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PATRONIZE MERCHANTS WHO ADV. IN THE PEOPLE'S PAPER THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY Negro Invents Mail Device VOL. XX11. Philadelphia, Pa.—James C. Jones a colored laborer of this city, residing at 4720 Fairmount avenue has invented a mail delivery device to be used on rapidly-moving trains, which postal expects have giving a severe test and say will save the government millions of dollars. Jones, who is fifty eight years old and has had a hard time of it making both ends meet all his life, believes that he will soon become wealthy. He expects to get a million dollars from the government for his invention. The last test of Jones' new device was made when a train going as high as sixty mile an hour dropped bags of mail and took up others without endangering either the contents of the bags or the containers. With devices now in use, trains must slow up to take up mail bags automatically and the government loses over a million dollars a year in damages for lost and destroyed mail matter and in the cost of pouches that are hurled under the wheels of the train by inadequate catch devices. At the test Jones accompanied the postal authorities and directed the tests from the mail car. An engine attached to two cars was run past the receiving device. The test was made eight times, and on each occasion the train was operated at increased speed. The mail catcher worked perfectly at fifteen miles an hour and performed its allotted function without a hitch after the speed of the mail car had been put to sixty miles an hour. The inventor, who is a cement worker, has never had any scientific training. His invention is the outgrowth of an idea, that struck him some years ago when he read a government pamphlet telling of the need of a perfect mail catcher for use in the railway service and the fortune that would fall to the successful inventor of such device. E. M. Norris, superintendent of the Railway Mail Service of the Second Division of New York, represented the Government in the tests. B S. Fellows, chief clerk of the Railway Mail Service of the Eighth Division, Philadelphia, was also present as were John C. McCann and W. W. Beakey, representing the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. At the conclusion of the experiment the government officials announced their approval of the device although they refused to give out a statement for the public. Their report has been forwarded to Washington. In perfeting the device Jones had a difficult task raising money to further his idea. At first he sold shares to his colored friends at ten cents each, but they soon be came discouraged and refused to advance more money. Three years ago he went to Adolph Kreutzer, a butcher at 56th and Market streets whom he had known for years, and interested him in the invention. Then Kreutzer bought out the other stockholders. PROGRESSIVES OFFER TO UNITE WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR 1916 CAMPAIGN. The national committee of the Progressive party in session last Tuesday at Chicago decided to hold its national convention on June 7, '16, in Chicago, the same time fixed for the Republican national convention, with the hope that both parties may agree on the same candidate for president. In the adoption of a declaration of principles, the administration of President Wilson was criticised for its alleged failure to deal adequately with questions involving national honor and the industrial problems which confront the country at this time. The Progressive party also went on record as favoring the program of preparedness not merely consisting of military armament, but mobilization of all the country's resources for the purpose of uniting American citizenship. The leaders of the party declared that this action did not necessarily mean amalgamation with the G. O. P., but as the country stands in great need of a reawakening of older Americanism, good leadership of the highest order and most courageous character is the one thing required to preserve the principles and policies of the nation, which should be carried out by a man who has the wisdom to formulate them and the manhood to fight for them. They are confident that if the union of the parties is effected for this specific purpose of choosing a leader in whom the people will confide, that the same will go far toward insuring victory in the November election. The Progressives have resolved to put aside partisan bitterness and prejudice, and are sure if the Republican convention meets this crisis in the spirit of broad patriotism, the effort for a common leadership will be successful. "The surrendering of the principles for which the party stand will never be accomplished," prominent Progressives say, and they are ready to follow a leader who stands for them and is able to carry them thru. Realizing what the rank and file of the Republican can do in their effort to support this proposition, the Progressives go further to say that should this intended union fail, the responsibility would not rest on their national convention or the voting element of their party, as they are ready to be guided under the banner of a leader that will uplift the dignity of the nation and protect our American institutions and standards of justice. The detailed arrangements of the ANTS WHO ADV ADO THE JOURNAL OF THE DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. JANUARY 15. 1916 shall be an American and nothing else. We must do justice to our own people at home; we must insist upon the most thoro-going preparedness to protect our rights against all possible attacks by any aggressors. Such preparedness is the best guarantee of any honorable peace. We must ever remember that there cannot be such preparedness in things material unless there is also that preparedness of soul and spirit which alone renders a nation fit to perform its high and difficult duties in national and international life. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 30.—A school for the Negro Roman Catholics was opened at 432 Queen Lane, Germantown, on Monday, December 20, with an attendance of 146. The archbishop blessed it on Saturday and called it St. Catharine's School. LINCOLN DAY CELEBRATION. The immortal Abraham Lincoln, born February died in Washington, D. C., April 15, 1865. Great emancipation of the American Negro, who American Republic whose policy has set a noble sta UNITY irrespective of CLASS CREED or COLOR. GUE of Denver, Colo., in their forth- nin's birthday, is busily engaged in se- e for the evening of February 12 at promises to eclipse all previous ones ate the greatest activity to bring about gathering to participate in commemor- r revered and martyred president. In information will be given the public as to ing this event and as soon as arrange- e published. community will show their appreciation attending this celebration, which will attitude of which there is no greater e promises a rare treat to the public, in the way of an attractive program undelibly stamp Lincoln's Day on our our Americanism. The immortal Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809, in Kentucky, died in Washington, D. C., April 15, 1865. Great emancipation of the American Negro, who consolidated the great American Republic whose policy has set a noble standard for AMERICAN UNITY irrespective of CLASS CREED or COLOR. C THE COLORED CITIZENS LEAGUE of Denver, Colo., in their forthcoming celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, is busily engaged in securing the best speakers in the state for the evening of February 12 at Shorter A. M. E. Church. This event promises to eclipse all previous ones as the various committees will institute the greatest activity to bring about the largest and most representative gathering to participate in commemoration exercises of paying honor to our revered and martyred president. In succeeding issues of this paper information will be given the public as to the development of the league regarding this event and as soon as arrangement is completed the program will be published. Every citizen and member of the community will show their appreciation of our great friend and deliverer by attending this celebration, which will revive in our hearts the spirit of gratitude of which there is no greater quality. The Colored Citizens' League promises a rare treat to the public, and the provisions that are being made in the way of an attractive program and other interesting features will indelibly stamp Lincoln's Day on our memory as one of the heirlooms of our Americanism. A. W. LEWIS, President. ISABEL STEWART, Secretary. State Hist & Nat Hist Societ State House Progressive national convention, were referred to the executive committee, who will meet in New York shortly, complete plans and issue the formal call. Colonel Roosevelt's Message To Progressives' Committee I send you my hearty greetings. We, as a country, are facing a great world crisis, in which for the last eighteen months this nation has fallen far short of its duty, both to its own people and to the law-abiding and justice-loving nations of mankind. There is a crying need that we shall cast aside all purely partisan considerations and disregard all but the vital issues affecting the national life and shall strive whole heartedly for a sound Americanism which shall insist that every man who is within our borders RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Granville T. Woods and Elijah McCoy are among the best known inventors of the colored race. There have been issued to Mr. McCoy twenty-eight patents from the United States patent office for his inventions of various kinds, and Mr. Woods is widely known for his success in inventing telephone and telegraph appliances, for which there is a large demand. Trenton, N. J.—Dr. C. V. Hinds, a former State senator in Mississippi, has announced that he will move from the city because real estate owners and agents refuse to let him occupy a house in keeping with his station in life solely on account of his race. He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College and has also received degrees from other institutions. He has traveled in Europe and other foreign countries and is a deep student. to the wish of the lodge and Cousins was transferred. The jury decided that Cousins was a white man. KANSAS CITY SELECTED National Negro Business League To Hold Seventeenth Annual Session August 16, 1916 After a most careful consideration of the several invitations received from different sections of the country for the next meeting of the National Negro Business League, we are authorized by the members of the Executive Committee to announce that the League has decided to accept the invitation extended by the Local Negro Business League of Greater Kansas City. The meeting will be held August 16th, 17th and 18th, Knoxville, Tenn.—Colored Republicans of East Tennessee were accorded signal recognition by the party when Editor W. L. Porter of the East Tennessee News was selected as one of the secretaries of the executive committee at the convention. The Colored citizens are granted every right in politics in this section and they are now beginning to demand that more official recognition be accorded them. Esq. W. F. Yardley, at one time a candidate for governor in the state and the first colored lawyer to be admitted to the bar in this state, appeared before the committee and asked the election of Mr. Porter. His selection was unanimous. Bristol, Va., Jan. 4.—Because the question was raised as to whether or not African blood ran in his veins and was for that reason reduced in rank and forced to take a run he did not desire. I. S. Cousins, a member of the Clinchfield Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Ermin, East Tenn., brought suit against the lodge in the Federal Court at Greenfield, seeking to recover damages in the sum of $15,000 for alleged libel. Cousins won in his contention and was awarded damages in the sum of $3,800. It was revealed in the evidence that the lodge had written a letter to the officials of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railway charging that Cousins was not a full-blooded white man, and demanding that he be removed from a preferred run. The railroad authorities acceded NO 22 to the wish of the lodge and Cousins was transferred. The jury decided that Cousins was a white man. KANSAS CITY SELECTED National Negro Business League To Hold Seventeenth Annual Session August 16, 1916 After a most careful consideration of the several invitations received from different sections of the country for the next meeting of the National Negro Business League, we are authorized by the members of the Executive Committee to announce that the League has decided to accept the invitation extended by the Local Negro Business League of Greater Kansas City. The meeting will be held August 16th, 17th and 18th, 1916. It appears that the Business League has selected a most opportune time to hold their meeting in Kansas City, for as Mr. Fortune J. Weaver, President of the Kansas City Local League says: "These dates fit in just right, as the Masons will hold their Grand Lodge in Kansas City during the second week of August and the National Medical Association comes during the fourth week." These two meetings in addition to the Business League session, will offer best possible inducements to the railroads to make special reduced fares and will afford delegates to the Grand Lodge and the Medical Association an opportunity to attend some of the sessions of the Business League. The Executive Committee has also decided that it will be most appropriate and fitting the first night's (August 16th) session be devoted to Memorial exercises in honor of Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder and first President of the National Negro Business League. Further announcements regarding the forthcoming meeting of the National Negro Business League will be made from time to time through the press. For further information write to J. C. Napier, Chairman Executive Committee, Nashville, Teun , Emmett J Scott, Secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; Charles Banks, First Vice-President, Mound Bayou, Miss. The Nectar of Autumn. Very few cider barrels ever contain enough not to disappoint the owner. —Baltimore Sun. CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS THE LATEST IMPORTANT DISPATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPHS. STORY OF THE WEEK SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR Italian steamer sunk by mine and 200 Montenegrin recruits drowned. Last of British and French troops evacuate remaining positions on Gallipoli peninsula. The British steamer Clan MacFarland of 4,823 tons has been sunk in the Mediterranean. A German division, attempting to cut the French line in the region of the Oise, was decimated by cannon fire. Russian troops control the important strategic heights about Czernowitz, Bukowina. Heavy snowstorms hinder operations. Storms have put an end, for the time at least, to the engagements between the Austrians and Russians along the eastern front. Turks have trapped 10,000 British in Mesopotamia. The force which was left to guard the retreat of the main British army is surrounded. Montenegro is being crushed by the Austrian "steam-roller" in the same manner as Serbia was overrun. The most important of the Montenegrin forts has fallen. Japan is now supplying Russia with arms and ammunition. Berlin reports say that arms and supplies recently taken from the Russians were all of Japanese manufacture. WESTERN Wheat shipments from the port of Galveston established a new record in 1915, when 31,949,927 bushels were exported. December shipments were 2,022,240 bushels. Three persons were killed and twenty injured, many of them seriously, when a freight train on the Big Four railroad struck a street car at Springfield, Ohio. The worst blizzard in years was raging Monday, at Missoula, Mont., accompanied by a fifty-mile gale and a temperature below zero. Slight damage to property was reported. Fred Croxton, state mediator, announced at Youngstown, Ohio, that the strike of tube workers at the plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company had been declared off. Two children's banks and their contents, aggregating $20, were stolen by a burglar who entered the home of H. C. Nelson, a traveling salesman of San Francisco, while the family was at a party. The trial of Arthur Hauser, Colorado fugitive charged with the murder of W. R. Smith, national cashier of the Woodman of the World, came to an unexpected end in Omaha when it was discovered that Hauser is suffering from both scarlet fever and tonsillitis. WASHINGTON Representative Hayden of Arizona spoke against the pending mineral lands bill. President Wilson renominated Surgeon General Blue of the Public Health Service for another term of four years. Flagship of the Atlantic and the Pacific fleets were in radio communication across about 2,500 miles of intervening land. President Wilson refused to appoint a colored man recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia, a place long held by colored men. Senator Fall introduced a resolution to exempt from Panama canal tolls American coastwise ships and Pan-American vessels trading between the Americans. President Wilson possibly may put the question of national defense up to the country in a series of speeches as one means of getting the necessary legislation through Congress. Great Britain and her allies, it was announced, have given their consent to the American Red Cross Society to ship its present accumulation of hospital supplies means for hospitals in Germany and allied countries. After ten years of legislation and litigation, the Supreme Court decided that Congress had enacted finally a constitutional law regulating statements as to the curative effects of medicines in Interstate Commerce. The second Pan-American Scientific congress closed with a declaration by its president, Ambassador Suarez of Chile, that the nations of the Americas were "united in the noble desire of seeking political unity of the continent so that the nations which compose it may thus lend one another mutual support and afford themselves better protection against foreign danger." The city of Lima was selected for the next congress. Administration bill to provide for 640-acre homesteads favorably reported by public lands committee. FOREIGN The Prussian Parliament met on Jan. 13. The 1916 session of Parliament opened in Paris. Lord Burnham died at London after an illness of more than a month. It is stated at El Paso, Tex., that hope for Gen. Huerta's recovery has been abandoned. A decree will be published prohibiting the sale to foreigners of Spanish ships built within the last fifteen years. Opposition to the British conscription bill has waned. It is expected to pass without more than nominal opposition. Fire destroyed the wheel work shops of the Krupp gun plant at Essen, according to advices received at Amsterdam, and also damaged other buildings. "I hope you will make the people of the United States understand that I am no more pro-German than your president," said King Constantine at Athens to the Associated Press correspondent. The Swiss mails have transmitted to prisoners of war during the period from Aug. 19 to Dec. 15, 1915, 13,000,000 parcels, 70,000,000 letters and cards and 2,000,000 money orders for a total of 30,000,000 francs. "According to estimates by competent authorities at Berlin, the entente powers spent $1,250,000,000 on the Dardenelles expedition, not inclusive of their losses in warships and trading craft," says the Overseas News Agency. A meeting of the Friends' Meeting House Headquarters in Great Britain, called to discuss "problems of the settlement of the war," broke up after an hour of pandemonium, with the singing of the national anthem and three cheers for conscription. After years of experiment, Director Klingenberg of the General Electric Company, has announced the perfection of an electric magnetic hand, with which it is possible to grasp even the heaviest metal object and work with them advantageously with human hands. Berlin authorities announce that, although there is grain on hand in sufficient quantities, prudence dictates that Berlin shall go back to the early 1915 basis, which means that the bulk of the population will be restricted again to 200 grams of bread daily instead of 225, and that corn and other foodstuffs will be put under control. SPORTING NEWS Chas. P. Taft has sold the Chicago Cubs to Chas. Weeghman for $500,000. The Omaha Western league club announced the purchase of Second Baseman Harold Ireland from the Philadelphia National league club. Frankie Murphy of Denver and Grover Hayes of Philadelphia fought fifteen rounds to a draw before the National Athletic Club in Denver. The Boston Braves have been sold to Percy D. Haughton, famous Harvard football coach, and Arthur C. Wise, a member of a Boston banking firm. Clarence Griffin and Ward Dawson, California tennis stars, won the doubles championship of the Far East, defeating Mikami and Kamague, the Japanese champions, at Manila. An offer of $15,000 for the championship go between Freddie Welsh, lightweight titleholder, and Charlie White of Chicago, was made White's manager at Chicago by Joe Golden, who represents San Antonio promoters. Chicago fistic fans figured that Jess Willard has something up his sleeve. The big fellow is putting in several hours a day hard work at Bill O'Connor's gym, preparing for action not later than March 4, according to his own statements. GENERAL Ada Rehan, the actress, died in a New York hospital after an operation for arterial affection. Col. James C. Bulger, slayer of Lloyd F. Nicodemus, in Denver, whose execution was deferred two months ago to permit an inquiry into his sanity, must die the week beginning Feb. 27. W. D. Cooper, a druggist, engaged in a revolver duel from his window with two bandits surprised in the act of robbing the postoffice at Algonquin, Ill. The bandits escaped in an automobile without any loot. A world ship combine is being formed by Charles W. Morse, ex-banker and Wall street speculator, who was pardoned from the Atlanta penitentiary by President Taft in 1912, according to reports in New York. American game preserves will have to seek other sources than Mexico for their stock of quail, according to information reaching a San Antonio, Tex., dealer, notifying him that the de facto government of Mexico had placed an embargo on the exportation of such game. Advices from Springer, N. M., report thousands of dollars' damage done by a wind of almost cyclonic velocity at Cimarron. The woman suffrage constitutional amendment, defeated in the November election, was again introduced in both Houses of the Legislature at Albany, N. Y. James M. Hopper, California novelist, who is in Paris as a magazine correspondent, has been ordered to report for duty in the French army on the theory that he is a citizen of France. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. Jan. 19, -Sixth Annual Convention of Colo. Good Roads. Ass'n at Denver. Jan. 19—Fifth annual convention Colorado Division Pike's Peak-Ocean-to-Ocean Highway Association, at Denver. Jan. 16-22 -Western Live Stock Show at Denver. Feb. 11-12 -Annual convention Colorado Metal Mining Association, at Denver. Feb. 12—Meeting Republican State Central Committee in Denver. Feb. 16-18—Sports Carnival at Steamboat Springs. March 20-April 2. Colorado Retail Merchants' Association's Food and Industrial Exposition at Denver. The estate of Wm. Barth of Denver will be administered by his daughter, Charlotte. The winter meeting of the Colorado Editorial Association will be held in Denver, Jan. 17-18. Transfer companies report three families coming into Denver to one going out since Jan. 1. The Colorado Stock Growers' Association will hold its annual convention in Denver, Jan. 21. Col. D. C. Dodge was elected president of the Colorado Fair Rates Association at a meeting in Denver. Fort Collins, dry for nineteen years, and extra dry for three days, arrested its first drunk in 1916, on the 5th. Denver retail coal dealers announced an advance of 25 cents a ton on the price of coal to consumers. H. W. Atkinson, government traveling auditor, was in Denver to audit the books of the collector of internal revenue. The Colorado Retail Hardware and Implement Association will hold its fourteenth annual convention in Denver Jan. 18, 19 and 20. Plans for the remodeling of the old federal building in Denver will be forwarded to Washington by F. L. Lacaff, superintendent of construction. Thomas Mathews, aged 15, son of a prominent mining man of Central City, died on a train en route to Denver, where he was to have been operated on for appendicitis. The assembly of the largest number of high-class horses ever collected for a Western exhibit is being brought together at the stockyards to be shown in the National Western Livestock show. Capt. Harry Holmberg was re-elected commander of No. 17, uniform rank, Knights of Pythias of Denver. Capt. I. H. Merritt was chosen as first lieutenant, and Capt. Fred Field second lieutenant. The Republican state central committee will meet in Denver Feb. 12 to select a time and place for the state convention to name delegates to the Republican National convention, in Chicago on June 7. Death may save Claude Maddox, who the Denver police are convinced is the youthful burglar wounded in an exchange of shots with a night watchman in the Du Nan hotel, from explaining the circumstances under which he received a bullet wound in the breast about the time the hotel duel took place. The loss of two brothers in the Balkan war two years ago, which, he declared, had embittered him against Bulgarians, constituted an excuse which Michael Nimo, a Greek miner from Moreland, Utah, gave the Denver police for shooting Peter Minoff, a Bulgarian miner of Lafayette, Colo., on Larimer street. As soon as the officials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company receive definite information from the United States Steel Corporation and other competitors in the East as to their increase of pay for steel workers, the Colorado firm will meet the advance and put in effect another scale of wages, according to Denver reports. As an aftermath of the Plute Indian uprising in Utah last winter and the battle that occurred in Bluff City during the attempted arrest of Tse-Negat, recently acquitted in Denver of the murder of a Mexican sheepherder, Senator Shafroth introduced a bill for $5,000 compensation for the widow of Joseph C. Akin of Dolores, the deputy marshal killed by a bullet fired by a member of Old Polk's band, according to Washington dispatches. Members of the Brewery Workers' Union and other trades allied with the late liquor industry marched in a body to the state capitol to present in person resolutions passed at a mass meeting in the Denver Auditorium, calling upon the governor to convene a special session of the Legislature to provide employment for those thrown out of work when the dry law went into effect. The governor suggested the opportunity for employment in the beet fields. The State Supreme Court in a decision declared that Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile Court erred in reopening a case regarding the dependency of Catherine Mulertz, 12 years old, in custody of the State Home for Dependent Children, after the legal limit for action in such cases had expired. Robert W. Speer, E. C. Healy, Frederick J. Steinhauer, A. J. Halter and Dean M. Gillespie have been named Denver delegates to the Colorado Good Roads convention, which meets in Denver, Jan. 19 and 20. CAN'T LOWER SALARIES ALTHOUGH BREWERY EMPLOYES AGREED TO ACCEPT CUT. State Industrial Commission Decides No Changes Can Be Made Until Expiration of 30-Day Notice. Western Newspaper Union News Service Denver.—Even though its employees agreed to a reduction of wages, the Adolph Coors Brewing Company of Golden will be unable to make changes in wage schedules until the expiration of thirty days from Jan. 1 on account of the operation of the state industrial law. The company began a wage reduction Jan. 1, when its plant started to manufacture near-bear in place of the old-time brew now barred by the dryaw. It was immediately notified by the State Industrial Commission that such changes could not be made without first filing a thirty-day notice with the commission. The company has complied with the order by filing the required notice. In the meantime the near-beer makers will receive the same wages paid them for making the alcoholic beverage. The controversy over the discontinuing of wage schedule brought before the industrial commission by the employés of the Zang, Neef Bros. and Capitol Brewing companies has been adjusted. The Neef Pros. and Capitol companies withdrew their notices of intention to change working conditions. In the Zang case the commission decided in favor of the company on the ground that, by a supplemental contract, the workers had agreed to the change if the state went dry on Jan. 1, 1916. Call for Pay Roll Reports. Five thousand letters were sent out to the Colorado employers of labor by the State Public Utilities Commission requesting itemized payroll reports. Blanks to be filled specifying the number of workers, the nature of their work and the amount of their wages, accompanied the letters. These blanks must be made out and returned immediately to the commission. All employers of farm labor, all interstate carriers and all who give work to less than four persons are excluded. That leaves approximately 5,000 names which, according to members of the commission, shows Colorado has a higher percentage of employers than most of the states of greater size. The beads of corporations and all other officers receiving salaries come under the workmen's compensation law and their names must be included on the payroll reports. Indorses "Educational Preparedness." Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, state superintendent of public instruction, has indorsed a nation-wide campaign for "educational preparedness" being advocated by Dudley R. Cowles of Atlanta, Ga. One of the chief objects of the campaign is to obtain national endorsement of the recommendation of Secretary of the Interior Lane that Congress give the United States Bureau of Education an appropriation of $100,000. Sullivan Inheritance Tax Is $93,048. An inheritance tax of $93,048 on the estate of Dennis Sullivan, Denver banker and millionaire who died last October, was paid to the state. The tax is one of the largest ever collected on an estate in Colorado. Leslie E. Hubbard, state inheritance tax appraiser, placed the valuation of Sullivan's estate, at the time of his death, at $1,423,072. Of this amount $1,303,097 was in personal property and $119,975 in real estate. Of the $500,000 in federal property shortages found in the 1915 inspections of the National Guard organizations of the different states, less than one per cent is charged to the Colorado National Guard, according to figures in the annual report of Brigadier General A. L. Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs of the War Department. Call Annual Meeting of Tax Board. The Colorado Tax Commission has called the annual meeting of assessors of the state to consider taxation questions of common interest. The meeting will be held Jan. 20, 21 and 22. Because of the time of the meeting the assessors will be able to take advantage of the special railroad rates to the Western National Livestock show in Denver. Three State Employés Lose Jobs With the going into effect of the state prohibition law on Jan. 1, three employés of the state treasurers office automatically lost their positions. The employés were: Charles Burkhardt and Thomas Baird, state liquor license inspectors, and Mrs. Dorothy Gunn, license clerk. Court Asked to Review Drach Case. The case of the state ex rel Grant McFerson, seeking to oust E. E. Drach from the office of state bank examiner, has been appealed to the Supreme Court for review. McFerson was appointed by Governor Carlson April 10 1915, but Drach, the then incumbent refused to give up his office, claiming his term did not expire until April 1916. Suit was commenced in the District Court to oust him, and recently Judge Allen rendered a decision in favor of McFerson. 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AN APPEAL FOR UNITED ACTION. When we look out upon the Heavens and view the various bodies thereof; when we think of the planetary system and its wonderworking action, we must conclude with definiteness that there is a great and wonderful harmonious action—an acting in concert, a unitary method in Nature and the carrying out of her plans, that cause the millions of those bodies (large and small) to keep in equilibrium and work so agreeably with one another, thereby hindering terrible and great disastrous occurrences which would be inevitable were they to act in opposition. Scientists tell us that whenever there is the slightest discord among these planets, etc., that seismic conditions and other like results take place; and as some of the planets wield their influence on the earth there is produced the difference in our tides of the ocean and sea. Our eclipses, tital waves, earthquakes and similar things have their origin in some little disruption of those heavenly agents that give us light, heat, etc., and therefore the more harmoniously they work the better are the results obtainable. Here, then, is a very good lesson for us, "the benefits and advantages of united efforts." How often have we not experienced that for lack of this great and all-desirable quality of UNITY among us as a people and a race, we to a certain extent suffer from the most trying and unfavorable circumstances and conditions; how unfortunate in filling the role of non-success in our business transactions; how we glory in the triumph of certain things which like the beautiful appearance of the soap bubble with its rainbow garb, burst with a little pressure on account of not possessing any solidity, and in a word we can safely say, because there is no adherence to the old and far-famed motto, "In Unity There is Strength." We have not to go beyond our city as we can find the proofs for the bearing out of our contention in our various business engagements and connections, as visitors have on many occasions after a few weeks of temporary residence informed us of the serious lacking of our people in the particular of united efforts. The Negro population of Denver is estimated at about nine thousand and it is alarming to note the numerous branches of the same sphere of business in such a small number, and it's very amazing how many of them exist at all! First, some years ago there were three weekly newspapers, which, in their struggles and seemingly good faith to make our people acquire literary tastes and habits, had to contend with the competition of the dailies of the other side, and eventually one had to give way, leaving THE COLORADO STATESMAN to battle the situation, which apparently is no easy road to travel. Again, our churches, almost adjacent to one another as far as location is concerned, lack that unanimity of spirit on account of denominational narrowness, and although there is a ministers' union, yet as far as the accomplishment of anything for the general welfare of the people goes, we have not yet been able to indorse any generic action of the leaders for any progress in the commercial or industrial life of us which would tend to make us improve and acquire lucrative positions. Our managers of business which caters to the social side, also the proprietors of restaurants, and other like places, all seem to strive to oppose one another for mere individual gain than for a collective prosperity which would be advantageous to all. These and many other phases prove conclusively that we have not gotten hold as yet of the business qualities of our white brethren, and unless we imitate him by uniting our efforts, harmonizing our ideas, concentrating our forces, co-operating in business transactions, whereby we will have a grand consolidation, we may never hope to form one of the links in that progressive chain which is strong and mighty. Endeavor therefore to change and interchange our views, whether from press, pulpit or individual conversation, and strive to obtain such qualifications as to put us on an equal plane in business with the other side; and as all nature seem to work in unison for the benefit and betterment of humanity, so can we learn such lessons from her as to result in unbounded and unlimited success. No lack of concentration, nor over-concentration, but concentration. Work unceasingly for the bringing about of united action among our people. where something of no seeming importance is being done is it common. Such thinking makes careless action, and work of any sort done carelessly leads to a bad habit. Whoever forms such habits finds it not only easy to do poor work, but also that it will be more and more difficult to do good work. The child who does not learn at school to write or read his best has one chance in a thousand of ever learning in later years. The youth or young woman who does just as poor work in the shop as he or she dares injures himself and herself more than the employer is injured. The man who does "sloppy" work just because it is a cheap job soon finds that the only work he is permitted to do is the cheapest kind. The employer who deludes himself into thinking that he saves money by furnishing his employees poor equipment or by refusing to buy much-needed new equipment because the old is "good enough" is losing money. It also will be only natural for the foreman to grow indifferent to a greater or less degree; and the more irresponsible employees, in their turn, will not care much whether the work is well done or not. The result is, of course, spoiled work, loss of customers, broken-down efficiency, debt, and final disaster; all on account of the foolish, shortsighted policy of "good enough." It makes no difference what the other fellow thinks or does, the question of doing one's best is a personal matter solely. The real responsibility lies with a man's own self. It pays to do one's best even in the smallest things, the ones which seem inconsequential, that lead nowhere and are of no account as far as one can see. Persistent, dogged action in the right direction brings increased skill, and that means increase of earning power, and increased earning power brings increased chances of getting better wages and a better job. Best of all, a right habit is formed that helps one keep his self-respect, gives him a good reputation as one who may be depended upon to do careful work and also tends to round one out in true manliness. This, after all, is of the highest importance and should be one's chief concern in everyday life. uence beyond those members who take part in it. Members of the school who had never thought that they possessed any musical ability, through listening to the orchestra, have taken up the playing of instruments since graduation and have acquired an avocation that has proved profitable as well as delightful. Not a small number who have attended higher institutions of learning have paid their expenses by playing in an orchestra at hotels and restaurants. Some of these become professional musicians. The tympani player at the grand opera in Boston, who has few equals, according to Conductor Conti, was graduated from the English high school in 1905. He took his first lesson in that school from the top of a desk to show his worth as a bass drummer. Under proper teachers he pursued the subject further, until his professional engagements in Boston enabled him to decline an offer for a western trip at $50 per week. ill effects from the long marches and the exposure. It's all a matter of how you are brought up. The open air is the best prescription for long-gevity. I have been through about as much as any man of my age, I fancy, but I feel as young as I did when I was thirty. Since I went to the Big Horn basin in Wyoming, a country almost completely surrounded by mountains, there has been a vast change. I went there with a pack train, and now we have good roads and railroads, and it is being settled rapidly. Years ago I told 'em how to get a water-grade road from Puget sound to the Gulf of Mexico. They didn't believe me then, but now it's a reality. The railroads are the pilots of civilization, and it's just as important and useful to be guide for a railroad as for an army, and I have been both. world. It is not merely literary production, but the power of God which today is bringing about mighty changes, as in the days of old in Philippi America has seen the mighty effects in the influence of such men as Washington and Lincoln. With pride we point to these great men, telling our youth and our immigrants that it is worth something to be worthy of the ideals of these statesmen. Our cities learn that they must be alert to real issues. "Slush funds and tempting bribery shall not always mislead our officials. Patriotic citizens in Europe face hostile cannons; we must face on issues, no matter how difficult. whether the river took its name from the word. The Meander river, now called the Mendere, flows with many windings into the Aegean sea near Miletus. The Iditera river is the one I speak of in Alaska. For more than one hundred and fifty miles it winds in and out, and for more than that distance there is no current. If one could view it from an aeroplane it would look like a great gleaming snake sleeping in the sun. There is no current in the Iditera until it reaches the Innoko, the latter a tributary of the Yukon. Always Pays to Do One's Best By H. M. W. CLENDENING, Chicago where something of no seeming importance. Such thinking makes careless action, and lessly leads to a bad habit. Whoever forms easy to do poor work, but also that it will do good work. The child who does not let his best has one chance in a thousand of ever youth or young woman who does just as psh she dares injures himself and herself more. The man who does "sloppy" work just because that the only work he is permitted to do is. The employer who deludes himself into by furnishing his employees poor equipment needed new equipment because the old is "it. It also will be only natural for the foreman or less degree; and the more irresponsible not care much whether the work is well course, spoiled work, loss of customers, brow final disaster; all on account of the foolish enough." It makes no difference what the other function of doing one's best is a personal matter lies with a man's own self. It pays to do one's best even in the so seem inconsequential, that lead nowhere and one can see. Persistent, dogged action is increased skill, and that means increase of earning power brings increased chances of better job. Best of all, a right habit is formed respect, gives him a good reputation as one to do careful work and also tends to round. This, after all, is of the highest important concern in everyday life. Practical Value of Musical Instruction By JAMES A. BEATLEY, Boston, Mass. ence beyond those members who take part who had never thought that they possessed listening to the orchestra, have taken up the graduation and have acquired an avocation well as delightful. Not a small number writings of learning have paid their expenses hotels and restaurants. Some of these be The tympani player at the grand opera according to Conductor Conti, was gradu school in 1905. He took his first lesson in a desk to show his worth as a bass drummer pursued the subject further, until his profes enabled him to decline an offer for a wester Young Men Are Found Too Slow By Col. WILLIAM F.CODY, Cody, Wyo. ill effects from the long marches and the e how you are brought up. The open air is a gevity. I have been through about as much fancy, but I feel as young as I did when I Since I went to the Big Horn basin in completely surrounded by mountains, there went there with a pack train, and now we be and it is being settled rapidly. Years ago I grade road from Puget sound to the Gulf of me then, but now it's a reality. The railroad and it's just as important and useful to be army, and I have been both. Privilege of Living in These Times By REV. DR. A. J. LEPPERT, Chicago world. It is not merely literary production, today is bringing about mighty changes, as it America has seen the mighty effects in Washington and Lincoln. With pride we po our youth and our immigrants that it is wor the ideals of these statesmen. Our cities learn that they must be alert and tempting bribery shall not always misle Patriotic citizens in Europe face hostil issues, no matter how difficult. Crooked Body of Water in Alaska By COL. W. P. RICHARDSON, Government Engineer, Washington, D. C. whether the river took its name from the we called the Mendere, flows with many windi Milletus. The Iditeraud river is the one I speak one hundred and fifty miles it winds in and distance there is no current. If one could view it from an aeroplane gleaming snake sleeping in the sun. There until it reaches the Innoko, the latter a tribe "Oh, that's plenty good enough." We all, no doubt, have heard that expression in the home, the schoolroom, the workshop; in fact, where work of any sort is being done. Especially is being done is it common. And work of any sort done care- such habits finds it not only be more and more difficult to turn at school to write or read learning in later years. The or work in the shop as he or than the employer is injured. Because it is a cheap job soon finds the cheapest kind. Thinking that he saves money or by refusing to buy much-good enough" is losing money to grow indifferent to a greater employees, in their turn, will one or not. The result is, of open-down efficiency, debt, and shortsighted policy of "good allow thinks or does, the ques-solely. The real responsibility smallest things, the ones which are of no account as far as the right direction brings learning power, and increased getting better wages and a that helps one keep his self-who may be depended upon one out in true manliness. He and should be one's chief In these days of vocational training the question arises. Is there any practical benefit in musical instruction? Let us see: In the first place, the school orchestra extends its influ- on it. Members of the school many musical ability, through playing of instruments since that has proved profitable as have attended higher insti- tory playing in an orchestra at some professional musicians. in Boston, who has few equals, sent from the English high that school from the top of. Under proper teachers he national engagements in Boston trip at $50 per week. Some of these young fellows are too slow for me. I'm used to going about in a hurry. Just recently I was in the saddle for more than eight days and camped out at night, but I felt no posure. It's all a matter of the best prescription for lon- as any man of my age, I was thirty. Wyoming, a country almost has been a vast change. I have good roads and railroads, told 'em how to get a water- Mexico. They didn't believe are the pilots of civilization, guide for a railroad as for an To live in these times of tremendous changes is a privilege for which St. Augustine, Luther and Wesley might envy us—not merely good tidings, but a divine plan for the life of the but the power of God which a the days of old in Philippi the influence of such men ant to these great men, telling something to be worthy of no real issues. "Slush funds and our officials. cannons; we must face on There's a river in Alaska that is the crookedest bed of water. I think. I eve saw. They used to say, that it was a question whethe the word meander cam from the river Meander. d. The Meander river, now gts into the Aegean sea nea of in Alaska. For more than out, and for more than that it would look like a great no current in the lditerau tary of the Yukon You Will Be Delighted With Our Service As We Look After The Little Things That Count. LADY ATTENDANT. The Right Kind of Reading Matter The home news; the doings of the people in this town; the gossip of our own community, that's the first kind of reading matter you want. It is more important, more interesting to you than that given by the paper or magazine from the outside world. It is the first reading matter you should buy. Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider The Right Kind of Reading Matter PHONE CHAMPA 2077 E. V. Cammel, PRES. 2 MGR. P You Will Be Delighted With O Little Things That Count. LAD CURTIS M. HARRIS Assistant Manager and Funeral Direct OFFICE AND PARLORS 2 PRESIDENT WILSON CONGRATULATES MOTON Tuskegee, Alabama, Jan. 3— Major Robert R. Moton, Principal-elect of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insititute, founded by the late Booker T. Washington, has received the following letter of congratulation from President Woodrow Wilson. The White House, Washington, December. 28th, 1915. December, 28th, 1915. My dear Principal. Moton: I am sure I am giving voice to the feeling of the vast majority of those interested in education in this country, and particularly in the education of the Negro, when I express my gratification at your election as Principal of Tuskegee Institute. I have known something of the special work you have been trying to do for the people of your race and of the spirit in which you have undertaken it, and I believe that your selection as the head of Tuskegee Institute means the promotion there of the best, most practical, and most hopeful ideals for the development of the Negro people. I take pleasure in extending to you my sincere congratulations. BOULDER ITEMS Rev. A. Wayman Ward, our young and talented minister of the A.M.E church is meeting with much success. The literary society which meets every Friday night was not very largely attended last week, it being somewhat chilly. J. H. Doniphan spent several days here last week soliciting for the Negro Year Book. He met with a modicum of success considering the s ringency of the money market, he feels under many obligations to Rev. A W. Ward and Virgil J Graves for their assistance in helping him to sell the Year Book, also to Mrs. James Hall and Mrs. V.. J. Graves for royal manner in which they entertained him. Mr and Mrs. Lee Blagburn, Daniel Strauthers and George Mathews are employed at the CoOp Drug Store, where they have established an enviable reputation. Messrs Chas Jackson, Hamlett, Horton, Aus in, Kinney and several other Denverites have lucrative employment here. The Right Kind Reading Matt The home news; the town; the gossip of the first kind of read more important, m DAY OR NIGHT CAMMEL AND CO. The Progressive Funeral Directors WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE "THE LEAD ING FUNERAL DIRECTORS." WE CAN FURNISH ELEGANT ROLLING STOCK. AUTOS IF Auto for Hire DENVER Chicago, Ill., Jan. 1.—The Pullman Company announced a few days ago that salaries of porters will be increased 10 per cent. Conductors and other employees will receive a similar increase. Five or six thousand porters will be benefitted. Present salaries for porters range $27 50 to $40, so the increase will be from $2.75 to $4 per month. Revenue From Salt The taxation of salt as a source of national revenue is common to many countries. There are ten countries in the world, namely, Austria-Hungary, China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Roumania, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey where government salt monopoly prevails. Going the Limit. "Do ye drame of me, Mokke?" whispered a girl to her lover as they walked down a lonely glen—in Ireland, of course. "Drame of ye, is it, Kate? Sure 'tis the way wid me that I can't shlape noights dramin' of ye, darlint!" Cause for Suspicion. Somebody has discovered the nam omelet is a fine restorer when taken at breakfast the morning after a night out. But isn't this calculated to bring the nam omelet under suspicion in well-regulated families. — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Merely a Suggestion. He (tinidiy)—“Won't you—ar—give me just one kiss before I go?” She—“Shucks! Why, I wouldn't bother to pucker my lips for one measly little kiss. Why not make it a dozen?” Would Satisfy Him. To the young man who sat timidly in a corner telling a handsome young woman 15 feet away that he would cross the world for her, she coyly said that she'd be satisfied if he simply crossed the room. Killing Insects in Seeds Injurious insects four in seeds may be killed without affecting the germinating qualities of the seed by treatment with hydrocyanic acid gas in a vacuum chamber. His Saintly Employers Deacon Jones—"Have you driven for good people?" Chauffeur—"Regular saints! They wuz so afraid to die that I never could drive over ten miles an hour, sir!"—Judge. The Doctrine of Chance. He—"Was your father very angry when you told him of our engagement?" She—"Not particularly. He said he had been rather fortunate in the stock market of late, and figured it was about time for his luck to turn." The Effect. Do the public seem to like your pure food lectures with free samples?" "Like 'em? Why, they just eat 'em up." Find of matter the doings of the people in this of our own community, that's reading matter you want. It is more interesting to you than Mrs. Bird, mother of James Bird, is quite ill with la gripe. Mrs. Ida De Priest is quite sick with bronchitis. Mrs. George Ingram, who has been ill with la gripe, is improving. night, last, in the presence of a and appreciative audience. The gram, consisting of musical stations, vocal and instrumental, also address on "Woodcraft," by the C. M. White, was carried out successfully to the delight of the spectacle. A banquet was held in the baser to which the attendants were in Dr. J. H. P. Westbrook, who was in-disposed for a few days, is well again. We regret to announce the death of Anderson Overton, father of our esteemed townsman, Charles Overton, employé of the St. James hotel for a number of years. Mrs. Wm. Gibson of 3230 Gilpin street, who is very ill, has been confined to her bed for the past two weeks. We hope her a speedy recovery. Professor G. M. McClellan, principal of the Dunbar School, Louisville, Kentucky, is visiting his son, Theodore, who is here for his health. They are in residence at 421 25th street. J. H. Doniphan, who is well known in this city, left yesterday for Kansas City, Kansas, on a visit to his sister, Mrs. L. D. Hall. He will be gone several weeks. The Colorado Statesman wishes him a pleasant trip. The Mutual Tailors and Cleaners of 2204 Welton street, 'phone Main 8519, will call for and deliver on short notice any cleaning or repairing work you want done. No extra charges. The Colored Citizens League will hold the regular weekly meeting at 2218 Lafayette street. All members are requested to be present as business of importance will be transacted. A. W. LEWIS, Pres. ISABEL STEWART, Sec. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Anderson, 2054 Arapahoe street, a boy weighing nine pounds. Mother and child doing well. Capt. Thos. Campbell has been appointed to a clerical position in the state insurance department at the State Capitol, under Hon. E. R. Harper, state insurance commissioner. Capt. Campbell was employed sometime ago in the city treasurers office, under Mr. Clair J. Pitcher. The railroads have made a one-fare rate to the Denver Stock Show from practically every point in Colorado. These are the lowest rates that are in effect in Colorado at any time during the year. From Wyoming, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, a rate of one and one-third fares will prevail. A large attendance is expected from all of this territory. Reductions will prevail also from the eastern territory. The Eureka Social Club of 2235 Arapahoe street, under the management of Messrs' Tom Johnson, Henry Earley and Gasaway Walton has opened the most comfortable quarters for its members and visitors at the above address. The spacious billiard and pool parlors, library and other rooms offer the best attractions for the indulgence of members and their friends, while the ever popular mixologist, Alexander Dukes, is preparing specialities in the line of soft drinks that will be a palate soother. Phone Main 3976. Mr. Overton, after 86 years of existence on this earth, obeyed the death summons, which came to him Sunday morning last, at his home in Fulton, Missouri. This octogenarian, who was very popular in Fulton, won the respect of the entire community, and though he passed the biblical allotment of life will be greatly missed by those who knew him. Mesdames James Martin and Andrew Bradford of Denver are daughters of the deceased, who left along with their brothers to attend the funeral. The Colorado Statesman extends its deepest sympathy to the bereaved ones, commending them to the care of Him who doeth all things well. AMERICAN WOODMEN JUBILEE The American Woodmen jubilee in the form of a concert extraordinary, was held at Shorter Chapel Thursday night, last, in the presence of a large and appreciative audience. The program, consisting of musical selections, vocal and instrumental, also an address on "Woodcraft," by the Hon. C. M. White, was carried out successfully to the delight of the spectators. A banquet was held in the basement, to which the attendants were invited. The various committee—Management program, decoration and refreshment came in for much commendation over the success attending their efforts. It is very likely that unusual interest will be taken by the public in this Fraternal Insurance Society, which is the largest in the world among colored people. NEW HOME OF THE MARKET CO. The Market Company, famous for the best in Eastern corn-fed meats, staple and fancy groceries, poultry and game, have removed to 636-15th street, corner of California and Fifteenth, where they are prepared to supply their customers with the usual specialties. This company, one of the best in the West, has for a number of years established a reputation in its ability to cater to the choicest as well as hard to please housewives. Mr. C. E. Smith, manager of the firm in his efforts to please the public, has succeeded thus far as from his genial disposition and the civility of his employés, a greater patronage is assured this company that is well known to the citizens of Denver for years. The Colorado Statesman joins in wishing every success to this firm in their new home. A WRONG VIEW. Information reached our office in which we were blamed for not publishing the annual banquet of the Bon Vivants, and for the benefit of our patrons and subscribers we wish to state that no communication was sent us for publication, either as to the date of the event or the proceedings, and eventually we would not be doing justice to ourselves or them when we did not receive information by manuscript, as other papers to venture a comment. The columns of the Colorado Statesman are always opened for the use of the public to publish any matter that is healthy and helpful to our community, especially the members of our race, whether socially or intellectually. But while our reporter feels free to act in his capacity with public functions, it is somewhat embarrassing to intrude on exclusive events unless by permission, and therefore we hold ourselves blameless for the negligence of the secretary of the organization to provide us with matter as he provided other papers. Our moto "Do unto others as you would, etc.," of over thirty years, abides with us. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. A special meeting of the committee of management of the Young Men's Christian Association was held on Monday evening last, at which plans were discussed and methods proposed for the enlarging of the activities of the Branch and increasing its effectiveness. The secretary pointed out that one of the greatest needs just now was willing, efficient workers, who are able to lead boys clubs and men's groups. He said that he could use half a dozen good workers right now, and would need more a little later, as other clubs and groups were perfected. The work, he pointed out, could not be properly developed unless such workers could be found very soon. There are at present four groups of boys studying the Bible. Others may be formed later. The social work of the boys is now being organized, and will soon be completed. The educational work will then be taken up, consisting of light talks, simple lectures, educational "hikes," and the like. Attention is now being given, also, to the men's work. A "Get-together" social of the men will be held next Tuesday evening, the 18th, when all the senior members will meet to get better acquainted and for a general pleasant evening. Light refreshments will be served free, with a continuous musical program. The men's meeting last Sunday afternoon at four o'clock was quite well attended. Rev. Thos. S. Young, pastor of the Broadway Baptist church, was the speaker, his subject being, "The Man Who Made Good." He spoke on the life of Moses, and his address was very impressive and inspiring. "Willingness to obey God," he said, "and hard work continued in, is bound to bring success in the end." Next Sunday afternoon Rev. F. T. Bayley; pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church, is expected to be the speaker. The boys meeting, which took place at 2:30, was well attended, thirty-five being present. Mr. W. A. Clarke of the Western Union Telegraph Company was the speaker. His subject was, "Making the Team." The boys sang well, and their deportment was good. Next Sunday afternoon Mr. George Watless, assistant director of the Boys Work Department of the Central Y. M. C. A., will speak to the boys on the subject, "The Four-Square Boy." All boys are expected to be there. Y. W. C. A. NOTES. At the annual meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association in the Baldwin building, the Phyllis Wheatley Club was represented by nine members. Reports of the various committees were given in pantomime instead of dry statistics as is generally done. This one feature made the meeting unusual. After the reports there was a grand march in which all the clubs participated. Each had a leader who carried a large banner bearing significant facts of that particular club. Our banner bore the words: "Phyllis Wheatley Club, Organized Oct. 28, 1915; 85 Members; Club Room, 318 25th Street." The regular meeting was held Monday evening in the club room. The Social Service committee reported that it had helped five children to enjoy a merry Christmas. Many donations were received by the committee. Donations are very acceptable, especially in the line of chairs. Bible class meets every Thursday evening from 7 to 8. Instructress Miss Scott, sewing class from 8 to 9. Instructress Miss Bensen. This is a good opportunity to learn something about the Bible. A class in first aid is being organized and will meet Monday evenings from 9 to 10. Dr. Crump will instruct. The recreation committee under the management of Myrtle Travers, announces an indoor track meet in the club rooms Wednesday evening, January 19, at 8 o'clock. Don't fall to see the girls in the Marathon race. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of our beloved mother and wife, Mrs. Delcenia Owens, who departed this life Dec. 25, 1915. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. God in His wisdom has recalled The boon His love had given, And though the body moulders here, The soul is safe in Heaven. —Husband and daughters. FUNERAL NOTICE Master Curtis Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Curtis Hall, departed this life Jan. 6. Funeral was held at the residence, 322 24th street, Saturday. Jan. 8. Rev. R. L. Pope officiated. Interment at Riverside. Mack Smart funeral was held Wednesday, Jan. 12, from the parlors of Cammel & Co. Rev. James Washington officiated. Interment was at Riverside. CHURCH OF THE HOLY RE DEEMER. (Episcopal.) 22nd Ave. and Humboldt St., Rev. Henry B. Brown, Vicar. Second Sunday after Epiphany, Jan 16. 7:30 a. m.—Celebration of Holy Eucharist. 9:45 a. m.—Sunday school. 11:45 a. m—Choral Solemn Celebration with Sermon. 7:45 p. m.-Choral Solemn Event song. SHILOH BAPTIST MISSION. Corner 29th and Larimer Streets. Rev. T. E. Henderson, Pastor. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. and preaching at 8 p. m. Regular praver meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The pastor will fill the pulpit Sunday night. Subject, "Who Is on the Lord's Side." The mission services hereafter will be held at the above address. All are invited to attend and help Shiloh. NEGRO YEAR BOOK. Should be in the home of every Negro. It contains the achievements, the industries and activities of the race. Every phase of the economic life of the Negro is discussed. It is a compendium of useful knowledge, a ready reference book of 450 pages. Order one today. Copies for sale at the Statesman office, 1824 Curtis street, Room 25. J. D. DONIPHAN, General Agent. 1721 Marion St. THE CATTLE AND THE HORSE The Stock Industry and the Telephone The Stock Industry and the Telephone No single industry derives more benefit from a comprehensive telephone service than does the stock business. Telephone service unites the breeder, the shipper and the market in a community of interest. The market uses telephone service in canvassing the territory of supply. The breeder uses telephone service in keeping in touch with demand. The shipper uses telephone service to keep himself informed as to market conditions. The ranchman uses telephone service in the economical handling of his stock on the range—in feeding, in negotiations with buyers and in securing cars and making other shipping arrangements. Altogether, comprehensive telephone service is a valuable factor in the growth and development of the stock industry. Here's Good News For Everybody Who Intends to Go to the Stock Show A SPECIAL SALE OF WOMEN'S COATS THE Joslin DRY GOODS CO. 99 Here's For Ever to Go to A SPECIAL COATS $4.95 Moleskin Plush, Zibelines; good practical coats that have been taken from the $6.75 to $10.00 lines. Choice, $4.95. THE PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. East 23rd Ave. and Washington St. Pastor, J. A. Thos.-Hazel, S. T. B. Sermon Topics: Sunday, Jan. ...: 11:00 a. m.—"What Is Christian- ity?" 4:30 p. m.—Christian Endeavor. 5 p. m.—"The Church of the Living God." The week of prayer so spiritually uplifted our people last week that it was deemed advisable to engage in a week of special evangelistic preaching services this week, conducted by the following brethren: Rev. Reynolds, Rev. Washington, Rev. Over, Rev. Pope and Rev. A. S. Jackson, respectively from Monday to Friday night. Rev. L. B. West will occupy the pulpit at both services tomorrow. STOCK SHOW WEEK IN DENVER January 16th-23rd SPECIAL LOW RAILROAD RATES Of Course, You Are Coming. The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. is Good rybody Who o the Stock SALE OF WOMEN COATS $7.75 Novelty Mixtures, Corduroys, Chinchilla, plain and fancy styles; values to $15.00. Choice, $7.75. oslin delivering two special sermons on evangelism. The services are being conducted in the chapel with much success. Sister churches, with their pastors, are cordially invited to participate in this evangelistic campaign. The probability is that the campaign will go no for another week. The first week of prayer was brought to a close with a fellowship service and a fellowship supper last Sabbath evening when more than 100 persons sat around the festive board. Among the audience were a number of the clergymen of the city. The Presbytery of Denver held its mid-winter session with the Corona Presbyterian church last Tuesday. The session was one of the best from a view-point of spirituality that we ever attended. Rev. Thos.-Hazell, the moderator, who is also chairman of the A News no Intends ck Show MEN'S COATS COATS $9.75 White, Plaids, Corduroys, Novelties and Mixtures are splendid styles and unusual values, at, choice, $9.75. DRY GOODS CO. Freemen's work of the Presbytery, reported thru his assistant, the pastor of the Union church at Dearfield, Rev. L. B. West, S. T. B. The Presbytery was very pleased with the outlook of the field. A horse with a $45 harness was presented to the curate by the Rev. J. Hivner of Alliance, Neb. for the pastoral use for Dearfield as the result of a strong plea by the moderator for pastoral conveyance for Brother West. Another brother from Fort Collins, will in part, supply the buggy. ATLAS DRUG CO., 26TH AND WELT TON AND 2701 WELTON ST. The Atlas Drug Co. now handles a full line of Madame C. J. Walker's toilet requisites. The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation THE ORCHID When You Study Your Catalogues Do Not Overlook the Orchid. STUDY THE CATALOGUES When looking over the catalogues which come to us for the asking we are often delighted into covetousness by the description of shrubs, vines and perennials, but the price asked, although merely nominal, place the florist's plants beyond our reach. In that case, we have but to give a little time and patience to sowing seeds and caring for the delicate plants in order to have our longing gratified. The first thing to do is to send our order to a reliable firm. The next is to give intelligent care to their planting and growing. Seeds of most of the desirable ornamental vines, shrubs, biennials and perennials germinate readily, while others are slow in sprouting, but if planted in good soil and allowed time the reward is sure. We should inform ourselves on these subjects as much as possible before undertaking the work. During February and March is usually the time selected for getting our window boxes in shape, and in these boxes may be planted the seeds, together with many bulbous and tuberous rooted varieties of plants. The seeds may be had in mixed packages for ten cents each, or single. Do not overlook the orchid when planning next year's flowers. These seeds may be purchased by one person, the plants raised to transplanting size and sold for a few cents each to others, thus covering cost of seeds and care, or several may "throw in" and divide the seeds when they come. The former plan may be the more economical, as not everyone makes a success of growing plants from seeds. It is not always well to buy your seeds of your country merchant; your merchant may be honest, but his merchant may not be. Send to a reliable firm, send early and get what you pay for. Do not confine yourself to annuals, but sow the perennial seeds and after the first year you will have little trouble. Nothing adds to the attractiveness of a home place more than thrifty vines, and for most places, perennial vines are best. For temporary screens, annual vines will do. Seeds should be started indoors early and transplanted frequently in order to make the plants stalky, and as soon as the ground gets warm they may be set out where they are to remain. Many of these will grow but little at the top for the first year, but will be making root growth and be getting ready to make to progress afterwards. Some of the shrubs and perennials, and even the biennials may give a scant bloom the first year, and some BY MARCELU BY MARGEAU Effective Planting of Evergreens. --- By LIMA R. ROSE. may wait for the first flowering for the third year. If these are transplanted to the vegetable garden, which is, or should be protected from the poultry and animals, and allowed to grow undisturbed for the first season, much will be gained. They can then be set where they are to remain, either next fall or the coming spring, early enough to get a good start in growth, before hot, dry weather comes. For those who have nothing started and little money to buy with, the "collections" sent out by florists are full of promise. Many of our best seedmen advertise this collection at a very low cost to the customer, as trial orders, hoping to keep the customer by sending out good seeds and plants. See that you get the trial collection of a reliable firm; otherwise it is money thrown away. Study the catalogues, especially the directions for preparing soil and planting seeds. A good floral magazine is worth taking and they come now at a very low cost. When your plants come up, refer to the description and magazine and give them the botanical name; it is just as easy as using a nickname. Do not try to raise fruits, flowers, or vegetables in a happy-go-lucky style; give time and thought to the planting, placing and after culture, if you would reap a worthy reward. You must pay a price for everything worth having, whether the price be money or intelligent care. BEAUTY OF THE HYDRANGEA By LIMA R. ROSE. Inquiries have come in about good fall flowering shrubs. It is likely if a vote were taken for the best late flowering, hardy shrub the honor would fall to the Hydrangea. While there are shrubs that I like better, this one seems to suit the masses. It has the merit of extreme hardiness, easy culture, great floriferousness, late blooming and persistent. Its flowers lose their early whiteiness as the season advances, but in their pinky-brown stage they are not without attractiveness, and even after snow comes they afford pleasing effects when seen against a background of pure white. In planting the Hydrangea I would never advise using it singly. It is vastly more effective when grouped. By this means we secure for it a strength and dignity which single specimens never have. The enormous heads of the bloom have considerable weight, but they are all the more attractive when they cause the branches to take on a graceful curve. THE PARK --- AT THE OPEN BRIDGE AT THE OPEN BRIDGE By FLORENCE LILLIAN HENDER SON. "I've made the mistake of my life!" announced Gerald Dyke. "Love spat with Clio Barrett, I suppose?" intimated his close friend, Will Hampden. "Quite the reverse," declared Dyke. "There's no more Clio Barrett for me. That dream is ended. It's her father who has come upon the scene as the indignant and immovable destroyer of my life's happiness!" Will Hampden looked interested and sympathetic. "You see, I made a bad break in supporting our mutual friend, Dodd, for mayor. The progressive element felt that two terms for one man, even as good a man as Mr. Barrett, was enough. They put up Dodd. I electioneered for him, as you know, Will—one little speech." "But Barrett carried the day." "Yes, but by so small a majority that he feels piqued. Somehow he heard of my campaigning effort. That settled it. Just as Clio and I became engaged, he ordered me from the house—Clio in tears, myself in despair." "What are you going to do about it?" interrogated Hampden. "It's what he will do. He's an unforgiving, pig-headed man in his likes and dislikes. I'm blacklisted in his books and he'll carry Clio away, or hide her away, but he'll outwit me. She is practically under guard. I believe he has emissaries watching me. It's taken me a week to get a note to Clio and a reply." "She's true blue?" "Yes, but terribly despondent." "Want my advice?" inquired Hampden deliberately. "What is it?" "Run away with her." Dyke had thought of that. So had Clio. He thought of it more than ever as he started off on a lonely meditative stroll. It was not so easy, however, he realized. He was satisfied 100 They Were Through the Town and Beyond It. that Mr. Barrett was keeping an eye on him. He knew that Clio was under the constant gaze of a trained chaperon. He had never yet passed the Barrett grounds but the gardener, or the steward, or the hostler was visible. A bridge swung by steam power spanned the broad Vermilion river and the Barrett home was on the west side of the stream. From its center the Barrett home was in pretty clear view and Gerald had the doubtful consolation of posting himself there occasionally, to mournfully survey the spot where he had formerly been a welcome visitor. On this especial day he strolled to the bridge. His heart fluttered as he made out in the distance a white-robed form among the distant flower beds. He had just written a note to Clio. He took it out of his pocket wondering how he would get it to her. A hand touching his shoulder, he looked up with a start. "Excuse me," said the bridgetender, for it was he, "but I want to thank you." "Oh yes—you are Fenton. Got the job, did you?" "Yes, sir, and your recommendation it was that did it." Fenton, a rough and ready young fellow, had been sent by a friend to Gerald and he on account of his activity in the mayoralty campaign had been able to exert some influence with the county board. Now, it seemed, his recommendation hadorne fruit. "Glad you got placed," said Gerald heartily. "Yes, sir," spoke the man humbly, "Will you excuse me if I say something?" Gerald nodded agreeably. "Well, sir, I've got eyes and I've been hearing things. You know this bridge appointment is county business, so the mayor has nothing to do with it. I was again the mayor. He'd fire me if he could. He hates me and I don't like him. He's treated you mean and that makes less liking between us. That pretty girl of his is a jewel, though. Say, could I venture to guess," pursued the shrewd fellow," that you want a letter taken to the little miss? Oh, sir, you can trust me." Now that was just what Gerald wanted done. He engaged in a coni- dential talk with his new ally. He felt confidence in his protestation of fealty. He was surprised to find the man full of clever suggestions, and when he left the bridge an hour later he was sure that the letter would reach Clito safely, and found himself the center of a deep laid exciting plot. "You see, the bridgetender had said, "I run up to the Barrett place often. The steward is an old friend of mine. I'll see that little miss gets your letter. And, say, when you want to loiter around up there, drop into my watch house here and slip on some togs there that will disguise you like a high-class detective." Thereafter for two evenings a slouching figure, suggesting some tramp wayfarer looking for free lunch and lodging, meandered by the Barrett home. On the first occasion Clio, in the garden, managed to slip a note over the fence. On the second she was near enough to the stroller to catch the words: "Be on hand," and her pretty lips whispered the agreeable response: "Every evening at this hour." So it was that those two had a pretty thorough understanding of the situation, when, one evening just at dusk, Mr. Barrett drove up to the curb in his automobile. He was an active public officer and attentive to his duties, and was bound back for his office as soon as dinner was over. Mr. Barrett attended all fires, courts and public meetings so as to keep in touch with everything affecting the civic interest. He had a regular alarm bell attached to his machine, its tones so familiar to the general public that the people cleared the way promptly when its signal tones echoed out. What happened two minutes after Mr. Barrett had left the car, was that Gerald sprang into the vacated driver's seat from behind a tree. At the same moment Clio squeezed her way through the hedge. Just as she got into the rear seat of the machine her father appeared unexpectedly. He had left a package of papers in the auto and had returned to secure them. Gerald with a leap sent the machine forward, disregarding the amazed and threatening shcuts of the infuriated mayor. By the time the bridge was reached, Mr. Barrett had rushed to the stables, secured a horse and was in hot pursuit of the fugitives. "Good!!" shouted the bridgetender, as the machine whizzed past him and his keen wits took in fully the merits of the situation. Then he stared back the road and made out the chief official of the town in the near distance. "This won't do," decided the bridgetender, and then—the instant the horse reached the end of the bridge the loyal friend of the lovers touched the lever and swung the bridge open. The mayor raved, the mayor scented complicity. In vain he menaced the bridgetender, who feigned the necessity of an oiling process in connection with the swinging apparatus. Clang! clang! clang! not knowing all that had happened behind him, and taking no risks, fearing that a telephone warning might head them off right industriously Gerald piled the alarm bell on the auto. In five minutes there was a clear course, they were through the town and beyond it. "Regular wedding bells!" he chortled gayly, as they shot down a smooth country road in the direction of the home of the nearest rural minister. (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) SUBMARINE OF QUIET POND Snapping Turtle Often Sinks a Swimming Duck and Makes Leisurely Meal. Ever see a duck, swimming along a pond quite peacefully, suddenly disappear beneath the surface of the water? You may have suspected that the duck had some enemy submarine lurking in the pond—and you were right. The name of the attacking submarine is snapping turtle. He lives in rivers and lakes throughout the United States, usually in deep water. He has a big head and a long tail—the long tail providing a very safe and convenient handle to pick him up by. At least, you'll find it safest if you ever come in contact with his jaws. The snapper's jaws are fitted with a pair of sharp blades which come together with a click like a steel trap. A large snapper has sufficient power in his jaws to amputate a man's finger. As for the duck, she hates him like poison. A snapper will sometimes seize a duck by the leg and draw her completely under water to eat at his leisure. A common size for snappers is about fifteen inches, including head and tail, with a shell about nine inches long. They lay their eggs in a hole scooped out in the sand. Both the eggs and the flesh of this turtle are excellent food—so good that they often masquerade on restaurant menus as "terrapin." If They Told the Truth "My dear, what do you suppose my score was this morning? One hundred and forty-nine for eighteen holes." "I won't be home till late tonight, darling. I'm going to paint the town red with a couple of old college chums." "Yes, sir, the hotel is pretty full, but I can give you what we consider the worst room in it for a little more than the same price you would pay for a good one if we weren't so crowded."—Life. Unpleasant Thought. A man may be judged by the com- pany he keeps, but it might be unger- ous to judge some of us by the kind of shows we go to see. WASHINGTON GOSSIP No Law Forbids Spies to Sketch Our Defenses WASHINGTON.—The United States has no law which prohibits spies of foreign countries from making sketches, photographs and plans of the appearance of fortifications and the topography of the land surrounding may be apprehended, but so far as the outward aspects of forts are concerned, spies of any country are welcome to all the information they can get under present laws. This state of affairs is regarded by some persons as especially dangerous with relation to aviation fields. A foreign spy could make complete plans of aviation fields of the United States government, showing where hangars and other buildings are situated without violating any existing law. It has been suggested that congress this winter make some provision for more adequately protecting American military secrets from foreigners, and this idea may be incorporated in national defense legislation. Annual Animal Social Register of Washington Annual Animal Social Register of Washington THE annual animal social register of the United States government has appeared. Only about fifty names were added to these bipedal and quadrupedal elite. The list forms a group as exclusive as that contained in any blue book of the genus homo. and three pages of itemized animals at the park (called by proletarian humans the "Zoo"), and each animal therein is mentioned by name, and the state of health of many of them is reported upon. The document contains much chatty comment, not to mention a birth register, of our most elite zoological families. Other jewel "zoos" may get into reports, but they are not printed at the government printing office, and stamped with any such high approval as that of the Smithsonian regents. Social affairs at the Washington zoo during the last year became vastly more cosmopolitan, it appears, though no less exclusive, because of the advent of Mrs. Diamond Rattlesnake, whose jewels dazzled the horseshoe at the Snake Cage opera. Mr. Great Horned Owl added much zest to the night life, and Miss Whistling Swan and the Misses Mocking Bird were in great demand at the afternoon musicals (given when animals are fed at 3:30). At every first night, especially when Miss Silver Pheasant sang, was old Mr. Bald Eagle, and he caused much gossip among the older set by his attentions to the petite Miss Grass Parrakeet. Likewise there was much whispering behind fins and wings when Mr. Black Snake, a villainous-looking gentleman, arrived in company with Miss Barred Owl, a beauty of the sleepy oriental type. Washington Man Owns Famous Maximilian Opal EVER since the late Gen. Marc Antony, triumvir of Rome coveted an opal owned by a senator of that empire, who prized the stone so highly that he left Rome rather than give it to Antony to carry around to Cleopatra. This particular opal came Mr. Browne's way because he got three shiploads of ammunition to General Carranza's agents in time to turn the tide in favor of the constitutionalist cause. The Maximilian opal, as famous among those versed in historic gems as is the Hope diamond, was owned by Emperor Maximilian, was given to General Miramon, his chief of staff, and was found on the body of the latter after the two were executed at Queretaro, an incident that marked the final chapter in the romantic history of the empire of Mexico. In the early summer of 1914 New York papers carried a little item to the effect that "some of the ammunition which is being supplied General Carranza is being taken out of Galveston on vessels chartered by someone who has assumed the name of Herbert J. Browne, a well-known Washington newspaper man." Herbert J. Browne's abilities as a skipper, it would seem, were not even known to his friends in the newspaper business. But it was he who, in his own name, took out papers as captain of the vessels, gave Havana as his destination, and when he reached open water turned their prows toward Mexico. White House Collection of China Is Notable ONE of the most interesting pieces in the White House collection of presidential china is an old plate recently given by Miss Mary Custis Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee. This plate is one that was used by George Wash-ington, and aside from being of ines. tion The White House collection of presidential ware is one of the most interesting historical collections in the country, and an interesting story is attached to the acquisition of every piece of it. The collection was begun with parts of sets of dinner services found in the White House used by seven presidents. It was placed in two cabinets in the lower east corridor of the mansion, which were designed by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Eight shelves were filled with china used during the Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley and Roosevelt administrations. This original collection has been augmented by gifts from descendants or friends of the various presidents until it now fills four cabinets and approaches completion. One shelf is filled with pieces from the state dinner set which Mrs. Roosevelt ordered, and which is still used as the state set. It is of beautiful Wedgwood, decorated with a simple colonial pattern in gold and the obverse of the great seal of the United States enameled in colors on each plate. This set contains more than twelve hundred pieces. SPY may be apprehended, but so far as cerned, spies of any country are welco under present laws. This state of affairs is regarded ous with relation to aviation fields. plans of aviation fields of the United hangars and other buildings are situat It has been suggested that congr for more adequately protecting Amer and this idea may be incorporated in m Annual Animal Social THE annual animal social register appeared. Only about fifty name quadrupedal elite. The list forms a g any blue book of the genus homo, and not even the state department's diplomatic list is censored by the chief justice of the United States Supreme court, not to mention a vice president, members of the senate, and private citizens of national note. When that grave scientific body, the Smithsonian regents, with Chief Justice White as their chancellor, assembled in Washington they received the annual report of the National Zoological park. That report contains three pages of itemized animals at the "Zoo"), and each animal therein in health of many of them is reported up. The document contains much chach register, of our most elite zoological into reports, but they are not printed at stamped with any such high approval a Social affairs at the Washington z more cosmopolitan, it appears, though vent of Mrs. Diamond Rattlesnake, w the Snake Cage opera. Mr. Great Hor life, and Miss Whistling Swan and the demand at the afternoon musicales (girl At every first night, especially whi Mr. Bald Eagle, and he caused much attentions to the petite Miss Grass I whispering behind fins and wings wh ing gentleman, arrived in company w sleeply oriental type. Washington Man Owns EVER since the late Gen. Marc Anto owned by a senator of that empire he left Rome rather than give it to THANK YOU Browne's way because he got three Carranza's agents in time to turn the cause. The Maximilian opal, as famous as is the Hope diamond, was owned by General Miramon, his chief of staff, after the two were executed at Quere chapter in the romantic history of the. In the early summer of 1914 New effect that "some of the ammunition ranza is being taken out of Galveston has assumed the name of Herbert a newspaper man." Herbert J. Browne's abilities as a known to his friends in the newspaper own name, took out papers as capital destination, and when he reached Mexico. White House Collection ONE of the most interesting pieces of dental china is an old plate recdaughter of Robert E. Lee. This plate ington, and aside from being of inestimable value historically, is of greater age than any other piece in the whole collection. It is a dinner plate of the well-known and famous set usually referred to as the Cincinnati china. Miss Lee came into possession of it through her maternal grandfather, George Washington Parke Custis, whose grandmother, Martha Washington, willed it to him. The presentation of this historic piece was made to Miss Margaret Wilson for the collec- tion The White House collection of interesting historical collections in the attached to the acquisition of every p The collection was begun with paired the White House used by seven press in the lower east corridor of the m Theodore Roosevelt. Eight shelves were filled with c Hayes, Arthur, Harrison, Cleveland, M This original collection has been au friends of the various presidents un proaches completion. One shelf is filled with pieces f Roosevelt ordered, and which is still u Wedgwood, decorated with a simple c of the great scal of the United Stat This set contains more than twelve hu them, in time of peace, it was pointed out by the department of justice the other day. In time of war martial law prevails as to the treatment of foreigners or agents of foreign governments engaging in such occupations. Any person in the government service giving out information regarding the interior of fortifications may be punished by law and any private citizen who makes drawings or pictures of the interior of fortifications the outward aspects of forts are come to all the information they can get by some persons as especially danger- A foreign spy could make complete States government, showing where itted without violating any existing law. Press this winter make some provision american military secrets from foreigners, national defense legislation. Register of Washington of the United States government has ses were added to these bipedal and group as exclusive as that contained in OWL the park (called by proletarian humans is mentioned by name, and the state of soon. Atty comment, not to mention a birth families. Other mere "zoos" may get at the government print office, and as that of the Smithsonian regents. Too during the last year became vastly no less exclusive, because of the adhose jewels dazzled the horseshoe at an Owl added much zest to the night the Misses Mocking Bird were in great even when animals are fed at 3:30). When Miss Silver Pheasant sang, was old in gossip among the older set by his Parrakeet. Likewise there was much when Mr. Black Snake, a villainous-looking Miss Barred Owl, a beauty of the Famous Maximilian Opal ony, triumvir of Rome coveted an opal, who prized the stone so highly that Antony to carry around to Cleopatra, opals have been more or less in the limelight of dynasties, emperors and nations. Today there walks about the streets of Washington a man who can reach into his left-hand vest pocket, if he will, and show you the dazzling, opalescent gem, famous in Mexican history as the "Maximilian opal." The man is Herbert J. Browne, whose hobbies include sailing boats, the single tax, and collecting opals. This particular opal came Mr. Mishliops of ammunition to General Wade tide in favor of the constitutionalist among those versed in historic gems as by Emperor Maximilian, was given to and was found on the body of the latter titaro, an incident that marked the final empire of Mexico. York papers carried a little item to the which is being supplied General Caron on vessels chartered by someone who J. Browne, a well-known Washington skipper, it would seem, were not even for business. But it was he who, in his son of the vessels, gave Havana as his open water turned their prows toward of China Is Notable In the White House collection of presi-ently given by Miss Mary Custis Lee, is one that was used by George Wash- ? presidential ware is one of the most the country, and an interesting story is piece of it. Arts of sets of dinner services found inidents. It was placed in two cabinetsansion, which were designed by Mrs. China used during the Lincoln, Grant, McKinley and Roosevelt administrations.mented by gifts from descendants or till it now fills four cabinets and apfrom the state dinner set which Mrs. used as the state set. It is of beautiful colonial pattern in gold and the obversees enameled in colors on each plate.andred pieces FIGURES FOR 1915 CROP VALUE OF $100,000,000 THE PAST YEAR SHOWS COLO- RADO'S MAJESTY. Mining Output and Live Stock Riches Attest Growth of State and Prosperity of People of Centennial State. Denver. Again the statisticians in preparing Colorado's annual statement have brought forth a balance sheet that shows nothing in the red. In a material and a social sense, the year 1915 was the most momentous in the history of the state. First in importance from a material standpoint comes: Agriculture, queen of Colorado industries. Ceres bent her beneficent head over the fertile plains and valleys and serried ranks of wheat, corn, beets, hay, the product of the farm and the vegetable patch, covered the ground. The unirrigated lands of the eastern plains, blessed again by heavy precipitation, sprouted like the banks of the Nile. The wheat crop was greater by 1,000,000 bushels than ever before. The potato industry revived. In beet sugar production Colorado again led the nation. Even the apple crop, shortened by an unusually low summer temperature, made up in quality what it lacked in quantity. Colorado apples brought fancy prices in all Eastern markets. When the talesmen counted the receipts, they credited Agriculture with a $100,000,000 crop. Bonanza Year in Mines. Mining, the rock upon which Colorado and Denver were founded, rose again like a volcanic rock from the sea, and the hills and the mountains poured forth a river of precious metals that closely approximated the bonanza days of the state. From $19,888,000 worth of gold in 1914 the production rose to $24,166,753. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. The carnage in Europe forced the price of spelter up and an advance of 60 per cent was noted in total production. Altogether, the mines yielded $50,623,868 in 1915, as against $42,000,000 in 1914. The wind from the grass-covered ranges wafted over the prairies to all who would listen the mingled voices and the million-hooled stamping of Colorado's great herd of livestock. Trained judges of horses came from far lands of shot and shell to take from Colorado all it would offer in the way of horseflesh. From $47,237,000, the output of the livestock markets in Colorado rose to $60,208,000 in a year's time. And the stock within the state increased in value from $102,000,000 in December, 1914, to $126,000,000 in the December just closed. With the coal mines once more operating at full blast, manufacturing added another $50,000,000 to the state's wealth. While the outstanding feature of the year in railroad circles was the enormous traffic caused by the unprecedented passenger movement to and from the Pacific coast, resulting in a total of 4,268,340 passengers in and out of the Denver Union station during the year, the trial balance for the twelve months ending Dec. 31 shows a record of increasing traffic of all kinds, and a number of notable events in railroad history and excellent promise for the future, especially in connection with the concerted state-wide campaign for fair freight rates. Mesa Verde Park Great Attraction. The government has published more literature dealing with the Mesa Verde National Park than any of the other national playgrounds. In this district are the finest and best-preserved ruins that have been found in North America. Colorado Ranks Second in Gold. Colorado produced approximately 25 per cent of the gold output of the entire United States in 1915 and ranks second among the gold producing states, according to reports made by the director of mints and the geological survey. The total gold production of the entire country, according to the report, was $98,891,100. Of this amount $24,166,753 was mined in Colorado according to statistics. California was the only state to exceed Colorado in gold output. Figures issued by the director of mints and the geological survey, show that the production of other state were as follows: Alaska, $16,626,700, and Nevada, $11,314,700. No other state produced more than $8,000,000 in gold, according to the report. There was but a slight difference between the standing of this state and California in gold production. The government report shows that gold mining in Colorado had a great impetus during the past year. The gold mined in Colorado in 1914 amounted to approximately $20,000,000. Summary of Forest Work. The forestry service placed 3,805,000 fish fry in streams at a cost of $5,341. It constructs 2,957.63 miles of mountain trails. About 242 miles of roadway were built at a cost of $70,156. Nearly 1,500 predatory animals—coyotes, wolves and wildcats—were killed at a cost of $7,399.01. Ninety-three mountain shelter cabins were erected at a cost of $21,988. METAL OUTPUT FOR COLORADO IN 1915. County. $ Gold $ Silver $ Copper $ Lead $ Spalter $ Totals Boulder¹ $ 74,033 $ 124,887 $ 2,750 $ 19,274 $ ..... $ 1,845,944 Chaffee $ 365,453 $ 136,121 $ 59,729 $ 150,975 $ 513,800 $ 1,226,078 Clear Creek² $ 520,038 $ 173,478 $ 62,524 $ 123,643 $ 155,960 $ 1,425,643 Custer $ 3,701 $ 7,887 $ 651 $ 400 $ 570 $ 13,209 Olivera $ 22,914 $ 194,193 $ 167,973 $ 53,726 $ 120,300 $ 132,278 Eagle $ 49,553 $ 63,542 $ 5,616 $ 54,620 $ 1,470,000 $ 1,643,311 Gilpin³ $ 688,264 $ 93,702 $ 167,262 $ 23,387 $ 1,820 $ 994,455 Gunnison $ 14,836 $ 29,518 $ 2,092 $ 14,628 $ 252,000 $ 313,074 Hinsdale $ 250 $ 3,500 $ 3,100 $ 300 $ ..... $ 7,150 Kalgoorlie $ 17,093 $ 17,187 $ 38,940 $ 1,170,000 $ 9,924,320 $ 14,887,236 La Plata $ 84,322 $ 22,215 $ 2,475 $ 320 $ ..... $ 109,342 Mineral $ 14,478 $ 255,375 $ 4,250 $ 41,001 $ ..... $ 310,104 Ouyay $ 1,442,172 $ 356,573 $ 224,224 $ 116,324 $ ..... $ 1,239,293 Park $ 80,982 $ 10,107 $ 2,119 $ 7,500 $ 8,106 $ 108,814 Mitkin $ 7,500 $ 186,443 $ 16,615 $ 1,068,727 $ 20,356 $ 1,824,641 Routt $ 2,500 $ 1000 $ 6,317 $ 29,592 $ 2,500 $ 65,720 Saguache $ 18,164 $ 9,147 $ 6,317 $ 29,592 $ 2,500 $ 65,720 San Juan⁴ $ 1,016,954 $ 493,917 $ 280,561 $ 478,216 $ 252,460 $ 2,682,108 San Miguel⁵ $ 2,347,557 $ 710,656 $ 61,087 $ 206,264 $ 1,752,631 Summit $ 818,006 $ 40,761 $ 750 $ 70,200 $ 822,920 $ 1,752,631 Teller $ 14,885,685 $ 45,000 $ ..... $ 14,930,655 Other counties $ 12,500 $ 1,650 $ ..... $ 14,550 Totals $ 24,166,753 $ 4,595,675 $ 1,453,694 $ 3,629,524 $ 13,545,212 $ 50,633,868 ¹Boulder¹ includes $1,625,000 for 1,047 tons of tungsten concentrate. ²In the Clear Creek county total is included $400,000 for 1,040 tons of molybdenite ore. ³In the Gilpin total uranium (pitchblende) counts for $25,000. ⁴The sum of $160,000 is added to San Juan county's total for 40 tons of tungsten concentrate. ⁵Miguel's total $75,000 is added for radium-bearing ores. $58,500 for manganese and $900,000 for ferro-vanadium concentrate. DENVER MINT RECEIPTS GAIN HALF MILLION. An increase of more than a half million dollars in gold and silver received at the Denver U. S. mint is shown in the annual statement just completed by Thomas Annear, superintendent of the institution. The year's report shows that the gold accepted amounted to $34,268,443, while the silver reached the total of $574,175.78. These figures give an increase in gold and a decrease in silver. The grand total of both the metals, however, shows an increase of $588,663.35. The report shows the exact amount of both metals received not only from Colorado sources but from other states and some foreign countries. The statement of bullion received at the mint for 1915 is as follows: WILL SPEND $2,432,000 FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS THIS YEAR Raised by counties outside of Denver, for county roads. $1,500,000.00 Amount made available by half-mill road levy. 630,000.00 From internal improvement fund. 120,000.00 From motor tax. 55,000.00 To be spent by U. S. Forest Service on roads and trails. 22,000.00 To be spent by Department of the Interior on national parks. 15,000.00 To be spent by Denver on its mountain parks roads. 85,000.00 SUGAR COMPANY SHOWS PROGRESS. Bringing statistics show the Great Western Sugar 1915: Tories..... 1915. Loss harvested..... 115,000. Hold per acre..... 1. Reproduced..... 1,450,000. (average per cent)..... 16. Har produced..... 370,000,000. Employed in factories..... 3,500. Campaign (days)..... 12. Emmers..... $8,600,000. Factory hands..... $2,000,000. Form labor..... $2,200,000. Har supplies..... $1,900,000. HEADVILLE'S METAL PRODUCTION FOR Ounces or Pounds. Market Value. 115,121 ozs $ 20.67 2,733,646 ozs. 0.498 18,534,052 lbs. 0.0467 2,254,268 lbs. 0.1717 74,208,015 lbs. 0.1304 6,250 tons 100.00 1914..... $9,087,650. In 1915..... $9,087,650. VALUE OF LIVESTOCK IN COLORADO 1916. Value. 1911. 1,126,539 $ 47,314,000 996. 253,000 17,710,000 205. 320,000 3,186,000 256. 3,123,000 13,365,000 2,140. 382,000 41,020,000 347. 28,600 3,575,000 21. 5,233,139 $126,170,000 4,235. Stock Output In Figures. 1915. 1914. $21,615,000 $19,380,000 3,314,000 8,360,000 8,360,000 15,761,000 8,170,000 1,988,000 $60,208,000 $47,237,000 Fruit Crop Figures Apples $2.6 Peaches 9 Pears 1 Plums Cherries Apricots Small fruits 3 Granes Great Western Sugar Company's open 1915. 1914. 9 9 115,000 100,000 13 13 1,450,000 1,300,000 16.2 15.9 370,000,000 330,000,000 3,500 3,500 120 1,000 $8,600,000 $7,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,800,000 $2,200,000 $2,000,000 $1,900,000 $1,500,000 PRODUCTION FOR 1915. Pounds. Market Value. Total Value. ozs $ 20.67 $ 2,379,551.07 ozs. 0.498 1,361,355.71 lbs. 0.0467 865,540.23 lbs. 0.1717 387,057.82 lbs. 0.1304 10,276,725.16 tons 100.00 925,000.00 $15,895,229.99 $9,087,627.58 $7,807,602.41 OCK IN COLORADO. Value. 1915. Value. $ 47,314,000 $ 43,525,000 17,710,000 13,940,000 9,146,000 288,000 13,365,000 29,614,000 41,020,000 19,614,000 41,020,000 29,495,000 3,575,000 2,130,000 $126,170,000 $102,392,000 Fruit Crop Figures for Two Years. 1915. 1914. Apples $2,662,150 $2,694,000 Peaches 912,500 816,000 Pears 120,000 135,000 Plums 156,000 86,000 Cherries 70,000 80,000 Apricots 23,000 10,000 Small fruits 398,000 400,000 Granes 19,900 24,000 The following statistics show the Great Western Sugar Company's operations for 1915: 1915. 1914. Number of factories. 9 9 Number of acres harvested. 115,000 100,000 Average of yield per acre. 13 13 Tons of beets produced. 1,450,000 1,300,000 Sugar content (average per cent). 16.2 15.9 Pounds of sugar produced. 370,000,000 330,000,000 Number of men employed in factories. 3,500 3,500 Length of campaign (days). 120 100 Money paid farmers. $8,600,000 $7,500,000 Money paid factory hands. $2,000,000 $1,800,000 Money paid farm labor. $2,200,000 $2,000,000 Money paid for supplies. $1,900,000 $1,500,000 LEADVILLE'S METAL PRODUCTION FOR 1915. PRODUCT. Ounces or Pounds. Market Value. Total Value. Gold 115,121 ozs. $ 207.7 $ 257,951.07 Silver 2,739,446 ozs. 0.498 1,361,355.71 Lead 18,534,052 lbs. 0.0467 865,540.23 Cupper 2,254,268 lbs. 0.1717 387,057.82 Spelter 74,208,015 lbs. 0.1304 10,276,725.16 Manganese 6,250 tons 100.00 625,000.00 Total. $15,895,229.99 Total in 1914. $9,087,627.58 Increase in 1915. $7,807,602.41 1916. Value. 1915. Value. Cattle 1,126,539 $ 47,314,000 $ 996,600 $ 43,525,000 Dairy cattle 253,000 17,714,000 263,000 326,000 Swine 230,000 5,186,000 256,000 2,688,000 Nuts and lambs 3,123,000 13,365,000 2,410,000 10,614,000 Horses 382,000 41,020,000 347,000 29,495,000 Mules 28,600 3,575,000 21,300 2,130,000 About State Land. has 3,294,000 acres of acres contain coal de- are areas are included. During the past year 20,000 people have visited the Denver Tourist Bureau and 607,000 pieces of literature have been distributed by the bureau. The business during the past year amounts to approximately $80,000,000. --- Do You Know That— To make a bill of fare with ease, And one that's always sure to please, Start "soup" as a beginner. Next in order comes the fish Then some dainty little dish To take away the taste or fish And pave the way for dinner. —John Willy. Sweetbreads vary so in price in different markets that they may be The COLORADO STATESMAN called an expensive luxury in one place and an ordinary priced dish in others. Sweetbreads get their name from a fancied resemblance to the rising dough called an expensive luxury in one place and an ordinary priced dish in others. Sweet-breads get their name from a fancied resemblance to the rising dough of bread. When choosing sweetbreads see that they are fresh and large. Their color should be clear, and if they are not to be used immediately they should be parboiled. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF One of the best liked and perhaps the commonest ways of serving this dainty is in a cream sauce in ramkins or on toast. Parboil, then cut in bits, removing all of the connecting tissue. To blanch, cook in a little acidulated water, a tablespoonful of vinegar to a pint of water is sufficient. Then add them to a hot, rich white sauce, well seasoned, and serve. JOB PRINTING Sweetbread Salad.—Cut up a sweetbread that has been cooked, mix with an equal quantity of celery cut in dice, season well, add mayonnaise and serve on lettuce. Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs A SPECIALTY Sweetbreads and Peas.—This combination seems to be especially happy. Parboil two pairs of good sized sweetbreads with one sliced onion, a bay leaf and two or three cloves—saving the water to be used in making the sauce. Remove the fiber and pick the sweetbreads to pieces, mix with a cupful of fresh mushrooms that have been cooked in three tablespoonfuls of butter for ten minutes. Add a can of peas, drained of their liquor, a cupful of rich milk, salt, pepper, and a grating of nutmeg. Thicken with a tablespoonful each of butter and flour, add the liquor strained, and the sweetbread mixture. Serve in timbale cases or on toast. 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. Sweetbread Sandwiches.—Cut some cold boiled sweetbreads in thin slices, season with salt, pepper and finely chopped celery in mayonnaise, spread over the sweetbreads, then on top put a thinly cut slice of buttered bread. SEASONABLE DISHES When there are a few oysters left, and not enough for a meal, put one in each cake of sausage, pat out until quite thin, then cook as usual. The sausage will flavor the oyster and the oyster flavors the sausage. ```markdown ``` Sausages With Chestnuts.—Roast chestnuts and take the skins off; fry six small flat oval cakes of sausage meat. 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. when well browned take them out and pour off nearly all of the fat, mix it with a tablespoonful of flour and cook until brown. Add a pint of strong beef stock or gravy, a glass of grape jelly, some savory herbs, salt, pepper and paprika to taste. Bring to the boiling point, lay in the sausages and the chestnuts and stew very gently for an hour. Heap the chestnuts in the center of a hot platter, arrange the sausage around them and pour the strained gravy over all. Serve very hot. Sausages served with fried banana is another well liked dish. Add a glass of orange marmalade to your mincemeat if it seems to lack something which you cannot define. Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction Ripe olives, stoned and chopped, mixed with apple and celery, served with mayonnaise dressing is another good combination. Mock Chicken Salad.—Cook a pound of veal with a small piece of onion and celery until tender in boiling water. Chop the meat, add a cupful of finely cut celery, half a dozen stuffed olives cut in halves, marinate well in French dressing to which is added a little Worcestershire sauce. Mold in ice cream cones and serve on lettuce. Garnish with olives at the base of the cone. Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver Savory Cheese.—To a fourth of a pound of Roquefort add a cream cheese put through a ricer, add olive oil or cream to make it soft, season with a tablespoonful of grated onion, a tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley and a red pepper put through a sieve. A finely chopped green pepper may be substituted, add salt and cayenne, mix well, press into a small mold lined with waxed paper. Serve unmolded on a plate with toasted crackers served with it. Nellie Maxwell It is a seeming paradox that the best-flavored cinnamon bark is produced on poor, white, sandy soil. It must, however, have an abundance of moisture, the choiceest growing in a temperature of 85 degrees, where the rainfall is about one inch for every degree of temperature. Use Your Own Judgment. "Good advice," said Uncle EbEN, "is generally so mixed up wif bad advice dat you might as well take a chance on yoh own judgment." OOROROROROBOBOBOROROBOROBO CEO mC mC mipemintiaianin a acetal || oh : a ; : a ey cs : AD, sh L oe ay i 4 | ? a ay | ne ( | : » : Peg x (Fas. X i x f x | x f x ( ’ | | mi o AN [ Short Stout Regular Tall x ( x We Fit Them All For | We Fit them Or : ! : | x x g ( § x ( X ip e =—— ! f 2 0’ \ I ‘Suits coats : | ee ————— - : | I x $15, $18, $20, $22 Grades : ( X (eal es of suits and overcoats in every size for ¥ slim, stout, tall, short or regularly proportioned men » | is the great feature of our clearance sale. Here is the only I: | place in Denver where men of ANY style of figure can x be accurately fitted in the newest models, fabrics and color- , ( ings. The field for selection is unlimited, so you can ful- »® | fill your every individual preference. . , ! IML AY ( I aor ar eS jarani atari ia a ee ee se la ‘ en Ts ee et meena Te es cek yy | a i ee Ee ek ee ee a ll Ue: Entries the Largest Ever Had and Many Strong Features. The closing of entries for the Denver Stock Show, which opens on Monday, January 17, for a week, have sur- passed all previous records. In the breeding cattle division alone, eighty-two of the largest cattle herds in the United States will compete. There will be between 10,000 and 12,000 feeder cattle on exhibition and close to 4,000 registered bulls will be on exhibition and sale, No such number of pure-bred animals was ever gotten together any- where, as far as known, in the world, Every department of the show is completely filled, and Denver is expecting to entertain fully 40,000 stockmen and farmers from all parts of the country during the week. * As this is the first Be show to be held since the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease, there is more than usual interest in the event. The Hereford breeders of the country are claiming that they will put on at Denver the greatest national show of Hereford breeding cattle ever before seen anywhere in the world. Alf of the beef breeds and several of the dairy breeds are represented with strong exhibits, as well as fine exhibits in all of the borse breeds. The Horse Show, which is held in connection with the Stock Show, it is claim will be the largest Horse Show ever held in the West, including Chicago, St. Louis or Kansas City. The leading stables from Ohio west of the Pacific coast will be represented, The large number of feeder cattle and breeding cattle in carloads is a strong feature and is attracting the at- tention of stockmen from all parts of the country and it is expected that there will be at least $5,000,000 worth of cattle sold during the week, Denver is having an open winter and the outlook is very favorable for the usual fine weather that has been had at every Stock Show for the past ten years. EEE Life as It Really Is. | Revenue From Salt, Anyone can carry his ourden, how- Had to Cater to All. The taxation of salt as a source of ever heavy, till nightfall, Anyone can “I don't like the way this hotel js | nationai reyenue is common to many do his work, however nara, tor one |fun!” carped a peevish young travel-| countries. There are ten countries day. Anyone can live sweetly, pa- |!" salesman, “Neither do 1,* replied | in the worla, namely, Austria-Hun- tiently, iovingly, purely, tili the sun| the tandlord of Pruntytown tavern; | gary, China, Greece, India, italy, goes down. And that is ali that iite | “but ['ve got to entertain all the fools | Japan, Roumania, Serbia, Switzerlana ‘ever really means.—Robert Louta| that come along as well as the sen-| and Turkey where government salt gaa sible people.”—Judge. monopoly prevails THE BIG DENVER SHOW. Largest Ever Had and Many Strong yer Stock Show, which opens on Mon reeding cattle division alone, eighty-t 1 be between 10,000 and 12,000 feeder nd sale, No such number of pure-bred Every department of the show is cor | farmers from all parts of the count held since the outbreak of the foot : eford breeders of the country are cla d breeding cattle ever before seen an ; are represented with strong exhibits +h is held in connection with the Stoc icluding Chicago, St. Louis or Kansas esented. » and breeding cattle in carloads is a he country and it is expected that th ; having an open winter and the outl ock Show for the past ten years, Had to Cater to All, “I don't like the way this hotel Is run!” carped a peevish young travel- ing salesman, “Neither do 1,” replied the landlord of Pruntytown tavern; “but I've got to entertain all the fools that come along as well as the sen- sible people.”—Judge. Revenue From Salt, ‘The taxation of salt as a source of national revenue 18 common to many countries. There are ten countries in the worla, namely, Austria-Hun- gary, China, Greece, India, {taly, Japan, Roumania, Serbia, Switzeriana and Turkey where government salt monopoly orevails SHOULD BE OFTEN ON TABLE ghee PHONE MAIN 6123—Day or Night a : ‘ees ey DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING brie COMPANY ‘eee aatnee INCORPORATED AND BONDED | RESIDENCE PHONE YORK 7992. a i FRANK 8S. REED, ? 4 oF st, License Embalmer & Director. Seg oul Ta Lady ime si a nt ee pen 7 i. + a7 Poe | eI eee Y LEY COA. Parlors, 2745 Welton Street Denver, Colorado Apples May Be Served in So Many Ways That It Will Be Long Before They Pall. Apples served raw should be ripe. If they have come from the market they should be washed before being served. Pared and sliced apples may be kept from discoloring by putting them into salt solution, one.level tablespoonful of salt to three pints of cold water. Fine-flavored, fresh apples are not improved in cooking by the use of cin- namon or other condiments. To make “bird's nest,” fill a pie tin which has perpendicular sides, with apples cored and cut into eighths. Add @ very little water, cover with a bis- cuit crust, and bake 25 minutes, or un- til the apples are tender. When baked, turn the crust side down on a large platter, sprinkle with sugar and serve with cream, For apple sauce, prepare apples as for bird’s nest, place in an acid-proof saucepan with a small amount of wa- ter and cook until tender but not mushy. Add small amount of sugar, continue the cooking for a minute or two, and then remove and allow to cool. ee e j Sega Be | a Sie age cee s LRT TT Phe ET aaa ap a a Hach ld 2 f Fe % 3 ead DO DRY CLEANING AT HOME Satisfactory Results May Be Obtained Without the Expense of Pro- fessional Services. Make a stock solution of eight ounces strong ammonia, one-half ounce chloroform and one-half ounce ether. Cork tightly and keep away from the face, says the Scientific American. Dissolve one bar of naphtha soap in three gallons hot water, add one-half teaspoonful each of baking soda, salt and alum and threo tablespoontuls of ae ammonia-chloroform-ether mix- ture, To clean oriental or other rugs to their original brightness make a lather and dip a brush in it, shaking out su- perfluous water. Go over the rug with this brush and the lather dries out almost immediately. No harm what- ever is done to the best oriental rug. To sponge spots from clothing, even delicate silk, and upholstery, dip a soft sponge in the lather, wring as dry as possible and sponge off the spot. To wash sweaters, blankets or other flannels let the mixture become nearly cold, soak the garments in it half an hour or less, squeeze dry, rinse in clear water, squeeze dry and hang up. The various ingredients used not only remove grease and dirt but set and brighten colors. ay Mountain Athletic Club A high class Pool and Billiard room. A supberb Gymna- ‘sium and infact everytning that goes To make up a FISRT CLASS RESORT. RICHARD FRAZIER, Manager ~ 20143Champa Street. Denver, Colorado PHONES: MAIN 2274 & 2975 C. F. HALL THE COAL MAN (FORMERLY HALL AND EDWARDS) Coal, Wood and Express COAL, 20¢ PER SACK, OR 6 SACKS FOR......$1.00 KINDLING, 10¢ PER SACK, S COAL $4 .25per ton and up PROMPT DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY Phone Main 8559 521 TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET, Between Glenarm and Welton, DENVER. Boiled Potatoes With Onion Sauce. Boiled potatoes in their jackets with bacon and onion sauce. The potatoes are cooked soft in boiling water and sent to table smoking hot, still in their skins, with a bit of salt sprin- kled over them. Fach person peels his own potato and eats it with this sauce. Get half a pound of smoked bacon, not too fat, remove the rind and chop into small dice; fry until they begin to crisp, then add an equal amount of chopped onion, mix and cook slowly, stirring occasionally until the onion is a fine yellow color, but not to blacken. Serve hot in gravy boat. It has a delicious flavor and is not as indigestible as it sounds. ‘Gasset Gulla: Here is a very inexpensive cake which is original with me. It is very moist, and never fails. Put into you sieve one cupful sugar, one and one half cupfuls flour, two level teaspoon fuls baking powder (or one-half tea spoonful soda, one teaspoonful crear of tartar), one teaspoonful cinnamon one-half teaspoonful cloves, one-hal teaspoonful salt. Sift all this intc your mixing bowl. Break in onc egg. Add three tablespoonfuls melted butter, also two-thirds cupful warm water (not boiling) and a teaspoonful vanilla. Beat well. Bake rather slow ly. Frost when cool with white frost ing. TOM LEWIS, Prop. DENVER, COLORADO. ase aes ° | The Marian Hotel ; The Only Colored Hotel in Denver WAS 43 | aha Annex Cafe Short Orders at All Hours 4 Chinese Dishes of All Kinds —_ 1835-37-39 ARAPAHOE STREET. PRIVATE DINING ROOMS PHONE MAIN 7413 Household Help. A good idea is a list of all jellies and preserves either in the kitchen or fruit closet where it may be add ed to or checked as preserves aré made or used, In making suet pudding if you grind the suet and steam the pudding in a tube nan it will be infinitely improved, Homemade pistachio flavor is made in the following way: ‘Tie in mus lin a handful of bruised peach leaves, cover with either water or milk, and let stand to absorb the flavor. Hither milk or water in quantity to use ir the cake or dish you wish flavored. ED OE A A hh hE BD ED EDAD KOE KD KD ED ED KD KD KOKO KO KG ; TOM JOHNSON, Pres HENRY BARLEY, Sec. 3 é GASAWAY WALTON, Treas. : e ‘Eureka Social Club | 7 Billiards and Pool : —————————e r i CAFE IN CONNECTION Visitors Cordially Invited PHONE MAIN 3976 - 2235 Arapahoe St. | DENVER, COLO. | Scho SINC 2 5s ON ate elect erate UA 2 Sa i ae fe Neatness in Buffet Drawer. Bleached canton flannel is used to make these handy knife and fork eases. Bind them with blue ribbon and use the same ribbon for tying the cases when rolled up. Stitch places for a dozen knives. The out- line “Knives” and “Forks” may be done in blue also on the cases. A case like this will add much to the tidiness of buffet drawers. Raw Carrots. Take nice, fresh, crisp carrots, scrape and put through a food chop- per, using the coarse knife. To each pint of carrots add two tablespoon- fuls melted butter, one teaspoonful sugar and salt to taste. Sand Soap in Your Food Chopper. If the knives of your food chopper become black and dull, run a piece of sand soap through the chopper as you would a potato. It brightens and sharpens the knives and they cut like new.