killed a fellow-countryman, a Slav, in Denver, inflicting wounds with a beer bottle from which the victim died, tried to commit suicide in the county jail at Greeley by butting his head against the bars of the steel corridor surrounding the cells. Mrs. Luvisa Thompson, one of the oldest residents of Boulder, and a charter member of the First Christian church of that city, passed away, aged 91. WEATHER CROP REPORT FRUIT, WHEAT AND ALFALFA DOING NICELY. Prospects on Western Slope Especially Favorable According to Forecaster F. H. Brandenburg. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—"Fine" and "good" are the terms used by F. H. Brandenburg, forecaster in charge of the Colorado district of the weather bureau, in his official report for the week ending May 18, concerning the condition of Colorado crops. He is to issue a weekly report throughout the growing season, showing just what has been the effect of the weather on the principal crops of the state. The first says: "The weather conditions on the Western slope have been generally favorable to the growth of vegetation, while in the Eastern part of the state plant growth and farming operations have been retarded by too much moisture, deficient sunshine and low temperature. "In the western counties, apples, peaches and plums are coming into bloom, uninjured by frosts, and doing nicely; winter and spring wheat are doing well; alfalfa is in fine condition, as also hay and grasses. "In the eastern part of the state the winter wheat crop is generally in good condition; spring wheat is in fine condition, as also rye, alfalfa, hay and grass. "The weather has been generally favorable to the growth of sugar beets, although some reports indicate too lithe sunshine for that crop." Many Thrilling Escapes. Pueblo.—With the passing of the flood waters which swept down over a large section of the city and wreaked widespread damage in less than four hours' time, railroads and other owners of property in the path of the torrent began an estimate of their losses and there came to light at the same time many stories of heroism and of not a few thrilling escapes from drowning. The flood came so fast that those living below First street did not know of the damage until they were awakened to find themselves surrounded by water. C. C. Hartman, superintendent of the stockyards, was awakened by the blowing of the siren to find himself hemmed in by the flood waters. Placing his wife in a buggy he tried to get away when the buggy upset and both were thrown into the surging torrent and drifted about two blocks. Hartman dragged his wife to safety. The damage caused by the flood will reach more than $150,000. Declares Dog Had Rabies. Colorado Springs. Positive proof of the presence of rabies in Colorado Springs was received by Health Officer O. R. Gillett from H. J. Washburn, acting chief of the division of pathology, bureau of animal industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, who examined the brain of a dog killed in this city and positively declared that the animal had rabies. Strike Leaders Give Bonds. Boulder—John R. Lawson, international board member of the United Mine Workers of America; E. L. Doyle, district secretary of the same organization, and William T. Hickey, secretary of the Colorado Federation of Labor, gave bond to appear before Judge Graham of the Boulder County Court July 27. Held as a Burglar Colorado Springs.—With the arrest of M. Blankenship at Pueblo the local police believe they have secured another member of the gang that has been robbing homes in this city for some time. It is claimed that when arrested the man was trying to pawn articles taken from the Richard Clough home in this city. Flood Drowns Boy. Colorado Springs.—As a result of the flood in the Fountain valley between Colorado Springs and Pueblo, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Harrison, who live on a ranch north of Fountain, was drowned in an irrigating ditch near the Harrison home. Accused Man Killed in Mine. Steamboat Springs.—A. H. House, thirty-seven, under indictment for the June term of District Court for his alleged connection with the killing of John Mott and Jack Gill on the night of March 16, at Oak Creek, was killed by a fall of rock in the Perry mine at Oak Creek. Trinidad.—Juan Cruze, twenty-three, a union miner, was shot from ambush at the mouth of Riley canon, a short distance from Segundo. Owners Will Reject Arbitration Plan. Owners Will Reject Arbitration Plan. Denver.—The attitude toward arbitration of the coal strike which has characterized each side of the industrial controversy since it began last September is still maintained by the operators and striking miners. When asked for the position of the operators in regard to the appointment of a federal commission, Frank E. Gove, attorney for the coal operators, said: "We made our proposition to the governor four months ago. It still stands and will not be changed." The OLD RELIABLE EAST END DINING ROOM AND RESTAURANT 2345 LARIMER STREET, DENVER, COLORADO Colorado Wall Paper & Paint Company WALL PAPER, PAINTS OILS AND GLASS Interior and Exterior Decorators. We Do House Painting. Coach Colors, Paints and Varnishes. Agents John W. Masury & Sons. Phone Main 871 728 W. 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Colfa YOU ARE To Ins Pattern In All TORRIE 2647 WELTO 'Phone Champa 1156 Paper STEVE TODOR Fine Wine ```markdown ``` BREAKFAST from 6 to 8:30 DINNER from 12 to 2:30 SUPPER from 5:30 to 7:30 Furnished Rooms in Connectio AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS "There probably will never be a great emigration on the part of American negroes to Liberia. The difficulty of transporting millions of black men, women and children would make the scheme of a general exodus impracticable. Besides, there is a limited range of promising occupations. But there is room for thousands of immigrants who are forceful, self-reliant and willing to work. The American negro should become acquainted with Liberia and interest himself in it."—Professor Starr. In the exhibition arranged by Professor Starr there is the best collection of books and printed matter relating to Liberia that has ever been brought together at one time. Besides the books written about the country by strangers and scientific men traveling in the country, there are books and pamphlets printed in Liberia and written by Liberians on the politics, government, history and religion of their own country. There are files of the principal Liberian newspapers and magazines, the Liberian Register, the African League, Liberia Times, Liberia Recorder, the Guide and a missionary paper, Liberia and West Africa. A whole case is devoted to the activities of the missions in Liberia. In the exhibit the Protestant Episcopal, the Methodist Episcopal, the African Methodist Episcopal, the Lutheran and the Christian missions are represented. They have been especially active in providing schools and much needed education for the natives. Among the notable mission schools are Epiphany hall, under the direction of the Protestant Episcopal church, and the College of West Africa, a Methodist Episcopal school, located at Monrovia. At Epiphany hall there is a farm and coffee plantation connected with the school, and four hours of practical agriculture and horticulture are required.-Chicago Inter Ocean. Closely following the action of the senate in favor of a substantial appropriation for continuing the work on the new Central high school building, and for the purchase of a site for the new Eastern High school, comes the news that the work of constructing a new high school building for colored pupils will probably be begun next fall, says the Washington Star. Congress last July having appropriated $15,000 toward the construction of this building, the authorized cost of which is to be $55,000, the announcement is now made that the plans for the proposed structure are practically complete. The pressing need for a new building for the colored high school is shown in the statement that the structure now in use was built to accommodate 450 pupils; that its present enrollment is more than 800, and that libraries, study halls and other rooms have been pressed into service as classrooms, though designed for other purposes. The efficiency of this school has suffered somewhat for a long time because of its crowded condition. The plans for the new building show a provision of space for 1,400 pupils, nearly double the present enrollment of the school. This appears to be looking well into the future, but the building will not be completed until the spring of 1916, and the school population of Washington is increasing rapidly. With the facilities and attractions of the new high school buildings, a marked increase in the high school enrollment may be looked for. There was buried in Mt. Hope cemetery, at Boston, last week. Mrs. Sarah Spence, who claimed to be one hundred and thirteen years old. At her grave were three daughters, all of whom were born in slavery. All of her 16 children were slaves. After the war they came North, one by one, and the mother herself came to Boston 14 years ago. Mrs. Spence was born in Camden. Her parents were slaves of a family named Barnett. Later she was sold to Col. Dennis Furby of North Carolina, for whom she wove cloth and made garments. Mrs. Furby and the slave did not get along well and the young girl ran away once a year for four years. She was sold to Timothy Smith and at his death she was carried into Tennessee. After the war she went back to North Carolina and worked on the Furby estate for pay, as did her children. Her first husband, Alida Furby, died before the war and she was married to Thomas Spence. The University of Southern California has appealed to the Central Labor council of Los Angeles to aid in the work of making its course in trade unionism a success. Nearly one-third of the population of Washington is negro, according to the bulletin of the census bureau. The total estimated population of Washington this year is 353,378, of which 101,339 are negroes. In Philadelphia it is estimated that the total population this year will be 1,657,810, of whom 91,652 are reported as negroes. Of the population of Pittsburgh this year 537,479 are whites and 27,399 negroes. Nothing makes the rest of us so tired as the fellow who puts up a bluff at hustling. There is an old and tenaciously held theory that the negro has a greater resistance to malaria than the white man. Recent investigations by public health service tend to throw doubt on this belief. In Alabama, during a three-year period, the number of deaths from malaria was one and one-half times as great among colored persons as among white. In Mississippi in 1913 2.3 times as many negroes as whites died of this group of diseases. Several thousand blood examinations were made to test the prevalence of malarial infection in the general population. In Arkansas, less than six per cent of the whites examined had the malarial organism in their blood, while 7.6 per cent of the negroes were so afflicted. In North Carolina the germ was found in 7.5 per cent of the whites and 11.5 per cent of the colored persons examined. In spite of these statistics the old opinion may be correct. The investigation is still too incomplete to warrant any sweeping conclusions. Malaria is a rural disease, and the negro is a country dweller. His environment is against him in other ways. The bulk of the population in the healthy uplands of Mississippi is white, but the negro clusters so thickly in the fertile but malarial cotton lands of the Yazoo delta and other parts of the "black belt" that the census of the state shows 1,009,487 colored persons to only 786,111 white. The question can be settled only by an exhaustive comparison of whites and blacks living in the same environment, under the same conditions. There is a strong probability that such a test would support the old belief that the negro resists malaria better than the white man. A study of the situation in the Negro Baptist churches of Chicago strengthens the conviction that an efficient and unifying organization is really their greatest necessity. Their disposition to organize and the special needs of the city should eventually bring this about. At present we have improved upon the Methodist churches. They have five different conferences, but it must be said that in spite of this they co-operate in a friendly spirit. The Negro Baptists at the present time have two associations. Any time spent in efforts to explain the basis of their doctrinal or personal differences might better be used in trying to secure a real basis of co-operation for their mutual improvement and advance. It seems that some organization of these churches on the basis of the city work, to prevent overlapping, to over assistance, to plan future work as necessity may require and not as individual caprice may suggest is a matter of real importance. This organized co-operation to increase the efficiency of all the churches is a natural step to be taken in the processes of their growth and may be looked for at any time. As one examines the location and the activities of different Baptist churches, and sees new churches started under the very eaves of some older one, because of a doctrinal cr personal difference, he is convinced that the weight of influence of these who are trying to make the churches more useful should be set against this and in favor of that practical comity for which the executive council stands. Sixty-seven theaters and music halls in London are licensed to sell liquor. Rev. Richard D. Stinson, head of the Atlanta Normal and Industrial institute, spoke to the congregation of the Bethel Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and the Christian Missionary alliance at Pittsburgh. He urged the people of his race to develop a racial pride and history by making themselves able, educated, honorable citizens. He declared that the race never could cope with alcohol and other drugs. Before the Christian Missionary alliance he outlined the work which is being done at the school, which he heads, and told of the aspirations and hopes of the leaders of the negro race in the South. Michael Spartall, who died recently at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, at the age of ninety-five, was formerly consul general for Greece in London. He was present at the funeral of George IV and at the coronation of William IV. Among his friends were Gladstone, Cobden and Bright. There are 160 dramas and 21 melodramas based on the life of Joan of Arc. The most cosmopolitan child in the world is probably Peggy Venner, at present living in Berkeley, Cal. She speaks five languages, and has traveled 81,000 miles since birth. Her father has interests in London, South Africa and Australasia, and is traveling most of the time. Ollie James, the senator from Kentucky, has the record of having defended more than eighty men accused of murder, without losing one of the cases. He was admitted to the bar when he was eighteen year old. ROUGH RIDER SCORNS ILLNESS COL. ROOSEVELT WAS SERIOUSLY ILL FOR FIVE DAYS WHILE IN JUNGLE. LOST 55 POUNDSWEIGHT SHOWS EFFECT OF FEVER AND INJURY WHEN GROUP FACED STARVATION. Western Newspaper Union News Service. New York.—May 21.—Those who saw Theodore Roosevelt on his return from Brazil realized from his appearance that he had passed through a trying time. Though his cheeks were bronzed, his smile pleasant and his grip firm, there were many traces of the hardships he had endured in his six-hundred mile journey down the Rio Duvida, the unknown river he explored. The trip from Para, which began May 7, did much to restore Colonel Roosevelt. It gave back to him twenty-five or thirty of the fifty-five pounds he had lost, and the jungle festers that ran from the ankle to the knee of his right leg were nearly all healed. "I have been very ill with jungle fever," he said on his arrival, "but I'm all right now; I feel fine." It was from April 5 to April 15, it was learned, that Colonel Roosevelt was gravely ill. Other members of his party, including his son, Kermit, were ill in that time, but the Colonel himself was so sick and weak that there were days when one hundred yards of travel marked the measure of his endurance. For five days Colonel Roosevelt was delirious with $105^{\circ}$ of fever. Under it he begged his companions, it is stated, to go and leave him where he lay in the jungle. Actual starvation menaced the party during the last of the sixty days that were taken up by the journey down the Duvida. The pinch was sharper by far, it is said, than was indicated by the leader's declaration that they had to hold themselves to half-rations. At Manaos, the point of the expedition's return to civilization, Colonel Roosevelt was still so ill that he had to be helped aboard the steamer Dunstan, on which he traveled to Para. During the four days of his stay on the Dunstan he was confined to his bed. Not until the first day of his stopover at Para did he show the improvement which has continued since. The Colonel rested from Tuesday until today at Sagamore Hill, when he went to Oyster Bay to meet his neighbors. Next Tuesday he plans to go to Washington to address the National Geographic Society on the results of his Brazilian exploring trip and on May 30 he probably will start for Europe, to attend, in Madrid, the wedding of his son Kermit. Maps Out Strenuous Campaign. Oyster Bay.—Twelve hours after Theodore Roosevelt returned from South America he was back in the thick of politics. He was up early and as soon as breakfast was over he was hard at work, picking up the threads where he dropped them seven months ago. Colonel Roosevelt, it was learned, looks forward to one of the hardest political campaigns of his career. May Recall War Ships from Mexico. Washington.—Plans for the withdrawal of a part of the naval force now in Mexican waters were considered at the Navy Department. CONSIDERS STRIKE PLAN. Washington. — Representative Seldomridge said that the mine owners and strikers in Colorado should be given an opportunity to express themselves as to federal arbitration before any action as to such course should be taken in Washington. He intimated that if federal troops are to be continued in the strike field, Congress could properly consider means of having them removed. If those means involved settlement of the strike controversy itself, well and good. "If the United States treasury funds are to be applied in Colorado," said Seldomridge, "Congress should not be criticised if it decides to remove the cause of their expenditure. I am not saying just how far such action should go, but compulsory arbitration certainly would come in for discussion." Seldomridge discussed the Colorado situation with President Wilson and received assurance that the executive was willing to go to any extent within the bounds of the constitution in aiding Colorado to bring about peace. Pick Penrose, Palmer and Pinchot. Philadelphia.—Pennsylvania for the first time held primaries to choose candidates for United States senator, governor, Congress, the Legislature and minor offices. Boies Penrose won the Republican nomination for senator; Martin J. Brumbaugh, practically unopposed, the Republican nomination for governor. Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer was selected for senator on the Democratic ticket; Gifford Pinchot was unopposed for the nomination for senator by the Progressives. BY EXTRA SESSION OR 19TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Authorized Governor to Close Saloona in Disturbed District and to Prohibit Sale of Firearms. Denver.—The extraordinary session of the Nineteenth General Assembly of Colorado, which convened May 4 and adjourned on the 16th, appropriated $1,000,000 for the payment of the militia, the sum including $300,000 for future expense of the militia. Passed the bill authorizing the governor to close the saloons in disturbed districts. Passed the bill authorizing the governor to prohibit the sale of firearms in disturbed districts. Passed the short appropriation bill, amounting to $3,500. Killed the bill providing for compulsory arbitration. Adopted a resolution for a committee of six, three from each branch, to confer with the governor and other officers looking to a settlement of the coal strike and investigating the strike to report to the next regular session. Passed resolutions thanking President Wilson for federal troops and assuring the nation Colorado stood for law and order. Speaker Slattery Gets Elk's Charm. Speaker Slattery Gets Elk's Charm. Denver.—Members of the House of Representatives presented a gold-mounted elk's tooth watch chain to Speaker J. H. Slattery at the closing of the extraordinary session of the Legislature. Representative John S. Hasty made the speech of presentation. In his response, Speaker Slattery said the extra session will go down in history as one of the most remarkable Colorado has ever had. In announcing the adjournment of the Senate as the session closed, President Fitzgarrard referred to a watch presented him at a former session of the Legislature. According to Fitzgarrard, the watch reached the hour of adjournment, at 4:30 o'clock, at the same time the Senate clock was allowed to resume its ticking after standing stationary for half an hour at 4:29 o'clock. Exposition Wants Colorado Flag. Denver. — Governor Ammons received a letter from the American commissioner general of the Anglo-American exposition, asking him to be present at the opening ceremony at Shepherd's Bus, London, on May 14. He was also requested to present the American section of the exposition with the state flag of Colorado. September 17 has been named as Colorado day at the exposition. Legislator Not Citizen When Elected. Denver.—John Redmond Williams, Democratic member of the Legislature from Denver, who took part in the proceedings of the regular session of the Nineteenth General Assembly and participated in the deliberations of the extra session, did not become a citizen of the United States until Jan. 26 of this year, according to an affidavit on file in the Federal Court. Would Hold Up Pay of Game Warden. Denver. Col. James A. Shinn, state game commissioner who was ousted by Judge Denison in the District Court, served notice through his attorneys on State Auditor Kenehan that he must not pay the salary of the office of Walter B. Fraser, the governor's appointee. Legislators Will Get $174 each. Denver.—Each member of the legislature will have $174 coming to him Dec. 15, which comes in handy for Christmas. The legislator is paid $1,000 salary which covers his term. He was paid $735 in the regular session and $91 in this special session, or a total of $826 for his services. Trustee Ordered to Pay Stratton Tax. Denver.—Trustees of the Winfield Scott Stratton estate were ordered to pay the government $4,883 internal tax, which was demanded in a suit in addition to the amount paid when the millionaire mining man sold his interest in the Independence mine at Cripple Creek. Tedrow Named on Pardon Board. Denver.—Harry B. Tedrow, Boulder lawyer, succeeds himself as a member of the State Pardons Board, according to an announcement from Governor Ammons. Tedrow's term expired and the executive reappointed him. Mrs. Bradford Operated Upon. Denver.—An operation for appendicitis was performed on Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, state superintendent of public instruction at Mercy hospital. She is reported to be recovering rapidly. Celebrate Centennial of Independence. Denver.—The Norwegians celebrated the centennial of the independence of Norway at a banquet at El Jebel temple auditorium and at services in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Preceding the banquet a play and several tableaux were given, those taking part wearing the costumes in vogue 100 years ago, when Norway obtained its freedom. Patriotic songs and toasts were features of the banquet. The interior of El Jebel was decorated in the Norse national colors. OPEN FOR New Dining Room in Connection to Keystone Social Club. Nothing like it ever attempted in Denver. Strictly home cooking. Lowest prices for best quality of food. Eastern corn-fed meats. Your patronage solicited. SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS Syl. Stewart Manor Empa St. Phone Champa 3543 Dept. JOHN RICK & ENGSTRO WHOLESALE DEALERS IN wines, Liquors and Cigars for Minneapolis Grain Belt Beer and Carnegie Imported Beer and Bock Ol. 644-46-48-50 Larimer Street 1053 Denver ALL KINDS OF REPAIR WORK NEATLY DO REFINISHING A SPECIALTY. Velton Street Furniture F. R. LINDENMIER, Prop. 2619 WELTON STREET Second Hand Furniture Bo and Exchanged We Pay the Highest Cash Price for Furniture 8247. When You W heads, Feet, Tails Snouts, N erlings or any other part of except the squeal go to East's Mark er Street. THE ZOBEL BROTHER AMPLE ROO Nineteenth Street, Corner of SHORT 1857 Champa St. HENRY BECK Beck WH Wines Western Agents for Minne I 1644-46 Phone Main 1053 ALL KINDS The Welton 2619 New and Second We Pay th WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Wines, Liquors and Cigars Western Agents for Minneapolis Grain Belt Beer, and Carnegie Porter, Pripps Imported Beer and Bock Ol. 1644-46-48-50 Larimer Street Phone Main 1053 Denver, Colorado ALL KINDS OF REPAIR WORK NEATLY DONE. REFINISHING A SPECIALTY. The Welton Street Furniture Co. New and Second Hand Furniture Bought, Sold and Exchanged We Pay the Highest Cash Price for Furniture When The Heads, F or Chiterlings except Eas When You Want When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings or any other part of the hog except the squeal go to 2800-6 Larimer Street. THE ZO SAM 1004 Ninete 1004 Nineteenth Street, Corner of Curtis FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS COORS' CELEBRATED BEER ON TAP R COD RRIS, Pres. J. M. JOHNS, Treas. SEIB M L ROAD PORTERS' C CHAS. HARRIS, Pres RAILROA LUNCH Billiards 17281/2 Wazee St. Only one block from Union Depot Phone Main 8416. Denver, Colorado FULL DINNER 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. PHONE MAIN 8247. DENVER Soup, Fish or Meat, Two Vegetables Coffee, Tea or Cocoa Desert 25 CENTS HOURS t Manager. 543 Denver, Colo. Megstrom MIS IN Cars and Carnegie Porter, Pripps Ol. Ever Street Denver, Colorado MEATLY DONE. ALTY. 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An inch contains twelve agate lines, Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10 conte per line, ach edditional line overiten lined, 8 cents per line. No discSunta allowed on lees than three months contract Gash must accom: pany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. Remittances should be made by Mzpress Money Onder) Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft, Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar, Only i-cent and 2-cent stamps taken. Communications to receive attention faust bs uewny, upon important sul Jects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper; must reach us Tuesdays, if possible, anyway, not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author, No manuscript returned; unless atalaps aré sentifor postage. THE NECESSITY FOR ORGANIZING. In our review of the progress of individuals, which makes them become ‘a successful race, people and nation, we ean arrive at no other conclusion than that this success has its origin in their ability to organize and their adherence to such organizations, hence our taking this opportunity to present to our readers (especially the members of our race) certain information which if acted on now will be advantageous to us in the near future and be handed down to our posterity for their guidance and welfare. The fact cannot be disputed that there are a few persons of the Negro race in this country who by perseverance, backed up by a strong determina- tion to overcome and overthrow anything tending to retard the wheels of progress in their lives, have achieved and accomplished great things; but we may repeat this question that was asked on an important occasion and at a crucial moment: “What are these among so many?” and although we are witnesses of some miraculous performances in these days, yet we have not the Arch Performer in the flesh to command and compel us to imbibe the get-to-gether spirit and pertain to the habit of closer union with one another It therefore devolves on us to meet more often, to exchange our ideas fre- quently, and last but not least, form organizations with the glue-like quality in us that will necessarily result in such an adamantine feature that the base- less enemy, prejudice cannot defeat, and then we will reach the goal of success alike any other people on this earth, enabling us to assist in the dictation of how to govern and be governed. As we travel in and through this great United States, with its wonderful natural advantages, we seem to solve the problem of the cause for such an emigration to this country, and we particularly note the way how these emigrants strive to combine their “efforts and consolidate their actions, which make them become wealthy and wise and in the end attain the enviable role of leaders of us, filling the high- est positions in the land politically, financially, socially, ete, We can find them occupying the presidential chair, the houses of our Congress and Senate, classed among the greatest railroad magnates of the world, and in every conceivable form of business they are what is commonly called top- notchers by their prominence. The reason is obvious, as they start early in the way of organizing, they endeavor, even though they might have been unknown to each other in their native homes, to live, act and work together, so that soon after they establish an impenetrable and invincible foundation which safeguards their superstructure and finally forces recognition of more than ordinary type from our government. What other result can there be but success in the superlative sense of the word, as, unlike us, they start early, do not fight and wrangle within their ranks, but unite with one aim, for one purpose, becoming so impregnable that they secure for themselves and their offspring perpetual privileges, facilities and advantages from. our government, Nearly all the wealthy men of this country (excluding the legatees) have had their experience of poverty’s réle, and the wonderful re- sults obtained by them through the agency of organization have been de- clared dnd demonstrated again and again. Why can't we measure up? Don’t say no; don't think the impossible; eliminate the word can't from the dictionary of our lives and let us profit by the examples and standards so long established by the dominating factor in thi§ our land of the free and home of the brave, Politicians must take particular notice of- how the Pro- gressives are preparing, Their leader, Theodore Roosevelt, is losing no time, having returned home on the 19th inst. and starting his machinery for his campaign in 1916, which will be the greatest in his life. Fellow Negro Republicans, wake up! The party is not dead, so do not Ne dormant, Be active now; start the ball off, do not wait for political bosses, and we will soon discover that if we are bent on organizing and adhering faithfully to our organizations there is every possibility of our winning the recognition that has long been forfeited us; and as real and true-hearted sons and daughters of this American soil rise and paggress in a manner com- mendable to this eleven million portion of the population of this country. Remember the tried and true expression: “Time is gliding fast away, Let us act and act TODAY.” : u GE A HOST TOUCHING APPEAL aS falls short of its desired effect if ad- ftp NS dressed to a small crowd of interested Se TP Sh listeners. Mr. Business Man, are Aer A you wasting your ammunition on the Ria ie small crowd that would trade with vat OX} you anyway, or do you want to reach IN, WW those who are not particularly inter- Rb WN ested in your business? If you do, N38 make your appea! for trade to the 4 largest and most intelligent audience in-your commun- TZ ity, the readers cf this pA ete: They have count-— beat less wants. Your ads will | (Ly «ibe read by them, and they Ail will become your custom- oom AT ers. Try it and see, RUGS FROM THE OLD CARPET Make the Best Possible Foundation— Not Costly, and Are Attractive and Practical. | When your carpets have become too worn for use, cut them up into any desired sizes as foundations for new rugs to be made in ‘this way: Take, let us say, two yards of dark green monk's cloth, which is 63 inches wide, and lay it smoothly down over a worn piece of carpet,sewing the selvage of the carpet—or if the carpet has had to be cutso that a selvage is imposs!- ble, whip the raw edges carefully be- fore fastening the monk's cloth toit, At the ends allow about two inches of the cloth to extend beyond the edges of the carpet, which must be first whipped before they are fastened down. Then unravel the ends of the cloth—a particularly easy thing to do with monk's cloth—and in this way make a finishing fringe. If further ornamentation is desired a stenciled ‘border may be painted on elther end. Or a band of a lighter or darker shade ‘than the color of the monk's cloth ‘may be stitched on perfectly plain or applied in a conventional design. In my own home we have made not only rugs such as the above, but most attractive small rugs for “the bath- room, using burlap instead of the monk's cloth, and ornamenting them with a simple cross-stitch design work in heavy yarn. The old carpet under them gives durability and keeps them from curling up: When the burlap wears out or becomes much soiled it 1s a very simple matter to take it off and put a new plece over the old foundation. These rugs cost very lit- tle, yet they are really a most attrac- tive and practical invention.—Ex- change, Thefiagekgeper To make hard butter spread easily, beat it to a cream instead of warm- ing it. This way gives it better flavor and prevents waste. To use mustard with bacon use it in the cooking of it; in this way cover each side of the slice of bacon with ® thin layer of made mustard (make with water, not vinegar), and fry as usual. This does not cause the mus- tard to get hot, but gives it a deli- cious flavor, To enjoy mashed potatoes at their best, add a little baking powder just before serving, the proportion being half a teaspoonful if six people are to be served. This makes them so de- liclously white and light that you will never serve them without it again, ‘To make new potatoes scrape easily, and also to prevent the hands being stained, put them to soak in water for a little while, to which a small piece of common soda has been added. To keep moths out of your closets and chests without giving the clothes an unpleasant odor sprinkle oil of cedar freely inside en the wood in the corners, Be careful that it does not touch the clothing, or it may leave a stain, Honeycomb Pudding. Beat two eggs, add one-half cupful sugar, one-half cupful molasses, one- half cupful milk, in which dissolve one half teaspoonful soda, one-half cup ful flour, Pour into pudding dish and bake in moderate oven 45 minutes. Sauce: One cupful sugar, one cup- ful boiling water, butter size small egg, salt, one tablespoonful flour dis solyed in three tablespoonfuls cold wa- ter, one-half teaspoonful lemon ex tract. Savory Beef, 7 ‘Take a shin of beef from the hind quarter, saw It into four pieces and boil till the meat and gristle drop from the bone. Chop the meat very fine, put in dish, season with salt, pepper, clove and eage, or season to your own taste. Pour in liquor fx which the meat was boiled. Place on the lee to harden. When ccld cut in slices, serve plain or on lettucé leaves This 1s a good old-fashionsd recipe, ‘rritadelia, Made From Soup Meats pees Oe ot ee eed Speer bn eo en Chop or mince the meat left over from making soup or stew, season with little salt and pepper, finely chopped onion or onion juice, little ta ble sauce or beef extract. Mix with ‘an equal amount of potato (mashed) and heat in a hot spider. This may be also pressed into a mold, steamed or baked according to your liking. Spanish Stew. Cook two pounds of lean pork cut in small pieces three hours. Add one cup of tomatoes, one onion, sliced thin, one clover of garlic, salt, pep per and paprika to sult taste, one halt teaspoonful of extract of beef and one cup of rice. Stew for one hour more. ‘Asale and..Pes. Salad. Drain through a colander a can of peas. Rinse with cold water. Chop two apples fine with one medium-sized cucumber. Mix with the peas togeth- er with one-half cupful of coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts. Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise dressing, Famous Chef's Advice. In making a fruit cake pour half the batter in the pan before adding the fruit, then the fruit will not be found at’ the bottom of the cake. Don't Rinse Chamols Gloves. Chamois gloves will remain softer after washing if the soapsuds are not entirely rinsed out, but allowed to dry im the gloves. “i | For Rent—Furnished Rooms, mod- crn, No. 2108 Arapahoo Street, Mrs. Be Peopletoe Carter, Proprietor. Wanted good barber. Apply Rocky Mountain Athletic Club, 2014 Champa street. | FOR RENT—Seven room house, good condition, Gas and eldttricity, 2018 Champa street, $15 per month. ‘Apply Rocky Mountain Athletic Chub, 2014 Champa street. | For Rent—A nicely modern fur- nished room. Apply Mrs. George In- gram, 2255 Ogden street. Brickler’s New Barber Shop Is lo- cated at 2208 Larimer street, Shave, 10. Hair cut, 25¢; children, 150, 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. Old Walletetkinat: | Few are the beliefs and still fewer the superstitions of today. We pre- tend to account for everything until we do not believe enough for the humanity so essential to moral discl- pline. The phantasmic age has long been unfurnished of all its ingenious garniture. That glowing day has set, leaving none of its ethereal hues in our old twilight. We have lost some- thing for which we have no substitute The Weatherhead Hat Co, Practical Hatters Poineer Hatters of the West Established 1876 RENOVATORS, BLEACHERS DYERS AND FINISHERS. of Gents’ and Ladies’ Hats of Every Description. 1624 ChampaSt. Denver, Colo. "Telephone Main 86s8, Seth Hoffman Coal Co. Dealers in Coal, Wood, Coke, Hay Grain Coal from Sack to Carload Delivered Anywhere in the City. Office: 2807 Welton Street DENVER - COLORADO Rolden Bros.’ Barber Shop Rufus Bolden, Mgr. W. D. Smith, G. C.Craig Artists BATHS AND ELECTRICAT. MASSAGE QUICK SERVICE PHONE MAIN 4052 926 19th Street Denver. Near Curtis erat oa Miss M. Cowden: Ee mi ‘ Hair Dressing Parlor « : ‘ : Shampoo, cutting and curling. é Scalp treatment, hair tonics, § hair straightening, manicuring. j Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades, ‘ 4 Goods delivered out of the# city. All shades of hair matched ; by sending sample of hair; also combings made up. ; : : Cheapest Switches 50 Cents § 1219 2ist St. Denver, Colo. : 4 ce a Ashe VAsV Ase bPrAh LAM AAP AA hevagaiee ier ierisadeoaseitrier aad DRINK o, o ? y Finest Beer Ever Brewed. Made Ii Colorado; Sold In Colorado; Drank in Colorado ORDER A CASE PHONE MAIN 1350, < is ie CAPLAN | Garden and Lawn Tools We hays ene. ne complete Spring line of everything for lawn No Higher Grade Sewing Machine Can Be Bought at Any Price and BS We Save You ss $15 to $25 on Aa the Price. Ne vis Raga Aa eee gay Ni And when you consider that CANIN SS, - in the ayerage sale the agent ~ nN a gets about half you pay for the WENN A -aarantthh) machine, you can readily see BH KAN |e how our lower price is possible TEE i cells R A is SS... (111 line prices $35.00 to $60.00 a eee) The Denver prices $20 to $35 | Hl SIME [s3\ Save This Difference---You j ip) PNY lose nothing in quality. val Hla i) Our Guarantee protects you ie Ws Ly from all sewing machine trou- Win ee T) ble for Ten Years. Hf} FIL UY cece NI See The Denver Machines el en Demonstrated in Fifteenth 5 7 a Street Store Basement. Our “Princess’’ Machine $14.50 eee exces PLAN OR C2 SSSSSSSS=—__ We offer a special attraction i | Tl in our excellent Princess Ma- | == [==> | [=| chine, with a complete set of aT. || attachments, for $13.95. ng KAN —— The Princess isa dréphead ma- i) ( Oe ) chine, and is sold with The Den- = AH ver’s Ten-Year Guarantee. De- NE= SU | monstrated every day in our CT} §\ asement Housefurnishing De Z== MW) germ MM dartment. We want to show you Me > this machine. | a] The Little Savoy A. C. LiNDSEY, Proprietor ’ _%%. SHORT ORDERS IGE CREAM and > CONFECTIONERIES Phone CHAMPA 2570 2721 Welton Street, Denver (BER “Sy CUT FLOWERS POTTED PLANTS Aes Yi, Floral Designs for all Occasions Cae aera MRS. L. A. DUNSMORE ey isa i, FLORIST “eee Greenhouses Halt Block West of Highland Park “REGSERA West Thirty-third and Irving. 3260 Fairview Pl. PHONE, GALLUP 355 DENVER, COLORADO yee ERNEST HOWARD, | Carpenter, Job and Repair Work. | Paints, Oils and Glass, Glazing Done Coal, Wood and Express. 1021 21st Street. Phone Champa 752. Five Points Creamery Mrs. F. A. NEWMAN, Proprietor ICE CREAM A SPECIALTY | Phone MAIN 4395 817-819 TWENTY-SIXTH AVE., DENVER, COLO. Garden Hoes ..........+-+-20¢ to He Weeding Hoes ............80e to 45e Garden Rakes ............20¢ to Tbe Garden Trowels ..........10e to 65¢ Spading Forks ..........75¢ to $1.26 Steel Spades ............60e to 81.25 Pruning Shears ..........35e to $1.00 All wood Wheelbarrow for ....82.50 Every piece of Garden Hose we sell is fully guaranteed. ' 50 ft. 14 ineh, 5-ply Hose, com- plete for .)...ocecccsey se eee e+ B00 50 ft. 4 inch, 5-ply Hose, eom- ALT ROe ee beh ees ae en Couplings, washers and nozzle fur- nished when sold {11 60-foot lengths, Hose Washers, 2 doz for ..........5¢ Nozzles, all kinds ........25¢ to Te Poultry Teteiog In Full 190-foot Rolls 1 ft. wide, per roll ............++..68¢ 13g ft. wide, per roll ............81.00 2 ft. wide, per roll .........1.18185 216 ft. wide, per roll .2.22222122/81.70 B ft. wide, per roll ..........1.1182105 4 ft. wide, per roll ...2.0.22.221 182.70 b ft. wide, per roll ..............85.88 6ft. wide, per roll 22220022021. 184L05 In cut lengths, %¢ per square foot A. Bowler of Omaha was in the city this week. Charlie George, brother of Louis and Lawrence George is very ill in California. Mrs. E. D. Fountain was hostess at a charming luncheon last Wednesday in honor of a few friends. Lina, Kan., where he will wed M. Janie De Priest Wednesday, May 2. Miss De Priest is very finely educated and one of Salina's most popular young ladies. Miss Lillian Isabella Overstreet. Mr. David Morris were married on Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hopkins, B. David Overofficiating. The bride Ralph Garvin, third assistant at the Standish hotel, is numbered among the sick this week. On May the 28th the Terpsichorean Club will give a dance at Old Conoly hall. Mrs. Robert Russ of 2612 South Logan street, who has bene very ill, is improving slowly. Mrs. Lucile Jordan of Colorado Springs is the guest of Mrs. Minnie Robinson. Hon. J. G. Groves, the "Potato King," spent last week in the city on business. Zobel Bros. corner of 19th and Curtis tsreets, have remodeled their saloon and everything looks "brand new." H. J. Foster arrived home Sunday from a trip to Indianapolis, Ind. He enjoyed a very pleasant visit with Mrs. Chas. Barnes and daughters. Mrs. N. J. Holley of 2712 Marion street left Monday night for Harrisburg, Ill., having been called to the sick bed of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Elliott. E. Yarnell has recently purchased a Harley Davidson motorcycle, built for two. He and his estimable wife motored to Brighton last Sunday where races are always held on that day. Wm. Lee of Lincoln, Neb., passed through the city on Saturday last on his way to Colorado Springs, where he will visit with friends for two weeks. Dr. J. E. Moreland, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will arrive in the city today from Washington, D. C., to look after the interest of the Colored department of the Y. M. C. A. Miss Carrie L. Steel of Greenville, Mississippi and Harry Lee Rue McClain of this city were quietly married in Memphis, Tenn., the 17th of February. We wish the young couple much success. "LEAN, Baby LEAN," and listen to me. Will YOU go to the big SHIRT WAIST dance Wednesday evening, June 3, at the beautiful Houston hall? A large TIME awaits YOU. Mr. J. W. Tinsley, a member of the Zion Baptist church living at 3325 Williams, leaves Tuesday evening on an extended trip to visit his children and grandchildren in Oakley, Kansas. If any care to write to him his address is Oakley, Kansas, R. F. D. No3. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pertilla of 4140 Winona Court have remodeled their residence and made one of the most beautiful and comfortable bungalow porches on the North Side, where they are very highly respected by their neighbors. Walter Evans of Morgan county, Colo., is visiting in the city for a few weeks. Mr. Evans has a homestead of 360 acres and reports that he is looking forward to a fine crop of wheat, as the showers have helped wonderfully. Mrs. R. L. Norman has gone into the chicken business on quite an extensive scale. She has more than 100 young chickens and an excellent garden. The Statesman would like to see more of our people utilize their spare ground for raising gardens and chickens. Mrs. R. F. Hill of Crescent, Oklahoma, is here for the summer visiting her uncle, Mr. Thomas Linzy, and brother, Pearl Ware, and wife. Mrs. Hill hasn't seen her uncle for twenty-three years. She is receiving calls at the home of Mrs. Joe Lee, 1659 Gilpin street. M. A. Austin, one of our popular young men, left the city today for Sa- ```markdown ``` Jina, Kan., where he will wed Miss Janie De Priest Wednesday, May 27th. Miss De Priest is very finely educated and one of Salina's most popular young ladies. Miss Lillian Isabella Overstreet and Mr. David Morris were married last Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hopkins, Rev. David Over officiating. The bride was given away by her old friend, Mr. Winlock. Miss Margaret Willis was bridesmaid and Mr. McCain acted as best man. The bride and groom received many beautiful and useful presents. They left Thursday night for their home in Leadville, Colo. GEORGE-LEGGEE NUPTIALS. Hon. Herbert George, a former prominent newspaper publisher and promoter, was married to Miss Annie J. Leggee last Saturday night at George's home in the Highlands in the presence of a few intimate friends. The Colorado Statesman extends congratulation to Mr. and Mrs. George and wishes them success and untold happiness. IT PAYS CENT PER CENT. We advise the Negro to take a little advice from those who have attained success through strictly business methods; always giving the whole of the time you contract for with your employer, not dividing, for your personal ends, entertaining the highest and best motives for the success of your employer's business, discarding any suggestive thought of DISHONESTY, and possessing the loftiest ambition and aspiration of becoming your own boss sooner or later by your constant application to the job. Learn while you may, for this is the way to be happy and gay. Despise any petty actions that will bring disgrace to self and family and more particularly place a stumbling-block in the way of others of your race succeeding. Your position, remember, with the present condition of things, it is quite an advantage and benefit to you to be able to be working and earning a livelihood, when there are millions unemployed. The salaries and wages may not be commensurate with the employment, but "he that is contented in little is also contented in much." Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise. The Young Peoples' Carnival, Shorter's Chapel, June 2nd, by the Sunshine Club. RAILWAY MEN AND WAITERS' CLUB. While the Railroad Men and Waiters' Club has always been an attractive pleasure resort, Manager Frank Burnley is continuously adding to its beauty in various ways, the latest of which is an installment of some very fine pictures, which together with those that already adorn the wall, present a very attractive as well as admirable gallery, and to see the members and visitors going from room to room commenting on the several groups, reminds one of a crowd surging around a circus managerie. The reading or library room with all the latest books, papers and magazines is a feature that affords much pleasure to those seeking the latest news, as well as information on most any subject, and much knowledge is obtained through reading and discussions. There is always something doing in the musical department, where finished musicians manipulate the keys of the beautiful upright piano, the soft tones of which float with the melody of excellent vocalists. The pastime games comprise those of pool, billiards, whist, cribbage, chess and checkers, all of which afford much amusement. Those who know the congenial manager, Frank Burnley, deem it a pleasure to speak in the highest terms of the Railway Men and Waiters' Club, which is located at 2149 Curtis street. FOR SALE. 8 room modern, 24th and Marion, $2,500. 6 room modern ex. fur., 28th and Cal., $2,000. 5 room brick, 8th and Elati, $1,500. 5 room modern ex. fur., 400 block, South Grant, $1,850. Above properties can be handled by making small payment down and rest like rent. S. A. BONDURANT, 6 East Eleventh Ave., Tel. Main 3433. LOOK OUT FOR publications of the largest and best stores in our next issue, where you will make your purchases for Decoration Day and commencement exercises. Good bargains. THE BL JAMES M.& M. CO. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS. PAINTING, GRAINING, GLAZING, PAPER HANGING, DECORATING AND HARD WOOD FINISHING WALL PAPER 1517-23 ARAPAHOE ST. DENVER ARTISTS MATERIALS DEATHS. John Fler, who died at the County hospital, was buried Tuesday, 19th inst., at Riverside. William Martin, who came to his death sudden, remains in care Douglas Undertaking Co. Funeral notice later. Harry Smith, an old employer of A. M. Lawhoun, died at the County hospital. Funeral notice later. Steven Adams died at the County hospital. Funeral notice later. Douglas Undertaking Co. in charge of the above remains. In fond remembrance of our beloved wife and mother Mrs. Anna M. Davis, who departed from us one year ago May 21, 1913: In silence she suffered, In patience she bore Till God called her home To suffer no more. As she closed her eyes in slumber With her hands upon her breast, We said good-bye, Mother, Till God calls us home to rest. We loved her, we loved her, But Jesus loved her more, And called her home to glory To dwell forever more. MR. G. W. DAVIS, MRS. LINA WALTON. MRS. ALLIE FORBUSH, SHORTER CHAPEL'S NOTES. Our pastor will preach to morrow as follows: 11 a. m., Memorial of Liberty. 8 p. m., The Unprofitable Servant. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Shelton and Mrs. Emma Dixon were welcomed into our fellowship last Sabbath. The final examination of Shorter's Training class was held Tuesday evening when eleven teachers made passmark and will form the first class of Sunday school teachers to graduate from the teachers' training course in our history. This class was organized two years ago under the direction of our pastor and since then it has faithfully prosecuted the work prescribed. The graduating exercises will occur during the month of June. A delegation, consist of Rev. Robert L. Pope, Messrs. C. A. Burton and C. Von Dickersohn, and Mesdames O. W. Glenn, M. E. Wade, Fannie Brown and Thetta E. Miller and Miss Etta Parker, will leave Tuesday afternoon over the D. & R. G. road for Pueblo to attend the Rocky Mountain district conference and Sunday school and Allen Christian Endeavor League convention. Our sick list this week includes Sisters Edith Smithhea, 1873 Marton; Willa Kennedy, Mercy hospital; Isabelle Steward, Carrie Jones and Nellie Cook, County hospital. We have been informed that all of them are improving. Rev. J. W. Rodgers, pastor of St. John A. M. E. church, Pueblo, was guest at the parsonage this week, having been called to the bedside of his cousin, Mrs. Susie Brown, 1115 Inca street. THE DE LUXE Furnished apartments. Two and three rooms, with hot and cold water in each kitchen. Also front room, single, electric lights and gas. Modern throughout. Rates very reasonable, 2352-2258 Odgen street, corner Twenty-fourth avenue. Phone York 6707. Mrs. R. M. Blakey. THE B.L. JAM M. & M. PAINTS. OILS. VARNISHES PAINTING. GRAINING. GLAZING. PAPER DECORATING AND HARD WOOD FINISH 1517-23 ARAPAHOE ST. DENV 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 313 KITTREDGE BUILDING J. H. BIGGINS Furniture Repairing and Upholstering. All work Cash. PHONE YORK 7837 1417 East 24th Ave Denver CANTERBURY TELEPHONE & TELEPHONE RAIL EST. 1870 ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY The people of this country are building a National Highway as a lasting monument to a great man. Through fertile fields, thriving cities, across rivers and over mountains, the Lincoln Highway will extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. San Francisco will be joined with New York, and the thousand cities and towns along the way will be benefitted. Another National Highway—The Telephone Way—will be opened to the Public before the Lincoln Way is ready for travel. From New York to San Francisco the big copper wires of the Bell System extend in an unbroken line—the broad highway of Universal Service. This Highway, too, is a lasting monument—to the energy of private enterprise. To that spirit of service that has made the Bell System one of the largest and most useful corporations in the country. In your own telephone company's territory alone—the Seven Mountain States—there are 80,000 miles of long distance highways open for your messages every day. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. WARD AUCTION COMPANY Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO— 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. The Market Company Wholesale and Retail Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fish and Oysters. Hotels and Restaurants Our Specialty. Fresh and Cured Eastern Corn Fed Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry and Game. 1633-39 Arapahoe Street Denver, Colorado WORK CALLED FOR AND REPAIRING DONE WHILE DELIVERED YOU WAIT TELEPHONE MAIN 7377 THE CAPITAL CITY SHOE REPAIRING CO. SEWED HALF SOLES 60 cts. and 75 cts. HENRY WARNECKE, President 1511 CHAMPA STREET DENVER, COLO. Rocky Mountain Athletic Ass'n. THE SCHOOL A high class Pool and Billiard room. A supberb Gymnasium and infact everything that goes To make up a FISRT CLASS RESORT. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS "The Corporation Different" Phones Main 169, 181, 189, 190 C. E. Smith, Manager Res. Phone South 1608 REPORT ON PATENTS Official Document Shows Inventors' Increased Activities. Uncle Sam's Patent Office Is Practically the Only Branch of the Government Which Is Entirely Self-Sustaining. Washington.—Nineteen fourteen will be a banner year in the history of American invention if the business of the United States patent office continues at its present rate of increase. In a special report prepared for Patent Commissioner Thomas Ewing the other day much interesting information is made public. As is generally known, the United States patent office is practically the only branch of the government which is entirely self-sustaining, its income received from patent and trade mark fees and sales of printed copies of patents amounting each year to more than the total expenditures for running the office. The report made to Commissioner Ewing showed that on the second Thursday of April the office had total receipts of more than $12,000, the largest for any single day since the government began to grant patents in 1836. There have been days, of course—Mondays or on the day following a holiday, when two days' receipts were counted as one—when this amount has been exceeded, but business for Thursday, April 9, reached the high record for a single day's receipts. The report shows that the patent office receipts for the first three months of this year were nearly $566,000, against less than $537,000 for last year. March business was the largest of any of the three months, and the increase promises to continue through the year. If this proves to be the case the total amount of cash receipts for the year would be far in excess of the record business for 1912, when the total income was $2,118,000. C HARRIS & EWING Commissioner Thomas Ewing. There is an interesting story back of the figures which show Uncle Sam's increased activities in issuing patents. When Commissioner Thomas Ewing came into office about a year ago he felt that long-delayed applications for patents and the operation of a time-consuming system of amending patents were the principal abuses of the American patent system. Many old cases had been delayed by the applicants for the patents for a long time, in some cases as long as fifteen years. One reason for delaying applications is that on a certain class of patents inventors believe there will be a greater demand for the article in future years than there is at the present time. For this reason, everything possible is done to protect their idea after the application has been once filed and to delay the date of final issue of the patent as long as possible. The law allows one year in which to make answer to various letters. Commissioner Ewing found that there was a scientific system of delaying applications by certain patent attorneys using the limit of time allowed to make answer to letters written about the patents for which they had applied. The number of applications for patients delayed more than five years is less than 5,000. As there are 125,000 applications in the patent office, it can be seen that about four per cent of the applications have been slowing up the work of the office. The fact that 96 per cent of the applications went through the office in less than five years and that the average application went through in less than two years convinced Commissioner Ewing that most of the delays were due to time-consuming tactics of the applicants. Of the 81 applications which he found in the office January 1 which were older than 15 years, he has already reduced the number by 18, or nearly 20 per cent. Commissioner Ewing has not been slow to let those patent attorneys know that he does not like this dilatory and time-consuming system of delaying applications for patents. His expression of disapproval has had the effect of speeding up dilatory applicants who have tried to hold back the time for the final issue of their patents. This cleaning up of business which has been delayed through no fault of the men in the patent office, but because of the applicants themselves, has resulted in greatly increased receipts by the office. In the belief of Commissioner Ewing it may become possible, with proper administration, to limit the time during which an application for patent may be kept pending in the office to less than five years, and perhaps to less than three years. The commissioner of patents hopes that the announcement that the patent office officers dislike the dilatory tactics of the applicants in delaying the issue of patents will be sufficient to insure the speeding up of the work and the cutting down of the list of delayed applications. If the announcement is not sufficient the commissioner will consider the propriety and wisdom of having old applications published, a thing which has not been done in the past. There is no law against this, although the rules and custom of the office have been to preserve applications in secrecy. If these means, which the office has adopted to encourage lawyers to transact their business promptly, are not effective it is likely that Commissioner Ewing will recommend corrective legislation at the next regular session. SOURCE OF FOREST FIRES. Exhaustive inquiry has established the fact that lightning ranks next to railroads as a source of forest fires. Forest officers say that the increasing care with fire in the part of the railroads and the public generally tends to make lightning the largest single contributing cause. This statement represents a change of view from that held less than a decade ago in this country, when forest journals gravely argued whether lightning caused forest fires, though it was known that trees were the objects most often struck. Trees are said to be oftenest struck simply because they are so numerous, and extending upward they shorten the distance between the ground and the clouds; further, their branches in the air and roots well into the earth invite electrical discharges. While certain trees are said to invite lightning, and others to be immune from stroke, it seems to be a fact that any kind of tree will be struck, and the most numerous tree species in any locality is the one most likely to suffer. Other things being equal, lightning seeks the tallest tree, or an isolated tree, or one on high ground. A deep-rooted tree is a better conductor than a shallow rooted one, and a tree full of sap, or wet with rain, is of course a better conductor than a dry one. Lightning sets fires by igniting the tree itself, particularly when it is dead, or partly decayed and punky, or by igniting the dry humus or duff at its base. The forest soil, when dried out, ignites readily, because it is made of partly decayed twigs and leaves, and it can hold a smoldering fire for a considerable period. It is probable that most of the lightning-set fires start in the duff. In the mountains of southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico there are likely to be each year a number of electrical disturbances known as "dry thunder storms." They come at the end of the long dry season, and being unaccompanied by rain are very likely to start many serious fires. For this reason the forest service has to keep up its maximum fire fighting strength in those regions until the rains are fully established. In the plans and organization for fire fighting the service alms particularly to catch these unpreventable lightning-set fires at the time they start. POST OFFICE EMPLOYES. There are 219,910 employees in post offices of the United States, according to figures just compiled by the post office department. The compilation of these figures is in line with the general inventory and stock-taking of the department ordered by Postmaster General Burleson some time ago. These figures do not include department employees or those in the service at large. There are in all 58,021 postmasters -454 first-class, 1,936 second-class, 36,053 third-class and 49,598 fourth-class. There are 116,415 clerks and assistant postmasters, including 35,546 clerks in first and second-class offices, 2,362 assistant postmasters, 4,707 clerks in contract stations, 10,800 clerks in third-class offices and 62,000 clerks in fourth-class offices. In addition there are 1,954 watchmen, messengers and laborers, and 45,474 city letter carriers. ANTEDATES THE GOVERNMENT It is 138 years since Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general in America as representative of the colonists, and the postal service of the United States antedates the government by just one year. The first declaration of independence ever made by the colonists was in the establishment of a postal service of their own to evade the Crown post masters, who spied upon the mails. This service aided in bringing the colonists together and raising the voice of public opinion. Though Benjamin Franklin was postmaster general at $1,000 a year, a Maryland editor named Goddard, who printed the Maryland Journal-Post, established a private service a year before the colonists took charge. MRS. ANSBERRY IS MODERN AND ADVANCED TO RETIRE AFTER 22 YEARS IN CONGRESS MRS. FAIRCHILD UP ON BUSINESS MATTERS MRS. FAIRCHILD UP ON BUSINESS MATTERS MRS. JOHN LAFLIN RENTS A 35-ROOM FLAT "I defy you," laughed Mrs. Timothy T. Ansberry, the other day, shaking a warning forefinger at her interviewer, "to even imagine a story about me. There is not a hobby in the Ansberry family. As for politics and public work, I leave them to my husband. Now, he—" A. "Is most certainly your hobby," accused her caller, finishing the sentence for her. "Any one in the world would know it by the look you wear when you mention him!" weak when you mention him. "Inasmuch," she laughed back, "as there is nothing to do when caught but confess, I plead guilty." All of which brings us to the point of the story. Driving her electric, or with a big gasoline car under the guidance of her capable hands, Mrs. Ansberry, the young wife of Representative Ansberry of Ohio, looks every bit the modern and advanced woman, capable of presiding at a mass meeting or holding office. In reality she is an old-fashioned woman in the best sense of what that phrase implies. She has been largely the inspiration of her husband's public career, by bringing to bear upon it When Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio retires to private life on private life on March 3, 1915, he will have seen 22 years of service in congress, 16 in the house of representatives and six in the senate. That is far more than falls to the lot of the average statesman, and it is a plenty for Mr. Burton. J. B. Last week, in reply to inquiries as to whether he would be a candidate for re-election to the senate, Mr. Burton issued a formal statement announcing his withdrawal from public life. The next morning, when the newspapers all over the country published his decision, a friend met him at the capitol and asked if after sleeping over it he regretted his decision. "Regret it?" said the senator. "Indeed I do not. I feel happier this morning than I have felt for many years. The cares and worries of politics have fallen from my shoulders and now there is nothing to prevent me from finishing my senatorial term in peace and comfort." These are the sentiments of practically every man who, after a long term of public service, faces voluntary retirement to private life. Former The women who count change on their fingers and to whom a market page and a time table are equally unintelligible look with awe and admiration not unmixed with envy on Mrs. George W. Fairchild, wife of Representative Fairchild of New York. Mrs. Fairchild has a business ability which, if she had been a man, would probably have made her a captain of finance. With characteristic modesty she overlooks this M. fact whenever she is asked for information regarding herself, but the truth concerning her may always be had upon good authority. This authority is her husband. Mr. Fairchild gives her credit in a large measure for his success as a business man, Mrs. John P. Laffin, now living at the Coronet, Fifty-eighth street and Sixth avenue, New York city, has leased a suite of 35 rooms in the apartment house now in course of construction at West End avenue and Seventy-first street, because she is planning much entertaining next winter. Mrs. Laffin expects to move into her new home about October. M. While Mrs. Lafail would not tell the exact number of years she has leased the commodious quarters, she admitted that her tol-rental would the gentle influence of her hopes and sympathies. Her interests center in the administration of her household affairs. She is one of a family of eight children, and, like most girls reared in big households, she had taken a course of home instruction in domestic science before she put on long frocks. She learned food values, judicious marketing and principles of household efficiency from her mother. Before her marriage Mrs. Ansberry was Miss Nelle Kettenring of Ohio. Like her husband she was born and reared in the town of Defiance. This place, still sometimes called Fort Defiance, is rich in historic associations, having been an important fort during the Revolutionary war, and in command of Gen. Anthony Wayne throughout much of those troublous times. At the old fort, a picturesque spot overlooking the junction of the Maumee and Anglaise rivers, a Carnegie library now stands. To the little town of Defiance both representative and Mrs. Ansberry are devotedly loyal. They always speak of it with that affection which every man and woman so fortunate as to have been born and reared in a small town feel for its intimate ties and friendships. Mrs. Ansberry is regarded as one of the handsomest women in the congressional set. She has what too many women of the present day lack, a superb physique and superabundant health. She is fond of outdoor life and sports, and she has, too, the normal woman's love of social life. Secretary of State Knox, upon leaving the cabinet with the advent of the Wilson administration last year, said to a friend: "I feel like a boy out of school," and he hurried to catch the first train for Palm Beach. High public office is not all beer and skittles, by any means. With the honors and power and salary go heavy responsibilities, and arduous work. Mr. Burton's public service will be remembered principally in connection with his work on the rivers and harbors committee of the house, of which committee he was for 13 years a member and for ten years the chairman. Under his regime river and harbor legislation was further divorced from "pork barrel" methods than under any other. He studied every project which congress was called upon to consider, and because of his thorough knowledge of his subject and because his colleagues had every confidence in his fairness and justice he had little difficulty in getting his appropriation bills through the house. Mr. Burton is more than sixty-two years old, but is well preserved. He is much sought after socially in Washington. When he gets out of congress he expects to travel for a time before settling down at his home in Cleveland. Travel has been his greatest diversion for years, and he has made many trips abroad, where he has studied river and harbor improvements and water transportation. Being a lawyer by profession, it is presumed he will devote his attention to his practise. Mrs. Fairchild having for years been familiar with every detail of her husband's business interests and having played an important part in their development. He advises and consults with her on all business matters and does not hesitate to say that he values her sagacity and her judgment as highly as those of any man of his acquaintance. Before her marriage Mrs. Fairchild was Josephine Mills Sherman, niece of the late Joseph G. Mills of New York. She comes of a family which has produced some notably efficient persons, the late D. O. Mills and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid being members of the same family. Executive and business ability in a woman are usually arguments for woman suffrage. Yet, with true womanly inconsistence, Mrs. Fairchild is anti-suffrage in her sympathies. She believes a woman's influence will in no wise be strengthened by the right of franchise, and that woman's sphere, even with the limitations implied in the old-fashioned phrase, is full of undeveloped opportunities for all womankind. be $50,000. The length of one of the rooms in the apartment will be 56 feet, and the suite will cover one entire floor. "Instead of following the plans for other floors in the building," Mrs. Lafin explained, "I am having the whole space, which would be divided into several apartments, thrown into one. All the rooms will be large and admirably fitted for the entertaining we are planning next winter." Included in the 35 rooms are eight bathrooms. Mrs. Lafin was asked how many children would have the run of the suite. She laughed and said: "I have an unusually small family. My daughter and I live alone with our servants. But, as I said before, I expect to do a lot of entertaining and my guest rooms always will be needed." Mrs. Laflin is the daughter of the late Frank Smith of Brooklyn. The Monarch Liquor Co. The Only Strictly Family Liquor House in Denver Imported and Domestic Wine, Liquors and Beer Phone: Champa 1231 and Champa 508 1538 Court Pl. PROMPT ATTENTION TO OUT OF TOWN ORDERS Boost Colorado Products ZANG'S NOW ON GUARANTEED Delivered Daily The Ph. Za ZANG'S NEW BEERS NOW ON THE MARKET GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY PURE Delivered Daily to All Parts of the City The Ph. Zang Brewing Co. Telephone Gallup 395 Champa Phas Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your CEMICALS AND PATENT WE SERVE DRINK Scriptions Our Special we will deliver the goods to all pa TES E. 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First Unofficial Memorial Day XCEPTING in some southern states Memorial day is now observed throughout the United States and its territories in the western hemisphere. A world XCEPTING in some southern states Memorial day is now observed throughout the United States and its territories in the western hemisphere. A world of sentiment clings to it and an ocean of tears has been dried by the tender and sacred feelings it has inspired. He was a true knight of humanity who established the day exactly 48 years ago on May 1. James Redpath was a Scotchman, whose self-imposed mission in life was to help the lowly and oppressed. At 19 years of age he was an editor on the New York Tribune; and that he might see slavery for himself, at a time when the question was deeply agitating the country, he visited the South, lived in the cabins of the slaves and journeyed on foot through the seaboard states. He became an abolitionist and during the war served as an army correspondent. He was in Charleston when that old, aristocratic South Carolina city surrendered and wishing to raise the negroes to a higher plane of civilization he offered his services as superintendent of education and organized the school system of the state. It was while serving in this capacity that he created Memorial day, or as it was then and subsequently more generally called, Decoration day. One day while teaching in a Presbyterian church a lot of black gamins, for whom no place could be found in the regular schools, he suggested to them the propriety of decorating the graves of their friends and defenders who lost their lives in the fight for freedom. One little girl suggested that all should go and get armfuls of posies and "jes hide the graves from sight till we caint see 'em again nevah no more." The suggestion was acted upon. A day was set for decorating the graves; wide publicity was given to the idea and on May 1, 1865, 10,000 persons, with a battalion of soldiers, participated in the first Memorial day. The idea spread. It was taken up by the Grand Army of the Republic and four James Redpath. years later Gen. John A. Logan, commander-in-chief, changed the date to May 30. In 1881 at the height of the land agitation in Ireland, when the people under Parnell and Davitt were engaged in a life and death struggle with landlordism and famine was stalking through the land, he visited that country. He went to Ireland a skeptic; he came back a convert to her cause. He traveled over the island by jaunting car and on foot; interviewed priest and peasant and landlord; saw with his own eyes misery greater than he had ever witnessed in the South, and fresh from the firing line of that battle poured out into the columns of the New York Tribune graphic and passionate descriptions of the sights his eyes beheld. He did much to mold public opinion in the United States in Ireland's behalf, and no returning home he founded a paper devoted to the Irish cause and from the platform told the story of Ireland's struggle to millions of people in the United States and Canada. He fled in 1891. Another Leason of the Day. As the graves of the nation's heroes are decorated with flowers, the minds of men and women should be decorated with earnest thoughts. We do not render full honor to a man who died for his country unless we do all we can to make better the country to which he gave his life. Only Heroic Memory Now. The celebration of Memorial day has lost long since any trace of bitterness toward a gallant though mistaken brother, now back in a brother's place. The rancor of conflict has passed away. Only the heroic memory remains; the heroism, and the pathos. TELEGRAMS EXCHANGED TELEGRAMS EXCHANGED ABOUT LEGISLATURE'S WORK BY WILSON AND AMMONS. President Regrets Special Session Ad- journment and Warns U. S. W. Will Withdraw Troops; Governor Defends Self and Assembly. Western Newspaper Union News Service. President' Wilson's Message. The telegram from the President to Governor Ammons reads as follows: Am disturbed to hear the probability of the adjournment of your Legislature and feel bound to remind you that the State government is obliged to the maintenance of order in Colorado are not to be indefinitely continued by the inaction of the State government, and that there only until the State of Colorado has time and opportunity to resume complete sovereignty and control in the State without prospect of state is willing to foresee her sovereignty or to throw herself entirely on the Government of the United States, and quail that we has constituted a right to so what it is within the power of her Legislature to take effective action. Governor Ammons' Reply: Governor Ammons replied as follows to the President's telegram: I regret exceedingly that you have been misinformed. The Legislature has just passed an act, which I have approved, providing for a bond issue of paying the indebtedness which has been incurred and which may be incurred in suppressing insurrection and the bonds can be issued, these funds will be available, and this state can, and will, control the situation. This is the funds in immediate method of raising funds in immediate action. In addition to this act, the Legislature has enacted a law permitting the governor to close schools in time of disorder or bombing and disposition of firearms in times of disorder. Moreover a committee on mediation of the present strike has been provided for an appointed Minority Senators to Wilson. Washington.—President Wilson expressed satisfaction with the situation after he had received Governor Ammons' reply. It was said by officials in close touch with the President that Wilson was greatly pleased with what had been done after he had been informed by Governor Ammons of the work of the Colorado Legislature, and that he hoped the state would assume control of the situation in the near future so the federal troops might be withdrawn. Washington.—President Wilson Saturday made it clear that Colorado must quickly solve its own difficulties growing out of the strike situation, and that the federal troops now on duty there would be withdrawn as soon as possible. He telegraphed Governor Ammons telling him the state Legislature should not adjourn without taking steps to control the situation, and received a reply from the governor saying everything possible was being done. At the White House it was stated by officials close to the President, that he does not plan to withdraw the federal troops if, anarchy is to break out again but he feels there is no excuse for the Legislature adjourning and leaving the problem to the federal government. Members of the Colorado delegation in Congress were alarmed by the President's telegram to Governor Ammons, and said anarchy would reign again if the troops were taken away before the strike was settled. They asserted that although orders for the disarming of the contending factions had been issued, only a small proportion of the arms have been turned in, and that practically an armed truce exists at present. The President will be reasonable about the question, it was said at the White House, but believes that under the constitution he has no right to use the federal troops in Colorado when the Legislature has a chance to act. It was recalled that when he sent the troops to Colorado he made it clear the act was only temporary. Civil War Nurse Dead. Terre Haute, Ind.—Mrs. Leonora Wright, 83 years old, who served as a nurse during the Civil War, died at her home here. Fifteen Die in Sea Fire. Halifax, N. S.—After thirteen days of terrible suffering in an open boat drift at sea, five survivors of the freight steamer Columbian were picked up in the North Atlantic by the United States revenue cutter Seneca. Eleven others of the boat's crew which left the Columbian when she was burned just south of Sable Island on May 3, had succumbed to injuries and privations and their bodies had been thrown overboard. The death roll of the lost freighter now stands at fifteen. PAYS HIS GROCERY BILL Inquisitive Congressman Is Told That the President Maintains the Wilson Family. "Who pays the grocery bill of the president's family?" was discussed in the house the other day, when Representative Stafford of Wisconsin got inquisitive. It was finally demonstrated to his satisfaction and that of others that the president pays for his own food, although the White House has a liberal allowance for furnishings and upkeep. During the debate on items in the legislative appropriation bill relating to the White House Mr. Stafford said: "The gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Lafferty) led us to believe the other day that the government pays the president's household expenses. I find nothing in this bill authorizing the purchase of food and other household items." Representative Johnson of South Carolina, in charge of the measure, explained that the sundry civil bill will carry about $80,000 additional for the White House. "This includes the traveling allowance of the president and also the cost of furnishing and maintaining the executive manion and the upkeep of the grounds. It does not provide for the food that goes on the president's table. The president buys his own groceries." "And who pays for the receptions that they have every year?" asked Representative Murdock. "The president foots the bill," said Mr. Johnson. "He pays for the entertainment of his guests?" queried Mr. Murdock again. "He does," said Representative Johnson. Representative Stafford wanted to know how the $75,000 salary of the president compared with the salaries paid to the ruling heads of other countries. "I haven't the figures with me." answered Mr. Johnson, "but his salary is low compared with the salaries of the rules of the leading nations of Europe." BROWN'S HOTEL DINNER BELL Search Being Made for Old Ringer That Called People to Their Meals. A Washingtonian of long residence has written to a local newspaper for information as to the big dinner bell of the Indian Queen, or Brown's hotel. He thinks that this old bell that called people to their meals in that old hotel for many years may be in the possession of somebody in Washington. He says that in 1795 a little hotel was built in the square on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue near Sixth street, and that some time after the removal of the seat of government to Washington a hotel called the "Metropolitan" was built there. The name of that hotel was changed in 1820 to the "Indian Queen Tavern," kept by a man named Brown, and the place was variously known as the "Indian Queen" and as "Brown's hotel." There was a huge swinging sign in front of the hotel and the feature of that sign was the painted picture of an Indian girl, or Indian queen, which was said to represent Pocahontas. In front of the hotel was a post and bell, like those which may be seen now in front of many country or small town hotels in Maryland and Virginia. That bell was rung at mealtime and the story is that it was such a large bell and that its tone was so loud that it could be heard all over the then inhabited part of Washington. FAMILY OF MINISTER NAON MR. RAMOS & EWING This is the very interesting family of the new minister from the Argentine republic. The children were all born in South America, and none of them speak English. Minister and Mme. Naon have been in Washington since about the middle of last winter. From left to right they are; Juan Jose, Ronulo Jr., Isabella, Sellisa and Baby Carola. Emphasis on the Cash. Dorothy Dix says the woman demands of the man she loves that he be a Cash Register, Sweetheart, Philosopher, and Slave. And she might have added that, failing to bat at an average of .500 as a cash register, a percentage of 1,000 in other respects will not suffice—Houston Post. WHITE HOUSE CLERKS Do You Know That— SOME REFLECTIONS REGARDING GROWTH OF STAFF THERE. Force Has Increased Greatly In Size in the Last 33 Years, Having Six Times as Many Members at This Time. If you were to look over the files of the newspapers of the summer of 1881 you would find that they reported the bulletins from the bedside of President Garfield as being made public by one Warren Young, whose name has recently appeared in all the public prints — perhaps for the first time since The COLORADO STATESMAN BANK IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF those days of sad and tragic memories. While Gen. Garfield was still in congress he brought to Washington Warren Young, from Warren, near Youngstown, in Ohio, and on becoming president made him a clerk in the White House. Two days ago Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and others of prominence banked the desk of Mr. Young with flowers in acknowledgement of his thirty-three years of unbroken service there. JOB PRINTING For many years the clerical force of the White House was made up of the men whom the successive presidents brought there, each executive out of courtesy to his predecessors, retaining those appointees in office. Col. Brook, whose reminiscences appeared a few years ago in the Century, when to the White House in Lincoln's time, and is still there. The late O. L. Pruden was assigned to a position there by Grant, Warren Young by Garfield and so on down the line. Several of these White House attaches President McKinley transformed into military men in the Spanish war. President Harrison made E. W. Halford, his private secretary, a paymaster. Mr. Roosevelt promoted his young men to outside offices. He made one of his clerks the postmaster of Washington. He made Private Secretary Cortelyou a cabinet officer and otherwise showered his favors upon those closely associated with him. Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs A SPECIALTY Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the Printing Line Turned Out in the Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. The White House staff has increased greatly in size in the last thirty-three years. It contains from four to six times as many stenographers, telegraphers and messengers today as sufficed in the time of Garfield. It is only natural that the increasing complexity of American life should reflect itself in the clerical establishment of the president. And he performs only a small part of the duties which the people think of him as doing. His is largely a clearing house for department business. Ninety per cent of the letters addressed to the White House are hurried on to the bureaus which they immediately concern. Another 8 per cent are disposed of by the secretaries without the president's knowing anything about them. We Have Supplied Our Office with New Job Press & Type of Up-to-Date Style and Our Work Will Be on a Par with the Very Best. Great changes have come to pass in White House methods since Warren Young arrived there on the Garfield tide of 1881. FORDNEY TELLS THIS ONE His Friend Was Not Too Old to Mind His Own Business, and Said So, With Emphasis. Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction A group of representatives sat in the house restaurant recently discussing business conditions throughout the country. One phase and another was taken up. Finally the conversation turned to the subject of competition. Representative Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan, one of the few standup Republicans of the Cannon type in the house, spoke up and expressed the opinion that "the only thing in which there is no competition is minding your own business." "Speaking of minding one's own business," continued Mr. Fordney, "reminds me of an incident that happened in my home town of Saginaw. I was walking down the street with one of my friends, an old man, when we chanced to meet an acquaintance. "Good mornin'; how air you this mornin?' he inquired of the old man. "Oh, I'm fairly tollable, fairly tollable,' my friend replied. Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver '‘Gettin’ pretty old, ain’t you?' was the next remark. '‘Wal, I ain’t too durn old to mind my own business!’ snapped the old man, decidedly 'peeved' over the allusion to his age.' Killing Bookworms. Books are sometimes put into cold storage for a while to kill the bookworms, or are exposed to heat for the same purpose. But the best way to deal with them is to shake them. A machine of recent invention, already in use in some large libraries, embraces a number of books together and agitates them until, without the slightest damage to the volumes, any bugs that are in them are simply shaken to death. Naturally to Be Expected. Stranger—The stock in this jewelry store seems to be pretty low down. Do you suppose I could get any sort of a ring there? Wag—Certainly. Rings are things always kept on hand. : HINKLE & REASONER Pool Hall & Barber Shop CIGARS SHOES SHINED BY EXPERTS PHONE MAIN 6159 2051 Champa Street _ Denver, Colorado | es VAL | Wve, BLATZ'S a PRIVATE CZ STOCK - NGS =) oe BEATS THEM ALL JOHN K. RETTIG Meats, Fancy and Staple Groceries a @ ope, 2 ie OUR (ieee aero) THE a i 4 ae RENT |eeeas fa) PROFIT eget os Is N Vee 1s Low Rn. Fe 2 Hi] YOURS AS er. al ane AS. We Deliver the Best $20 to $25 Tailor Made Suit in Denver. Best ‘Goods. Best Workmanship. Tailoring in all its Branches for LADIES AND GEN- TLEMEN. 5 N Perry, ios CURTIS STREET | VN: ee | 4 i feed ee seh eS ls lamas. Male. ee aay aay. een ae RE ee fl oe emeteeer” = he4 a ‘ ee 4 oa PS cet ao 28 Fs A ca hee r. a Oey, i \ | ee 3:2 E Nl Bie ave Asa Pe By Bo Bp st Me ORS ena s a ae 1023 EIGHTEENTH ST. We Have the Best Equipped Outfit in the West to Produce the Good Sewed Soles ...........600 75c, $1.00] Resoling from heel to heel, entire Nailed Soles .......-....500 65¢, 75¢ new bottom $1 50 Heels... ......++.++-250, 366, 500] and heel ........+....+- . Rubber Heels .........-..+20+55+-500 SHOES MADE TO ORDER. Turn Rips .......-.---++--15¢ to 25¢/ Tallor Made et pcvascsecdcocscccss@e Patches ...........6++++++156 to 250 WE CAN FIT ANY KIND OF We Use the Best Oak Lether. DEFORMED FOOT. [REPAIRING WHILE YOU WAIT WALTER CAMBERS oot Eighteenth St Millinery for the Small Girl LES... a fox TER if ee %. > ee. SA ee a j tee \ 2 eee ft — YJ ye he . ee i 3 we oy w= EF = £3 _— Ps ae ” ’ a s AS dy » © AD) ee eC er. Mio buckle. Three small silk-covered but tons are added, by way of finish, set on the pointed loop. 2 In the center figure the ribbon is put on in a sash about the crown with a flat shirred rosette applied on the side crown. The sash is caught to the hat at the right side with a tiny cluster of button roses. The center of the rosette is finished with a simi. lar cluster and, two pointed ends of ribbon extending from it to the ece® of the brim. In the third picture a fiye-inch rib bon is shirred over a fine wire on each edge and a shining thread ts run along the middle, By means of these shirrings a ribbon fan 1s formed. ‘Two lengths of ribbon, one of which is knotted at intervals, are used for encircling the crown. The unknotted length is slipped through the knots in the other length and tied in a little bow below the shirred fan. Milan hats like these are not at ‘all hard to trim, and the home mil- liner may manage them very success: fully. The shapes are more expensive than less durable straws, but by fol lowing the copy and trimming them at home one may save the expense of the milliner's work and bring the price down to the allowance made, ‘The home milliner wilt accoxaplish better results by following a copy than by trying to execute independent ideas. For children's hats are de signed by specialists, and even the professional milliner is guided bj ‘hair’ work. (AC OU2, Bemmpst durable and among the most elegant of shapes made for little girls, are hats of fine milan. Great numbers of them have been made this season, trimmed in prac: tical and attractive ways with plain or figured ribbons, silk covered but- tons and rings, silk tassels, flat braid- flowers and other novelties suited to juvenile millinery. Ribbon, as in former seasons, 1s more in evidence on children’s hats than any other trimming. But, in a time when the millinery of grownups is so universally flower trimmed, it is natural that this vogue should be reflected in hats for little people. ‘Therefore, on lacy, dressy hats for mid-summer wear one sees tiny wreaths and little nosegays of the best known flowers adorning chil- dren's hats. But on the heavier straws, particularly on milan, the best effects are wrought with ribbon trim- ming. Three good shapes, pictured here, are trimmed with plain messaline rib- bon. The methods of applying \t are worth studying because they are char- acteristic of children’s millinety and so different from the elaborate bows and ribbon on hats for grownups. In the first picture the crown of the shape fs covered with figured crepe, and a large buckle, cut from buckram, is covered with the same material. A sash of No. 60 messaline ribbon is folded about the crown, A loop of the same ribbon, one hanging end, and a long knot, is fastened flat to the shape, under the covered For the Afternoon Tea and Dance / a~7_ mas eae: SSS SEAFE te» fin We yee oe CCS of plaited maline about the neck and a little vest of lace at the front. The waist, below the two buttons at the neck, opens in two small revers faced with moire, and the lace fills ip the opening. : ‘The skirt is made with a tunte over a shaped flounce that hangs longer in the back than in front. A wreath of yery sinall blossoms and a single half-blown rose with follage provide the hat with a bit of lively color. ‘The black crepe de chine in the last figure ts another example of simple lines in the dancing frock. It is open at the front over a scart of net worn surplice fashion. Bands of tucked net finish the eleeves. A collar of Irist lace, unlike the majority of fashion able collars, Iles flat to the dress al the back of the neck. Nearly all collars, just now, are wired and stand up and away from the bodice. For evening dances gowns of light colored taffeta, crepes and satins, lace trimmed and finished with gause sashes and scarfs are worn by the dancere. But at the afternoon tea quiet gowns like those pictured are appropriate and fashionable. JULIA BOTTOMLEY, Rea simple gowning and small, well-fitting hats predominate at the afternoon tea. which is enlivened by the new dances. One sees a great- er number of turbans than of other shapes, although many of the new sailor shapes are so becoming that they threaten the supremacy of the turban before the season is over, In the group shown here there 1s a representative selection, with a tur ban of jet, a sailor of silk and maline, and a small leghorn hat with rolling brim and a crown of brocaded satin ribbon. ‘The smart and brilliant turban of jet is finished with a jaunty ribbon ornament mounted on a large jet bead at the edge of the upturned brim. It is worn with a taffeta gow: made in the loosely fitting kimono shape with rolling collar. A wired collar of ‘lace and frills of net in the sleeves provide the simple and dainty finieh- ing touches which are always-present accessories of these afternoon. tol- lettes. Crepe de chine, with girdles and cuffs of moire and trimming of cov: ered buttons, provides the material for Yne second gown. There is a full ruche egg PHONE MAIN 6123—Day or Night | z=. 3 THE @ = ©) DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING al COMPANY Pree. ane Mgr. INCORPORATED AND BONDED RESIDENCE PHONE YORK 7992. 9 0.0 9 Lady Assistant eh fitter Polite Service to All — SN LEZ AY. Parlors, 1830 Arapahoe Street = Denver, Colorado Drink Capitol Beer DENVER’S PRIDE The purity of Capitol Beer is demon- strated 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 ©. H. SHIRLEY, Pres. J. C. HAMPSON, Vice Pres PAUL J, SHIRLEY, See. and Treas. 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