Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO Unusual Conditions Call For A Man Of Blood And Iron VOL. XX11. Unusual tions Ca Man Ar —"Jonathan Cover." The latest reports from centers of large political interest and influence all over the country seem to indicate that the probable nominee as the Republican candidate for the presidency will be either Justice Hughes or ex-President Roosevelt. A strenuous effort has been made and is still being made to stimulate the Fairbanks boom, while the followers of Weeks, Root and Burton are working overtime and all the time to convince the politicians that their man is the logical candidate and that if he is named there will be nothing more to it but a hurrah and a shout. Neither the people or the politicians, however, are to be fooled by this favorite son twaddle. They know that this sort of stuff has got to come through as a kind of tribute, either to the personality, the achievements, the ability, the patriotism or what-not of the eminent citizens of certain states and they know, too, that when the time comes, these make-believe booms will be content to take their permanent place in history among the many who are known to fame as having had strong backing, at one time or another in their career, for the highest position in the gift of the American people. Of course such fame as even this is the highest kind of reward for some of those who have had the honor, while in the case of others, such tribute but indifferently recognizes their devotion, ability and splendid service to the state and nation. Such is the case of Mr. Root, than whom few men are more widely or favorably known and whose record for public service and achievement is so conspicuous or so distinguished. As Secretary of War, Secretary of State, as Senator from the great state of New York, as founder and promoter of the Federation of American Republics, the work of Mr. Root has placed him in the very forefront of constructive American statesmen. In different conditions, with the trend of domestic and international affairs in a safely normal state; with the wheels of governmental intercourse turning smoothly and regularly on the well greased axles of diplomacy; with no necessity for a time limit on the processes of delib- eration—in such circumstances it is reasonable to believe that the American people would find in Mr. Root a most attractive subject as standard bearer for Republicanism in the contest that is now fast approaching. Unhappily the conditions that have been suggested do not prevail. Neither at home or abroad is there the faintest approach to a condition that in any sense may be considered normal. The United States, standing alone among the great powers, finds itself in a position to be of use to all and by the same token to be abused by all. The hand that directs the course of the ship of state during the next four years must be firm and reflect the will of a mind whose grasp of the intricate world problems and their influence upon American privileges and prospects is as true and steady as the needle to the pole. It won't do to allow personal spites and prejudices to dominate or dictate a choice at a time when clouds are dark and complications are seriously threatening. The times and conditions call for an undiluted Americanism; a patriotism that cannot be questioned and a courage that is unfaltering. However closely we scrutinize the field of possibilities under this appraisement; with whatever degree of partiality we may view the equipment of a particular choice or minimize the shortcomings of an especial favorite, it seems inevitable that there looms before us the superior talents and indomitable courage of one, who though tried and tested by the fierce white heat of partisan strife and malice, must still be acclaimed the dominant moral and political force of the age and nation. He, the fearless champion of international justice; a veritable stone wall for the protection of Americans wherever they may be domiciled and the insistent advocate of a righteous impartiality in the distribution of citizen privileges among all the races and classes of all our people. If we think of Mexico and her protracted era of murderous misrule and violence; if we think of the hundreds of Americans who have gone down to death in the sea through submarine activity, and if we think of the persistent outrages upon our Negro citizens and his callous abandonment in DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. MAY 20, 1916 State Hist & Nat Hist Bottles State House ADO E JOURNAL G, MONTAN DENVER COLORADO a civil way by those who are charged with the duty of his protection—then indeed it is that we recognize how serious is our condition; how desperate is our need for the blood and iron of a Roosevelt to invigorate the solidarity of our nation life and to tone and strengthen the impulse for equal justice and a square deal for all Americans. Work of President Hubbard at Maharry Nashville, Tenn.—There were 132 graduates in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nurse training at the Meharry Medical College to receive diplomas at the hands of President George W. Hubbard at the fortieth commencement of that institution held here Thursday night. In all the Meharry school has turned out 1,369 professional men and women of the race, ninety-five per cent of who have remained in the professions and are highly successful, as has been shown by, an investigation recently made public by President Hubbard. These graduates have incomes ranging from $500 to $5,000 yearly, and a very large proportion of them own their own homes and have well equipped offices and libraries. Bishop C. H. Phillips of the C. M. E. church delivered the commencement address. He is a medical graduate of the school and has two sons who finished their medical courses at the institution. Credit for the success of the Meharry College is due to Dr. George Whipple Hubbard, who has spent forty years in the work. He came South just after the war and began teaching the slaves and their children how to read and write. He studied medicine, while doing missionary work, in the Vanderbilt University at Nashville and at the University of Tennessee. He had already finished his literary education in the East. After graduating from both of the medical schools, he took up the work of establishing the Meharry College. He has always been relied upon by the colored citizens of Nashville as being with them in any and all matters pertaining to racial conditions here and has proven a wise counsellor, a true friend to them, and is often spoken of here as "The sainted Hubbard." Among the graduates were two from New York, G. W. Johnson and R. S. Smith. The British West Indies, Liberia, Africa, South America, Panama and almost every state in the Union, were represented. The address of Bishop Phillips was a strong one and was heard by more than 5,000 interested spectators. In part he said: "Write of Booker T. Washington and we will tell of his wonderful work at Tuskegee. Or make Tuskegee the subject and you will write the history of Washington, for Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute are inseparably connected. "Write of Meharry Medical College and you will mention in one breath the name of the Meharry brothers and the name of Dr. G. W. Hubbard. The student of history as he reviews the existence of American slavery will be reminded of the firmness, the inflexible conscience for the right, of the gentleness as tender as that of a woman, of the moderation of spirit which the heat of party could not inflame nor the disturbances of his country shake, of Abraham Lincoln who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, unloosed the chains of 4,000,000 slaves, relit the flames of national glory and made the welkin ring with the shouts of freedom. One of the wisest maxims of Pythagoras to his pupil was that he should "reverence himself." Self-respect is the best garment with which you may clothe your self. Sustained by this high ideal, you will not defile your bodies by sensuality nor pollute your minds by servile thoughts. "Carry this sentiment into daily life and it will be found at the foundation of honor, integrity, cleanliness, sobriety, chastity, morality and religion. Success treads on the heels of every right effort. It lies along the highway of steadfast well doing and if you will achieve it, you must very largely rely upon yourselves, your own independent energies, habits of industry and attention to business details." Handicap In Business We Our selves Make (From Philadelphia Tribune.) A great many people have an idea that it is easy to succeed in any sort of business that much money can be made out of, rather than in the kind of business about which they know most. Those people have the greatest success in any business who know most about the branch of it that they engage in and master as to all of its details. The rule holds good in all kinds of business ventures, both great and small, but most people do not know it and fail oftener than they succeeded because of their ignorance. For instance, it is said that more people fail in trying to raise poultry for the market than in any other kind of business, simply because poultry raising looks easy, while really being very difficult. City folks who go to the country to raise poultry as a side business are said to have more failures than success for comfort. Do Afro-Americans who venture into business enterprises have more sorts of troubles and difficulties than other sorts of people? Many think that they have. The Newport News (Va.) Star has the following to say about some phases of the matter concerning which the Tribune has often Say what you will or may, the Negro who attempts to do any sort of business which makes him entirely dependent upon his own people, has a terrible handicap to carry. "Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise," is an axiom as old as time, and a great many people attribute the tendency of the Negro to help everybody but his own, to his ignorance. This assertion might go unchallenged, if it could be shown that all of the Negroes are ignorant, but when it is known that, so many Negroes lay just claim to intelligence and take commendable pride in considering themselves smart, the charge that ignorance is the cause of the lack of race affiliation falls flat. If the truth is known the race suffers more now at the hand, and through the scheming and cunning of those, who are really intelligent than those to who are woefully ignorant. Opposition is the life of trade, and however much the white man may feel peeved at the man who outruns him in business, it does not produce the effect of driving him to build up another race of people to the exclusion of his own. "That is to say, Afro-Americans do not care to buy and sell of each other, if they can find some other race to buy and sell of, and they do not care to work for each other if they can find any other race to emply them. This is very generally and lamentably so now in all parts of the country, but it is far from being as much so as it has been in the past. Circumstances have worked the whole matter in the direction of self-help, that is, "help ye one another," making it so that if others would not hire us or buy and sell of us we should have to do it of ourselves. Our professional men and women, especially doctors and druggists and lawyers and preachers and school teachers and stage folks are making some success, as our tradesmen are, soley on this account, that they have to employ and buy and sell of each other because others will not and are not doing it generally, and show a disposition to do it less. Apparently we are developing more and more the race conditions so vividly described by Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, in his novel "Imperia ad Imperio," that is, an empire in an empire, a race within a race, in which we must cleave to each other if we would survive and not perish. We seem powerless to resist the tendency among the mixed white races of the United States and of the world to throw the black, red and yellow races back upon themselves in all intellectual and social matters, and to leave them to work out their salvation or perish in the effort. We do not imagine that those of us in the United States were brought here to perish, but it does not appear as yet to the most intelligent mind NO 40 what we were brought here for and how we shall work out our salvation in the "new and better covenant," which the average Christian is yet looking for to come but is already upon them. A TOWN OF NEGROES ALONE. Birmingham, Ala., May 7.—After several years struggle against heavy odds, including local unsympathetic sentiment and gloomy predictions of failure by white people of neighboring towns, Hobson City, the only municipality in the United States, with one exception, which is wholly populated and conducted by Negroes, has won its battle by demonstrating that it is a pronounced success. When the plan to found an exclusively Negro town in the South was proposed scarcely any white people in the Anniston district, where it is located, dreamed it would work out. But the Negroes were not discouraged and went ahead. Now Hobson City is firmly established as a progressive town and governs itself successfully both in a financial way and in law enforcement and observance. Back in 1900 this exclusively Negro town was started by a band of Negroes who obtained a charter and incorporated. The population shows a gain of 150 per cent. No man without employment is allowed to stay in the town. Either a job is found for him or he is required to move away. The town has four churches with a combined membership of 700, a good public school with 250 pupils, a dozen progressive stores, waterworks, electric lights, police and sanitary departments, a well built jail, and a governing board elected every two years. It is the only town in the state that is out of debt and has money in the treasury. More than half the citizens own their own homes. Some of its residents produce within a stone's throw of the town limits from $800 to $1,500 worth of cotton and other farm products besides large quantities of vegetables and fruits. Hobson City's governing board consists of seven councilmen, a mayor and four other municipal officers, including a chief of police. Every resident of the town is a Negro. Cape May, May 9.—Standpatters were surprised when the complete returns for delegates from the Second New Jersey congressional district in the Republican primaries showed that William F. Cozart, colored, a waiter in a hotel of Atlantic City, with the declaration as a supporter of Theodore Roosevelt after his name, won in the primary as one of the two delegates over Richard M. More, glass manufacturer of Bridgeton. Cozart has defeated More by more than 300 votes. The other delegate chosen is Harry C. Knight, of Burlington county. Cozart was the only man whose declaration for Roosevelt was printed on the ticket. Christopher S. Hand and Alfred B. Miller, a Roosevelt man, are alternates. Unforgettable. Man forgets much in this world, but ask any of the old ones if he has forgotten the lessons he learned at mother's and across father's knee.—Houston Post. 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 Another Zeppelin has been brought down off the coast of Norway. Germans enter British trenches in Ploegisteert wood, but are ejected. Germans repulse Russian attack south of Garbunovka with heavy casualties. Russians bring up fresh forces in drive toward Bagdad and occupy Rowanduz region. Two more leaders in the Irish rebellion, James Connolly and John McDermott, were shot in Dublin. Germans attack and occupy Russian trenches in the lake region near Dvinsk but later are expelled. French curtain of fire checks German infantry attacks before Verdun though Berlin reports French losses as sanguinary. An Austrian assault of extraordinary violence on the Isonzo front resulted in the capture of 2,500 men and many guns. News is awaited with anxiety of the powerful German fleet which is reported to have departed for Riga, on the Baltic sea. London admits loss of 500 yards of trenches near Vermelles in German night attack, but claims part of ground regained in counter assault. Germans made three attacks against British trenches between the river Somme and Maricourt but were driven out after entering one trench. Another raid into American territory by Mexican bandits was made at McKinley Springs ranch, sixty-seven miles south of Marathon, Tex. Three bandits, including Julio Cardenas, a Villista leader, were killed in a skirmish with an American detachment near Rubio ranch, twenty miles east of Lake Itascate, Mexico. The growing importance and success of the Russian drive through the Caucasus in the most important development of the war. Petrograd reports swift progress through Kurdistan toward the Bagdad railroad and an enveloping movement which threatens to trap a Turkish army of 250,000 men. WESTERN Armed Mexicans are patrolling the Rio Grande opposite Hidalgo Tex., sixty-five miles west of Brownsville. A band, believed to be Mexicans, seized ten head of horses at Poole's ranch, eleven miles east of Shafter, Tex. Killing frosts for several nights have caused heavy damage in Oregon and southern Idaho to the fruit, vegetable and grain crops. Gov. McDonald of New Mexico, granted a 21-day reprieve to the seven bandits sentenced to die at Deming, May 19 for the raid on Columbus. The resignation of Harold F. McCormick as treasurer of the International Harvester Company and the International Harvester corporation was announced in Chicago. Orders to close the Academy of the Sacred Heart of St. Joseph, Mo., were received from the headquarters of that organization in Rome. The academy was established sixty-three years ago. Col. Henry C. Olney of Sand Point, Idaho, former newspaper editor and former State Insurance Commissioner of Colorado, died in Boise from heart failure while addressing the annual state convention of Royal Arch Masons. WASHINGTON President Wilson nominated Melville C. Hankins postmaster at Douglas, Ariz. Cotton used during April amounted to 531,716 running bales, against 514,009 last April, according to the census bureau. The nomination of George Rublee of New Hampshire, as a member of the federal trade commission was rejected by the Senate. Proposed regulations for the protection of migratory birds to become effective Aug. 16 next or whenever thereafter they are approved by the President, have been issued by Secretary Houston. An optimistic view of the Mexican border situation was laid before President Wilson and his cabinet by Secretary Baker, after a long conference with Maj. Gen. Scott, chief of staff. Envoys of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage brought their 10,000-mile thirty-eight-day tour of the country to a climax with a final plea to about fifty representatives and senators gathered in the rotunda of the capitol for passage of the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment at this session of Congress. FOREIGN British steamer Eretria sunk. Sir Roger Casement was placed on trial Monday in London on a charge of treason. Premier Asquith's Belfast conference reveals a determination of Unionists to snub Irish Nationalists. Paper currency amounting to $46,000,000, was burned in the courtyard of the national palace in Mexico City—part of the old Vera Cruz issue. An official report to parliament states that since the beginning of the war Switzerland has imported mostly from America, corn worth 249,000,000 francs. Australia will assist in organizing an expedition for the relief of Sir Ernest H. Shackelton, the British Antarctic explorer, by supplying officers and twenty-six men who will be provisioned for eighteen months. The Spanish foreign office has received a note from the German government, acknowledging that the steamer Sussex was torpedoed by a German submarine, the explanation being given that the commander honestly believed it to be a warship. Eighty-five cases of smallpox, forty-seven of them in San Juan, Porto Rico, have been reported on the island, being the first cases of the disease since 1911. The department of sanitation plans to vaccinate the 1,000,000 inhabitants of the islands. Four Austrian prisoners of war were killed and fifteen were wounded as a result of an outbreak in the internment camps at Kapuskasing, on the transcontinental railway, sixty miles west of Cochrane, according to reports which reached the militia department at Ottawa. Maj. Gen. Charles Townshend, commander of the British forces which surrendered at Kut-El-Amara, who as cousin of the Marquis Townshend, was heir-presumptive to the marquisate, lost his claim to the title. A son and heir was born to the marquis, and the Marchioness Townshend, who hitherto have had no children. SPORTING NEWS Champion Freddie Welsh was barred from fighting in Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Boxing Commission for four months for keeping the crowd waiting thirty minutes before appearing for his recent bout with Ever Hammerer in Milwaukee. GENERAL Mrs. Louis Schwartzattel of Brooklyn, N. Y., has become the mother of boy triplets. An increase of from 10 to 30 cents a ton in the wholesale prices of anthracite coal was announced at Philadelphia. Wool clip selling at $32\frac{1}{2}$ cents has established a new record for Wyoming. The price was received for the lamb clip of John Flynn of Douglas Thirteen negroes are reported to have been burned to death and between thirty and forty were badly injured in a panic resulting from a fire in a motion picture theater at Wallaceton, Va. Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court had a lead of about two to one over Theodore Roosevelt in the Republican presidential primaries in Vermont, according to the showing of incomplete returns. Great interest is being exhibited by many towns in the Billings, Mont., district in the celebration to be held on Custer's battlefield, June 25, in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the massacre. As long as any nation exalts power, the United States must be ready to preserve that for which our forefathers fought. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels declared in an address on national preparedness in New York. There are 275,000 feeble-minded persons in the United States and only 18,788 are in institutions devoted to their care, according to a statement made at Indianapolis at the national conference of Charities and Corrections by Joseph P. Byers of Philadelphia, secretary of the commission of provision for the feeble-minded. All railway safety records were broken in 1915, when 325 American roads, reporting to the bureau of railway news and statistics in Chicago, went through the entire fiscal year of June 30 without a single fatality to a passenger in a train accident. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., addressing the Cleveland session of the international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America, urged a campaign to be called "the every-Christian-man-at-work movement. Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. June 17- Nineteenth annual Strawberry Festival and Carnival at Glenwood Springs. June 22-25 -Colo. Christian Endeavor Convention, at Greeley. Aug. 2 -National Convention of Representatives of Negro Race at Denver. Aug. 8 -Democratic State Assembly at Denver. May 18 was clean-up day in Creede. Many dairy cows are being shipped into the Loveland district. A charter has been granted for a new national bank at Otis. Fort Morgan is to have a new base ball park and fair ground. R. W. Speer was inaugurated as mayor of Denver on Wednesday. Ralph Ackerman, 32, was arrested in Denver on a white slave charge. The' W. of the W. held their district convention at Glenwood Springs. trict convention at Glenwood Springs. The Boulder County Tungsten Producers' Association has been organized at Nederland. School District No. 76 at Frederick voted $14,500 bonds for a new school building. O. L. Smith of Denver who died a few days ago, left an estate valued at $38,000. Summer excursion fares are now in force to Colorado, New Mexico and Utah points. Geo. W. Schell was arrested in Denver on a bigamy charge. He gave a $1,000 bond. Joe Castro, an Italian miner, was struck by an engine at Trinidad, and instantly killed. Loveland is planning a Fourth of Julyly celebration in connection with the Chautauqua. John Sosso, Swiss, was arrested at Greeley for threats against the life of Mrs. John Stillwell. Great preparations are being made for strawberry festival day at Glenwood Springs, June 17. Chas, Petrie, of Loveland, marketed seven car loads of lambs, a bunch of the best selling at $12.25 per cwt. The discovery of tungsten on the North Star Lode claim at Ouray has caused the tax title to be attacked in court. It is stated that fully 95 per cent of the beet acreage at Fort Morgan is in, and 30 per cent is up and looking fine. The youngest couple ever married in Pueblo county it is believed, were Charley Blanda, 16, and Virginia Costanda, 14. John T. Bottom, Jr., of Denver, passed the examination for appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Robt. T. McGrew, well-known Denver and Sedgwick banker, died at Sedgwick. The funeral was in charge of Denver Masons. Geo. Botts, arrested on a statutory charge at Loveland, was held for trial in the District Court, but was released on giving bond. The case of Mrs. Sophia Gertrude Chellew against the Stratton estate for a widow's share, was started at Colorado Springs Tuesday. The cornerstone for the new M. E. Church at Brighton was laid with appropriate ceremonies, and work is now progressing on the building. P. M. Flannigan, 22 years old, fell 1,000 feet down the shaft at the Idaho Springs mill. His body was crushed so as to be almost unreecognizable. Rienzi Dickens took the stand in his own behalf Tuesday at Boulder and declared that he did not fire the shot that killed his father—the Longmont banker. A 3 per cent gain in building operations for April of this year over April, 1915, in Denver, is shown in statistics compiled by the American Contractor at Chicago. James Dolphin, Jr., 4-year-old son of James Dolphin, was killed by a cake of ice falling upon him from an ice wagon on which he was riding near his home in Denver. F. O. Nelson, the miner who was caught in a slide of concentrates in the Golden Cycle mine at Victor, and released apparently unhurt, after nearly twelve hours, died at the District hospital. Heavy falls of snow recently have put a temporary stop to prospecting for tungsten in the neighborhood of Tabernash and other points on the western slope of the Continental divide. Marion Oakes, 45, is in the county jail at Trinidad, charged with assault with intent to kill and a statutory crime against Mrs. Maud Long, 35, who lives on Mustang creek, in the northeastern part of Las Animas county. Oakes denies he is guilty and declares he will tell the true story at his preliminary hearing, which is set for May 22. The city of Ouray, acting with the Ouray Woman's Club and the Ouray Commercial Club, has designated Wednesday, May 24, as the Clean-Up day for Ouray. --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN OUTLOOK IN CENTENNIAL STATE BETTER THAN USUAL. Federal Report Shows Conditions Generally Promise Results Above the Average. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver—Colorado is further advanced with spring plowing this year than last and is way ahead of the ten-year average, according to the monthly report of the federal bureau of crop estimates. The same condition obtains in reference to spring planting. Meadow and pasture conditions are equal to that of last year and even with the ten-year average. The farmers have made good progress in marketing hay and have less on hand than this time last year. Wheat is bringing the same money as on May 1, 1915. The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West The following summary of the May crop report for the state of Colorado is compiled by the federal bureau of crop estimates: Winter Wheat.—May 1 forecast, 7,090,000 bushels; production last year (final estimate), 8,060,000; two years ago, 6,250,000; 1909-13 average, 3,762,000 bushels. Rye.—May 1 forecast, 466,000 bushels; production last year (final estimate), 525,000; two years ago, 368,000 bushels. Meadows.—May 1 condition, 94; compared with the ten-year average of 94. Pasture.—May 1 condition, 89; compared with the ten-year average of 91. Spring Plowing.—Per cent done to May 1, 1916, estimated, 74; compared with 59 May 1 last year, and 66, the ten-year average. Spring Planting.-Per cent done to May 1, 1916, estimated, 65; compared with 54 May 1, last year, and 58, the ten-year average. ARELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. Hay.—Old crop on farms May 1, estimated, 213,000 tons; compared with 396,000 a year ago, and 219,000 two years ago. Prices.—The first price given below is the average on May 1 this year, and the second the average on May 1 last year. Wheat, 92c and $1.22 per bushel; corn, 69c and 66c; oats, 52c and 55c; potatoes, $1.01 and 72c; hay, $9.70 and $7.60 per ton; eggs, 19c and 19c per dozen. United States—Wheat $1.02 and $1.39 per bushel; corn, 72.3 and 77.7; oats, 42.6 and 53.4; potatoes, 94.8 and 50.5; hay, $12.20 and $11.82 per ton; eggs, 18.1 and 17.1 per dozen. Jilted Suitor Saved From Noose. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Jilted Suitor Saved From Noose. Lamar—Caveman courtship ran afoul of cowboy justice on the banks of Mustang creek in Baca county. Only for the arrival of Deputy District Attorney W. A. Merrill in a swift automobile as the noose was being adjusted about the neck of the primitive rejected suitor, the body of Marion A. Oakes would have dangled from a tree on the border of the creek. By racing fifty miles in a commandeered machine, W. A. Merrill, the deputy, was able to save Oakes from the hands of a mob of cowboys who had hunted him down after he knocked Mrs. Maude Long, a widow, unconscious in her ranch house and had attacked her, according to the story she told in the hospital. Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. Rich Ore in Prince Albert. Cripple Creek.—A rich strike has been made on the Eureka claim of the Prince Albert group of mines on the southern slope of Beacon hill by Frank Pavitte, a sub-lesssee under Alderman Frank Vetter of this city. In a winze sunk about 30 feet below the land tunnel level Pavitt is mining and sacking high grade ore. The values, as shown by assay, run as follows: Sand streak 2 in. wide, 226.52 oz. gold or $4,530.40 to the ton. Quartz streak 6 in. wide, 8.56 oz. gold ore, $171.20 to the ton. A grab sample of the ore, before sorting and sacking, runs 12.36 oz. gold ore $247.20 to the ton. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. Crushed Under Auto in Arroyo. Trinidad.-Everett Berkeley, 31, formerly of Boulder and Denver, was crushed to death under a new automobile which he was instructing A. C. Suit to operate, when the machine became unmanageable and plunged over the embankment of a 15-foot arroyo. Suit was badly injured but will probably recover. Nazarene Assembly Elects Officers. Greeley-The Rev. R. L. Plumb of Colorado Springs was selected as district superintendent of the Colorado-Wyoming-Utah district of the Nazarene church, which held its assembly here. The Rev. S. R. Heath of Denver was chosen district treasurer. TWODOLLARSAYEAR Cuts Tungsten Price to $50. Nederland—A further drop in the tungsten market was felt when J. G. Clark of Boulder announced that he would buy on a $50 schedule for 60 per cent ore, in place of the $60 schedule that has been in force the last two weeks. Find $10 Pound Ore at Gold Hill. Boulder—Gold ore worth $10 to the pound was uncovered in the Great Britain mine at Gold Hill. One shot brought 400 pounds of the ore, worth $4,000. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Throughout the various departments of the Birmingham (Ala.) industrial high school a practical spirit is constantly seen. In the sewing room girls are taught to sew all of the ordinary thin things which must be used in every home. The costumes for our annual musicales are always made here, and no girl can graduate until she makes her entire outfit, the dresses of which must come within the limit of $1. That this can be done and the result be pleasing alike to eye and purse you can easily judge by looking at the dresses of the girls who sit upon this platform. Our emergency room is an instance of all working together. Several pieces of furniture, including one of the beds, was made in the carpentry department. The sewing room furnished the quilts, the art department made the placards over the door and the Mothers' Improvement association furnished the medicines to go into our school-made chest. Our superintendent once made the remark that our school was the least expensive one to the city in the system. Instead of having someone do things for us, the only expense incurred is for materials, as we do the work ourselves. The only outsider who has done any work at our school for over three years was a plumber, and if our city did not have such funny plumbing rules our boys would have done that work. When books fall to pieces, as these cheaply bound editions are sure to do, the bookbinding department resews and binds them, thereby often making them more durable than at first. These are then put into bookcases made by the boys, for our office contains but one piece of bought furniture, and that is the principal's desk. Not satisfied with furniture making, this year our boys went a step further and built a sanitary drinking fountain so that the health of all the children can now be safeguarded by drinking from a bubbling stream. In our cooking department girls are taught to practice economy in the most-needed place of all—the kitchen. The dining room contains an extension table, buffet and chairs, all of school manufacture. The art department stenciled the curtains which hang at the windows. Our room lunch is offering a most excellent opportunity for a development of business thrift. Ten girls of the senior class were chosen last March to work in pairs and serve one day in each week. They were given the same amount of money as a beginning and told to plan their own means and keep their own accounts. At the close of the semester the results were as follows: Team 1 has made $6.15; team 2, $6.08; team 3, $9.30; team 4, $7.61; team 5, $7.72. During the term two baseball teams have been entertained at our building. The emergency room was turned into a dormitory and meals were cooked and served at the dining room to the complete satisfaction of all concerned. Danger to four hundred American Mormon colonists at Colonia Dublan was removed by the arrival of a portion of Colonel Dodd's cavalry column there. Dublan is south of Casas Grandes. The Tenth cavalry, Negroes, reported to have been the first to enter Mexico, south of Hachita, early Thursday, composed the Dublan relief party. The march of Colonel Dodd's forces from Hachita to Casas Grandes, a dis Racial feeling emphasized by color persists in spite of broader and more humanizing influences. Gradually, however, the line of demarcation is being expunged and the fellowship of intellect and spirit is being recognized as supreme. A notable instance occurred the other day in the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. It followed a discussion as to whether a Negro clergyman should be considered eligible for election to the bishopric. Many white members of the conference took part in the debate, and it was evident from their speeches that sympathies were widening and prejudices yielding ground. Then Rev. W. H. Brooks, a Negro pastor, closed the discussion in a plea of remarkable eloquence. The vote was taken. It stood 123 to 15 in favor of wiping out the color line. The colored Methodists have their own denominational bodies, in which all ecclesiastical offices are filled by them. The policy hitherto has been to encourage this religious segregation, but the New York conference leads the way in a demonstration that Interest in the Booker T. Washington memorial is increasing, says the Indianapolis News. The colored people here were asked to take some share in providing the $2,000 000 endowment needed for the maintenance and development of Tuskegee institute. A vigorous campaign was waged under the direction of Thomas E. Taylor. The city of Jacksonville, Ill., was named for a prominent colored preacher, and is perhaps the largest community in the country named for a Negro. tance of slightly over one hundred miles, is said by General Funston to be one of the finest marching records held in American army history. Funston stated that smaller bodies of picked men had made marches of 70 miles in 24 hours, but that for a large force to maintain an average speed of 50 miles a day in rough, desert country is most remarkable. Led by Mormons who had left their families in Dublan, Dodd's horsemen were in the saddle almost continuously for 60 hours. Spurred on by reports that the colonists were in danger of massacre by Villistas, the troopers covered 100 miles of the most difficult desert country in Chihuahua on forced marches that will go down in the annals of army history. The column took advantage of the knowledge of the Mormon scouts, who knew every water hole, trail and road along the route. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, with headquarters in New York, has addressed to the senate and house committees on military affairs an urgent plea that in the formation of additional regiments for the army under the pending army bills two new regiments of infantry and two regiments of artillery be recruited from the colored men of the country. Under existing law there are two colored cavalry regiments and two of infantry. The president of the association is Moorfield Storey of Boston and the treasurer is Oswald Garrison Villard of New York. Among the vice presidents is Archibald H. Grimke of New York. In its letter to the committees the association points out that the adjutant general of the army has stated he doubted, if 175,000 regulars could be recruited in the United States. "There is no difficulty in recruiting colored regiments," says the letter. It discusses the fine record made by the colored soldiers of the army since the days of the Civil war, and states that there have been fewer desertions from the colored regiments than from the white. The colored soldiers are much better fitted for service in the tropics than the white, the records have proved, the letter asserts. In conclusion, it says: "When ten regiments and several units of artillery were added to the army in 1901, the colored citizens of America were deeply offended that Secretary Root failed to recommend the establishment of any colored regiment. "Now that the question is before congress again, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urges that the right of these 10,000,000 citizens to participate to the full in every phase of our national life be recognized by designating two of the artillery regiments and two of infantry, of those about to be created by congress, as open for enlistment to colored Americans. "If hyphenated citizenship is a weakness of the body politic, why insist that ten million men and women must remain Afro-Americans unto the fourth and fifth generations?" To lessen the amount of metal used in fire escapes a Hungarian living in Canada has patented one the chief feature of which is a basket to be lowered by ropes from a bracket fastened to a window frame. the Christian spirit outlives race prejudice. In speaking on "Pafriotism, the Highest Civic Virtue," at the annual observance of "patriotic night" by Bethel Literary and Historical association at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, Washington, Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota lauded the colored race, saying that "none had been more faithful nor more loyal to the flag than those of the colored race in the remarkable rise of the United States in the galaxy of nations of the world through the universal spirit of patriotism among her faithful sons and daughters." Other speakers were Representative Martin B. Madden, Mrs. Isabelle Worrell Ball, Mrs. Mary Vannes Fauth, patriotic instructor of the department; Lieut. Arthur C. Newman, D. C. N. G.; Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, Rt. Rev. L. J. Choppin, bishop of the diocese; Rev. C. H. Stepteaul and M. A. D. Madre, president of the organization. Burma has 4,730,810 oxen, 178,690 goats and 1,080,982 buffaloes. In a modern battle 100,000 men may be killed and wounded, but the tubercle bacillus slaughters 147,600 of our citizens yearly, and 1,500,000 remain infected, the greater number of which will die of tuberculosis. A church, said to be the smallest in America, was recently dedicated in Manchester, N. H. The main auditorium is 18 by 28 feet, with seats for about 70 persons. In a tiny gallery are seats for 28. There is also a vestry and a basement. SEVEN DENIED PAROLE DUTCH SHIP SUNK. BOARD COMMUTES TERM OF TRACK OBSTRUCTOR. Antone Perme Is Said to Have Committed Prison Offense Through Ignorance of Law. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver—The State Pardon Board granted a communation of the sentence of Antone Perme, an Austrian in the state penitentiary convicted in Pueblo county of obstructing a railroad track. He was sentenced in 1913 to serve from ten to twenty years. The judge who passed the sentence wrote the board of pardons stating he believed the man committed the crime through ignorance, as he had just come from Austria at that time. He said in the letter to the board that he had sentenced him according to the law and had passed the lightest sentence possible. Perme, with several other boys, put rocks on a railroad track near Pueblo while playing "duck-on-the-rock" and left them there after the game was finished. Paroles were denied the following: John Bradley, sentenced from Denver for murder to thirty-five to forty-five years; George Gunn; James Harwood, sentenced for murder; John Kuykendall, sentenced for robbery; Nicholas Lara, sentenced to life for killing his section boss with a spade; Daniel Reagan, sentenced from Denver for murder; Meliton Frujillo, a sheepherder, sentenced to life imprisonment. Witnesses were heard in the case of Gerritt I. Van Wyk, convicted in 1907 of the murder of his sister-in-law, Gertrude Hafft, and serving a life sentence from Logan county. The case attracted wide attention at the time. Van Wyk has always insisted that the woman killed herself. Collects $5,581 in Inheritance Taxes. Collects $5,581 in Inheritance Taxes. Leslie E. Hubbard, state inheritance tax appraiser, announced the collection of $5,581 in inheritance taxes. The collections were: Wardwell G. Robin- $11,366 $415.38 William Brown 1,285 35.15 Gerson Krouch 4,600 38.90 Emilie J. J. G. Nicholson 128,982 2,020.43 Isaac Pierce 79,584 25.18 Benjamin C. Creelman 50,470 702.46 John H. Riley 97,468 79.46 Marcus Cohn 2,000 22.02 John Mullins 35,000 292.21 Julus A. Bleser 12,000 24.08 Henry D.帕曼 12,051 18.58 Isaac Smith 4,650 85.68 James Truman 2,160 51.82 George McClure 64,056 111.43 George Wabrue 12,476 38.92 William Paulet 12,387 31.63 Mary Alice Field 12,387 55.35 Anne M. Green 24,046 118.32 Waiver fees, 71 es- Total ..... $5.581.62 The largest collection was upon the estate of Mrs. Emilie J. G. Nicholson of Maryland, whose Colorado holdings were part of the estate of Mrs. Anna Jacobson of Denver, inherited by Mrs. Nicholson. First in Cattle and Horses Grazed. The district forester at Denver reports that the national forests under his jurisdiction ranked first in the number of cattle and horses authorized for grazing on the national forests of the six western districts in 1915, and second in the number of sheep and goats. District 4 ranked first in the number of sheep, most of which are grazed in Utah and southern Idaho. Three to Take Examinations. As part of the national preparedness scheme the adjutant general at Washington has written to Governor Carlson asking him to select three candidates from the enlisted militia strength in the state to take examination for appointment to West Point. It is understood that the chief executive of every state in the Union has been requested to make similar appointments. Liquor Arrivals Increase. Liquor shipments received in Colorado during April exceeded those of March by more than 1,000, according to the records of the secretary of state. The April shipments number 6,196, while there were 5,186 shipments during the preceding month. Fees collected by the state in April amounted to $774.50, as against $648.25 in March. Home Building Given Impetus. Plans are being completed by district forest officials for developing summer homesites on the Pike national forest, in the vicinity of Colorado Springs and Manitou, with a view to encouraging residents and tourists to built cottages for added recreation at a nominal rental charge. Shippers Ask $150,000 Rate Rebates. Reparation amounting to $150,000 is being sought from the Union Pacific, the Colorado & Southern and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads in petitions that recently have been filed with the State Public Utilities Commission by coal shippers. On the 13th three petitions were filed by the William E. Russell Coal Company. Several of similar nature were filed the previous week. The shippers allege overcharges in the rates from the northern coal fields to Denver. NEW MEXICO MILITIA OFFICER DROWNED ON BATAVIER V. OFF BRITISH COAST. MINE SINKS STEAMER STATE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES INQUIRY TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF DISASTER. Washington, May 18.—Sinking of the Dutch steamer Batavier V. in the North Sea was reported in State Department dispatches from Consul General Skinner at London. The captain and twenty-four of the crew were landed at Great Yarmouth. Seven passengers, including two Americans, three Dutch and two Russians also were saved. Three Dutch sailors and one American passenger, Liugi Martini Mancini of Roswell, N. M., were reported drowned. The consul said first reports indicated the vessel was sunk by a mine. Another American on the Batavier V. was John Joseph Kaleta of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was rescued. Samuel Howard Comstock of Santa Monica, Calif., who was on the Batavier V. made a report to the American embassy expressing the opinion that the Batavier V. sunk as the result of striking a mine. The embassy will forward the report to Washington. Through consular officials the embassy is obtaining affidavits from the ship's officers. London, May 18.—The first week of the gigantic Austrian offensive movement along the Italian front has brought with it developments calculated to cause the gravest alarm among the entente allies. Driven back along a front of twenty-three miles between the Tonale pass and the southern Tyrol, the Italians, fighting desperately to maintain their positions, now are facing danger of an enveloping movement with Trentino as its objective. The Austrians have been successful, according to reports from the war office in Vienna, in a number of infantry attacks each preceded by intense bombardments with heavy caliber siege guns. In the last three days 6,000 men, including 141 officers, thirteen cannon, seventeen machine guns and several lines of entrenchments, have been captured by the aggressors. SPEER INAUGURATED MAYOR. Assumes Duties and Names Members of His Cabinet. Denver.—Robert W. Speer took the oath of office as Mayor of Denver promptly at noon May 17. Ira B. Rothgerber, judge of the County Court, administered the oath. The two offices of the mayor and the lower halls of the city hall were packed with people. Mrs. Speer stood just to the left of her husband during the inaugural ceremonies. Immediately after he had been inducted in office Mr. Speer silenced the ovation that greeted the concluding words of the oath and read his Cabinet appointments. W. F. R. Mills for manager of improvements and parks was the first name on the list. He was followed by Dewey C. Bailey for manager of safety and excise, who is ex-officio sheriff; Clair J. Pitcher for manager of revenue and Dr. William H. Sharpley for manager of health and charity. SIX BANDITS DIE. 75 TAKEN. Langhorne Troopers Surround Mexi cans 125 Miles From Texas Border. Marathon, Tex., May 18.—A truck driver arriving here from Boquillas reported that Maj. Langhorne and two troops of cavalry had surrounded the Big Bend bandit raiders about 125 miles into Mexico, killing six and capturing seventy-five. A Mexican guide took the American troops to the spot where the bandits were encountered. The bandits were surrounded, and did not put up a fight. The Americans ceased firing at once. Previous to catching up with the Mexicans, Maj. Langhorne's detachment rescued J. Deemer, kidnapped storekeeper; a Monroe Payne, and a Mexican clerk employed by Mr. Deemer. The cavalry horses and equipment captured by the bandits in their raid on Glenn Springs two weeks ago were recovered. German Mine Sinks Torpedo Boat. Copenhagen.—A German torpedo boat has been sunk by a German mine off Falsterbo, Sweden. To Try Casement on Treason Charge. London.—Sir Roger Casement and Daniel J. Bailey were committed for trial for high treason. This decision was reached at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing of these men on the charge of participation in the Irish rebellion. Fire Destroys Three Dwellings. Breckenridge. -A fire at Dillon, ten miles north of Breckenridge, destroyed three dwelling houses and a restaurant on the main street. 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Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper; must reach us Tuesdays if possible, anyway, not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. INAUGURATION OF MAYOR ROBERT W. SPEER. On Wednesday last, at the stroke of 12 noon, Judge Ira Rothgerber of the County Court administered the oath of office to Mayor Robert W. Speer as head of the city government of Denver. Immediately after the mayor announced his cabinet as follows: W. F. R. Mills, Manager of Improvements and Parks, and ex-officio Deputy Mayor; Clair J. Pitcher, Manager of Revenue; Dr. W. H. Sharpley, Manager of Health and Charity; Dewey C. Bailey, Manager of Safety and Excise. Hamilton Armstrong was appointed Chief of Police by the Manager of Safety, and John B. Hunter, City Engineer by the Manager of Improvements, and Milton Mark Under-Sheriff. All these officials are well known to the people of Denver, each having served in some public position before, and The Colorado Statesman, in congratulating the Mayor on his appointments, also the appointees, begins to feel an assurance of not only a successful administration, but a bigger, brighter and greater Denver. May the workings of the several departments be focussed in the uplift of Denver and its permanent success. UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS. "The man who will not defend his own town is, to my mind, an UNDESIRABLE CITIZEN, no matter what his standing is in the community, mentally or financially; and when we recognize this fact, and work on the lines of construction, nothing will keep us down, and our city will be on the broad road of prosperity." The foregoing, a quotation from Ex-Mayor Sharpley's farewell speech at the last session of the Council under the Commission form of Government, struck a chord, the harmony of which compels us to say something at this time on a class of citizens to whom this quality—"undesirable"—can be safely applied. In every community there is to be found this class whose chief purpose is the delight it affords them in sitting idly and criticising every attempt or effort made by government officials for the improvement of general conditions—their plan being a systematic order of destructive measures in opposition to everything constructive, which when carried out successfully not only disarranges the best intentions and actions but actually retards the wheels of progress for an almost unlimited time. These citizens, glorying in the haunts of vice and immorality in defiance of law and society, with utter disregard for everything honorable, avail themselves of every opportunity to exhibit our city in an untrue light by engaging indiscriminately in crimes, the hideousness of which strikes fear in the hearts of residents and presents a terrifying aspect to those who are preparing to visit our beautiful city. Another feature of this class, is its utter abhorrence for pioneer work or assistance to adventurous tasks in the upbuilding of a city, but like the ravenous wolf, the greedy vulture or the dissatisfied vampire, pounces and preys upon the good results of honest toilers, devouring everything that comes in its wake and after its victimizing action, has the effrontery to dictate our policy of living or subject us to the rigorous measures which they provide at our expense. Believing in the present administration which has recently taken hold of the reins of our city government, with its experienced official heads, we are entertaining the highest hopes that the reasoning powers of the members of Council in conjunction with the vigilant and disciplinary methods of the different departments will be the means to the extermination of this undesirable element, and the suppression of the baneful influence that it endeavors to foist on a people, the essence of whose very existence is their struggle to safeguard and perpetuate the superstructures that they have erected on the foundation of persistent labors and inexhaustible efforts. It behooves us, therefore, if we must work for the successful development of our city, to employ every energy to assist in eradicating the cancerous growth of this evil, and The Colorado Statesman in playing its part will offer its faithful service in helping to remove in its entirety this germ which threatens destruction to our progressiveness by our entertainment of UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS. ```markdown ``` rabble, and which operates to the detriment of the public business. He spoke in the highest terms of the Colored race and reminded the victims of color-prejudice that the race problem had nothing to do with the merits of the measures under discussion, and that the question of the Negro's status will work itself out along natural lines if left to time and the undisturbed logic of events. Speaker Clark is indeed "from Missouri," and the folks who deal in buncombe will have to "show him" if they have to secure any further hearing at his hands when the race problem is hugged unnecessarily into a debate on the floor of the House. Montgomery, Ala., May 9.—After serving eight years in the state penitentiary for a crime that was committed by another, Cleveland Gilbreath received a pardon from the governor today. With the assistance of relatives and friends, who have worked continuously during the time that Gilbreath has been confined, to fix the blame on the right party, they were successful and this resulted in his pardon. Speaker Champ Clark is being warmly praised by Colored people and many whites, regardless of political lines, because of his recent speech in the House of Representatives condemning the reprehensible habit or "Negro-baiting," practiced by demagogues for the sake of making political capital among a certain FOR RENT -3 houses at 2360 Tremont Place; 320 and 322 214th street. Call at the Colorado Statesmen office. 1824 Curtis street. Room 25. Are fashions in dress an index of intelligence? Rather of a lack of it. Not that there are not plenty of reasons given both for the difference in fashions from one season to the next but for the peculiar fashions of different nations. But too many reasons spoil the argument—especially when contradictory reasons are given for the same thing. For instance, the Chinese insist upon their women being covered even to the tips of their fingers for modesty's sake and to lessen carnal interest, while the Turk hides all but the eyes to create a mystery and arouse interest, saying that we Westerners have so many divorces because we tire of seeing too much of each other. We claim to wear clothes for the same reasons as the Chinese—for propriety. Why do our men, then, not dress like monks, and our women like nuns, instead of indulging in quarterly changes of fashion which serve many ministers with matter for sermons on salaciousness? All this, to say nothing of the shock European evening gowns give the modest Japs, who think nothing of mixed bathing in the nude. Some, like the Eskimo, wear clothes for warmth. There do not seem to be many changes in fashion among them, so I suspect their fashions of being truly an index of intelligence. On the other hand, I am told that the sturdy Patagonians of the almost frigid tip of South America wear only finery and remove it when bad weather might ruin it. The more I read of the fashions in dress of various races the more I am perplexed by the reasons men give for the clothes they wear. There are so many reasons that none seem to indicate intelligence on the part of the giver. But these are only the reasons they give, and we all know that the reasons we give are seldom the real ones. If the reasons man gives for fashions in clothes speak poorly for his claim to be a rational creature, still less do some of the reasons which we find are at the bottom of the vital questions as to how far from the ground a skirt shall hang, how many inches it shall be at the bottom, what the prevailing color shall be, etc., or whether the trousers men wear after the sunset gun shall have braid at the seam and pockets at the side and whether decorum above the waist shall be preserved by a two-button pearl-gray vest, or by a four-button white one previously soaked in cornstarch paste. The changes in fashions do show intelligence, however, in their makers. Not because they make clever fashions but because they convince people that the best way to show they have plenty of money is to spend it all on clothes. Some people judge a man's purse by whether he wears a single-breasted coat or a double-breasted one. Fight Colds With Fresh Air and Exercise By Miriam M. Haynes, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. Probably more people suffer from colds during February and March than at any other time. We feel a sudden chill and say we "are taking cold." The chill is the effect, not the cause, for the cold has already been taken. It is "risky" to neglect colds, for it is one of the earliest symptoms of pneumonia, bronchitis and influenza. These diseases prevail more in winter because people are brought into more confined relations and the transmission of these diseases becomes more easy and frequent. They affect chiefly those of indoor life and occupation. Those who are most exposed to the weather are least likely to have them. Good ventilation is our most important preventive and plenty of fresh air is absolutely necessary all of the time. Rooms that are heated and lighted with gas or oil need special attention for their proper ventilation. In every sleeping room the window sash should be lowered at the top and raised at the bottom during sleeping hours. Sleep is always more refreshing in a cold room. A close sleeping room is dangerous. Military observers in Europe have been astonished at the endurance of the soldiers in the western theater of the European war. The weather during the winter was terribly severe, and thousands of soldiers had their feet frozen. In one hospital, which has 500 beds, the feet of more than seventy soldiers had to be amputated. Various experiments were made to discover some foot covering that would prevent freezing, but none has been discovered. It was agreed by physicians that nothing in the way of shoes, socks, boots or leggings will prevent freezing. It is a condition due to chilling of the whole body, which reduces circulation, and the immediate covering of the feet will not stop it. Surgeons have recommended that orders be issued to soldiers in the trenches in very cold weather to stamp their feet to keep their blood in circulation. This or other exercise is the only way to keep the blood in circulation. Many cases were reported in the Serbian campaign of soldiers who, in desperation because of the hardships, deliberately took off their shoes and allowed their feet to freeze in order to be sent to a hospital. It is a remarkable fact that no Serbian soldiers were in this class. Indeed, the Serbian soldiers, in my judgment, are the most stoical of the war. Fads have been frowned upon and laughed at, but a fad has often caused a woman to forget mental and physical ills. aged and weary. Life for very many of us is made up of very many commonplace things—the same work from day to day, the same associates, the same surroundings, and the woman who has lost her first youth yet must keep her place in the vast commercial arena should have, indeed must have, some interests outside of her work. Do not feel embarrassed if your friends should hear you have "gone in for a fad." Go right ahead, regardless of their criticism. The woman who belittles another tired woman who takes up a fad is generally very much in need of adopting one herself. Anything that serves any kind of legitimate purpose is most commendable, and any little fad that will help to make a woman stronger, either mentally or physically, is far more than its name infers—it is in all truth a blessing in disguise. Fashions Show Our Intellectual Development By Miriam M. Haynes, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo. Best tonic is fresh air. The best restorative is sleep. The best stimulant is exercise. Fatigue calls for rest, not the spur. Endurance of Soldiers Is Amazing By DR. S. A. SARGETICH, Washington, D. C. Some Women Are Benefited By Fads Do You Know That一 The COLORADO STATESMAN IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs ·A SPECIALTY Ball and Concert Programs, Bill and Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Wedding Cards, Envelopes and Everything in the Printing Line Turned Out in the Neatest and Best Style Promptly on Short Notice. 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. Give Us a Trial and and We Will Give You Satisfaction Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver The Colorado Statesman 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25 Phone Main 7417 --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN CANYON BILLS DE FREE COLUMN COURT PARTY THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU OF INFORMATION 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25. DENVER, COLORADC Phone: Main 7417. Daniel Strauthers, the well known soda dispenser, came down from Bould der last Saturday. Mrs. Lee Blagburn joined her husband last Saturday, returning from Boulder, where they have been residing for several months. Miss Eliza Miller who is soon to wed Emile Norris was the recipient of a linen shower last week by her many friends. Nathan J. Skillern is now employed at the Denver National Bank in place of Wm. Hickman, who is taking a rest for the benefit of his health which has been failing for months. Mrs. D. C. Officer arrived in the city Tuesday from Salida to attend the funeral of her husband, David Officer, who died very suddenly at Stelle Hospital last Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. McGee have purchased an improved ranch near Sheridan, Wyo., and will move there this fall. They have made their home for a number of years with Mrs. W. C. Blackwell. Miss Della Lafayette of La Cross, Wisconsin, schoolmate of Mrs. W. C. Blackwell, passed through this city last week en route to Pennelton, Ore., for a month's visit after which she will be here as the guest of Mrs. Blackwell, 4136 Wolff street. The gymnastic and folk dance given by Pride of Denver Tabernacle, No. 521, at Fern Hall, May 11th, was a grand success both financially and socially. The entertainment was under the management of Mrs. S. Threet, who deserves much credit for his tireless efforts. Wm. Gibson of 3230 Gilpin street who has been very sick and confined to the house for the past seven weeks is improving slowly and through the Colorado Statesman wish to thank his many friends for the kindness shown him during his illness. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick of Eastonvill, Colo., are the proud possessors of a bouncing baby boy, born Saturday, May 13 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mother and babe are doing well. Mrs. McCormick was formerly Miss Marguerite Graves, one our our popular debutantes, who was captured by Mr. McCormick to share the bliss of matrimonial life with him early last year. They reside at the above place on a fine ranch owned by them. NOTICE. All members of the Colored Citizens' League are requested to be present at their headquarters, 2566 Washington street, Tuesday evening, March 23rd at 8 o'clock sharp. JOS. D. D. RIVERS, Pres. ODD FELLOWS' SERMON The three Odd Fellow Lodges of the city held their annual thanksgiving exercises at Shorter's A. M. E. Church last Sunday. The lodges met at their hall, 2630 Welton street, from where they marched, headed by our local band which discoursed sweet music. The Odd Fellows presented an imposing appearance. The annual sermon was delivered by Rev. Thos. Bell, which was listened to with rapt attention. Oglesby Lawson, the youthful orator made a very favorable impression in his address. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, a large audience greeted this popular order. FOR RENT—Five-room modern, nicely furnished house at 1746 Humboldt street. --- DOUGLAS UNDERTAKING COMPANY FUNERAL NOTICE. 2745 Welton Street. Ida Scarva, age 42 years, late of 39 Cottage Lane, departed this life May 12th, 1916. Any person knowing the location of Mrs. Mary Pendelton mother kindly let us know. David Officer, son of Abraham Officer, Algood, Tenn., also devoted husband of Laura May Officer, Salida, Colo., departed this life Tuesday, May 16th at Steele's Hospital. Funeral was held Thursday, May 18, at 2 p. m., from Douglas Chapel; Father Brown, rector of Church Redeemer officiated. Interment in family plot, Riverside. CAMMEL & CO. IN CHARGE. Mr. Julias Johnson departed this life May 7th at the County Hospital; funeral was held Saturday at 11 a.m. from parlors. Interment, Riverside. Baby Gorah M. Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Rose, departed this life May 13th at the residence, 2754 Welton street; funeral was held Monday from residence at 2 p. m. Rev. Price officiated. Interment, Riverside. Mr. R. Bell departed this life at County Hospital, May 17. Funeral notice later. THE WESTERN LOAN & INVEST MENT ASSOCIATION. The stockholders of the Western Loan and Investment Association met in their annual meeting Tuesday evening last at their rooms, 1824 Curtis street, room 25, and elected the following officers and directors: L. C. Cornell, president; Jos. D. D. Rivers, vice president; John R. Contee, secretary; H. J. M. Brown, treasurer, and Mrs. J. Vernell member of the board of directors. This organization of over twenty years' standing has demonstrated the achievements of Negroes when their determination is of paramount importance. Starting with a small group of men and women at a time when the West offered opportunities for investment, this association with their grit and pluck filled the role of competitor with the big firms and corporations of those days. Often it appeared as if they would be enveloped and supplanted by the strong financial powers, but their united efforts, backed up by resolution to obtain something to their credit, supported by influential friends with whom their business transactions was of the utmost stability, they struggled on, overcoming great difficulties and now in a modest way are enjoying the fruits of their labor. Though death has severed the ties of many of their band, yet spirit of their good work remains and as a lasting tribute to their memory the association lives and works. A priceless example for others of the Negro race to follow is set by this organization. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN AS SOCIATION NOTES. The Mother's Day celebration was a very pleasing success, both in the program and the attendance. Over five dozen carnations were distributed. All of these flowers were given by members and friends of the association and we heartily appreciated their gift. Mrs. C. M. White, president. Mrs. Weston will address the vesper service Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at 318 East Twenty-fifth street. The bean party was very well attended. Mrs. Froman was in charge and a very pleasant evening was spent. Games were played and dainty refreshments served. The joint track meet of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. on Decoration Day is being much practiced for. Many events will be held that will be open to all and the prizes are very artistic. The attendance at the Bible study class on Thursday evenings is improving. Come and help make it the largest class. The gym. class will meet this Saturday at the usual place at 8 p. m. The members of this class are planning an exhibition in the near future to which their friends will be invited. Our vesper services are held every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at 318 East Twenty-fifth street. All strangers are cordially invited to attend. Regular meeting Mondays 6 p. m. Furnished room for rent in strictly modern house, close in and good car service. Apply at 1750 Humboldt or Phone York 6432-W. "THE COLORED CITIZENS LEAGUE." Over a year ago a number of persons who conceived the idea that they could offer a solution for the problem of what was required to meet the growing needs of our people as well as combat with certain immediate pressing demands resolved on banding themselves into an organization known as The Colored Citizens' League, and ever since its inauguration, has been active in matters pertaining to the industrial, civil and political welfare of the Negro portion of the population of this city and also the state of Colorado. Being the only organization of its kind in this western region, and the officers and Executive Board consisting of members of the community who have spent more than half of their lifetime as residents here moving steadily with the growth of Denver, the League feels itself in a position to assist the present city administration in any manner set forth for the successful working of the system proposed to place this city in the position of a standard-bearer with followers eager to be under its banner, laying a foundation for prosperity that will be a blessing to us and a good example for other cities. The GET-TOGETHER SPIRIT which is the basic principle of this organization is the means whereby it is able to cope with the issues of the day especially those pertaining to the welfare of our city, and the unitary method adopted in thoroughly explaining matters of difficulty has always been advantageous to those who have appealed to the League to advocate their cause of action. While ever ready to join with any institution religious or otherwise in anything beneficial to the public, the League does not make compulsory any partisan political belief among its members, nor allows itself to be dominated by pernicious influences for financial gains, etc., but imperatively orders absolute observance to the constitutions of city and state, thereby assisting the authorities in the suppression of crime, and vigorously opposing and denouncing even the faintest attempt to commit a breach of our FEDERAL CONSTITUTION which is the boast and pride of our American Democracy. Realizing our position as an auxiliary to any form of good government and our desire to be in the march of Denver's progress we commend this organization to the people of Denver and Colorado as a channel for the expression of their grievances and complaints, their wants and desires, and a representative agency to State and City authorities for satisfaction in all matters affecting the welfare of the people of Colorado. RAEBI FRIEDMAN AT THE N. A. A. C. P. The Denver branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People made its initial bow to the public last Sunday evening at Shorter's Chapel before a representative audience of our best known citizens. It had been announced that Rabbi Friedman was to be the principal speaker, and his profound eloquence and friendliness to our people is always an assurance of a large audience. The program was a good one and every person except one responded to his or her name in a creditable manner. But in the face of the commendable feature of this program it must be candidly stated that it was a complete failure so far as impressing the object of the association upon those present. There was a serious error some where in not acquaint ing Dr. Friedman with the object of the N. A. A. C. P. and telling him something of its founder. Du Bois would have been very much chargrined had he dropped in Shorters Sunday evening and heard forty minutes of eloquence from the lips of the Rabbi lauding Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee idea, when he, (himself), should have been the hero. That brings us to the question that confronts the thinking members of our race as to which is the better method of solving our most complex problem, the Du Bois or the Washington plan. Du Bois contends that prejudice and injustice must be given no quarter but fought in and out of season until all the people have equality before the law and in the civil walks of life. Washington always believed the Negro should have equality before the law and civil rights but differed with Du Bois as to the manner of attaining them. Washington believed in preparedness. He believed in getting education and property, the things that command respect and then we would be in a position to demand the things for which we long. Who is right? The president of the Denver branch is either insincere, or is attempting to be a much broader man than the national president for it was just a few months ago that he stood in Shorter's pulpit and delivered a solendid address upon Booker Washington terming him the Moses of his race while Du Bois with hatred in his heart wrote the meanest editorial imaginable on the same subject.—Contributed. 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Our Mother's Day program was fully up to our expectation and hope. Notwithstanding the threatening weather there was a large and interested congregation which contained many mothers who were seated in the reserved section in the center of the church. It was a most touching service. The singing of the Junior Choir thrilled every person in the house, and was brought to a climax by the solo work of Miss Odessa McCullough and Miss Naomi Brown, whose fresh and sympathetic voices moved the audience to tears. The pastor's sermon on "Motherhood" gave a fitting close to a very tender season of worship. The first Sunday in June is set apart as our special offering day. Zion's loyal members and friends are expected to respond with an unusual expression of their sense of obligation. On Sunday, the 28th, Memorial Day services will be held. The pastor will preach to those who have borne the nation's arms. All veterans of the army and navy are invited to be present. Our sick list contains the names of the following: Sister Riley, Sister Toombs, Sister Bates, Sister Gwynne, Sister Pansy Caldwell and Sister Maud Hereford. All these are experiencing improvement at the present time. For Rent—Furnished rooms at the Reo Club, 2710 Welton street, E. R. Page, proprietor. Permanent or transient. NEGRO YEAR BOOK. Should be in the home of every Negro. It contains the achievements, the industries and activities of the life of the Negro is discussed. It is a race. Every phase of the economic 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. H. DONIPHAN, General Agent. 1721 Marion St. DE IN COLORADO SKIN SOAP NATIONAL WASH. and Shampoo. Cleans Everything it Skin Soft and Smooth. IVER, Agent. NOTICE. Harry Jones will open Barber Shop at 1021 Nineteenth street, Monday, May 15th and cordially invites his old customers as well as new to come. First class work guaranteed. New York, May 3.—Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, in Alabama, the Agricultural Institute in Virginia; the Berea College, in Kentucky and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, all institutions of learning for colored people, were remembered in a very substantial manner by Miss Martha H. Andrews, who died here February 5 last. Miss Andrews was of an old New York family and her estate was valued at $1,500,000. Tuskegee came in for the largest share bequeathed to Negro institutions, which was $50,000, and Berea College in Kentucky was the next highest, getting $25,000. Practically all of the vast estate went to other religious and educational institutions for the whites. The American Bible Society was also liberally taken care of. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 9. —Julius Stone, a white man, and his mulatto wife, formerly Ethel Davis, were taken to Nashville last Saturday to begin serving a ten-year sentence imposed upon them at the March term of court for arson. Stone is a well-looking white man, a bartender by trade, and his Negro wife is a mulatto of a very prepossessing type. The Stones were brought back here for trial from Hartford, Conn., upon information furnished by the woman herself, who in a fit of jealousy exposed to the eastern authorities the fact that she and her white husband were wanted here for the murder of her brother, and for setting fire to the house after the murder had been committed. The murder charge under which the couple were indicted could not be sustained, but they were convicted by a subsequent charge of arson which was prosecuted by a local insurance company. --- Copyright 1916. THIS Great Selling Event presents unusual opportunities for true economy to every thrifty man. The products of the world's foremost designers are offered here at prices which will astound eventhe most skeptical. $18.00--$20.00 Suits Now $14.50 $22.50--$25.00 Suits Now $18.50 THE MAY CO. Mobile, Ala., May 9.—As a result of unity manifested on the part of the nine hundred stevedorers of Mobile, colored men, their contention for a raise in salary, presented to their employers by a leader of the number, was given recognition and complied with by the companies employing them and as a result a scale was adopted in which they are allowed 30, 35 and 40 cents per hour; Sunday and legal holidays, time and a half. For handling timber and logs the men will be paid 35, 40 and 50 cents per hour and time and a half for Sunday and legal holidays. The colored employees are generally of a respectable class and they are compelling the members of their crew to be law abiding and decent. Save money by buying wallpaper, paints and glass at S. R. Weigand & Co., 728 W. Colfax Ave., foot of Wetton street. Phone Champa 3356. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms at 919 Twenty-Second street, strictly modern and within easy reach of Stout and Curtis street car lines. Apply Mrs. Carrie E. Butler. The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation THE FLOWER WEEK Carnations and Old-Fashioned Pinks Are Fine for the Hardy Garden. PLANT YOUR HARDY GARDEN NOW By E. VAN BENTHUYSEN. A hardy garden is the garden for the busy woman. It will last for years and be a delight to her and to her neighbors with a very little care. Take a careful survey of your resources and make a study of your own individual problem. "Book taught" gardeners may be all right up to a certain limit, but one season's experiment along your own lines will give you an insight into plant life that, aside from being a most fascinating study, will teach you more than years of reading. Those who wish to plant roses and not bother with them more than to prune and fertilize annually and keep the ground mellow about the plants should plant hybrid perpetual roses. The hybrid perpetuals are the hardiest of roses and will stand more cold weather than any other species. The following are desirable specimens: Anne de Diesbach, bright carmine; Baroness Rothschild, an exquisite pink; La France, blooms all summer; Frau Karl Druschki, snow white, has splendid buds and immense flowers, four to five inches across, and is delightfully fragrant; General Jacquemot, a popular rose of brilliant red; Paul Neyron, lovely dark pink; Gruss an Teplitz, a strong, vigorous grower, of richest crimson; Killarney, both pink and white, are hardy, and Mrs. John Laing, a rose of delicious fragrance and of a rich satiny pink color. This list could be extended indefinitely, but these are all tried and true varieties that will give you a world of bloom and be a picture worth looking at. A hardy border that is a triumph of beauty and has been enjoyed for years contains hollyhocks, phlox, larkspur, foxglove, iris, columbines, pinks, and sunflowers. It is not so expensive, figures up about six cents per square foot, but arranged according to size and color makes a wonderful showing. Hardy roses require ordinarily good garden soil, well enriched with well-rotted manure. They must have an open, sunny position clear of the roots of all trees and shrubs. It is well to prepare the bed a few days before planting to allow for settling. Everblooming roses should be planted 18 inches apart and the hybrid perpetuals two feet apart. Roses should be planted with the roots diverging and THE ROSE THE ROSE Double White Killarney, Hardy and Exquisite at least nine inches below the surface of the ground, the soil made firm about them and then should be liberally watered. Hollyhocks succeed best in rich, well-drained soil, and should be lightly protected during the winter months with coarse straw or spruce boughs. Larkspur seed sown in the open ground early will produce flowering plants by the beginning of July, and will give a continuous succession of bloom from then until frost. It is excellent for cutting and very ornamental. It produces in a great variety of forms and colors some of the most beautiful flowers in cultivation. All varieties are easily cultivated and adaptable to most conditions, but in a soil deeply dug and well enriched with fine old manure, their blooms are the finest. Set from one and one half to two feet each way. Iris (feur-de-lis), the national flower of France, is another perfectly hardy plant. They grow in any ordinary garden soil luxuriantly, and bloom in June.. The German iris should be planted largely where cutflowers are in demand, as it certainly is the best of its class. Perhaps the most showy and gorgeous of the iris family is the Japanese iris. The flowers are often ten inches in diameter and bloom in July. There are many beautiful colors among both iris. White faintly tinged with lavender, light bronze, yellow and bright blue, royal purple, grayish white, and a pure white are among the colors shown. Phlox, another plant on our list, cannot be surpassed for brilliant coloring and continuous bloom. Sow phlox out of doors in May, in a situation well open to the sun. They will flower in July and continue until late in the fall. Old-fashioned clove pink, and its more elegant relation, the carnation, flower so easily as an annual that it has attained a most popular position among garden plants. The beautiful flowers make an attractive display with their world of color, and are greatly to be desired as a table decoration and also as a border plant. Pinks grow easily from seed and come true to color. Sow out of doors when danger from frost is over. If the seed is sown early enough the perennials will bloom the first year. There are a great many other plants that are hardy and desirable, this is but a mere beginning. Choose the flowers you are fond of and the work will be more successful and more pleasant. But have a garden now, no matter how small. 10 --- WASHINGTON CITY SIDEHIGHTS House at Last Puts the Final K on Merrimack WASHINGTON.—John Jacob Rogers, who represents a highly cultured and orthographically correct constituency in Massachusetts, arose in his wrath in the house one afternoon during the debate on the rivers and harbors bill and bemoaned the fact that his favorite river's name was spelled wrong in the bill. It is "Merrimack," and John Jacob called attention to the fact that the bill has it "Merrimac." "I have been struggling ever since I came to congress to have the Merri-mack river spelled correctly," he said. "The government printing office has an aversion to spelling it the original and Indian way. The geographic board was asked for the correct spelling of this river and they handed down an official ruling that the river should be spelled known as the man who sunk the k in Merrimack." "I object to anything being added to this bill of preparedness," solemnly announced Representative "Would not a river be harder to take if I Representative Mann, the Republican leader. "True," remarked Representative Sims. Thereupon the house solemnly voted on the R "All those in favor say 'aye,'" said the chairr whole, and there was a chorus of "ayes." "Those opposed." Thereupon Nick Longworth bawled "No!" at the believed schedule K was in danger. "Division," called out Representative Rogers. The house then stood up to be voted, and their feet in favor of putting the O. K. on a final "k." voted in the affirmative, laughing all the time as be spelled with a final k. I want to be Herrimack." to this bill unless it be in the measure Representative Sims of Tennessee. take if it had an extra letter?" asked reader. Sims. ed on the Rogers suggestion. d the chairman of the committee of the ses." "No!" at the top of his voice, because ave Rogers. ed, and there were 65 members on their a final "k." Representative Longworth the time as if he would never stop. Herrimack." by His Superfluous Pelts animals have been turned in by its official culture has instituted a plan of selling proposes at public auction. As a result, a an official ruling that the river should be spelled with a final k. I want to be known as the man who sunk the k in Merrimack." "I object to anything being added to this bill unless it be in the measure of preparedness," solemnly announced Representative Sims of Tennessee. "Would not a river be harder to take if it had an extra letter?" asked Representative Mann, the Republican leader. "True," remarked Representative Sims. Thereupon the house solemnly voted on the Rogers suggestion. "All those in favor say 'aye,'" said the chairman of the committee of the whole, and there was a chorus of "ayes." "Those opposed." Thereupon Nick Longworth bawled "No!" at the top of his voice, because he believed schedule K was in danger. "Division," called out Representative Rogers. The house then stood up to be voted, and there were 65 members on their feet in favor of putting the O. K. on a final "k." Representative Longworth voted in the affirmative, laughing all the time as if he would never stop. Therefore in the house it is now "Merrimack." Uncle Sam Now Selling His SO MANY skins of predatory wild animals have hunters that the department of agriculture has the pelts not required for scientific purposes at pu Uncle Sam Now Selling His Superfluous Pelts Uncle Sam Now Selling His Superfluous Pelts SO MANY skins of predatory wild animals have been turned in by its official hunters that the department of agriculture has instituted a plan of selling the pelts not required for scientific purposes at public auction. As a result, a fur business which nets tidy sums for the federal treasury has been developed as a side line. In the last four months 1,399 pelts useful for manufacture into furs, muffs, or rugs have been sold in four sales for $2,552, the last sale, late in March, yielding $1,155.55. The skins disposed of include the following: Coyote, bobcat, skunk, badger, opossum, lynx, gray fox, kit fox, raccoon, clivet cat and ring-tailed cat. in its various compaigns to rid different which are hurtful to live stock, cultivated the hunters is trained carefully in handling the pelts reach the department in excel- ence coyote, or prairie wolf, pelts resulting nation against this animal in the cattle- in charge of the sales report that the a fur, and as a result the prices offered readily been increasing. in of extermination against the coyote a a fur furs are being received by the depart- uction within a short time. Moreover, museums and other scientific institutions need, so that practically all skins received Notices of these fur sales are sent out One in National Museum in wapiti from the Yellowstone National in the west wing of the new building for the animals in this exhibit were espe by employees of the biological survey in its various sections of the country of animals which are hunt crops or timber. As each of the official hunters is and preserving the skins of animals, the pelts rest lent shape. The bulk of the skins sold have been coyote, or from the active campaigns of extermination again raising districts of the West. Those in charge of coyote pelt is growing in popularity as a fur, and for these skins at the auctions have steadily been. With the increase of the campaign of extern large number of coyote skins and other furs are b ment and will be open for purchase at auction with the department reports, the needs of museums and for specimens have largely been satisfied, so that at the department are now put on sale. Notices of about ten days prior to each sale. Elk From the Yellowstone in A FAMILY group of American elk or wapiti fro park has been put on exhibition in the west the United States National museum. The animal cially col by employees of the biological survey in its various compaigns to rid different sections of the country of animals which are hurtful to live stock, cultivated crops or timber. As each of the official hunters is trained carefully in handling and preserving the skins of animals, the pelts reach the department in excellent shape. The bulk of the skins sold have been coyote, or prairie wolf, pelts resulting from the active campaigns of extermination against this animal in the cattle-raising districts of the West. Those in charge of the sales report that the coyote pelts is growing in popularity as a fur, and as a result the prices offered for these skins at the auctions have steadily been increasing. With the increase of the campaign of extermination against the coyote a large number of coyote skins and other furs are being received by the department and will be open for purchase at auction within a short time. Moreover, the department reports, the needs of museums and other scientific institutions for specimens have largely been satisfied, so that practically all skins received at the department are now put on sale. Notices of these fur sales are sent out about ten days prior to each sale. Elk From the Yellowstone in National Museum Elk From the Yellowstone in National Museum A FAMILY group of American elk or wapiti from the Yellowstone National park has been put on exhibition in the west wing of the new building for the United States National museum. The animals in this exhibit were espe- cially collected for the Smithsonian, through the courtesy of the interior department, from one of the herds of elk under government protection. The group was prepared originally for the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco and was exhibited there in the Palace of Agriculture. This group shows a family of elk in the Yellowstone National park at the first sign of winter. Snow has fallen during the night while there was no wind, and lies heavily on the ping boughs and branches. American elk or wapiti, canadensis, which once had a wide distribution, confined chiefly to the states of Wyoming. Most provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan occur in the Yellowstone region, numbering best tributed in two main herds. Congress recently has appropriated $50,000 refuge where sufficient hay can be raised each year in the winter. This refuge, comprising about 2,000 son Hole, two miles north of the town of Jackson, Elk are polygamous and breed readily in c Montana and Wyoming bring in large returns to hunting licenses, guides' fees and money spent by. During the past few years experiments have small herds of elk from the Yellowstone park localities for the purpose of restocking governn About 1,300 elk have been so transferred to 13 di. It is estimated that there are about 2,200 different places in the United States, the total number in this country being estimated at between 80,000. Children Beautifying Capital MORE than 15,000 schoolchildren of Washington, Washington as a whole through the interest in gardens, according to a statement made by one in boughs and branches. American elk or wapiti, scientifically termed Cervus canadensis, which once had a wide distribution in North America, are now confined chiefly to the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho and the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. The largest herds occur in the Yellowstone region, numbering between 50,000 and 55,000, distributed in two main herds. Or wapiti, scientifically termed Cervus distribution in North America, are now woming, Montana and Idaho and the skatchewan, Canada. The largest herds mbering between 50,000 and 55,000, dis- sed $50,000 for the purchase of an elk used each year for feeding the herds during about 2,000 acres, is located in Jack- of Jackson, Wyo. headily in captivity. The wild herds in returns to these states, in the form ofey spent by tourists and sportsmen.ments have been made in transferring stone park and Jackson Hole to other ing government and state reservations. red to 13 different states. about 2,200 elk in captivity in about 125 the total number, wild and in captivity, even 80,000 and 100,000. Capital by Garden Work Washington are occupied in beautifying the interest they evince in their own home be by one in charge of the work of direct- Congress recently has appropriated $50,000 for the purchase of an elk refuge where sufficient hay can be raised each year for feeding the herds during the winter. This refuge, comprising about 2,000 acres, is located in Jackson Hole, two miles north of the town of Jackson, Wyo. Elk are polygamous and breed readily in captivity. The wild herds in Montana and Wyoming bring in large returns to these states, in the form of hunting licenses, guides' fees and money spent by tourists and sportsmen. During the past few years experiments have been made in transferring small herds of elk from the Yellowstone park and Jackson Hole to other localities for the purpose of restocking government and state reservations. About 1,300 elk have been so transferred to 13 different states. It is estimated that there are about 2,200 elk in captivity in about 125 different places in the United States, the total number, wild and in captivity, in this country being estimated at between 80,000 and 100,000. Children Beautifying Capital by Garden Work Children Beautifying Capital by Garden Work MORE than 15,000 schoolchildren of Washington are occupied in beautifying Washington as a whole through the interest they evince in their own home gardens, according to a statement made by one in charge of the work of direct- the District, of which Miss Sipe is secrete theory that much can be accomplished stilling a desire for this end in the rising principally with promoting this interest the People's Gardens association of the District, tary. This organization, working on the theory th toward beautifying Washington by instilling a degeneration, has lately concerned itself principally among children. the People's Gardens association of the District, of which Miss Sipe is secretary. This organization, working on the theory that much can be accomplished toward beautifying Washington by instilling a desire for this end in the rising generation, has lately concerned itself principally with promoting this interest among children. I INSIST ON SPELLING THIS WITH A K MEKRUMAC fur business which nets tidy sums for the federal treasury has been developed as a side line. In the last four months 1,399 pelts useful for manufacture into furs, muffs, or rugs have been sold in four sales for $2,552, the last sale, late in March, yielding $1,155.55. The skins disposed of include the following: Coyote, bobcat, skunk, badger, opossum, lynx, gray fox, kit fox, raccoon, civet cat and ring-tailed cat. All of these animals have been killed A deer stands in the forest with two cows. ing the efforts of the youthful gardeners. It was explained that the consumption of 170,000 packages of seeds by the youngsters has attracted large numbers of new recruits this year. And every effort will be strained, it is said, to hold the interest of all at present engaged in the work of making the most of the great possibilities of Washington as a "garden city." The work is under the general direction of Miss Susan B. Sipe. This work is encouraged and supported by $ DREAM The Curtis Park Floral Company FLORAL DESIGNS PUT UP WHILE YOU WAIT CHOICE PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND GREENHOUSES: Thirty-Fourth and Curtis Streets TELEPHONE, MAIN 1511 DENVER, COLO The Champa Pharmacy DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. When You Want When You Want The Heads, Feet, Tails, Snouts, Neckbones or Chiterlings, or any other part of the hog except the squeal, go to Sales Daily at 2 p.m. Office Furniture a Specialty. PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES HAVE MOVED TO 1723-39 GLENARM ST. PHONE MAIN 1675. THE BEST ICE CREAM AND CANDIES AT CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. 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The Colorado Wall Paper and Paint Co. Wall Paper, Paints, Oils and Glass Interior and Exterior Decorators COACH COLORS, PAINTS AND VARNISHES AGENT FOR JOHN W. MASURY & SONS' BELTON STREET DENVER, COLORADO Telephone Main 871. The Color and Wall Paper, P Interior and COACH COLORS, AGENT FOR JOB 1454 WELTON STREET Telep Wall Paper, Paints, Oils and Glass Interior and Exterior Decorators COACH COLORS, PAINTS AND VARNISHES AGENT FOR JOHN W. MASURY & SONS' 1454 WELTON STREET DENVER, COLORADO Telephone Main 871. PHONE CHAMPA 2077 A. H. H. H. E. V. Cammel, PRES. @ MGY You Will Be Delighted With Little Things That Count CURTIS M. HARRIS Assistant Manager and Funeral OFFICE AND PARLORS Camel, PRES. @ MGR PREFERRED. Will Be Delighted With Our Service As We Look After The Tags That Count LADY ATTENDANT. NIS M. HARRIS Auto for Hire Manager and Funeral Director UND PARLORS 2807 WELTON ST. DENVER E. V. 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We want Agents in every city and village to sell THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a wonderful preparation. Can you sell it for $25 per box? Sells for 25 cents per box—One 25-cent box will prove its value. Any person that will use a 25-cent box will be convinced. No matter what has failed to grow your hair, just give THE STAR HAIR GROWER a trial and be convinced. Send 25 cents for a full size box. If you wish to be an agent, send $1 to the company. If you wish to begin work at once; also agents terms. Send all money by Money Order to EVANSTON, ILL. GREENSBORO, N.C. NOTE—Persons living in the South can will order from THE STAR HAIR GROWER MFR, P. O. BOX 812, GREENSBORO, N.C. Denver, Colorado. WALLACE CLOW South 4750. A. B. CLOW South 3583. DAY OR NIGHT WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE "THE LEADING FUNERAL DIRECTORS." WE CAN FURNISH ELEGANT ROLLING STOCK. AUTOS IF Phone Main 2860 R. L. PHYN1X, Manager. In Woman's Realm Two Modish Coats of Checked Serge and Tan Covert Cloth, Cravenetted, Which Are Among the Best of the Season's Offernigs Simple but Extremely Effective Party Frock That Will Appeal to the Small Maid. Two coats, made to brave the spiteful return of the north wind in May and the showers from spring skies, are shown in the picture given here. They are of checked serge and tan covert cloth, cravenetted, and therefore not hurt by dampness. Their style is excellent and distinctive. There have been so many checked coats in the season's showings that it would seem almost impossible for anything new and also attractive to make its appearance among them. But the model presented, while cut on familiar W V W MADE TO BRAVE ALL WEATHERS. and well-liked lines, shows a finish entirely novel. All its edges are finished with a piping of white and outlined with narrow flat silk braid, making the sharp and snappy contrast of black and white in a conservative fashion. It has a "chin-chin" collar. The short coat of covert cloth trimmed with plain broadcloth is frankly a model for all-round wear, and does not commit itself to any sort of special occasion. It is pictured worn with an afternoon frock of taffeta. THE THE FASHION STORE A Here is a party frock for the little maid from about eight years up to twelve years old that will delight her and please her mother as well. It seems hardly worth while to describe the method of making it, because it is so clearly set forth in the picture. But for the benefit of the inexperienced who may be encouraged to undertake it, it may be mentioned The frock is worn or slip of fine lawn files trimmed with nail. It is made as long as there is a glimpse ruffles under those --- that the body of the frock is of cotton net and is merely a full slip set on to a narrow round yoke of lace and reaching nearly to the knees. Three scant ruffles of lace are set about the bottom of this slip, and it is shirred in about the hips with three shirrings set close together. This shirring shapes the slip into a long waist and short skirt. The sleeves are merely puffs of net edged with a double frill of net. Over this slip of net a short overdress is worn. It is made of two lengths of yard-wide taffeta cut with THE WORLD'S FINEST FASHIONIST narrow straps over the shoulder and scalloped about the bottom. The scallops are bound with a narrow binding of taffeta made from strips cut on the bias. The silk is shirred over a cord about the neck, and the arm's eye and shoulder straps are bound like the scallops. The fullness of the silk is drawn in about the hips with two shirrings over cable cord, forming a sprightly flounce below. The overdress slips on over the head. As pictured, it is made of light blue shiny taffeta with considerable stiffness. 1 The frock is worn over a petticoor or slip of fine lawn edged with ruffles trimmed with narrow lingerie lace. It is made as long as the frock, so that there is a glimpse of these lacy ruffles under those on the net dress. Julia Bottomley FRANK S. REED, License Embalmer & Director Lady Assistant Polite Service to All Parlors, 2745 Welton Street Phone Main 6319 Elegant Auto Service at the H THE DENVER MRS. J. H. STEELE, Mgr. Special Auto Service Accommodation some Cas For Horse Carriages Bonded to BOLDEN B and LUNC 924 19th Street, in 6319 Day or Night Inst Auto Service at the Popular Price for Carriages. THE DENVER MORTUARY STEELE, Mgr. 2445 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo. Auto Service Accommodating 10 People Including Hand- some Casket $50. For Horse Carriages We Charge $3.50. Bonded to the City. OLDEN BROS. CAFE and LUNCH ROOM 1924 19th Street, Denver, Colorado Phone Main 6319 Day or Night Elegant Auto Service at the Popular Price for Carriages. THE DENVER MORTUARY MRS. J. H. STEELE, Mgr. 2445 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo. Special Auto Service Accommodating 10 People Including Handsome Casket $50. For Horse Carriages We Charge $3.50. Bonded to the City. 924 19th Street, Denver, Colorado NNER 30 to 2 p.m. Short Or at All He DINNER 11:30 to 2 p.m. All Kinds of Sandwiches Bolden Bros. Baths, Elect FIRST CLAS R. A. BOLDEN, Mgr THE B.L. JAM M. & M. PAINTS. OILS. VARNISHED. PAINTING. GRAINING. GLAZING. PAPER. DECORATING AND HARD WOOD FINI 1517-23 ARAPAHOE ST. DENV Golden Bros. Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massage FIRST CLASS SERVICE . BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver THE B.L. JAMES M. & M. CO. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS PRINTING, GRAINING, GLAZING, PAPER HANGING, DEcorating AND HARD WOOD FINISHING. WALL PAPER ARTISTS MATERIALS R. A. BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver THE B.L. JAMES M. & M. CO. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS PAINTING, GRAINING, GLAZING, PAPER HANGING, DECORATING AND HARD WOOD FINISHING WALL PAPER 1517-23 ARAPAH O E. ST. DENVER ARTISTS MATERIALS The Marian Hotel The Only Colored Hotel in Denver Annex Cafe 1835-37-39 ARAPAHOE STREET. E DINING ROOMS PHONE MAIN 7413 PRIVATE DINING ROOMS J. R. CONTEE Pres. and Mgr. TOM LEWIS, Prop. JOHN H. HARRIS INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC 7992. director. street Denver, Colorado Short Orders at All Hours DENVER, COLORADO. Short Orders at All Hours Chinese Dishes of All Kinds