Colorado Statesman

THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY COLORADO, WYOMING, MONTANA, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO Negro Is Real Asset Says A Southerner Development of Race Due in Great Measure To Leadership of Booker Washington. South Owes Much To Negro. VOL. XX11. Negro Is Asset S Sou Development of Race Due in ship of Booker Washington. (From New York Age. The Negro is one of the great assets of Southern industrial life, according to a report brought from Kentucky to the convention of the National Association of Manufacturers held recently at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. It was brought by Frank D. Rash of the Kentucky Manufacturers' Association, who, although a manufacturer, gave the convention a treat in old-time oratory as good as if he did nothing else for a living. "No longer," said Mr. Rash, "does the gallant, bewhiskered Southern Colonel surround himself with cup bearers and lounge on the broad veranda of his colonial mansion, all the while sipping the seductive mint julep from the frosted cup of silver. And though the Kentucky colonel still lives, you will now see him donning cap and overalls and leading the forces of industry in bringing Kentucky's marvelous mineral wealth to the use of mankind, or yet, perhaps as the executive directing his staff in any one of the many manufacturing enterprises springing up within the borders of the commonwealth. "Much has been written and said concerning a so-called Negro problem—a great part of this at long distance; and it may be that the first-hand experiences and observations of a Southerner may be of some interest to you. As respects the completeness of information of many writers on this subject, the average Southerner cannot avoid regarding some statements as did the two old Irish ladies. The archbishop had preached a fine sermon on married life and its beauties. The two old ladies, both with figures and families of ample proportions, were heard coming out of church commenting on the address. "Tis a fine sermon his Riverence would be after givin' us,' said one to the other. 'It is. indade,' was the reply; 'and I wish I knew as little about the matter as he does.' "In expressing the belief that Negro labor is one of the greatest assets of Southern industry, it is devoutly to be hoped that such expression will not be considered in the light of an attempt to point out any commercial advantage of one section of the country, but rather a desire to present the idea of the thoughtful Southerner of today and to pay just tribute to the worthy Southern Negro. Washington's Principles for All People "That remarkable man, Booker T. Washington, pointed out to the people of his race that their only hope lay in work, hard work and efficient work in the fields, the forests, the factories and the mines, in the industrial school and in the college and in the professions, and to that end never ceased his call to service. You will recall his wonderful address at the opening of the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in 1895, which did more than any public utterance of any man to temper suspicion and race hatred and to bring about a better understanding in the South, and while the Utopian state in this understanding has not been reached and may never be, yet, nevertheless, we are day by day and year by year approaching Booker T. Washington's dream for the South. "Having had opportunity to observe the application of the industrial principles Booker T. Washington laid down to the Southern Negro, or, as to that, for all peoples, it is gratifying to bear testimony to the correctness of those ideas, if such testimony were needed, and in which the best thought of the South will join. "There are those who would cite the lazy, shiftless and indolent as typical of the Negro race, but if the same yardstick were applied other branches of the human family might have reason to complain bitterly. Experience has shown that when given the opportunity for gainful employment under just and fair conditions, the Negro not only proves in every way his value as a workman, often most skilled, but, above all, there is cultivated in his mind and heart that now too rare feeling of deep interest and loyalty to his employer. When the Southern Negro works for a corporation he calls it 'my company' and never has a bomb been found in his hand nor has he been branded as an anarchist. Under fair treatment his loyalty becomes deep and unchanging and the sower of the seeds of discord finds little response to his beguiling or impassioned stories of greener fields to be had for the asking or taking." DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916 State Hist & Nat Hist Society State House ADO NE JOURNAL G, MONTA DENVER COLORADO SIMMON'S GREAT DEDICATION SPEECH. The Dallas Express brings us the proceedings of the grand lodge that has just closed its session and the great dedication speech delivered at the $100,000 K. of P. Temple by Col. Roscoe C. Simmons, Kentucky's idol. The Express says: "A brief history of the temple was presented by Prof. W. L. Davis, and Mrs. N. A. Kirk of Waco told of the temple and the Calanthians in verse. It was an able address, but all were looking forward to the feature of the evening, the dedicatory address. This was delivered by the matchless orator of the age, that prince of platform speakers, Roscoe C. Simmons, of Louisville, Ky. This young man is attracting the attention of the country, and it is said he is in demand by all races in America. On the public rostrum he is in as much demand as was Booker T. Washington, and is filling many places that Washington filled during his life. Sways Fifteen Hundred People. "During the delivery of his able address, Mr. Simmons swayed his audience at will, and at times over 1,500 were in death-like silence, eager to hear every word. He made some beautiful pictures during his address. Without a doubt he is a great orator, and a man who is doing things. He went back to fifty years ago, bringing out the condition of the race then, and preme chancellor, and Col. R. C. Simmons were presented to the grand lodge. This was followed by the able and masterly address of Grand Chancellor Prince, which was said to be the best and finest delivered. He took up every phase of the work and covered all departments."—Dallas Express. CONGRESSMAN MADDEN DEFENDS COLORED RACE. Washington, D. C., June 17.—In a recent letter in the House of Congress, Martin Madden of Illinois made a determined stand for the rights of Negroes, and in a debate with Congressman Clrak of Florida drove some shots home. We reprint part of Mr. Madden's hot reply to Congressman Clark: The National Equal Rights League suggests and urgently advises that everywhere Colored Americans hold Memorial Meetings in honor of the Colored cavalrymen who were sacrificed in Mexico and died bravely fighting for the flag which does not protect them at home. It would be most fitting to eulogize these black heroes right now, and appeal for equal rights for their race. Irish-Americans are eulogizing Irish rebels of Ireland. A citizens committee could be formed at once in every city. RACE NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Washington, July 4.—A battalion of Negro infantry, a field hospital company and a signal crops, comprising in all about 500 troops of the District of Columbia National Guard, entrained tonight for the border. Atlanta, Ga., June 24.—"The Negroes of Atlanta spend $18,000 a month for whiskey and beer," declared Prof. B. R. Holmes, of Holmes Institute, to a large and enthusiastic meeting held in the Institute last Sunday. Continuing, Prof. Holmes painted a vivid word picture of the "liquor traffic in Georgia, and said in part: "In twelve months the Colored people of Atlanta would send out of the city $216,000, which is more money than it takes to operate all the Colored churches, colleges, schools and charitable institutions in the city. Ninety per cent of the Colored people who spend their meager earnings for whiskey have more than 3,000 Colored children growing up in ignorance and crime, and their wives are working night and day paying house rent for their husbands to live in buying books, clothing, shoes and provisions for their children." PULLMAN PORTERS GRANTED WAGE INCREASE. Chicago, June 27.—A five per cent increase in pay was granted the conductors and porters in the employ of the Pullman Company today. Conductors and porters who have been in the service of the company fifteen years or more will benefit by the new plan which provides an increase of 5 per cent, with an additional $2 \frac{1}{2} $ per cent for each five years of continuous service. With the establishment of the new scale of July 1, the old system of yearly bonuses is abolished. An extra month for clear service records each year will be given, regardless of the length of service in the company. The five per cent increase will amount to $2.00 to $3.00 in actual cash to the man. THE REAL CAUSE. The talk of putting the blame on Germany or Japan for stirring up trouble between Mexico and the United States overlooks one very important fact, and that is that the Mexicans themselves are some trouble stirrers on their own account. When we dig down deep enough we find the real cause of the trouble to be the dislike which Mexicans have for Americans; and they dislike Americans because Americans treat them as inferiors. This cause is at NO 47 the bottom of nine-tenths of the ill-feeling against the United States, which is found in all parts of LatinAmerica.New York Age. FIGHTS WILL, THAT BENTFIT COLORED WOMAN. Camden, N. J., June 24.—Miss Mary Mason, won the first step in her endeavor to break the will of her father, Doctor Charles H. Mason, a "Voodoo" doctor who died at his home, 512 Clinton street, Camden, last April, when Judge Boyle in the Camden Orphans Court, after hearing admitted the will to probate. By the terms of the will, Ida Quetto Carter, colored former housekeeper for the deceased, was to receive $14,999 of the $15,000 estate, one dollar going to his daughter, Sarah Mason. The will was contested on the grounds that the testator lacked testamentary capacity and that he was unduly influenced. Doctor Mason accumulated his wealth by selling "love potions, heart balm pebbles and paste boards cards which kill pain." Dr. Edward J. McConakhy testified to treating "Doctor" Mason two years before his death and also attending him in his last illness. He stated that he regarded the "doctor" of sound mind and that he was above the average intelligence. In answer to a hypothetical question as to whether a man was mentally trustworthy who believed in "spooks," who talked to stuffed birds and who ran about the house in aude condition, saying that it was the only way in which he could properly commune with the spirits, the witness replied that he was suffering from a de'usion. However, he regarded "Doctor" Mason as competent to make a will and that such delusions could be cured. COME ON—LET'S GO! By Arthur Chapman In The Denver Times. Come on, let's go—they're needing us down there. Some colored boys who fought for us have died. There's dust and blood upon a flag, once fair. It's up to us—we've simply got to care— The jobs that we've held down so long must slide. Come on—let's go! Come on—let's go! Those men were ours who fell. Dark-skinned they were, but pledged unto our cause. —'twas hell. A treachrous foe has struck. Let his tell How stern and cold, our vengeance knew no pause. Come on—let's go! Come on—let's go, as others went before. There's right upon our side, as in dim years. The nation's hurt—it weeps for those who bore The flag down yonder where the buzzards soar, But now's the time for something more than tears. Come on—let's go! CONDENSATION OF FRESH NEWS THE LATEST IMPORTANT DISP PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT, CRISP PARAGRAPHS. STORY OF THE WEEK SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND FOREIGN LANDS. ABOUT THE WAR Russian cavalry patrols are said to have entered Hungary over the Carpathians. Desperate fighting continues on the Italian front, with the Italians generally having the advantage. Hundreds of aeroplanes are acting in the Somme offensive and numerous aerial battles are taking place. The battle of Verdun is proceeding with undiminished fury. Germans retake Thiaumont work for fourth time, after massed attack. London reports "substantial progress" by the British troops, although the Germans recaptured some positions which they had lost. Three more villages captured by French in the great drive in the river Somme region. Official estimates place the total prisoners at 14,000. Gen. Foch's army now is close upon Peronne, one of the most important stragetic points along the front. Trainload after trainload of national guardsmen pulled into El Paso Sunday, but while many unloaded at the station in the vicinity of El Paso, the great majority were rushed on to points westward to complete concentration on the frontier as rapidly as possible. The gains of the British and French on first day of great drive were: Drove Germans from four strongly fortified towns and captured every first line trench over a front of sixteen miles; hammered wedge five miles deep through strongest portion of German lines, scattering enemy in headlong flight. Captured a large number of second line German trenches; pounded German trenches as far as the third line into a mass of debris following a seven-day bombardment; surrounded the formidable German position in the town of Fricourt, hemming in the garrison. French troops recapture Thiaumount work at Verdun and village of Curlu, mortars razing German trenches on the Somme. WESTERN Three deaths from heat were reported to the police in St. Louis, July 3. George A. Knight, who in 1908 made the chief speech nominating William Howard Taft, died at San Francisco. The Fifth and Seventh regiments, National Guard of California, left Sacramento for "somewhere on the border." Nathaniel Garrett, quartermaster sergeant, Fourteenth regiment, New York National Guard, stationed at Mission, Tex., died suddenly of heart disease. Reports from the entire country show eight deaths and 190 persons injured as the toll of the Fourth of July celebration, as compared with nineteen killed and 903 injured in 1905. Howard S. King, 40 years old, nephew of Mrs. Corinne Wheeler, formerly of Carthage, Mo., was charged with the murder of his aunt in her home at Seattle, April 5, with an axe. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, was ap pointed administrator of the estate of his father, James J. Hill. Judge Baselille of the Probate Court fixed the administrator's bond at $200,000. The value of the estate is considerably in excess of the $10,350,000. WASHINGTON The bill to establish a national park service with central system of supervision passed the national house of representatives. The army appropriation bill, revised by the Senate military committee, carries $328,000,000, an increase of $140,000,000 over the bill passed by the House. Gen. Carranza's reply to the last American demands—a temperate document, which, it is said, will avoid a break—reached the Mexican embassy July 4. Those close to the Mexican embassador said the note was written by Carranza himself and that it averted possibility of war between the two nations. In brief, the note is a proffer of the olive branch suggesting either mediation or direct negotiation for a settlement of differ ences between the two countries. Secretary Lansing asked Congress for $300,000 to be used in getting Americans out of Mexico. This year's cotton crop was fore cast at 14,266,000 bales by the Department of Agriculture. Designation of army officers to national guard commands will be made by General Scott, chief of staff. The Senate defeated the item in the agricultural appropriation bill calling for the distribution of seeds by the government on congressional frank. FOREIGN A great German victory over the Russians is reported from Galicia. The Manchester Guardian, one of the most influential papers in the country, makes a direct appeal for clemency for Sir Roger Casement. Russian torpedo boats destroyed fifty-four enemy sailing vessels in the Black Sea near the Anatolian coast on June 29, says an official Petrograd statement. Revised estimates made at Honolulu, by the Chamber of Commerce on the probable sugar crop of the Hawaiian islands for 1616, was materially lower than figures given out previously. The hearing of the appeal of Sir Roger Casement, who on June 29 was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for complicity in the Irish rebellion, has been fixed for July 17. United States army observers say German gunners have appeared in the Carranza armies in northern Mexico, and that German officers have been distributed among the various commands by Jacinto B. Trevino. Street riots in Berlin after the sentencing of Editor Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, to penal servitude and dismissal from the army for attempted high treason and resistance to the authorities are described in Dutch newspapers. The Mexican government has decided to establish three new legations in Central America. One will have charge of Mexican interests in Costa Rica and Honduras, a second will represent Mexico in Salvador and Nicaragua, and a third will be established in Guatemala. The will of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British secretary of war, who lost his life in the sinking of the cruiser Hampshire off the Orkneys June 5, was admitted to probate in London. It shows that he left an estate valued at £171,420 sterling (approximately $50,000). Western national guardsmen were joining their brother militiamen from the states beyond the Rockies at the military base camps scattered along the Mexican border. Detachments of Oregon, California and Utah soldiers have already arrived at the international line and southbound troop trains are leaving the various mobilization camps daily. SPORTING NEWS Standing of Western League Clubs. Clubs— Won. Lost. Pct. Omaha 42 24 .630 Lincoln 37 30 .552 Wichita 32 34 .485 Des Moines 32 34 .485 Denver 32 35 .478 St. Joseph 30 35 .462 Topeka 30 35 .462 Sloux City 29 37 .439 E. R. Highfill of Tucson won the Douglas-Tucson motorcycle race, 140 miles, via Benson, Bisbee and Tucson. He negotiated the distance in 3 hours 35 minutes and 45 seconds, over particularly rough roads. After being openly fouled in the third round of his scheduled fifteen-round bout with Ad Wolgast at the Stockyards Stadium in Denver, Champion Freddie Welsh won the decision on a foul delivered in the eleventh round of the fight. Jack Coffey, former manager of the Denver club of the Western league, now playing shortstop for the Oakland team of the Pacific Coast eague, suffered a fractured skull at Oakland, Cal., when he was hit in the head by a pitched ball. Harold Brinker won the second annual automobile road race from Denver to Laramie. He made the 132 miles in 2 hours 55 minutes and 10 seconds, clipping thirty-three minutes off the former record. Dr. D. B. Southard finished second; Sam Marcus, third; Baxter Rarie, fourth, and deinie Jones, fifth. GENERAL Homes for 5,000 wounded soldiers in event of war with Mexico, have been arranged in Massachusetts. Diamonds and other precious stones imported at New York in the government's fiscal year ending June 30, reached the high total of $44,887,826, according to a report of the appraiser of the port. Records kept at the Tuskegee Institute show that there were twenty-five lynchings in the United States during the first six months of this year with thirty-four for the same period a year ago. V. D. Burnell, coxswain of the cruiser Boston, was killed, and L. Blom, ship's blacksmith, was injured by the premature explosion of a six-foot shell salute in celebration of the Fourth of July at Portland. The foreign office at Mexico City issued a memorandum in reply to Secretary Lansing's recent note in which the correctness of assertions in the communication from Washington were repeatedly denied. The memorandum declares that the United States had no right to maintain its armed forces on Mexican soil. The memorandum contains thirty-five counts. Mrs. Hetty Green, known as the world's wealthiest woman, who was 50 years old, died in New York. She had suffered three strokes of paralysis in the last two months and or several weeks had been practically helpless. Six men were killed instantly, one lied aboard a train en route to Williamsport, and five others were seriously burned about the body at Emorium Pa., when several thousand pounds of powder exploded in the dry house at the Aetna Explosives Company plant. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR COURING EVENTS. July 28-29 - Strawberry Day of Steam- boat Springs. Alumni Association Colorado's Forti- th Anniversary of Statehood. at Denver. Auk. 2—National Convention of Rep- resentatives of Negro Race at Denver. Aug. 8—Democratic State Assembly at Denver. Aug. 14—Colorado Federation of Labor Hunting at Colorado Springs. Aug. 18-19—Juckle Day and Fair at Platteville. Aug. 22-25—Annual Convention, Grand Lodge K. of F., at Greeley. Aug. 28-31—Apple Pie Days at Alpine. Sept. 5-8—Frontier Days' celebration at Fort Morgan. Sept. 27-29—State Convention B.P.O.E. at Trinidad. Grand Valley peaches are now being marketed. There is talk of building a sugar factory at Kuner. The hay yield in Montezuma county is larger than last year. Arrangements are being made to do placer mining near Mancos. The Allard mines near Mancos will soon be in operation again. The Montana militia passed through Denver on the way to the Arizona border. The Cowboy Rangers of Livermore held their first annual picnic on July 4th. A snowball picnic on the summit of Pike's Peak was a Fourth of July feature at Colorado Springs. The annual meeting of the Colorado State Federation of Labor will be held at Colorado Springs, Aug. 14. The increase in the price of beets this season is expected to bring $125,000 more to Morgan county growers. Donald Young, son of F. A. Young of Denver is the youngest soldier at the Golden rifle range. He is barely 17 With twenty-four arrests for drunkenness and eight fires, the Denver fire and police departments celebrated the Fourth. Many men heard the call to the colors and enlisted at the recruiting office in the Civic Association building in Denver July 4. Colorado's youngest soldier donned his uniform at the mobilization camp. He is Dallas De Fletcher, 16 years and 1 month old of Denver. The output of the Cripple Creek gold mining district for June amounted to $2,946 tons with an average value of $14.26 a ton and a gross bullion value of $1,183,371. The body of Joseph Gould, University of Colorado student who lost his life in the Eureka mine cave-in, was taken back to the family burial ground in Vermont. Private H. A. Stokes in the ranks of the signal corps at the Golden Rifle Range was introduced a week ago to Miss Gladys Dempsey of Denver, and four days later, he married her. One promotion in the ranks of Company E, Rocky Ford, has been officially announced. Private Henry A. Sullivan now is battalion sergeant major, with a salary of $45 per month. Four companies of infantry may be organized in northern Colorado following the visit of recruiting officers and the veteran fife and drum corps to Brighton, Fort Lupton, Platteville and Greeley. Company E of the National Guard left Rocky Ford for Golden after having been in camp in that city for ten days. They were given a hearty good-by by a crowd that numbered several thousand. It was a quiet Fourth at Golden Rifle Range. More leaves of absence were granted than usual, and there was a crowd of visitors; otherwise the day was like every other day at the camp. Charged with raising a check from $145 to $605, W. J. Hardy, organizer of a state bank at Stevens camp, former head of a $500,000 tungsten mining company, and builder of a thirty-six room hotel on the road from Boulder to Nederland was placed in jail in Boulder. Instead of screaming when a negro burglar entered her apartment in Denver, Miss Ethel Plack, grappled with him for several minutes. The burglar, with his face scratched and bleeding, his cap gone and his mask and tie torn off, leaped through the second-story window and disappeared. Word was received in Denver by the officials of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers that Mrs. W. B. Mills, widow of the delegate whose body was found in the lake at Lakeside park with the body of Miss Emma Dye, had started from her home in Sanborn, Iowa, for Denver. Representatives of the organization went to Golden and receive the body of their associate. Dead trout, washed into the field of Colorado and Wyoming by the high water in irrigation ditches, are needed to be excellent as fertilizers but are so expensive to the United States Department of Agriculture when used for this purpose that officials of the Forestry Service branch will make tests this summer of various devices and inventions to prevent fish from getting into these ditches. Denver building permits for the first six months of 1916 show an increase of $690,000 over the same period last year. PRICES OF BEETS RAISED FARMERS GIVEN MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE. Great Western Sugar Company Announces Advance of 50 Cents Per Ton as Producers' Share. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—An increase of 50 cents a ton to farmers for sugar beets in all the factory districts of the Great Western Sugar Company was determined upon by the board of directors of the corporation. This will mean a distribution of between $1,000,000 and $1,250,000 more to the farmers than under the present contract scale. The board held its meeting in Denver. The general prosperity of the business was the reason assigned for the voluntary raise. There will be thirteen sugar factories in operation by the Great Western Sugar Company when those now in the course of construction are completed. The raise in pay to the farmers will apply in all the districts supplying these factories. As nine of the corporation's plants are in Colorado the farmers of this state will benefit most by the increase. Two plants are in Nebraska, one in Montana and one in Wyoming. The minimum price now paid for sugar beets is $5 a ton, with an increasing scale for higher sugar content. The minimum will now be $5.50. Thousands of farmers in northern and eastern Colorado, the chief sugar beet raising districts of the state, will benefit by the increase. The determination of the board was reached after a thorough survey of the crops and conditions. This prosperous condition and the growth of the beet sugar industry are reflected in the extension of the company's business by the construction of three new factories this year. Women Combat Forest Blaze. Estes Park—Mrs. John D. Sherman of Chicago, and Miss Edna Ferber, the author of shopgirl and other stories, whose home is in Ottumwa, Iowa, led a force of firefighters on the edge of the National forest July 4. The fire was discovered near Lily Lake, and a call was made for help at the hotels. The women at once enlisted, were received by the others as leaders, and started the fight that was successful about two hours later in controlling the flames. Enos A. Mills, the author of mountain tales, and Supervisor Trowbridge of the National Forest Reserve, came to the aid of the first party a short time after the campaign started. Mother of Soldier-Son Shoots Self. Rocky Ford—One of the saddest incidents of the departure of the local military company was the attempted suicide of the mother of Coleman Horn, a private in the company. Since the company was ordered out, the mother of Horn was worried continually. The wound, which was made with a small caliber revolver, will not prove serious, in the opinion of the attending physician. Private Horn was obliged to accompany his company to Golden. He was given assurance of the physicians, however, his mother will recover. Important Findings by Supreme Court Important Findings by Supreme Court Denver — State Public Utilities Commission confirmed in its excessive control of public service corporations and District Courts denied jurisdiction. Decision in the case of the Denver & South Platte Railway Company against the city of Englewood. Protests against the petitions to refer the medical bill found invalid. Decision puts the bill before the people at the fall election. Dism'sal of E. E. Drach from the office of State Bank Commissioner upheld. Grand Fatal Hurt in Runaway. Grand Junction.—Rock Dickinson, 30, was knocked down by a runaway and perhaps fatally injured. He crawled to a nearby grocery and called for help. The proprietor of the store thought he was a burglar and opened fire on him as he lay on the sidewalk. None of the bullets took effect. Money of Victim to Defend Slayer. Boulder.—When William E. Pitch ford, the confessed slayer of his aged father-in-law, Samuel R. Sansom, o. Lafayette, is brought to trial he will be defended by money derived from the estate of his victim and he will have the support of the slain man's seven children. Old Wound Fatal to Veteran. Grand Junction.—Frank L. Babb age 43, a veteran of the Philippin war, dropped dead across an irrigat ing ditch on his farm as a result o a wound incurred while serving wit the United States army in 1899. Funeral Directors Elect Officers. Colorado Springs.—The Colorado Funeral Directors and Embalmer Association closed its annual convent ation here by electing the following of ficers: Erwin T. Beyle, Colorad Springs, president; B. B. Site, Trin dad, vice president; F. J. Allnu Greeley, second vice president; E. C Jones, Brighton, secretary and treasurer. C. C. White of Pueblo and C. R Rodgers of Denver were elected del gates to the national convention. Henning's Shoes Have the pleasant effect of throwing the spotlight on your feet, and there are reasons: Customers appreciate beauty—Henning's styles, lasts and colorings are what girls call "adorable." Women, most of them at least, have to count dollars, and Henning's shoes, with their moderate prices, comes within the purge reach of them all. 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I Cured Fed Meats Poultry and Game. 2, 4303, 4304, 4305 Denver, Colorado Head Hat Co. MAIN 3203 HATTERS DYERS AND FINISHERS Parts of Every Description Denver, Colo. A woman in a dress. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS THE ONE.WHO STAYED. The tale is not much. Nor known in the annals of war; it was told in a breath By the fires of the camp; it was only—devotion and death. There were many of such. The hero—I know You would not have called him a hero—at least, ere he gave His life for the flag, like a freeman; for he was a slave. And ignorant, low In the scale of humanity's worth, as the bulk of his race; But he filled a man's place They fled from the foe, Outnumbered and bleeding, and leaped to a boat by the shore. But it sank on the shoal; they must push it away, if it bore Their number; then lo! Before they could ask "Who does it?" or soldier could spring from the sheltering side. Alrcady a Negro was leaping. "I'll do it!" he cried. And bent to the task. "You soldiers can fight for the flag! You must all get away! Who cares if I stay?" Ah. stalwart to serve, The arms that had toiled in the cotton! He gave, to the last. The sum of his strength; for the fugitives' peril was past. For his soul did not swerve. Uncomely the clay Whereof he was fashioned—yet now, when bullets had rent A sevenfold way for the life that he gave with content. It seemed, where he lay. As if honor impartial had claimed him —to count him apart. "I am inclined to think that the mind of the Negro has been too long centered on himself," declared Prof. I. M Terrell in an address delivered at Houston. Tex. "He has been disposed to determine the worth or worthiness of a movement by the direct good he was to derive from it. We can no longer afford to measure the value of things in terms of our own direct benefits. So long as we continue to do this we may never hope to be counted in fact a part of this great country; nor can we expect to demand and receive equal rights and privileges. An individual or race that falls in the performance of duty forfeits all claims to any rights, for duty is paramount to all rights. And you may be assured if you perform your duty, your rights and privileges will follow. It is our duty to prepare ourselves to live the fullest possible lives; to be of the greatest use to the community in which we happen to live and to the state and country at large. It is our duty to take advantage of every opportunity to improve ourselves to the end that society generally will feel us less and less a burden or liability and more and more an asset. "As fast as the white people of Houston or any other city or town are convinced that you are responding to the opportunities and advantages offered, they are willing and are going to extend them; and so, after all, it is up to us as to what rights and privileges we shall enjoy. A wise use of those granted is certain to open up new ones. I know that in every instance where wisdom has governed the A Bible presented to President Lincoln in 1864 by Negroes in Baltimore as a token of their appreciation for the part he took in the emancipation of their race, has been received at Nashville, Tenn., as the gift of Robert T. Lincoln to Fisk university, the local educational institution for Negroes. The gift was announced by the president of the university, Dr. F. A. McKenzie Mr. Lincoln says in his letter to President McKenzie; "Please express the pleasure that I have in requesting Fisk university to accept the permanent custody of the very interesting Bible presented to my father by a large number of colored persons as a testimonial of their feelings upon the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. It has seemed to me better that this notable testimonial should be preserved in some institute where its resting place will be permanent, and I can think of no more fitting selection than the institution founded by Gen. Clinton Bowen Fisk immediately upon completing a distinguished military service in the war which resulted in the abolition of human slavery in our country." No great war of our time has ended during the winter months, nor, with the exception of the Russo-Japanese war, has any begun then. For a century all wars have begun in the spring, summer or early autumn and ended between March and August. The American hen produced during the last census year nearly 20,000,000,000 eggs, and the product has been increasing since that time. Winter temperature of Cuba ranges from 60 to 85 degrees. action of the Negro he has received the encouragement and assistance of the white people. "In concluding my remarks, I wish to exhort all, especially those who have achieved these new honors, that at bottom and as the basis of all life and progress must rest the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Except we eliminate all deceit and selfishness and get right down to the good old way and not only say we are willing to do so, but actually treat every man as we would like to be treated, there is no way to escape friction and disruption. "I hope the day has dawned when every member of my race will see the wisdom of being upright, honest, reliable and intelligent so that he will have the respect and confidence of the better element of all races. If we are to play the important role in the industrial and economic development of our state and country which it is possible for us to do, we must learn to be more dependable; for labor that is nondependable, that cannot be relied on, is certain to be replaced by other and more reliable labor. When all men shall have reached the point that they will quit trying to deceive each other and remember that honesty is the best policy, we will then be on the road to a better mutual understanding and therefore to a better racial relationship. Let this occasion be an incentive to all for a higher faith in the ultimate outcome of mankind." The refusal of congress to provide for additional Negro regiments in the enlarged army has received a rebuke from Governor Whitman of New York. He has authorized the enlistment of a colored regiment of the National Guard of the Empire State, and the heartening part of it is that, whereas four years ago a similar proposition was strongly opposed by the guardsmen, they support the governor's action today. The Negroes, according to the New York Press, promise that their regiment will be recruited with expedition and that their soldiery "will speedily prove itself worthy of comparison with the whites in loyalty, discipline, alertness and endurance." We pointed out, the other day, that the colored troops now in Mexico were demonstrating just that; indeed, that they were among the best American fighting stock south of the Rio Grande. Of course this is nothing new. The record of the Negro soldiery in the Civil war, when 180,000 fought to preserve the Union, was splendid in every respect. So was its record in our war with Spain. In short, the Negro has won the right through sacrifice and efficiency to be considered an active part of our national defense. If the great state of New York relies upon its colored stock to make satisfactory guardsmen, what a disgrace for the national congress, if, because of sectional hatred, it refuses to consider the ready and willing Negro for the regular army!—Milwaukee Free Press. An Irish author who has recently published a fifth-century romance insists that the "O" of his name (O'Sullivan) should not be capitalized because it is a corruption of the Gaelle word "us," meaning "the descendant of." He avers that both the apostrophe and the hyphen are recent intrusions in the field of human nomenclature. Through J. P Rawley, a map publisher of 856 Broadway, a campaign to raise $50,000 for increasing the equipment of the Slater Industrial School for Negroes at Winston-Salem, N C., has spread to New York. A letter sent out by William A. Blafr, vice president and cashier of the People's National bank, Winston-Salem, says: "The influence of the school has eliminated every vestige of race friction in the entire vicinity. The institution is not an experiment but a splendid reality, being the most important one in the entire South for colored people, save Tuskegee and Hampton.-New York Sun. Most of the so-called chicory now being used in Italy is made of dried figs. It is said that dried figs are at least as good for this purpose as chicory, and are now in great demand. The black opal, which a few years ago created a furure in the jewelry world, has practically ceased to exist, says Albert Ramsey, London, the world's largest opal dealer. The last of that famous band under John C. Fremont, who in 1846 hauled down the Mexican flag at Monterey Cal., is dead at Spokane. Wash, Anson A. Pike, aged ninety-six Mr. Pike, an Ohloan, built a schoolhouse in Bloomington, O., while Abraham Lincoln was superintendent of schools in that city. What is believed to be the world's smallest aeroplane has been built by a Californian, having a wing spread of only eighteen feet and being driven by a seven-horsepower motorcycle engine. TEXTOFCARRANZANOTE CONCILIATORY IN TONE AND SUGGESTS MEDIATION. Promise Given That Troops Under Gen. Pershing Will Not Be in Peril of Attack Again. Washington, July 6.—The text of Carranza's reply to the United States, as transmitted by Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador designate follows: "Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to transmit in continuation the text of a note which I have just received from my government, with instructions to present it to your excellency: Mr. Secretary: Referring to the notes of June 20 and 25 last, I have the honor to say to your excellency that the immediate release of the Carrizal prisoners was a further proof of the sincerity of the desires of this government to reach a pacific and satisfactory arrangement of present difficulties. This government is anxious to solve the present conflict and it would be unjust if its attitude were misinterpreted. It was also the Mexican government that earnestly suggested a plan for cantonments along the boundary line during the conferences of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. This government is disposed now, as it has always been to seek an immediate solution of the two points which constitute the true cause of the conflict between the two countries, to wit: The American government thinks reasonably that the insecurity of its frontier is a source of difficulty and the Mexican government on its part believes that the stay of American troops on Mexican territory, aside from being a trespass on the sovereignty of Mexico, is the immediate cause of the conflicts. Therefore the withdrawal of American troops on one hand and the protection of the frontier on the other, are the two essential problems, the solution of which must be the directing objects of the efforts of both governments. The Mexican government is willing to consider in a quick and practical way, and prompted by a spirit of concord, the remedies which should be applied to the present situation. Several Latin-American countries have offered their friendly mediation to the Mexican government, and the latter has accepted it in principle. Therefore, the Mexican government only awaits information that the government of the United States would be disposed to accept this mediation for the purpose mentioned above or whether it is still of the belief that the same results may be attained by means of direct negotiations between both governments. In the meantime this government purposes to employ all efforts that may be at its disposal to avoid the recurrence of new incidents which may complicate and aggravate the situation. At the same time it hopes that the American government on its part may make use of all efforts to prevent also new acts of its military and civil authorities of the frontier that might cause new complications. I avail myself of this opportunity to reiterate to your excellency the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. (Signed) G. AGUILAR. "Having thus compiled with the higher instructions of my government, it affords me pleasure to reiterate to your excellency the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. (Signed) E. ARREDONDO." London.—The American steamer Jacob Luckenbach has been sunk in a collision in the channel. The crew was saved. HYPHENS PLEDGE SERVICE. German-American Alliance Declares in Favor of Preparedness. Buffalo, N. Y.—The State Convention of the German-American Alliance closed with the re-election of the present officers and the adoption of resolutions which set forth that the alliance was not to be allowed to become the instrument of politicians; Another resolution adopted by the alliance stated that in the Mexican crisis the members of the alliance pledged their property and lives to the support of our government "to whose continued glorious development as a free and independent nation we shall ever devote ourselves." The resolution was telegraphed to President Wilson and Governor Whitman. In other resolutions the alliance reaffirmed its "faith and hope in our country and its free institutions," and expressed the wish that "all efforts to question the loyalty of any part or section of our citizenship by men or parties who seek to profit by the seeds of internal discord will meet with failure." The alliance declared for preparedness but asserted that it hoped for the continuance of peace "both as against war-torn Europe and sorely-streken Mexico." Rome.—The eruption of Stromboli has become serious. The flow of lava is spreading to the sparse coast settlements, burning and destroying houses, and the population is fleeing o the sea and taking refuge on relief ships sent from Messina. CARRANZA REPLY ENDS WAR CRISIS FIRST CHIEF NOW WILLING TO DO WHAT U. S. GOVERNMENT SAYS IS RIGHT. STATUS QUO INDICATED SUGGESTS THAT DIFFERENCES MAY BE ARBITRATED AND ADJUSTED. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.—Early resumption of friendly diplomatic conversations with the de facto government of Mexico, to the end that peace and order may be restored in northern Mexico and along the border, is expected here to be the next step of the United States in its relations with its southern neighbor. The crisis precipitated by Villa's raid on Columbus, N. M., and culminating in the fight at Carrizal, Mexico, between American and Mexican troops, appeared to have been dissipated by an amicable note from Gen. Carranza, presented Wednesday by his ambassador designate here. Eliseo Arredondo. The note proposes that the differences between the governments be settled by mediation or by direct negotiations. It is remarkable for its brevity, its restrained and friendly tone, and for the absolute lack of any of the strong, even insolent, language, which characterized the last two communications from the de facto government. It treats as a closed incident the exchange of unfriendly communications which brought war almost within sight. State Department officials appeared entirely satisfied with the definition of the matters to be settled outlined in the new Mexican note. Columbus, N. M.—It was announced officially at military headquarters here that parts of the Massachusetts and New Mexico National Guard organizations mobilized here will be sent into Mexico within the next few days to guard Gen. Pershing's line of communication. Washington.—A movement is brewing in Congress for the recall of the national guardsmen to their occupations in civil life as a result of the abatement of the Mexican war scare, and the disclosure that President Wilson not only contemplates withdrawing the Pershing expedition, but intends henceforth merely to guard the border against band raids. Following his perusal of Carranza's conciliatory note, Mr. Wilson indicated that he will hold the Pershing force inactive in its retired position in Mexico while he negotiates with the first chief an arrangement for a borge guard involving the complete withdrawal of the American troops. At the White House it was said Wednesday night the President has not abandoned his intention to send to the border all the guardsmen called out. War Department officials expressed the opinion that if no further trouble with Carranza develops the guard probably would be kept on the border about four months. Rancher Shot at Morrison Creek. Steamboat Springs.-Alfred Todd, unmarried, a widely-known rancher of the Morrison Creek district, was shot and fatally wounded at his ranch by Jacob Augster, a neighboring farmer. Todd started for Oak Creek for medical attention but died on the road. SECOND GERMAN LINE TAKEN. All Enemy Positions on Six-Mile Front Taken by Storm. Paris, July 6.—The French have carried by assault the second German lines on a front of two kilometers from the Clery-Maricourt road to the river Somme. They have also captured the village Hem in the same district, according to the official statement issued by the French war office. The French have captured all the German second positions south of the Somme on a front of about ten kilometers (six miles). They have also completed the occupation of the village of Estrees, where 200 Germans surrendered. German losses, since drive began, placed at 60,000. Reports from Berlin belittle gains so far accomplished and declare it will prove impossible for the British to drive them out of France and Belgium. Important Russian successes which presage a drive against Lemberg reported from Petrograd. Rumors that Rumania is about to enter the war on the side of the allies again are persistent. Hetty Green Buried in Vermont. New York.—The body of Mrs. Hetty Green, said to have been "the richest woman in the world," who died at her home here, left on a special car for Bellows Falls, Vt., where the burial took place. Four Shot as Bandits Loot Bank. St. Mary's, Kan.—Four persons were shot, one probably fatally, by robbers who escaped after having stolen $2,400 from the St. Marys State Bank. 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 Twentieth and Champa, Is the place to get your DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES WE SERVE DRINKS. Prescriptions Our Specialty. Phone us and we will deliver the goods to all parts of the city. JAMES E. THRALL, PROPR. PHONE MAIN 2425. 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 O.P. BAUR & CO. CATERERS AND CONFECTIONERS Phone: 168 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving, and Storage COAL AND WOOD PROMPT DELIVERY. Phone Main 6544. 2415 WASHINGTON STREET. TELEPHONE YORK 6668. J. H. Biggins GENERAL FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING. WORK GUARANTEED. 1417 East 24th Avenue, Denver, Colo. 23C0-6 Larimer Street Phone Main 1461 Phone Main 4895 1848 Arapahoe 乐泽轩 Miss M. Cowden Hair Dressing Parlor Shampoo, cutting and curling. Scalp treatment, hair tonics, hair straightening, manicuring. Stage wigs for rent; theatrical use and masquerades. Goods delivered out of the city. 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A house divided against itself must surely fall, therefore whenever and wherever we find a man of the race engaged in an honest contest which involves our political and civil rights, it is our imperative duty to sink personal differences, ignore that man's individuality, if need be, and to faithfully stand with closed ranks by the principles for which he contends until the victory is won. With unconquered prejudice and subtie malignity the wealth and brains of the late slaveholding class, their sympathizers and henchmen, have combined and are persistently exerting their all-powerful influence, in and out of Congress, through every avenue of the States' Government, through every remification of life, to retard the Negro's progress and perpetuate his poverty and degradation. Every scheme, device, fraud, violence and cool, calculating murder are being perpetuated to destroy the legitimate fruits of freedom; to deny, resist, nullify and cheat him of his constitutionally guaranteed rights and privileges as an American citizen. It is, therefore, absolutely necessary that we lay aside our internal dissentions and minor differences and present a solid front. STRENUOUS LIFE. Almost as a total population of Colorado the Negro stands off and feels that he is not in touch with the great strenuous life which is the heart of the present century's human existence. The world's problems are not ours. There are no problems for us except those touching the right and the oppotunity to live. If we can be employed in some way and dragged along in the wake of the world's hurrying events, we will be half-way content, at least. Such seems the position of the Negro race in Colorado, but as a matter of truth, is there not a great, ardent life opening before this same Negro? Is there not a great business development awaiting an enlightened direction? Are there not great social, financial and political problems of racial unity, world-wide in their application, appealing for recognition before the awakening Negro of today? Wealth-getting is the first great motive of the Caucasion. Let it be so with the Negro. The money-getting spirit carries enlightenment and civilization with it. Business is the watchword of today. Even with the field filled up and handicapped as it is here, 10,000,000 of people of our race are sufficient within themselves to create a volume of new business of their own which would be more than respectable. But our business enterprises can easily take a peculiar advantage, providentially reserved, if they will, by seeking development on African soil. We are not talking of emigration. We are talking of The wonderful and sagacious information coming occasionally to the Negroes of this country from native sources, combines to present to us a special business phase of life, gigantic in its possibilities and reserved for and applicable to us alone. In our present poverty this must sound like dreamtalk. But it is natural and therefore undoubtedly true. Men of faith, courage, patience, men of loyal race desire and strenuous energy are awakening among Negroes to a realization of the auspicious providence and heaven promises that this country will not close leaving the Negro, as now, an uncounted for factor in the world's development. THE GREATEST PROBLEM People disagree seriously regarding the comparative importance of matters and things engaging the minds of men in the forward march of civilization; those things considered pre-eminent and vital by some, being almost entirely ignored or given but passing notice by others, who themselves are absorbed with problems of far greater importance to them. It is from an individual or a clannish standpoint that most men consider the affairs of life, without caring to go deep into the fundamentals upon which continued success and happiness must be founded. Matters of selfish importance are often pushed into greater prominence than other matters, of wider application and greater virtue, are permitted to attain, because the power concentrated behind them is greedy for its own enlargement and unmindful of evil influences or the inexorable laws of natural adjustment. The success of the individual is often declared to be the best indication of the possibilities of the many, and the prosperity of many is likewise made to appear as an exemplification of the well-being of all. So in this free government of vast and complicated interests, it is easy for statesmen to see the country's good in the advancement of one or more of these interests, even while others of greater fundamental importance are neglected. Industrialism and commercialism are the all-absorbing twin motives of governing directorates throughout the world in this age, and moral and social advancement wait upon the recognition and glorification of their younger sisters. Social and moral questions are no longer popular in politics. Those who formerly made political parties powerful or ignominious are now mere platform reminiscences. Labor questions, assuming to fill the gap, are made to create but a false division of sentiment and cut but a sorry figure in all great political contests. Commercialism is powerful enough to divide the labor vote, and lesser social forces dwindle to numbers too small for division. The pleas of the moralist and the sentimentalist are as vain as are appeals to a wooden Joss. The greatest problem with which we have to contend, as a people professing freedom and individual sovereignty, is how to bring the country back to its first principles which were declared to be based upon the right of every man to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." --- Hard Work and Self Denial Necessary If a Girl Is Really to Attain Her Ideal Hard Work and Self Denial Necessary If a Girl Is Really to Attain Her Ideal By MISS MARY C. MELLYN Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Boston, Mass. The girl who seeks instinctively a career feels very early her ideal of what she wants to be. A girl must have her ideal to have a career. The very fact that she has the ideal means that there is something in it to which her nature will respond. If she does not see the thing she would strive for, she cannot attain it. There are two kinds of ideals: one is like a beacon light, the other like a taper we carry in our hand. The girl who would make her career what she would have it must see her ideal glowing like a beacon light above her path. Having that ideal, the next thing for her to do is to work steadily toward it; no work should be too difficult for her to attain it, no sacrifice too great. In its attainment perhaps there will be years of self-denial, of giving up many things that other people may like and care for. She must have a very clear understanding at the start that if the thing is worth while it is worth working for. She must never forget that there can be no service without sacrifice. I have been teaching young women to be teachers for twenty years, and I have found in my work that the real teacher is the one to whom the vision of a glowing ideal came early. I may add that the girl with the glowing ideal is not of the majority; girls of the majority care for other things. There is one fundamental principle to guide the worker who would win success, which is stated in a line by Bishop Spaulding of Peoria, that I often quote to my young teachers: "Work not to have more, but to be more." Agricultural Pursuits Are Made More Attractive by Upward Trend of Wages By C. C. BOWSFIELD With the present upward trend of farm wages the opportunities to young men in agriculture are the most attractive ever known. Nothing is more important to this nation than the fact that people are being encouraged to go back to the soil, but there would be no such stimulus without solid financial reasons. There is a significance about this new condition which will interest thousands who have been studying the subject of rural life betterment. What young people gain by entering upon the farming vocation today makes an interesting theme, and it has a relation to social contentment and general prosperity. The increased wages paid at present, and the better situation of farm employees everywhere, are merely surface indications of a great improvement throughout the agricultural vocation. Every progressive farming community can show an increasing number of high-salaried employees who rank as foreman or farm managers. For these the range of pay is from $60 upward. The better class of experienced managers command $100 to $150 a month, with now and then a case of one receiving $200 to $250 on large places organized with plenty of capital. Militarism and Democracy in Fight to Death for Supremacy Militarism and democracy never have and never will make good bedfellows in a "cradle of liberty" such as ours. Either democracy must kick out militarism or militarism will kick out democracy. It is for the people of the nation to say which is to go. The fight is to be ultimately to the death of one or the other. And the patriots for profit are powerful for they have got their friends everywhere in public life. Leading the fight for the militarists are not merely the captains of Wall street, but the captains of the captains of Wall street. But it is unnecessary to point out which side privilege is on. The greedy predatory interests of this nation were never before so solidly arrayed on one side of an issue as on this. These money changers of Wall street have never done anything for the American wage earners or the American farmers except exploit them. Are the latter now ready blindly to follow them into the spider's web of militarism to be exploited on a more gigantic scale than they are even now being exploited? Open Air School Should Be the Rule By DR. S. A. KNOPF of New York The open-air school should be the rule rather than the exception. I would like to do away with the American windows. I am a good American, but I like best the French windows that open full length. There should be more exercise for the children during school hours. It is an awful thing to have a child sit for nearly an hour and not be allowed to wiggle. No child should be sent to school until he is eight years old. I experimented with children along this line, and found that the child who never went to school until eight years old, easily caught up with the one who had been going since he was six. Merchant Marine Now Greatest Need By BENJAMIN J. ROSENTHAL of Chicago The one great need of the United States today in carrying out it plan of national development is a merchant marine capable and sufficient to re-establish the commercial greatness of this country on the high seas. I recommend that every voter write to his congressman, urging him to do all in his power to secure the passage of the shipping bill now befor congress. This bill calls for the appropriation of $50,000,000 for the establishment of a merchant marine. I recommend also the appointment of a merchant marine commission issued along the same general lines as the interstate commerce commission. Shorter Chapel's Annual Outing THE BRIDGE AUG. 3rd AT Dome Rock Round Trip $1.00 Children Under Twelve 50c Through picturesque Platte Cañon, Colorado's famous ground for trout fishing, to the retreat of pleasure-seekers—Dome Rock. A variety of sports and games with rewards for the winners will be an interesting feature. Remember, the grown-ups as well as the youths enjoy Shorter's picnics; it will be an outing for the whole family. Train will leave Union Station at 8:00 A.M. GEORGE C. KING, Superintendent. ROBERT L. POPE, Pastor. Daniels & Fisher's A Big Day TODAY for Shoppers in Women's Suit Section--- Lawrence Basement DOWN STAIRS STORE $10.00 Charming Brocks in Georgette, crepe de chine, charmeuse, etc.; worth to $25. Our Wash Goods Section---Lawrence Basement At 10c--- 12½c Percales, in new light and dark patterns. At 12 1-2c--- A new assortment of Ginghams in stripes, checks and plaids At 20c--- New 25c Scotch Ginghams, extra width and extra quality. At 19c--- Best 25c Galatea Cloths. Y. M.C. A. Must Have $1000 IN CASH and SUBSCRIP- TION by AUGUST 19, 1916 Subscribe To The Fund Now C. D. DeFRANTZ, Chairman. S. A. BONDURANT, Treas. Phone Main 5639 2800 Glenarm Place SHILOH BAPTIST MISSION. Corner 29th and Larimer streets. Rev. T. E. Henderson, pastor. Preaching every Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Regular prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. K. P. Excursion to Colorado Springs in honor of Grand Lodge, Thursday, July 27th, via Colorado & Southern. Secure your tickets from Harry Jones, 1021 Nineteenth street. Round trip $2.25. SHILOH BAPTIST MISSION. Corner 29th and Larimer streets. Rev. T. E. Henderson, pastor. Preaching every Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Regular prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE AUGUST 14TH, 1887, THE NEW YORK CITY SHADOW BE FINE AMERICAN COUNTRY PARTY THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU OF INFORMATION 1824 CURTIS STREET Room 25. DENVER, COLORADO Phone: Main /417. Mrs. Churchill DeNeal and family have moved from 1150 Broadway to 1826 E 32d ave., where they will be glad to welcome their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Polk desire to thank their friends for the beautiful cut glass shower, on the occasion of their fifteenth wedding anniversary, especially the Sewing Circle and Stewardess Board of Shorter Chapel. Mrs. J. L. Burnett was elected one of the delegates to represent Capitola Temple at the State Grand Lodge of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. of Colorado and jurisdiction, which will convene July 19, 20 and 21 at Pueblo, Colo. Dr. P. E. Spratlin, District Grand Master, reports that the Odd Fellows Endowment Board paid last week's claims amounting to $1,090 to the following persons: C. C. Mathies, F. M. Shannon, G. D. Hall, N. Ford, Mrs Sarah Jackson, Mrs. Jessie Winslow Nimrod Gordon, Mrs. Addie Birthright and Mrs. Harriett Nielson. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Travers of 2211 Marion street, left last Monday night for a three months' trip in the East. They will visit Chicago, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and a little trip to Canada. Boston, New York city, Washington. D. C., Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Pittsburg. They will return by the way of Chicago, Macon, Mo., Mr. Travers' birthplace, and Kansas City. Mr. Travers is an employee of the Colorado Southern Dining Car department. The Marguerite Washington Social Art and Literary Club adjourned for the summer last Friday, when they met at the City Park and enjoyed a basket picnic. Several invited friends were present and all had a good time. The ladies of the club showed themselves true hearted and pure. They closed with singing "God Be With Us Till We Meet Again." MRS. J. L. BURNETT, Pres. MRS. WM. EDSON, Sec'y. SANTA FE R. R. CO. INAUGURATES NEW PLAN. The Santa Fe railroad has inaugurated a plan which will result in the insuring the lives of 75,000 employees. Under this insurance plan all the emplovés on the system, covering 13,000 miles, are made beneficiaries. The insurance will protect all who have been in the company two years or more, which includes 6,000 emplovés in Colorado. The sum to be paid at the death of an emplové is equal to 5 per cent of the salary or wage received during the twelve months preceding his death, multilibrated by the number of years of continuous service. A maximum of $3,000 and a minimum of $250 is established. FUNERAL NOTICES. Douglass Undertaking Co. Mrs. Jannie Penny, age 29 yrs., late of Colorado Springs, beloved mother of Mildred Penny, departed this life June 11th, which resulted from dementia praecox. Remains were shipped to Bogue, Kans., June 29. 9 p. m over U. P. under auspices of Elizabeth Tabernacle 461, Colorado Springs. Infant Fredrick Daniel Beason, of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Beason, 1407 Elati St., departed this life June 28, 6:45 p. m. Death resulted from pneumonia. Funeral services were held from grandmother's residence, 2352 Curtis St., Sunday, July 2d, 2 p. m. Rev. Reynolds officiated. Interment Riverside cemetery. Mr. Jas. R. Walton, age 42 yrs., beloved husband of Mrs. Jas. R. Walton, brother of L. H. and W. W. Walton of this city, departed this life June 29th, in Pueblo, Colo. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 2d, 2:30 p. m., from Douglass chapel. Rev. Overs officiated. Interment Riverside cemetery. FOR RENT—Five-room modern, nicely furnished house at 1746 Humboldt street. CAMMEL & CO. UNDERTAKERS' NOTICES. Baby Oscar Searight, died July 2, 1916, from premature birth. Funeral services from the Cammel chapel Wednesday 1 p. m. Interment at Riverside. Mr. Dave White departed this life Tuesday at the County Hospital from paresis. The remains at Cammel parlors. Funeral Sunday from Scott church at 2 p. m. The funeral services of Mr. Victor Scruggs were held at Central Baptist church, Sunday at 2:30 p. m. under the auspices of the Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 2320, G. U. O. of O. F. The lodge turned out in full to the member, being assisted by the numbers of this great lodge. The Rev. Dr. Pope of Shorter chapel, and Dr. Price officiated. The Rev. Price delivered an excellent sermon. The cortege was under the personal direction of Mr. Cammel, assisted by Mr. Hawkins. These gentlemen are proving themselves to be really progressive undertakers, attentive and courteous at all times. Interment at Riverside. BOULDER SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH. The last Sabbath in June two special sermons were preached by Rev. J. A. Thos-Hazel of the People's Presbyterian church, Denver, to the congregation above stated. The membership is less than 50. The spirit of duty and the exercise of self-sacrifice seem to have a grip upon these faithful parishioners. To the astonishment of the worshippers and visitors $182.61 was realized. Brother C. A. Jackson, the pastor, preaches a practical gospel to his people. They are being indoctrinated in the principles of individual, systematic and proportionate givers. Rev. Wayman Ward of the Methodist church of that city, tools active part during these services. The pastor and congregation are to be commended for their zeal. May larger measure of success abide with this pastor and his flock in their endeavors. BE REASONABLE. The Denver Union Water Company "altho consigned to the dust from whence we sprung" by some citizens, is still offering the charitable action to the people of Denver. In the public notice of a week ago the Company has requested us to be more careful with the use of water (not in our homes as far as the usual domestic conditions exists), but in irrigation of our lawns and parks, and if we would only stop to think how the NIMBUS CLOUDS have forgotten us for upwards of two months, we surely would do as far as in our power lies, everything to help our water concern. It may be alright to grumble, kick and rebel, but the individual, the corporation, the people who have made it possible to beautify our homes, so as to lend the nucleus of attraction to our city must have some consideration; and the Colorado Statesman urges that all of the Colored members of this community do their best in conformity to the request of the Denver Union Water Company, which will not only hinder friction legally or illegally, but advertise our city in these days as in the former, when we brought her from DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. TAKE HEED AND GOVERN OURSELVES. PEOPLE'S PRESBYTERIAN. E. 23d Ave. and Washington St. Pastor, J. A. Thos-Hazell, S. T. B Sermon topics, Sunday, July 9, 11 a.m., "Alone, Yet Not Alone." 5:30 p. m. "Some Facts About Heaven." In spite of the extreme hot weather 'ast Sabbath two large congregations attended the services. The communicants that partook of the Lord's Supper in connection with the evening services surprised the pastor's expectation as to numbers. Among these were Mr. and Mrs. Grier of the Calvary Presbyterian church, Topeka, Kans., and Miss Julia Wilson of the 23rd Ave. Presbyterian church of this city. Friends and visitors are cordially invited to hear the two sermons tomorrow. Tomorrow a special offertory from each member of $5.00 will be taken. This amount will be applied on our indebtedness to the board of church erection in New York city. The regular offertory is not to be ignored on account of the special. For Rent—Furnished rooms at the Reo Club, 2710 Welton street, E. R. Page, proprietor. Permanent or transient. Y. W. C. A. NOTES. Mrs. Fisher, one of the enthusiastic members of the Association, secured a donation of several benches for the rooms at 318 East Twenty-fifth street. The regular monthly business meeting was held Monday evening. Mrs. A. M. Ward presided, Miss Howard secretary. Mrs. H. T. Wilson will be hostess Sunday afternoon at the Vesper services. Owing to Mrs. McGuire's inability to serve, Mrs. Fanny Brown presided at the Vesper service Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Froman served tea, assisted by Misses White and Howard. During the remainder of the summer there will be two outdoor meetings a month in addition to the business meeting; on the other Monday evening of the month "open house" will be kept at the Y. W. This Monday evening, July 9, the second lawn social will be held at Twenty-fourth and Emerson streets. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. A goodly number of men attended the meeting last Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Rev, William H. Velte pastor of the First German church, was the speaker. His address was along the lines of patriotism. Among other things, he said: "The whole world is upset as never before I cannot understand it—no one can. But of this we may be sure, that as 'long as there is a 'mine' and a 'thine' there will be war; and that is the trouble today." "If the millions invested in Mexico are the only thing at stake, then the blood of my son and your son, and my brother and your brother, is too precious to be spilled upon that soil. Let us be the big brother to Mexico instead of fighting her. "A patriot must be a man of prayer—like Daniel, like Abraham Lincoln. He must be a man of self-sacrifice. He must be a man devoted to the right. Might is not always right. Might is with God, not with man." The boys' brass band is progressing nicely under the management of Mr. Boykin. They rehearse twice a week and are planning to increase their numbers. Any boy of good character may join the band by paying one dollar on joining and twenty-five cents a month. This goes towards paying for the instruments. A watermelon feast and story-telling social will be given for the boys on Saturday of the 15th. It will be free 'to all members of the boys' department, and will be held on the lawn from 7 to 8. A croquet game between Ross and Lightner and Sims and Sawyer last Saturday evening was thrilling throughout. The finals were go involved in doubt that there was difficulty in saying who won. Sims, seeing that his side was being hard pressed after a splendid lead, suddenly remembered that he had not eaten his dinner, and gave his mallet over to Parks; and it is thought that the doubt and confusion began at that point. In a game of singles on the evening of the Fourth, Sims defeated Bell by a score of two to one. Other games will be played next Saturday afternoon. The Rev, Dr. G. B. Weaver, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church, will address the men's meeting next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Dr. Weaver is said to be a fine man and a splendid speaker, and it is howed that a large number will be present to hear him. SHORTER CHAPEL'S NOTES Rev, Robert L. Pope, B. D., Pastor. With World's Famous Authors. First week in August, Richard B. Harrison of national-wide reputation. Judging from the number of comments, our pastor's sermons were well received last Sunday. The following were received into the church: Sister J. E. Houston, Chicago; S. Johnson Sinnetta Johnson and J. A. Johnson, of Litter Rock, Ark; M. E. Northwest Dallas, Tex., and Lucy Jackson, 25th and Glencoe avenues. Christian baptism was administered at the evening hour with Miss Marlon Hemphill as subject. Our choir is placing upon the shoulders of the congregation a large debt of gratitude not only for the very acceptable service rendered in the usual way, but also for a purse of $72.00 raised for the purpose of having the pipe organ overhauled and tuned. The Knight-Cambell Music company has dispatched the work in a most satisfactory manner, and our music is now rich and sweet. Our trustees gratefully acknowledge the following amounts: Miss J. M. Hicks, $12.75; Mrs. McGuire, $9; Miss Rideout, $7; Mrs. Pondurant, $5.60; Mrs. Ross, $4.30; Mr. Bondurant, $4.15; Mrs. Norris, $4; Mrs. Malard, $2.10; Mr. Nelson, $3.10; Mrs. Williams, $2.40; Mrs. Moore, $2.29; Mr. Williams $2.01; Miss Hembill, $1.70; special, $10.86 Sunday, the 16th, will be observed as Woman's Day at Shorter, and the services both morning and evening will be by and in charge of our women. The ushers, trustees, clerk, treasurer minister will all be of the milder sex. This will be pay-up day. All members in arrears with either class, or weekly dues are requested to pay up on this day. A great audience is expected out to see and help the women run the church for a day. A special invitation is extended to all members of women's clubs. Our Sunday school picnic will be held at Dome Rock Thursday, August 3d. Our friends desiring an outing at a fine place, with a fine crowd, characterized by fine order and in a manner in which everyone will have a fine time, is asked to wait and go with our Sunday school and congregation. Shorter is proud of the solendid reputation maintained in the past, and this year promises to be no exception. Round trip $1.60; children 50c. SERVICE MOUNTAIN STAT TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH LIBERTY AND SERVICE In 1776 the people of this country threw off the shackles of kingly rule and proclaimed themselves free from the domination of any foreign king, prince or potentate. One hundred years later Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, which was destined to free the people from the unsatisfactory coach-and-four methods of communication. As the Spirit of Liberty has been the guilding power in the development of the nation, so has the Spirit of Service been the directing force in the development of the great Bell Telephone System. In the brief period of forty years the telephone has developed into a utility that not only enters intimately into the very life of society, but its service has become so comprehensive and so potent that it is now a factor in our national strength and national efficiency. Our country's greatness is built upon the Spirit of Liberty. The efficiency of the Bell System is promoted and maintained by the Spirit of Service. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. Clearance $11 For $15-$18-$20-$22 Summer Suits Clearance Sale Offers Bargains in Every Department THE MAY CO. THE HOME OF SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES GENTLEMEN, IMPROVE YOUR HAIR. If you have good hair we can make it better; if you have bad hair we can make it good; no need to wear your hair shaved or cut close, wear it long. See Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Rose; let them keep it straight and looking nice. Phone York 957M or 2333 Ogden for appointments. HAIR ROOT GROWER After using others give Hair Root Grower a trial and let us prove to you what it will do. Will grow hair from 1 to 2 inches a month, if used according to directions. For treatments, massage and manicuring, call York $67M, £333 Ogden St., for appointment. Mrs. Gola Robinson and Mrs. Elza Rose. FOR RENT—3 houses at 2360 Tremont Place; 320 and 322 24th street. Call at the Colorado Statesmen office. 1824 Curtis street. Room 25. 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. HE'S SALES MANAGER FOR U. S. THROUGHOUT WORLD ```markdown ``` DR. EDWARD E. PRATT. Chief of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. During the past few years there has been built up throughout the world a great organization composed of the United States consular representatives in various countries, commercial attaches and special trade experts. This organization devotes its energies toward building up American trade in foreign countries. The organization and direction of this big new force has been largely in the hands of Dr. Edward E. Pratt, who as chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, is the general sales manager of these world-wide "drummers" for United States business interests. Uncle Sam's Remedy For the "Chiggers." Uncle Sam has issued an official prescription for the benefit of those afflicted with "chiggers." Here it is: "If a bath in hot water, or in water containing salt or strong soap, is taken within a few hours after exposure in shrubbery and weeds infested with "chiggers," or "red bugs," no ill effects will be experienced. After long exposure, however, a bath has practically no effect, and direct remedies are necessary. "After irritation has set in, and small red spots appear, the application of a moderately strong solution of ammonia to the affected parts is recommended by the department of agriculture's entomologists. A supersaturated solution of bicarbonate of soda, or common cooking soda or saleratus, will afford relief. Liberal applications should be made until the irritation subsides. If the suffering is severe, a dilute tincture of lodine or collodion should be lightly applied." --- U. S. HITS FOREIGN FAKERS Post Office Department Takes Steps to Prevent Use of Mails by Swindlers Operating Abroad. Uncle Sam, though the medium of his post office department, is taking steps to prevent people of the United States from being victimized by fake astrologers in foreign countries who at times flood this country with circulars offering to put one on the road to happiness, health and prosperity by reading one's horoscope, for the small sum of two or three dollars. Uncle Sam cannot reach the fakers who operate in this way by prosecution as such action comes within the province of the foreign authorities. All that Uncle Sam can do is to issue fraud orders which prevent post-masters all over the country from certifying money orders made out to those against whom the order is directed. ALASKA TO DRAW TOURISTS Will Take Advantage of the Stoppage of Nearly All Travel to Europe—Attractions Are Advertised. The stoppage of nearly all tourist travel to Europe is expected to result in a great increase of visitors to Uncle Sam's far northern territory of Alaska. In anticipation of this, immense sums of money have been spent by transportation companies and the cities of the northwest in advertising campaigns designed to attract as many visitors as possible to Alaska. The cities of Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Juneau, and such scenic attractions as the glaciers, mountain peaks, whale fishing grounds, gold mines and Indian villages are being featured. Extra steamship service has been installed by the big railroad and steamship companies to care for the expected crowds. Panama Buys Largely From U. S. Uncle Sam nearly has a monopoly on the foreign trade of the republic of Panama, as shown by reports of the imports into Panama during January, 1916. Of total imports valued at $704,410, those from the United States were valued at $541,990. Great Britain hold second place, with a total of $107,340. BIG ARMY AIDS IN FARM DEVELOPING Nearly 770,000 Persons Are Cooperating With U. S. Department of Agriculture. HELP GIVEN IN MANY WAYS Great Majority of Those Enlisted in Work Are Men Who Till Soil for Living—Many Business Men Also Contribute. Nearly 770,000 persons, largely successful farmers, are now aiding the United States department of agriculture by furnishing information demonstrating the local usefulness of new methods, testing out theories, experimenting and reporting on conditions in their districts—by helping, in short, in almost every conceivable way to increase the knowledge of the department and to place that knowledge at the service of the people. This army of volunteers receives no pay from the government. Many of these co-operators are actuated solely by a wish to be of service to their neighbors. Others take part in this work because of their own keen interest in testing new methods, or in trying out for themselves crops either new to their own sections or imported from foreign countries through the department's plant explorers. It is estimated that at least one farm out of every twenty is working in some way with the department of agriculture and thus has become a center of advanced agricultural information for its community. With such a large number of farmers willing to work with the department and the colleges and to test out their recommendations, it is clear that a significant change has taken place from the day when the average farmer was decidedly skeptical about scientific agriculture and slow or unwilling to give attention to the recommendations of what many used to designate as "book farmers." The scientific agriculturist today does not attempt to evolve theories in the seclusion of a government building. It is true he may develop ideas in his laboratory, but before he is ready to advise farmers to adopt them he tries them out in actual practice on government farms, and then calls on a large number of successful practical farmers to give these ideas an independent practical test on some of their own acres. In many other cases the scientist goes to the farmer both for his theory and practice. He studies and analyzes the practice of hundreds or thousands of successful farmers in an endeavor to find the scientific basis or underlying principle of farming methods which have, through long years of practical experience, been found to be most successful for their farms and neighborhoods. Of the 770,000 co-operators the great majority are men who farm for a living. In a general way the co-operators may be divided into three classes, those who furnish the department with specific information acquired in the course of their regular occupations; those who demonstrate in actual practice the agricultural methods recommended by the department, and those who volunteer to perform with new crops and new methods the experiments which furnish science with the necessary data for practical recommendations. Prominent in the first class are the 158,600 crop correspondents who make possible the government estimates of crop production and values. In its researches and investigations the department is also in great measure dependent upon reports from co-operators. Fifteen thousand railroad station agents, for example, have been instructed by railroad officials to furnish the office of markets and rural organization with postcard reports of shipments of perishable crops which are used in the market news service of the office. Four hundred cold storage plants report monthly on their holdings of apples; 500 millers, grain dealers, chambers of commerce, etc., furnish the bureau of plant industry with data in connection with the work of grain standardization, and 1,200 creameries and cheese factories report to the bureau of animal industry. These, of course, are only a few instances out of many. They serve to show, however, the ways in which the department keeps in touch with practical business conditions and is assisted by the same men whom it is working to aid. In the second class of co-operators are the thousands of farmers who, under the supervision of department specialists, are working out on their own farms the methods recommended by scientific agriculture; the boys and girls of the pig, poultry, corn and canning clubs who are demonstrating the neglected possibilities of profit in these fields; the women who have adopted for their own benefit and as a means of instructing their neighbors improved methods in housekeeping; the 80,946 members of the farm bureaus and county associations which support county agents in the northern and western states; nearly 10,000 leaders in club work for community welfare, and the state officials who aid in extension work, in the distribution of animal serums and vaccine and in other ways. The third way in which farmers are actively co-operating with the department is in the conduct of experiments. PHOTOS OF P.IKE'S PEAK MOUNTAIN PARK BEING FILMED BY U. S. EXPERTS. Motion Pictures to Be Used in Advertising Scenic Wonders of Colorado's Forest Resources. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver—District Forester Riley, accompanied by C. J. Blanchard, chief statistician of the U. S. reclamation service and an official photographer from that bureau, left Denver for a trip over the Mountain Park system and Bear Creek road to secure motion pictures of forest service road work and scenic attractions on the Pike National Forest. Mr. Blanchard and his photographer are here from Washington in accordance with a co-operative plan between the forest service and the reclamation service, having as its object the taking of some 10,000 feet of motion picture film and several hundred still pictures on the national forests. While their schedule is expected to to cover the six western districts, their visit to the Pike forest is said to have been planned primarily to get pictures of its wonderful scenic attractions for the purpose of featuring the recreative advantages of that forest. On their return to Denver, the reclamation service officials will proceed to the Black Hills forest in South Dakota where they are planning to secure motion pictures of timber sale operations on that forest, one of which is said to be among the largest in progress in the West. From the Black Hills it is said they will go to the Bighorn forest in Wyoming for grazing pictures. Because of the large numbers of cattle using the forest range and the exceptional scenic settings there, the Bighorn was chosen to feature this phase of forest service activity. From the Bighorn they will proceed to the other western districts. State Roads to Get $2,430,400. Congress has finally approved conference reports on the rural credits and the good roads bill and sent the two measures to President Wilson for his signature. The former establishes a chain of farm loan banks and the latter appropriates $85,000,000 to aid the states in road building. The bill appropriates the following amounts to Colorado: Fiscal year 1917, which begins next Saturday, $86,800; 1918, $173,600; 1919, $260,400; 1920, $347,200; 1912, $434,000. This makes a total of $1,215,200 in five years. The states and local communities must match the federal funs dollar for dollar, which means that a fund of $2,430,400 will be available for road building in Colorado within a period of five years. Large Appropriations for Colorado. The sundry civil appropriation bill, reported by the Senate committee at Washington, included the following items of interest to Colorado: Rocky Mountain National Park, $10,000; Mesa Verde National Park, $10,000; for completion of Lincoln Memorial (Colorado marble), $700,000; Grand Valley Reclamation project, $309,000; Uncompahgre reclamation project, $288,000; continuation Durango postoffice, $45,000; continuation Glenwood Springs postoffice, $5,000; and continuation of Fort Morgan postoffice, $10,000. Issue Notes for Militia Pay Roll. Attorney General Farrar upheld the right of the state to issue certificates of indebtedness for $50,000 in payment of the expenses of mobilizing the Colorado National Guard. He gave an opinion to that effect to Allison Stocker, state treasurer. Treasurer Stocker already has made arrangements for payment of the certificates at par value. One of the first to be issued will be for $1,000 for recruits who enlisted, but failed to pass the physical examination. Recruiting Is Spurred in Greeley. Patriotism, expressed in countless flags and miles of red, white and blue bunting, stretched along the streets, was the dominant factor in one of the most unique celebrations Greeley has ever written into its history. The occasion was the reception by more than 3,000 citizens to the Denver Civic Association's recruiting tour, which ended the first lap of its trip through northern Colorado under the trees in front of the Greeley court house. Promises to Take Insane. Denver — Governor Carison announced in a statement to the public that all the insane in the state now being cared for by the city and county of Denver and other counties will be moved to the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo in September, when the new buildings under construction at the institution there will be ready for occupancy. New Civil Service Petition Filed. The Civil Service Reform Association filed a petition in the secretary of state's office, which will put to a vote of the people in the fall election a new state civil service law similar to the law of 1913. The law proposed by the association will be written in the constitution, according to the provisions of the petition, and will not be subject to repeal. The petition has been in circulation for more than a year and contains 23,000 signatures. Do You Know That- Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute What you can do, or think you can, begin it. —Goethe Have you gone through your home this pring putting away many pieces through your home away many pieces of briac-a-brac too choice with association to give away, perfectly useless, incongruous things taking up space and causing needless handling to keep in choice with association to give away, perfectly useless, incongruous things taking up space and causing needless handling to keep in order. If not, do so, for the sake of the comfort of your family. If the things have real value shut them away for a time at least and they will be all the more appreciated when brought out again. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF Emerson says, "a lady is serene," doctors tell us that hurry like worry is death to good looks and an enemy to health as well. The people who accomplish the most in the world are those who plan their work well and serenely accomplish it. Did you ever time yourself on a certain piece of work; for example the making and frying of a rule of doughnuts? If so you will know the time needed and will know what to plan for. Of course, there are always the unexpected interruptions which we cannot plan on, but it is wise to know the length of time it takes to do certain pieces of work. If mistresses had a better understanding of these things there would be more peace and harmony in the household. A maid who had a two weeks' washing under way should not be asked to prepare a dinner for invited guests. It is such inconsiderate women who are helping to keep the servant problem still unsolved, and are always looking for a servant. If one is possessed with the precious power of concentration, use an alarm clock and set it at the time that the dinner is to be started or the bread put into or taken out of the oven. It takes but an instant to provide this security and it so relieves the mind that the whole attention may be put upon what ever work is at hand. 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. Taploca baked with sour apples and served with sugar and cream is another simple and wholesome dessert. When we learn to keep our sense of proportion, and know that, however, desirable it may be to have the washing out early, a sweet temper, a calm and quiet mind are much more to be desired and vastly more appreciated by the home folks. An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.-R. L. Stevenson. A man has to live with himself and he should see that he always has good company.-Chas. Hughes. OLD-FASHIONED DISHES. 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. With all the new and fancy dishes that are daily being originated and which we enjoy, there are none, no matter how tasty that quite take the place of the things we knew and liked in childhood. Baking Supplies Sally Lunn.—Separate the yolks from the whites of two eggs, beat the yolks, add a table-spoonful of sugar, a tablespoonful of shortening, a cupful of milk, a half teaspoonful of salt and one and a half cupfuls of flour, sifted, with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, beat again and fold in the well-beaten whites of the eggs and bake in three piepans. The mixture should not be more than half an inch thick in each. As soon as they are baked, butter and pile them one on top of the other and send to the table piping hot. Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction Horseradish Sauce.—Take a cupful of freshly grated horseradish, one teaspoonful of salt, a half teaspoonful of sugar, a dash of cayenne, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice; mix well and just before serving add a half cupful of whipped cream. Popovers.—Beat two eggs without separating, add a cupful of milk, and then add this slowly to a cupful of flour mixed with a teaspoonful of salt. Grease very hot gem pans and bake 40 minutes in a hot oven. Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver Corn Bread.—Beat two eggs very light, add a tablespoonful of sugar a teaspoonful of salt, a cupful of flour, sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a cupful and a half of sour milk, two tablespoonfuls of softened butter and a half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk. Bake in a well greased dripping pan. Dumplings.—Take a cupful of milk, add one egg, a little salt and flour, enough to make a stiff mixture; adding two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Drop from a spoon and cook eight minutes without removing the cover. If a teaspoon is used for dropping, eight minutes is sufficient time for cooking Raisin Pie.—Grate the rind and chop the pulp of a lemon, add a cupful of raisins, a pinch of salt, a half cupful of molasses, a tablespoonful of butter. Poil together one cupful of sugar (brown) a half cupful of flour and two cupfuls of water five minutes; add the other ingredients and bake in two crusts. Nellie Maxwell Come and join us. Every body invited; all are welcome. Games and athletic sports a specialty. Many new features, with balloon ascension, etc. Tickets for the round trip: Adults, $1; children, 50 cents. REV. I. HARRISON WALLACE, Superintendent. REV. D. E. OVER, D.D., Minister. THE STAR HAIR GROWER A BJY GOODS M SURE THE A Cream Soap for Toilet, B Touches. Keeps C. J. T Lak BJY GOODS MADE IN COLORADO SURE SKIN SOAP THE NATIONAL WASH. A Cream Soap for Toilet, Bath and Shampoo. Cleans Everything it Touches. Keeps the Skin Soft and Smooth. C. J. TOLLIVER, Agent. Lakeside "Denver's Mile-High Coney" MUSIC, LIFE, ACTI NOVEL SHOWS, Saturday and S Starting about THE WRA Lakeside's Bigg CHILDREN'S I Free Admission, Free Ri C, LIFE, ACTION, FUN, THRILLING REL EL SHOWS, SHADED PICNIC GROU Day and Sunday, July & starting about 10 p.m. No Wait THE WRATH OF WA keside's Biggest Spectacular Succe CHILDREN'S DAY EVERY THURSDAY mission, Free Rides. Direction Miss Naomi AMPA 2077 DAY MUSIC, LIFE, ACTION, FUN, THRILLING RIDES, NOVEL SHOWS, SHADED PICNIC GROUNDS Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9 Starting about 10 p.m. No Waiting THE WRATH OF WAR Lakeside's Biggest Spectacular Success CHILDREN'S DAY EVERY THURSDAY Free Admission, Free Rides. Direction Miss Naoma Alfrey. PHONE CHAMPA 2077 DAY OR NIGHT JOHN H. HARRIS E. V. Cammel, PRES. @ MGJ You Will Be Delighted With Little Things That Count CURTIS M. HARRIS Assistant Manager and Funeral OFFICE AND PARLORS FERN EI, PRES. @ MGR PREFERRED. Be Delighted With Our Service As We Look That Count LADY ATTENDANT. S M. HARRIS Auto for Manager and Funeral Director D PARLORS 2807 WELTON ST. CURTIS M. HARRIS Auto for Hire Assistant Manager and Funeral Director OFFICE AND PARLORS 2307 WELTON ST. DENVER Can be rented for Private or Public Parties. Dances or Gatherings of any nature, with latest first-class accommodation. A Wonderful Hair Dressing and Grower. One Thousand Agents Wanted. Good Money Made. We want Agents in every city and village to sell THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a wonderful preparation. Can you work with or without straightening irons. Sells for 25 cents per 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. We will give you can begin work at once; also agent's terms. Send all money by Money Order to EVANSTON, ILL. GREENSBORO, N. C. NOTE.—Persons living in the South can get their goods three days earlier if they will order from THE STAR HAIR GROWER MFR., P. O. BOX $12, GREENSBORO, N. C. eside ACTION, FUN, THRILLING RIDES, SHADED PICNIC GROUNDS Sunday, July 8 and 9 out 10 p.m. No Waiting RATH OF WAR Biggest Spectacular Success S DAY EVERY THURSDAY Rides. Direction Miss Naoma Alfrey. CAMMEL AND CO. The Progressive Funeral Directors WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE "THE LEA ING FUNERAL DIRECTORS." WE CAN FURNISH ELEGANT ROLLING STOCK. AUTOS IF MGR PREFERRED. With Our Service As We Look After The LADY ATTENDANT. RIS Auto for Hire General Director S 2807 WELTON ST. DENVER N HALL DAY OR NIGHT VOGUES AND VANITIES BY JULIA BOTTOMLEY Blessings doubtless rest upon the head of the designer who originated those pretty cotton costumes for summer days which are coming to be classed as pastime suits. When comfort and style and daintiness present themselves all combined, and at a small cost, they are irresistible. These things have made the instant success of the cotton suit for summer outing wear. tuck to make it set to a tom. Actual cotton practicability, are less the blouse is room partinally confine it made of the same go it slips through a s end and both are s toneholes that faster white bone. The blu snap fasteners down Cotton poplin or cotton gabardine are of about the right weight for auctions of this kind, and there are other fabrics that are well suited to them, as crash or ratine and fancy basket weaves. The suit shown in the picture is of gabardine, with collar, cuffs and pocket thaps of brocaded ratine. White is as good a choice as any for the skirt and blouse and there are many striped and figured cotton goods that will answer for the trimmings. The suit pictured hardly needs a description. It is merely a plain skirt with a wide hem and a single narrow WAYS AND MEANS OF 1 WAYS AND MEANS OF ADORNING PARASOLS. There is no such word as "plain" in the bright lexicon of summer parasols. Along with other modes they take their place in the ranks of things made gay and colorful by elaboration of some sort. If one possesses a perfectly good, plain silk parasol in any color it offers a surface as a background for some sort of decoration, and many are the adornments that may be called upon to redeem it from a suggestion of last year. method of furbishing up shade is that employed in soils shown in the picture figured or flowered brocade tonne, birds and blossoms er figures, are cut. By reshesives, made for use on them are glued to the silk. of painting is perfect. of small bluebirds are flight against a backgrond or light-colored silk. Or Inserts of striped or figured ribbons, let in with hems' tching, as borders or panels, will bring the plain parasol of yesterday up to the minute. Those who are clever at painting take their brush in hand and with oil paints cause flowers to bloom or fruits to ripen or birds to fly across the field of plain silk. Embroidery, in colored silks, translates the fancies of the individual in all these things and in butterflies, dragonflies, and conventional figures on the unadorned surface of the parasol of other days. But about the easiest and cleverest tuck to make it set modish at the bottom. Actual pockets, a concession to practicability, are let in at each side. The blouse is roomy with a belt to partially confine it at the waistline, made of the same goods. One end of it slips through a slash in the other end and both are supplied with buttonholes that fasten over buttons of white bone. The blouse fastens with snap fasteners down the front. A neat finish is given to the deep cuffs and rolling collar by a narrow piping of the plain material used for the suit. But this piping has another function and that is to give to these accessories the proper set. The ambitious girl who wishes to experiment in making things for herself might try her hand upon a suit of this kind. Nearly all the work is done on the sewing machine, the fit of the blouse is vague and the skirt presents no difficulties. All she has to do is to buy a paper pattern and follow its instructions. ADORNING PARASOLS. method of furbishing up a silk sunshade is that employed on the parasols shown in the picture. Out of figured or flowered brocade or cretonne, birds and blossoms, or any other figures, are cut. By means of adhesives, made for use on textiles, these are glued to the silk. The illusion of painting is perfect. Whole flocks of small bluebirds are pictured in flight against a background of white or light-colored silk. Other birds, of tropical climes perhaps, disport their gay plumage in this way, and the wonderful roses and foliage that are the product of the looms find the parasol a point of vantage for setting off their beauty. Artificial flowers are used with this flat applique in still another kind of adornment. Follage is applied to the silk to make a setting for an orchid or rose that is set on it. The follage is glued down and often finished about the edges with needlework stitches, but the flower is only fastened by the stem. A. B. PHONE MAIN 6123—Day or Night THE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING COMPANY RESIDENCE PHONE YORK 7992. FRANK S. REED, License Embalmer & Director. Lady Assistant Polite Service to All Parlors, 2745 Welton Street Phone Main 6319 Elegant Auto Service at the F THE DENVER MFS. J. H. STEELE, Mgr. Special Auto Service Accommodat some Cas For Horse Carriages Bonded to BOLDEN B and LUNC 924 19th Street, I 6319 Day or Night Ant 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. GOLDEN BROS. CAFE and LUNCH ROOM 224 19th Street, Denver, Colorado Phone Main 6319 Day or Night Elegant Auto Service at the Popular Price for Carriages. THE DENVER MORTUARY MFS. J. H. STEELE, Mgr. 2445 Larimer Street, Denver, Colo. Special Auto Service Accommodating 10 People'e 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 H DINNER 11:30 to 2 p.m. All Kinds of Sandwiches Bolden Bros. Baths, Electr FIRST CLASS R. A. BOLDEN, Mgr THE PEARL B 1021 19th First-Class Tonsorial Artists in at Tobacco. We solicit your patronage. HARRY JONES, Prop. Golden Bros. Barber Shop Baths, Electric Massage FIRST CLASS SERVICE . BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. Best line of Cigars and We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guaranteed. NES, Prop. DENVER, COLO. R. A. BOLDEN, Mgr. 926 19th St. Denver THE BARBER'S CAFE First-Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. Best line of Cigars and Tobacco. We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guaranteed. HARRY JONES, Prop. DENVER, COLO. Established in 1890 EAGLE BOTTLE Manufacturing Soda, Selt Mineral Water A. D. SIMMCO LE BOTTLING WORKS turing Soda, Seltzer, Ginger Ale, Mineral Water, Root and Birch Beers A. D. SIMMONS, Prop. EAGLE BOTTLING WORKS Manufacturing Soda, Seltzer, Ginger Ale, Mineral Water, Root and Birch Beers A. D. SIMMONS, Prop. 2836 Welton Street. Speed of Phonograph Record. The average speed of the phonograph record under the needle is 1.82 miles an hour --- J. R. CONTEE Pres. and Mgr. INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTAKY PUBLIC 7992. vector. street Denver, Colorado Short Orders at All Hours Telephone 3673 Denver, Colorado Good Measure of Success. The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.—Edward Everett Hale.