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Subscribe for the Only Reliable Negro Paper in Colorado, "The Colorado Statesman" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY RACIAL MORALITY AND SOLDIERS VOL. XXIV. RACIAL ALIT SO (The New York Age.) In an age in which criticisms and disunity are the vogue, to praise anything or any one is unwise and dangerous. But it seems that we may, without manifesting a too repulsive vanity praise ourselves for the cooperation and the results therefrom in handling and adjusting at least for a time the 400,000 persons of our race, who were and are being thrown into the northern cities overnight. But this adjustment, social, economic, moral, religious, is only one of the big things before us now. There is another problem arising, mountain - like, which we must most hastily prepare. It is this: What is going to be the result on the chastity and morality of our girls in Southern cities, who will be exposed to the attacks and onslaughts of the men of the various conventions" We had as well be open and truthful: some of our girls, some of the girls of other races, will go to the more in uniform. There is something about a human being in a military uniform attractive to many. Added to this is the fact that the soldier, conscious of his part in the nation, takes oftentimes unlimited freedom in preying upon persons. Already in Europe there are more than 200,000 illegitimate children born since the beginning of the present hostilities. In some cases there is a German father and a Belgian, French or Russian mother, or vice versa. How is this going to affect the future morality of Europe?" How will a duplication of this action, and there is almost a certainty that there will be, affect our future, here? Despite the Houston affair there has as yet come no edict from the War Department relative to separate cantonments for whites and Negroes. They will train together in the South. In any community the weakest and least protected are always the ones who are most savagely attacked. The white men will, in all likelihood, meet our girls. But so will our own colored soldiers. What effect is this going to have on our race color, race consciousness, race morality, race identity? Shall we, in the next generation, be a race of mulattos? Shall we have less moral and religious stamina than we can now justly boast of? The men are going to these cantonments. They have not gone yet. To make socks, handkerchiefs, tobacco cases to give them, itself if a good but observe ... revise not fundamental thing. The morality of the race is about to be threatened! The social and religious forces among our people everywhere, but especially about the cantonments, should get themselves together and with a wet-organized plan be able to meet this situation, which is inevitable. We shall regretfully see its results in another few years if we do not. WILLIAM M. ASHBY. Newark, N. J. TO HAVE WHITE LINE OFFICERS Washington, D. C.—On the best information obtainable, recommendations of the commandant at Camp Fort Des Moines for commissions have been received at the War Department here. When the camp was established 1,250 young colored men received appointments, 250 of whom were from the four colored regiments of the regular army. When it was announced that at least three divisions of colored troops, under the selective draft act, would be raised, Negroes expected that a second camp for training of colored officers would follow in order to secure anywhere like an adequate number of colored line officers for the three divisions. The very fact that a second camp is not to be provided, although all white camps for training officers had a second consignment of men equal to the first, means that the government does not propose to officer all colored regiments with colored officers, it is pointed out. The very fact that but less than 500 commissions are to be awarded to the 1,250 men who entered Camp Fort Des Moines three months ago is said to be another indication that colored regiments are to be officered by white officers—young white men who received their training at white training camps and possessing no more ability, endurance and loyalty to country than possessed by young colored men. The War Department must furnish commissions, battalions and companies for all the young white men trained at white training camps for officers, hence the provision for only one training camp for colored officers at Fort Des Moines so as not to have more than about 450 left eligible for commission. Many are wondering if colored officers for colored regiments was but a dream of the race. A SERIOUS DANGER IN SOUTHERN CITIES. Galveston, Tex.—E. C. Branch has written a letter to the editor of Pearson's Magazine, commending an article that appeared in the September issue, entitled "Democratic Massacres in East St. Louis," by Martin Greuning. In the course of his letter, he said that there is another serious DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1917 DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1917 State Hist. & Nat Hist Soc. State House able Negro Paper ADO E JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SA problem, which the white press could do much toward remedying. He continued: "This serious problem is in the South more especially, in city, towns and villages, there can be found on the police force uneducated white men from the rural districts who place no value upon the lives of colored men. In the Southern cities they make the mistake in selecting anybody in filling the positions of police officers. They should select men who have the qualifications from the fact that ignorant men have no conception or right. They often dog colored civilians around, and they are forced to take this treatment. It does not even stop there, they often dog and mistreat unarmed colored soldiers. They don't know that there is no earthly power to prevent these soldiers from going and coming back. Any fair-minded man who has been around colored soldiers knows, as a rule, they are harmless, but no man can mistreat them. They are nice and sociable to talk to when approached in the right manner." CAN'T SCARE COLORED UNION PRESIDENT. Praco, Ala., July 28, 1917.—(Special to the Birmingham Reporter.)—That the white labor union is not friendly toward the colored man in the mines is shown by a report from Praco Mines just a few hours ago when a colored man was seriously intimidated by white men because of an office he is holding by election when whites and blacks met together and organized what is known as a United Mine Workers' Union. At this place the Negroes outnumbered the whites by a fine working majority, and they proceeded to put one of their members in as president, defeating the white aspirant, and this has caused, as is reported, the white union men to begin their nefarious practices on the colored workmen. The situation is pathetic, heart rending and the indications are that trouble may be had. Informant states that the colored man was elected president. He proceeded to exercise the functions of his office as president of such office. Those who claim to be his friends among the white labor union men advised him to quietly and submissively resign and let one of the white brethren have it. Mind you, it is stated the Negroes number three to one in that district. The colored brethren said: No, he didn't think he would do that; I am a miner just like you, only I have got the interest of my company and my people at heart, and we represent the work in this district, and I am not going to resign. Well, several committees went to him; he still refused and holds out with his colored brethren strongly behind him, supporting him in his well chosen office. One of the white brethren said: "Jim, I want you to give that office up and let Mr. Smith have it." "On what grounds must I do that?" asked the colored gentleman. "Well, you know we white men are not going to let you preside over us, nigger." "Well, I know I am not goihg to resign." Then came the threats and the intimidations by his white brethren. "You are an impudent d—— blacks—of b—." The colored man answered: "I don't know just why you say that, and I don't know that I am all the things you say I am, but there is one thing I do know—I am president of this local, and I'm not going to resign, white man. You need not to come to me any more about it, I have nothing in mind like resigning or what you want me to do." Thus ends the first episode of Negroes associating with white folks. UNIT OF COLORED AMERICAN TROOPS ON REG- Washington, D. C.—Negro troops of the National Army will be organized in separate units, as is done in the regular Army, and as far as possible will be trained in the states where they are raised. The call for drafted Negroes to mobilize at their camps will be postponed to allow officers at the camp to arrange for the organization of these separate units. Both white and Negro men of the selective forces will be given an opportunity to volunteer to battalions for service on the line of communication, their work being military, but not combatant. There also will be, however, Negro fighting regiments of the National Army as there are of the Regulars and the National Guard. Of the 687,000 men called for as the first increment of the National Army, it is estimated that approximately 70,000 will be Negroes. In all, the Army in France will need, it has been estimated, more than 100,000 men behind the lines for use along the roads and railways, or on other special work. A great many battalions of both white and Negro troops will be necessary for those purposes and the War Department feels certain that many of the Negroes of the selective drapt forces will volunteer for that duty in order to be sent quickly to France. NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS OF THE U. S. Washington, D. C.,—A National Race Congress of the United States will convene in its Second Annual Session at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church here October 3rd and 4th 1917. Every phase of the Race condition of the United States will be discussed, including the East St. Louis, the Chester, Pa., riots and the Immigration of Colored People North. Twenty-one states were represented in the last Congress. The officers of the Congress are appealing to the race loving people in every state to see to it that they are represented in October. The Colored People seem to be aroused in this country as never before, and many of the prominent men of the race are expected to be present. RACE NEWS Monroe, La., Sept. 14. For the fourth time Alex and Amanda Wade have had the pleasure of welcoming into their family twins. Wade is a tenant farmer on the Stubbs estate in Ouachita parish, and he views the fourth comings with no utter surprise. He has learned to use the term, "another set," with ease and fashion. Some record, eight babies, and all born in four births. North Buxton. Canada's Negro town, is situated nine miles from Chatham, Ont., on the Michigan Central Railway. The town has a population of six hundred and is in an old settlement dating back from the Civil War. North Buxton has a schoolhouse which is well kept with beautiful grounds. Several families own automobiles. Spencer and Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., lead their black troops through the streets of Paris toward the scenes of deliverance, it will be a proud moment for America. "Our friends abroad may then see how we, in a half century, have raised an enslaved race to full citizenship, how we have solved the problem of assimilation, and the brave knights will be able to tell the liberty-loving Frenchmen that their brothers have been welcomed with quality—as writers and musicians and actors and educators. "It is a condition—the gallant Fifteenth—which would have enthralled with holy joy the heart of the greatest humanitarian—Abraham Lincoln." Baltimore, Md.—"For Sale" signs on the property recently at The location of a training camp near Augusta, Ga., has given employment to hundreds of colored laborers at $2 per day, while skilled colored workmen are receiving $4 and $5 per day. It is suggested that the camp will prove a godsend, if it will teach the lesson in and around Augusta that the black man is worth more money for his labor than he has been getting there. New York, Sept. I8.—More than 200 Negroes from all parts of the country, met here today for the Negro race congress, which is to last three days. The Rev. Byron Gunner was elected president and William Monroe Trotter secretary of the congress. The program included a petition to President Wilson to make lynching a federal crime, to evolve means to stop alleged unjust discrimination against Negroes, and to discuss a possible march to Washington. New York—Under the caption "Black Knights," The Chronicle hopes that the Fifteenth New York infantry will be one of the first American regiments to join its colleagues on the French battlefields. Composed of Negroes and officered by various members of distinguished American families, this corps will make the eyes of European admiration," the editorial goes on to say. "The Fifteenth is a superb example of our military democracy and when Colonel Hayward, Lieutenant Colonel Lorillard NO 5 Spencer and Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., lead their black troops through the streets of Paris toward the scenes of deliverance, it will be a proud moment for America. "Our friends abroad may then see how we, in a half century, have raised an enslaved race to full citizenship, how we have solved the problem of assimilation, and the brave knights will be able to tell the liberty-loving Frenchmen that their brothers have been welcomed with quality—as writers and musicians and actors and educators. "It is a condition—the gallant Fifteenth—which would have enthralled with holy joy the heart of the greatest humanitarian—Abraham Lincoln." Baltimore, Md.—“For Sale” signs on the property recently at McCulloh and Dalphin streets as a site for the $100,000 building of the Colored Y. M. C. A., have given rise to the belief that the location has been abandoned. Protests on the part of white residents of McCulloh street and threats of law suits have made directors of the white Y. M. C. A. change their plans, it is said. The white Y. M. C. A. raised $50,000 for a new building, and some of the white members fear that locating the colored Y. M. C. A. at Dalphin and McCulloh streets will cause the white associations to lose some financial support. The placing of the entrance on Dalphin street would not violate the segregation law, but whites on McCulloh street object to part of the property being on the latter street, hence the backdown. THREE STATES CANNOT SUPPLY DRAFT QUOTAS Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18.—Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana will be unable to supply their full quotas of 40 per cent of whites ordered to start for training camps tomorrow, as the second increment of the first draft of the national army. State authorities said that the lateness of the war department's order calling only white men was responsible for their failure to furnish the men desired. Georgia will send only 5,291 whites, whereas its quota is 7,335, and Alabama and Louisiana will each fall about 1,000 men short, according to unofficial figures available tonight. NEWS TO DATE IN PARAGRAPHS CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF WIRES ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD. DURING THE PAST WEEK DURING THE PAST WEEK RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE. Western Newspaper Union News Service. ABOUT THE WAR Gen. Cadorna is said to be ready for another great drive against Triest. Increased artillery activity is reported from Lagincourt, Vimy and Nieuport. Italians claim to have repulsed violent attacks of the Austro-Hungarians on the Bainsizza plateau. British north country troops assaulted German lines in Inverness copes and captured a number of prisoners. Russia has been proclaimed a Republic. The provisional government issued the proclamation Sept. 14th. Paris reports the recapture of trench positions lost to the Germans in their raid near the Neufchatel road. Rumanian forces Tuesday occupied a section of the Austro-German fortified positions in the region of Vernitza. Maj. Gen. Bonch Bruyovich has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army in succession to Gen. Korniloff. Near Riga the Russian forces captured an important position southwest of Hapsal and also forced the Teutons out of Sadzen farm. Uruguayan marines boarded all the German ships in the harbor at Montevideo, the government having heard of plans to sink the vessels. The German minister to Sweden formally expressed to the Swedish government Germany's regrets in consequence of the Swedish-Argentinian telegram affair. Dugouts and defenses were wrecked in a successful British raid near Cherisy, southeast of Arras. Berlin also admits losses in Flanders on the Ypres-Menin road. Premier Kerensky, accompanied by Gen. Verkhovsky, minister of war, and Admiral Verdervski, minister of marine, left Petrograd for the Russian general army headquarters in the field. In the recent raid by entente allied airmen on the Belgian town of Roulers, says the Courier de la Meuse, a newspaper of Maastricht, Holland, a bomb fell on a building near the market and killed or wounded 900 Germans. The Russian army is driving back toward Riga along a wide front. Within the last few days it has advanced more than seven miles, the Russian embassy announced in Washington. The whole Russian military system is being reorganized under Gen. Alexieff, who has been given supreme command of the armies, and discredited commanders are being ousted. WESTERN Arizona mine owners will not arbitrate strike differences. "Peace at any price" has been stricken from the code of William Jennings Bryan and "Fight to a finish" has been substituted. As a result of the strike of freight handlers and clerks at the various railroad depots at Kansas City, augmented by a sympathetic strike of teamsters, all of the railroad yards are said to be packed with freight cars. Investigators have been sent to Nogales, Ariz., by the United States Department of Justice to inquire into a claim that Mexicans have been endeavoring to induce men selected for army service to evade service by going to Mexico. Approximately 700 union carpenters, engaged in government construction work at Camp Logan and the aviation camp at Houston, Texas, struck as a result of the failure of contractors to meet their demands that none but union labor be employed. A signed statement of guilt that Rev. George J. Kelly is alleged to have made in the jail at Logan, Iowa, Aug. 31, was admitted as evidence at Red Oak, Iowa, in the trial of Kelly, who is charged with murder in connection with the Villisca ax slayings. WASHINGTON To fill the army signal corps, the War Department may decide to draft an additional 100,000 men. The $7,000,000,000 war deficiency bill carrying huge appropriations for the army, fortifications and shipping board, passed the House by a unanimous vote. Legislation to protect the civil and property rights of soldiers, in effect a moratorium for the duration of the war in behalf of men who are serving their country on the firing line, may be placed upon the administration's program for this session of Congress as a necessary element of the raising of a citizen army. In the very near future President Wilson will issue a proclamation asking the nation to get down on its knees and beseech the guidance of Almighty God in the war into which the United States has entered. FOREIGN Germany at the request of King Alfonso of Spain, is about to restore to liberty Adolphe Max, the burgomaster of Brussels. King George, in the course of a visit to the River Clyde, in Scotland, went on board an American patrol ship. The crew lined the decks and cheered him lustily. Swedish Charge Carl Gotthard Gylfe Anderberg declared at Mexico City he had never received instructions from his government to transmit German messages. Count Luxborg, German charge who used the Swedish legation at his agency for transmitting messages to Berlin, was reported to have departed from Argentina. The Petrograd Council of Workmen and Soldiers has issued a formal appeal to soldiers and civilians to refrain from instituting lynch law, according to the London Evening News. The Popolo Romano, speaking of the unrest caused by the bread shortage, asserts that the government proposes to issue bread cards on Oct. 11, since the wheat harvest was short 10,000,000 quintals. Russia is now a republic. The provisional government has issued a formal declaration to the effect that the country hereafter is to be considered as being governed on the republican plan. The initial step in the third attempt to place the central span of the Quebec bridge was completed when the great steel structure, weighing more than 5,000 tons, was suspended on the hoisting links. Railroad strike disorders are spreading. A bridge fifty yards long has been wrecked, tying up two nes and preventing the movement of troop trains. Heavy reinforcements of national troops have been sent to Rosario. Declaring the supreme phase of the struggle is at hand, Premier Painleve reiterated to the Chamber of Deputies that France demands return of Alsace and Lorraine, "irrespective of whether the fate of battle reclaims those territories." Gen. Korniloff, leader of the recent rebellion against the provisional government, and Gen. Lokomsky, commander of the northern front, who refused to take command of Russian armies after Korniloff was deposed, have been arrested. Albert Champion, a French soldier, who on his third attempt has just escaped from Germany, brings the information, according to the Paris edition of the New York Herald, that 3,700 French and British soldiers and 1,500 Russians have died of typhus at the German concentration camp at Cassel, ninety miles northeast of Frankfort-on-the-Main. SPORTING NEWS Sailor Kirke of Oklahoma was given the decision over Stanley Yoakum of Denver at the Lakeside A. C. after a twenty-round battle in Denver. Close to 170 veteran golfers, all 55 years of age or over, participated at Rye, N. Y., in the thirteenth annual seniors' tournament on the links of the Apawamis club. Hutchinson won from Joplin again at Joplin, M. in the second game of the post-season series to determine the winner of the second half of the 1917 Western league season. The score was 6 to 3. Upsetting of three favorites; a little hint at a scandal in the 2:07 pace finally won by Peter G, and the impressive work of The Real Lady in the 3-year-old Horse Review trotting futurity were the big features of the second day's racing at the Columbus, Ohio, Grand Circuit track. GENERAL For the first time in the history of the university, women are to be admitted to the Harvard Medical school at Cambridge, Mass. Bar silver scored its highest mark in more than twenty-five years in New York, on Sept. 18, the settling price being fixed at $1.03½. Police in Chicago were seeking the slayer of Miss Josephine Parker, whose body was found in the bathroom of the flat she had occupied alone for more than a month. A new volcanic vent, possibly a new volcano, was uncovered in the Redding, Cal., vicinity when a dense column of smoke began to issue from the hills ten miles south of Mount Lassen, California's volcano. Miss Margaret M. Fotheringham, Buffalo school teacher now serving a jail sentence at Occoquan, Va., for White House picketing, will have to stand trial before the school board of Buffalo, N. Y., on her release. The most serious group of strikes in the history of the Pacific coast developed at San Francisco Monday. Following the walkout of 25,000 members of unions affiliated with the Iron Trades council, which tied up every ship building plant in the bay region, rioting broke out in many parts of the city. Reports of terrible suffering for want of food among the peoples of western Asiatic countries, in which thousands are dying from starvation, reached American Red Cross headquarters in Washington from the American relief committee in that territory Most distressing conditions prevail in Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and portions of Egypt. The Elks will spend $60,000 out of their $1,000,000 war fund in equipping their first base hospital. This will be base hospital No. 41 of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Va. COLORADO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service. COMING EVENTS. Nov. 12-18—Automobile Show at Denver. County Fairs. Sept. 25-28—Colorado - New Mexico at Durango. Sept. 25-28.—Meeting State Women's Club Federation at Boulder. Sept. 25-29—Las Animas County at Trinidad. Sept. 26-25—Annual Fair at Calhan. Sept. 26-29—Yuma County, at Yuma. Sept. 27-29—Lincoln County at Hugo. Sept. 27-29—Grand County at Kremmling. Oct. 2-5—Kit Carson County at Burlington. Nov. 6-8—Live Stock Show at Grand Junction. A new church is to be built by Methodists of Montrose. Bishop Teahon of Omaha is the new bishop for Denver. The board of directors of the Flagler Oil and Gas Company at Flagler took action toward the early drilling of a well in the Flagler dome. The interest of patriotic church women in knitting has caused the auxiliaries of the Denver Red Cross to be increased by nearly 1,000 members. Twelve of Denver's best-known business men were chosen as the personnel of the county grand jury for the September term in the West Side Court. Government land to an amount of 110,000 acres was entered in Pueblo county during the month of August. The sum of $10,380 was received from 353 filings. Walter E. Plettner of Denver left for Austin, Tex., where he will go into training at once, having received a commission of first lieutenant in the aviation corps. Former State Senator Edward De laVergne, pioneer Colorado mining man, died in his home at Ivywild, near Colorado Springs. He had been ill about six weeks. He was born in Ohio. When Colorado's 1,924 draft men of the second national army increment left the borders of their native state they did not lack tender memories to take along to the smoky battle fronts with them. Bella Root, 46, jumped from the third story window of the home of Nathan Walker in Denver and was killed instantly. She had been under medical treatment and is thought to have been deranged. In less than five months from the time he left Cripple Creek to join the United States marine corps at Colorado Springs, Willard Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Allen of Cripple Creek landed in France. Believed to be suffering from a temporary fit of insanity, brought about by a lingering illness, Miss Stella Root, 45, tore the screen from a window of her third-story apartment in Denver, and before the horrified gaze of her aged mother, Mrs. A. E. Root, jumped thirty feet to her death. Hope that federal government action on Colorado roads will be quickly forthcoming, making possible the commencing of extensive work on highways in the state, was expressed by State Highway Commissioner Thomas J. Ehrhart following a conference with Chief Unfited States Engineer Wilson. B. B. Greer, assistant to Henry E. Byram, vice president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, in charge of operation, was elected vice president and general manager of the Colorado & Southern lines, to succeed the late Edward S. Koller. Mr. Greer will remove to Denver from his home in Chicago. In the Jerry Johnson mine on Ironclad hill F. R. Caley is driving to cut a known vein whose ore is worth a dollar a pound. The Granite Company distributed $16,500 to its stockholders a few days ago. A gold brick valued at $1,000, the cleanup of the Rubie mill operated by Kavanaugh, was sent to the Denver mint. Despite heavy financial withdrawals from Denver clearing house banks, used at this season of the year to harvest crops and start the feeding of cattle, the banks' statements of their condition on Sept. 11 shows total deposits of $81,340,549.91, an increase of 10 per cent over last year, 50 per cent over 1915, and 70 per cent over 1914. The ore and concentrate shipments from Telluride during August were as follows: Tomboy, six cars of concentrates to Durango and forty-one to Blende; Smuggler-Union and Black Bear jointly, eight cars of concentrates to Durango; Liberty Bell, twelve cars of concentrates to Durango; Inama, Perino, Franck & Rees, Carruthers lease, two cars concentrates to Durango; King, one car crude ore to Durango. Total, 123 cars against 117 shipped last year. Bootleggers who sell liquor to uniformed soldiers are to receive rough treatment, says Harry B. Tedrow, United States district attorney. The federal prosecutor has declared war on this class of liquor dealers and will ask the limit—$1,000 fine and twelve months in jail—for each offense. While crossing the street at the intersection of Sixteenth and Champa in Denver, during the noon-hour rush. Moritz Barth, 83, retired capitalist and brother of the late William Barth, was knocked down by a bicycle ridden by Theodore Dement, a messenger boy. SITE OF FIRST SCHOOL ERECTED IN COLORADO IN 1860 MARKED BY SHAFT. Second Teacher and Four Who Attended School in 1862-3 Present When D. A. R. Unveils Monument. Boulder, Colo.—On the spot where in 1860 the first school house in Colorado was erected there now stands a granite monument placed there by the Arapahoe Chapter, D. A. R., of Boulder to mark the site. At the unveiling of the shaft, which is of Colorado stone, Miss Margaret Ellis, second teacher of the school, and three Boulder men and a Denver woman who attended the school during the terms of 1862-63 were present. They are Mrs. Platt Rogers of Denver and C. C. Pennock, Edward Hubbard and Albert Fleck of Boulder. On the side of the marble column is a bronze tablet bearing the inscription: "On this ground was built the first school house in Colorado in 1860. Erected by Arapahoe Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1917." Mrs. H. B. Hayden, regent of the D. A. R., presented the monument on behalf of the society. J. A. Davis, president of the Boulder school board, accepted it for the city. Several hundred school children took part in the exercises. Mrs. Gerald L. Shyler, state regent of the D. A. R., spoke. Supt. William V. Casey of the Boulder schools gave a brief sketch of the history of the school, telling of its construction during pioneer days and the hardships encountered. The school house was torn down several years ago to make room for the Central school, a modern structure erected on an adjacent site. Large Crop of Beans in Colorado. Denver.—Beans take their place this year as one of the country's most important and valuable crops. Forecast of production in the five important bean-growing states—Michigan, California, New York, Colorado and New Mexico—announced by the Department of Agriculture in a special report, shows 19,969,000 bushels, compared with 8,846,000 bushels last year and 10,321,000 bushels in 1915. More than 1,500,000 acres were planted to beans in those states and the average farm price being paid for them on Aug. 15 was $7.24 a bushel, compared with $4.60 on that date last year. At the Aug. 15 price the prospective crop was worth about $145,000,000. No estimate was made for the production in other states. Michigan's crop is forecast as 7,380,000 bushels; California, 6,399,000; New York, 2,899,000; Colorado, 2,328,000, and New Mexico, 963,000. Hunter's Skull Fractured. Florence.—A party of hunters returning from a trip in the mountains was precipitated into a creek in Rainbow park. George Rayburn received a fractured skull and has since been unconscious. Wesley Van Taylor suffered a broken leg, and Mike Rayburn a broken arm. Miller McClelland and Ralph Peed, the other members of the party, were not injured. The accident occurred when George Rayburn, who was driving, turned out to pass a horse and buggy. The car got too bear the road edge, and went over. Seven Hurt In Train Crash. Boulder, Colo.—Seven men were injured and traffic delayed several hours when the Colorado & Southern Billings flyer, which left Denver, crashed into a southbound freight on a siding at Marshall. Thomas Brown, 19, who lives at 3628 Alcott street, Denver, was the most seriously injured. His left hip was dislocated. The other six, together with Brown, were brought to the Boulder County hospital. Cowboy Injured by Outlaw Horse Dles Denver.—Aaron Wiggins, 25, a cowboy who was thrown from an "outlaw" in a horsebreaking contest at Lingle, Wyo., receiving a fractured skull, died on a Burlington train at Hudson while being brought to Denver for attention. Wiggins took part in the last Frontier Days celebration at Cheyenne. Road Camp Man Recaptured. Fort Morgan.—Mose Powell, who escaped from the convict camp at Buckingham, was captured by Sheriff Lamb and his deputy, in hiding at the U. P. water tank here after he had walked from Buckingham to this city, a distance of twenty-two miles. Senator De Busk's Son Drowns. Trinidad—William De Busk, 30 years old, son of Senator S. W. Do Busk, was drowned in Seven lakes, north of Hoehne. He was hunting ducks when the boat overturned and his companions were unable to effect a rescue. Thatchers Give Ambulance. Pueblo.—The local chapter of the American Red Cross announced that the family of the late Joseph A. Thatcher had presented the chapter with an ambulance as a memorial to the memory of the dead banker. Gile Joins Aviation Corps. Colorado Springs.—A cablegram received here announces that Howard H. Gile, son of Mrs. M. C. Gile of Colorado Springs, is with the American aviation corps in France. FRANK R. TAGGART Announces that he has removed his law offices to 621 and 622 Cooper Building. Telephone Main 8036 NOTHING DOWN AND 17 CTS. A DAY BUYS A PIANO. SALE NOW ON. THE PIANO EXCHANGE H. A. TRIGGS, Manager 211 Charles Block. Cor, 15th and Curtis Streets. Phone Champa 3742. The Champa Pharmacy 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. 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BAR shs, Electric Massage IRST-CLASS SERVICE Manager erhead TELEPHONE MAIN 3 Short Orders at all Hours MICHES BER SHOP the HOUSE 926 19th St., Denver Hat Co 203 THE WEST NEW TTERS AND FINISHERS Inventory Description , Colo. S. PHONE GALLUP 9 TTIG Table Grocerie Denver, Col OMPAN ne South 1608 NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS WASHINGTON.—Charlie Michael has a friend who lives in an apartment on Sixteenth street. He will not allow the use of his name, but this friend of his is a well-known stenographer who is just crazy about the study of astronomy. He goes up on the roof of the apartment on clear nights, lies on his back and watches the various solar and planetary systems swimming about in the universe. He has a lot of pets among the stars, which he treats as if they were fine Japanese fan-tailed goldfish, and when a cloud intervenes 'twixit him and his favorite sun he doesn't like it a bit. He has a star map, which is a contraption with a lot of slides and jiggers which can be manipulated so that what is going on above and the right twist of the wrist on the map below one can produce a chart showing just where each star and each constellation should be. with a proper scientific knowledge of what is going on above and the right twist of the wrist on the map below one can produce a chart showing just where each star and each constellation should be. It is this star map which got him in trouble. In trouble. It to flash a pocket electric light upon it the police objected to. They had been of vantage, and one night when he was rather, flashing the electric light on the on him. They came right through the flashing?" they asked him. "As us," replied the man of the law. "We t, and you have been flashing Morse." "G the Morse code." "Someone?" You may be signalling some German, so is city from an airplane——" otted a wild whoop. Yes. But Borrowed Umbrellas Shining is liable to crash. And it won't be One night a woman went to the theater in the wash. Her companion was more In order to see it properly he has to flash a pocket electric light upon it as he lies upon the roof. This is what the police objected to. They had been watching him from some dark point of vantage, and one night when he was communing with his friends in the ether, flashing the electric light on the star map, two large detectives burst on him. They came right through the roof and growled at him. In order to see it properly he has to flash a as he lies upon the roof. This is what the police watching him from some dark point of vantage, communing with his friends in the ether, flashi star map, two large detectives burst on him. T roof and growled at him. "How about that Morse you're flashing?" the "What are you driving at?" "Look here. Don't get rough with us," repli been watching you down on the street, and you "Oh, you mean this light?" "Yes, that light. You been flashing the Mors "Oh, you think I am signalling someone?" "Well, you know what I mean. You may be he can know how to drop bombs on this city from And with that the star gazer emitted a wild "How about that Morse you're flashing?" they asked him. "What are you driving at?" "Look here. Don't get rough with us," replied the man of the law. "We been watching you down on the street, and you have been flashing Morse." "Oh, you mean this light?" "Yes, that light. You been flashing the Morse code." "Oh, you think I am signalling someone?" "Well, you know what I mean. You may be signalling some German, so he can know how to drop bombs on this city from an airplane——" And with that the star gazer emitted a wild whoop. Somehow he got rid of the detectives. Disproving Theory About Borrowed Umbrellas W HEN theory bucks into fact something is liable to crash. And it won't be fact. Consider, say, umbrellas. One night a woman went to the theater in a costume guaranteed not to fade in the wash. Her companion was more Disproving Theory About Borrowed Umbrellas W HEN theory bucks into fact something is liable to crash. And it won't be fact. Consider, say, umbrellas. One night a woman went to the theater in a costume guaranted not to fade in the wash. Her companion was more downpouring night with the demoralized rose and silver on the installment gloria. Not that she was one of those stand, but simply because, as a matter he heap better to do the right thing and get by. Most everybody feels that way. capitol Hill the downpour had become a the umbrella it can get, the wash lady from track to house steps. And got as ing in the fountain of youth—except for returned with a gust of girlish thanks—called-for ejaculations, bless her heart—except: chanced to be standing by when the gloria's return. to get it back?" w the old saying." to happen in this world—or the next—adage makers have had to take their instead of help. His Host to Hungry World this face was thoroughly immersed in a appearing he spluttered a few times and oratorical expedition: "There is no young woman looks out into the downpouring anguish of one who may be wearing rose and plan So the wash lady offered up her gloria. No sweet creatures you read about, understand, but of conscientious comfort, it is a whole heap better be stung than to let a chance to help get by. Mo. By the time the two reached Capitol Hill deluge, and, as black silk calls for all the umbrella had to perform Atalanta's flying act, from track drenched as if she had been floundering in the few looks, of course. Next morning the umbrella was returned with three words missspelled and eleven uncalled-for eject and that was all there was to that, except: A man—nice man, at that—who chanced to messenger came expressed surprise at the gloria! "Ever lend an umbrella and fall to get it ba" "Can't say I ever did, but you know the old s. And, as nothing is too remarkable to happen there is no telling how many grouchy adage man medicine for writing saws that hinder instead of Georgia Ready to Act as Host HE WAS a Georgia gentleman, and his face was section of watermelon. Upon reappearing he then branched out upon the following oratorical shortage young woman looks out into the downpouring night with the demoralized anguish of one who may be wearing rose and silver on the installment plan—— So the wash lady offered up her gloria. Not that she was one of those sweet creatures you read about, understand, but simply because, as a matter of conscientious comfort, it is a whole heap better to do the right thing and be stung than to let a chance to help get by. Most everybody feels that way. By the time the two reached Capitol Hill the downpour had become a deluge, and, as black silk calls for all the umbrella it can get, the wash lady had to perform Atalanta's flying act, from track to house steps. And got as drenched as if she had been floundering in the fountain of youth—except for looks, of course. Next morning the umbrella was returned with a gust of girlish thanks—three words misspelled and eleven uncalled-for ejaculations, bless her heart—and that was all there was to that, except: A man—nice man, at that—who chanced to be standing by when the messenger came expressed surprise at the gloria's return. "Ever lend an umbrella and fall to get it back?" "Can't say I ever did, but you know the old saying." And, as nothing is too remarkable to happen in this world—or the next—there is no telling how many grouchy adage makers have had to take their medicine for writing saws that hinder instead of help. Georgia Ready to Act as Host to Hungry World HE WAS a Georgia gentleman, and his face was thoroughly immersed in a section of watermelon. Upon reappearing he spluttered a few times and then branched out upon the following oratorical expedition: "There is no shortage of food in my home state. No, sah. I can say with emphasis and accuracy that the state of Georgia has more food in it at this time than in any other moment in the history of the world. If the starving nations of Europe want to come to Georgia and relieve the pinch of hunger, then Georgia will act as host. I have a million watermelons myself, lying loose on my place, and we are feeding them to the hogs. It sounds wasteful, but it isn't, sah. It isn't. Watermelons grow in Georgia like grass. For a quarter of a dollar you than you can carry off in a spring wagon. As if 'em there in that land of plenty higher than most crop of Georgia is more valuable and more splend of California. "Talk about your high prices. There is no paying a dollar for this portion of watermelon down in the state of Georgia they arrest you for your watermelons overrun your property and clin more of a crime to take a cartload of watermelon it is to go up to his pump and get yourself a drink. "Garden Truck" Grown on Land WASHINGTON at the present time probably can gardens in the world. To the uninitiated th but it is absolute fact. And the reason lies with the "back-yard" garden movement. a dollar you can buy more watermelonsagon. As for corn and beans, we havebetter than mountains. I reckon the beanmore splendiferous than the gold cropThere is no sense to it. Here I amwatermelon in a red plush hotel, whenbest you for interfering with traffic whencity and climb out on the road. It is noof watermelons off a man's place thanourself a drink of water." In Land Worth Much Money probably can boast of the highest pricedinitiated this may sound unreasonable,in lies with the committee in charge of Georgia like grass. For a quarter of a dollar you can buy more watermelons than you can carry off in a spring wagon. As for corn and beans, we have 'em there in that land of plenty higher than mountains. I reckon the bean crop of Georgia is more valuable and more splendidous than the gold crop of California. "Talk about your high prices. There is no sense to it. Here I am paying a dollar for this portion of watermelon in a red plush hotel, when down in the state of Georgia they arrest you for interfering with traffic when your watermelons overrun your property and climb out on the road. It is no more of a crime to take a cartload of watermelons off a man's place than it is to go up to his pump and get yourself a drink of water." "Garden Truck" Grown on Land Worth Much Money "Garden Truck" Grown on Land Worth Much Money WASHINGTON at the present time probably can boast of the highest priced gardens in the world. To the uninitiated this may sound unreasonable, but it is absolute fact. And the reason lies with the committee in charge of of Dupont circle and had it torn down. Holding has been torn down, and in this new sprouts long rows of corn, tomatoes, stock. And almost any afternoon, while tilting past in limousines, several coatless den. To the Larz Anderson mansion and just another garden. On any afternoon two garden committee's enthusiasm, may be sachusetts avenue there are other garworth thousands of dollars. legation building cutting off his view of Dupont. Whether or no this was true, the building has the center of wealth and fashion there now sprouts of beans, potatoes and other garden truck. And a fashionable Washington society is swirling past in men can be seen working in the garden. Farther up the street, next door to the Larzac across from the Townsend house, is another garden hard-working men, inspired by the garden commen seen working their patches. On Massachusetts deeds, each planted on ground that is worth thous legation building cutting off his view of Dupont circle and had it torn down. Whether or no this was true, the building has been torn down, and in this center of wealth and fashion there now sprouts long rows of corn, tomatoes, beans, potatoes and other garden truck. And almost any afternoon, while fashionable Washington society is swirling past in limousines, several coatless men can be seen working in the garden. Farther up the street, next door to the Larz Anderson mansion and just across from the Townsnd house, is another garden. On any afternoon two hard-working men, inspired by the garden committee's enthusiasm, may be seen working their patches. On Massachusetts avenue there are other gardens, each planted on ground that is worth thousands of dollars. ? Somehow he got rid of the detectives. elegantly fussy in silk, and both were adorned with umbrellas. It had stormed earlier in the evening and was raining lightly when the play was over. On the outer edge of an improvidently umbrellaless crowd the person you might call the wash lady noticed a Vere de Verish young woman in rose georgette with a lot of frilly silver on the waist. Naturally, nobody wastes sympathy on any Lady Clara in the "Home James" class, but when a I'SE SICK UV WATAHMELON, AH IS One of the gardens—probably the most expensive in the lot—is situated on Dupont circle, in the center of the wealth and culture of the city. At the intersection of Connecticut avenue and Massachusetts avenue, to the north, there is a vacant lot—or was a vacant lot—where once stood the Chinese legation. It adjoins the property of Senator Clark of Wyoming, the "copper king." Popular report has it that Senator Clark objected to the old 2010 A man in a top hat and suit stands in a garden, smoking a cigar and looking at a corn plant. GRANT THREE PAROLES GRANT THREE PAROLES BOARD OF PARDONS ACTS ON SEVERAL CASES. Two Men Serving Sentences for Murder and One for Holding up Saloon Extended Clemency. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Denver.—At the regular monthly meeting of the State Board of Pardons the board granted an immediate paroie to Peter Wakelin, who was serving a ten-year sentence on a charge of holding up a Telluride saloon in 1915. Tony Bertino and Santiago Tafoya, serving life terms on charges of murder, were also paroled. In the case of Benjamin O. Cook, serving a term of from twenty to twenty-four years for the murder of Charles Cope in Salida in 1909, the application was denied. The application of Jacob H. Shirley, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in Brighton for the murder in 1913 of Jacob Zabrinski, was denied, and he will not be subject to apply for a pardon for two years. The following applications for par- don were denied: George Harlan, life murder; Orla P. Weir, life, murder; Charles Cronin, twelve to fourteen years, murder; John Frazier, life, murder; James H. Williams, ten to fourteen years, murder, and James Staon, nine to ten years, larceny. Changes Made in Game Season. Colorado duck and grouse hunters, who are oiling up their shotguns preparatory to their annual fall sport, will have less time in which to enjoy their sport and will have new bag limits to observe. Walter B. Fraser, state game and fish commissioner, is advising all sportsmen that the duck hunting season opens this year on Sept. 16 and closes Dec. 31, in accordance with amendments passed by the last Legis lature. Hitherto it has extended from Sept. 1 to April 15. Hunters will be allowed to shoot twenty ducks in any one day and to have in their possession only thirty-five ducks at any one time. The limit on the killing of ducks was not changed, but that on the killing of grouse was. The season for hunting prairie chickens, mountain grouse and willow grouse opened Sept. 15 and extends only to Oct. 1. It was considerably shortened. Hunters will be allowed to kill only ten prairie chicken or grouse in any one day and to have only fifteen in their possession at any one time. The state regulations on duck hunting now conform with the federal law. May Double Output of Mint. Denver.—Mint officials received word from Director of Mints R. B. Baker in Washington that the capacity of the mint will be greatly increased—probably doubled—for the next several months. No additions to the machinery, however, will be necessary, it was stated. Local government officials say that the war has been responsible for a greater demand for silver coins; in addition, at this time of each year, when crops begin to move, the demand for silver coins is increased at least 75 per cent. The output of the Denver mint is increased by operating longer hours. The present eight-hour shift probably will be doubled. If the present daily output is not reduced, the 1916 record, which was the best in the history of the Denver mint, will be outdistanced in 1917. In 1916 the Denver mint turned out 1,014,400 half dollars, 3,270,400 quarters, 264,000 dimes, 35,956,600 pennies. Mixed coins of the value of $666,650 were manufactured. Pay $293,129.90 State Inheritance Tax Inheritance tax collections by the state amounting to $3,437.08 were reported for the first half of September. The new collections make the total for the year thus far $233,129.90. The collections from Sept. 1 to Sept. 15, inclusive, were: Aloisius Engeln, Denver..... $ 676.34 Elizabeth A. McClelland, El Paso ..... 99.59 Bertha R. Cuneo, Denver ..... 54.13 George Rates Hatch, El Paso ..... 553.75 Amelia L. Brocker, Denver ..... 1,000.00 George W. Dibble, New York ..... 71.94 Horace B. Holmes, Boulder ..... 178.18 Mary E. Mantey, Weld ..... 76.16 Patrick Egan, Garfield ..... 170.45 Harvey B. Gahagan, Denver ..... 301.54 $3,182.08 Forty-six waivers ..... 46.00 Nineteen examination fees ..... 209.00 $3,437.08 All State Mines Being Operated. Every mine in the southern part of the state is in full operation and many long idle prospects have been reopened, according to James Kerwin, Lucius Krier and J. H. Schriver of the state auditor's office, who have returned from an audit of county records. Marshals Smash 100 Dozen Eggs. James Gibbons and William McClelland, deputy United States marshals, broke 100 dozen stale eggs on the Denver dump, accumulations of thirty days, gathered from Nebraska shipments. Two Mexicans Enlist Against Kaiser. Two Mexicans, Louis Romay and Joseph C. Ramires, and each hailing from Carranza's capital, enlisted at the Denver army recruiting station for service against the kaiser. BRITISH WIN IN FLANDERS DRIVE BURSTING STEEL CRUSHES TEU TON DEFENSES, CLEARING WAY TO GREAT U-BASE. TAKE 2,000 PRISONERS RUSSIANS BLOCK NEW RIGA OF FENSIVE, AND ROUMANIANS ABANDON OCNA POSITIONS. Western Newspaper Union News Service. London, Sept. 21.—Two thousand prisoners have been captured by the British, according to the official report, in the Flanders drive. Field Marshal Haig's official report says that north country and Australian battalions penetrated the German positions in the center to a depth of over a mile and captured the whole of their objectives. These included Hamlet, Veldhoek and the western portion of polygon wood. Further north Zevenkote was captured and also a few guns. The Associated Press staff correspondent at the front declares that if the British maintain the positions to which they have advanced "they will have accomplished one of the most remarkable and most important achievements in recent months." Concrete redoubts, hundreds of machine guns, barbed wire entanglements and marshy ground faced the British in their storming operations, but the heavy guns had cut down many of the barriers and the British went forward steadily. The offensive, which has the submarine and airplane bases as the objective, was launched after weeks of artillery preparation, and the Britons swept through the German lines rapidly, preceded by a curtain of barrage fire. On the French front no important fighting is recorded except a German attack south of Cerny which was repulsed. The Russians say they have blocked a new offensive near Riga, while the Teutons forced the Rumanians to abandon positions they had won in the Ocna region. REED ON MEDIATION BOARD. Commission to Visit Pacific Coast and Other Countries of the Industrial States Other Centers of Industrial Strife. Washington.—President Wilson determined to take a hand in adjusting threatening labor disputes in the mountain and Pacific coast regions of the country. Declaring that he had heard with concern of charges of misconduct and injustice made by employers and employés against each other, the President in a public statement announced the appointment of a special commission to represent him in bringing working arrangements, particularly for the period of the war, which will put an end to disturbances that might be disastrous to the country in the world conflict. Secretary of Labor Wilson is made chairman of the President's commission, which is directed to visit the governors of states where labor difficulties exist and to offer its services on behalf of the executive. Other members of the commission are: Col. J. L. Spangler of Pennsylvania, Verner Z. Reed of Colorado, John H. Walker of Illinois and E. P. Marsh of Washington, with Felix Frankfurter of New York as secretary. The President's action is especially directed to the strike of shipworkers on the Pacific coast, which the Shipping Board has had in hand with some prospect of successful settlement. JAPAN TO AID THE ALLIES Peking Willing to Send 300,000 Men to France. Peking.—Announcement was made in government circles that the Chinese cabinet, provided the entente powers approved, was willing to send 300,000 soldiers to France, in compliance with the French request. At the Chinese foreign office it was announced the Japanese would evacuate the Manchurian town of Tsianhsiian they occupied after a clash between Chinese and Japanese soldiers and police over the question of Yalu river lumber interests. Japanese soldiers still are in possession of the town of 2,000 population. Chinese and Japanese officials here say the incident probably will be settled locally. The clash resulted in the killing of two Chinese and one Japanese and the wounding of many other persons. A Tokio dispatch says Japan will soon take her first step in her plan to furnish shipping aid to the allies in the war. First Game of World Series Oct. 6. Cincinnati—The first game of the world's series between the Giants and White Sox will be played in Chicago, Saturday, Oct. 6, and the second, Sunday, Oct. 7. The official dates for the world series as selected by the National Baseball Commission, are: At Chicago, Oct. 6 and 7; at New York, Oct. 9 and 10; at Chicago, Oct. 12; at New York, Oct. 15. The umpires for the series will be O'Loughlin and Evans of the American League and Klem and Rigler of the National. Western Beef Co. Open Daily to 8:30 p. m. ONE OF THE MOST UP MARKETS Fresh and Cured Meats of All and Fane OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SAL MARKETS IN THE CITY. Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetal and Fancy Groceries. ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND SANITARY MARKETS IN THE CITY. Fresh and Cured Meats of All Kinds. Fresh Vegetables, Staple and Fancy Groceries. Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Free Delivery to All Parts of the City. PHONE CITY 2048 LARIMER STREET Opposite the The Good Gro W. T. FLETCHER AND J RETAIL STAPLE AND CORN FED MEATS. ANY PART OF THE C 2549 Washington Baxter Bldg. PHONE CHAMPA 3022 J. R. DRESSOR York 1327J WALLE Sc The Colorado Wall John W. 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O. ARE YOU GUILTY? Patroniz Advert They are boosters deserve A FARMER carrying an express package from a big mail-order house was accosted by a local dealer. "Why didn't you buy that bill of goods from me? I could have saved you the express, and besides you would have been patronizing a home store, which helps pay the taxes and builds up this locality." The farmer looked at the merchant a moment and then said: "Why don't you patronize your home paper and advertise? I read it and didn't know that you had the stuff I have here." MORAL—ADVERTISE ```markdown ``` --- AMPA 1641. DENVER, COLO. Three Rules. Hard Weight Grocery W. WILLIAMS, Proprietors. FANCY GROCERIES. MOTOR DELIVERY TO CITY. St. Denver, Colo. J. W. WILLIAMS, Manager CE CLOW n 315J A. B. CLOW South 4243J Paper and Paint Co. Uses for Colors, Paints and Varnishes. Glass, Interior and Exterior ators PAINTING n 871. DENVER, COLO. 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Display advertising, 50 cents per inch. Remittances should be made by Express Money Order, Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for the fractional part of a dollar. Only 1c and 2c stamps taken. No discounts allowed on less than three months' contract. Cash must accompany all orders from parties unknown to us. Further particulars on application. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us Tuesdays, if possible, anyway not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. Manuscript, postage stamps for postage. All communications to personating nature, but are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. WAR DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR LACK OF MEN. THREE states, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana declare their inability to supply their full quotas in the draft of the national army is due to the lateness of the War Department's order calling only white men. This leaves us to make the deduction that on account of racial discrimination or the non-entertainment of colored troops, from those states just now, the shortage is compelled. If the present administration is thinking of proving to the world the daring skill and fighting ability of the Black American by keeping him as dernier resort, it may lose in its hope, as France and Britain have set and are setting the pace, by the use of their Hindoo, African and West Indian black men ever since the war began. Just think, these three states that have been competing for a number of years for the position of first place for the highest number on record of insult, abuse, death at the hands of the mob of the Negro resolved to fall back on this unfortunate element of citizens to play the important part of defense once more in the history of this country. This gives clear and unmistakable proof that the fighting quality of the Negro is not a guess, or a mere probability, as it is admitted, even by his persecutors, his defamers, his murderers. Can the authorities at Washington see this result with the eye of reason? Will they hearken to the Macedonia of the South, grant their plea and extricate them from the meshes that have completely entangled them? THIS IS REALLY A WORLD'S WAR, as each succeeding day brings a reformation, a presentation of new things, almost impossible to our reasoning in this country before we entered the war, now so plainly within our mental grasp, that the ray of light bringing hope and cheer for the oppressed is falling upon the once dimmed vision of a Georgia, an Alabama, a Louisiana and we, pitying their dilemma, will go to their rescue from a patriotic standpoint. It would do well for the War Department to give these states the necessary help as they may be fishing for some more excuses and so as not to be on the side of great blame some immediate change in the department's mandate should be sent at once. NEGRO SUPPORT NECESSARY TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP. IN THIS issue we reproduced an article from Praco, Alabama, which assists us materially in our endeavors to advise our people as to the help in themselves to the creating of leaders who will be firm and true to our race, and strengthen our contention that we must act as the other side when they are in the majority numerically. This is a case in which numbers count, and this leader having been elected to the position of president by a majority of his race, had the manhood, the real and only true manliness to stick to his representative position in spite of the threats, intimidations and vile abuse. Those are the leaders we want, we need to impress our so-called superiors and our arm of might that where there is the solid action, the united spirit of the followers the leader can make any sacrifice for the good of the cause and the benefit of a whole. This president, this leader deserves the commendation of his race, and though it may be termed a little local union, yet the principle involved and the tenacity with which he clung to his post in this particular action proves that in our race there are lying dormant some great minds, great characters, and when we give the support as a whole, great leaders. Oh! how these words ought to live in our memory and give us the inspiration that we are sorely in need of and the backbone for leadership: "I am president of this local and I'm not going to resign. You need not come to me anymore about it. I have nothing in mind like resigning or what you want me to do." The COLORADO STATESMAN adds its appreciation of men of such stamina and pray that more may be raised up and supported by their own so as to be strengthened to obtain justice and fair dealing in this land of freedom. OIL—THE ORDER OF THE DAY. WE HAVE been advertising for various oil companies for sometime and now that the boom for oil is engaging the mind of the millionaire, the man with his few thousands, the lesser moneyed man with his hundreds, there is no reason why we should not get in with our Cents. We surely cannot forget tungsten of a few months ago, when many who risked their last came out ahead, paid old debts and claims and today are living comfortably and happily. Oil received the attention of a few people in Colorado some time ago, but the general skepticism which accompanies the sinking of wells, etc., made the prospect hard to tackle and difficult to develop, but as years rolled and the oil fields of Mexico began to attract the attention of business men and firms, people in different parts of this country began to interest themselves in the discovery of oil and it was not very long before their activities were rewarded in the Oklahoma oil fields, Wyoming and others. In our race we are proud to know that we have persons who are receiving large incomes from their investment in property which is yielding a large quantity of the product oil which is in such a great demand, and this should give an impetus to intending investors so as to be the beneficiaries of what promises to lift them to prominent monetary standing. Information from the Rocky Mountain News gives us the following: "Last year the Salt Creek field produced almost 4,000,000 barrels of oil. The total for Wyoming for that period was placed by the federal geological survey at 6,250,000 barrels. This year the total will be considerably higher; next year much higher. Federal authorities agree with private experts and the capital behind them that Wyoming is underlaid with a sea of oil. It is certain that the proven territory is expanding every month, and oil, like gold, is where you find it. From Wyoming to Colorado is not far to seek, and what has been done in preparation for drilling and extraction in this state will soon tell a tale of wealth undreamed. There is already a certainty that the Colorado shale-oil business will be a factor in a year or two." In Denver there are numerous firms and agents advertising oil stocks, some at a few cents per share, others into the dollars. Ought we to get into the deal as the other fellow? On think the matter over, giving it careful consideration, we agree with the advisability of purchasing stock now, getting in while it is within our reach, as from our experience with other industries our delay, our fear in running a little risk, always meant success to the other fellow and a moan with the usual "Had I but known," coming from us in the end. GET OILED WITH OIL AND YOUR FORTUNE'S MADE. Cleanly Food Is Essential to Family Health By Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, U. S. Commissioner of Health Wild animals eat their food raw, either while fresh or after it has become tender with age. This latter habit is one of the weasel's. They kill quite liberally of their prey when the opportunity offers and then allow it almost to decay before they feed upon it. Primitive man hunted and devoured his food much like the lower animals. A. B. Later in the history of man he learned to make fire and cook his food, and it is now quite evident from what we find in the Indian mounds that it became the custom, for instance, of the American Indians to have great clam bakes on the Atlantic coast. Sometimes in these mounds we find bones of deer, showing that they had more than one kind of foodstuff. As relics of a still later age, we find in the mounds various little implements that were evidently used for handling and serving the food. This begins to approach conditions in the present state of civilization that we now find in the large centers of population. Thousands of people make their sole livelihood preparing food for the table and taking care of the dishes and the serving of the food, from the small boarding houses to the enormous hotels. In these places the health of those thus employed has not had any police supervision and yet we have known that communicable diseases have been on the rapid increase and horrible diseases have been passed from one person to another until they have become a great menace to the health, happiness and efficiency of our people. The state of Pennsylvania, fortunately, in 1915 succeeded in passing a law that requires those in charge of restaurants, boarding houses, hotels, etc., to look after the health of their people. The law handles it in this way, that it holds the proprietor of those places responsible for employing people who have these dangerous diseases that can be communicated to their customers through the foodstuff itself, or through the dishes, forks, knives, spoons, etc. Cooks and waiters cannot, under this new law, pursue their occupations without satisfying those they propose to serve that they are clean from these diseases the law is trying to prevent being thus spread. The moment this new law was signed by the governor, a large number of waiters left their places in the Pullman coaches on the railroads and from the great railroad restaurants, as well as from the large and active hotels. This became well known and the newspapers and journals endeavored to spread this news that the people might wake up to what had existed and what the new law proposed to protect them from. When the bill asking for this law was introduced in the general assembly some of the great railroad companies that have large restaurants at their termini appreciated that it was a great sanitary measure and before the bill became a law they adopted its good points in the management of their great eating centers throughout the United States. This law, like all other new laws that mean to bring about a great change in public policies, has to be sanely enforced, and the old system of preparing food and washing of dishes in hotels and restaurants must not be too suddenly destroyed. The time, fortunately, is here when the public has become educated and the people are demanding that the spirit of this good law be carried out. Some hotels advertise on their letterhead paper that the law is enforced in their establishments. As the great cities grow the ways of living change. There become fewer private homes and more places where people live collectively and depend upon central places for eating. Therefore this law is becoming more and more important in regard to these centers, that they may not spread dangerous disease through a community. People of United States Should Not Waste Nut Harvest The time of year is fast approaching when the forests will begin to put on their autumn robes and nowhere in the world are these robes so royally splendid as they are in the United States. But this year, now that the war has made us a feeder of nations on a scale heretofore undreamt of, there is another attraction in the autumn woods besides their beauty of foliage which ought to command universal interest and draw everybody who can reach them into their fragrant aisles. It is the call of the nut harvest. If you want to find nuts follow a squirrel. But the best lesson he teaches is that of the food value of nuts. Every nut-bearing tree is a fruit tree. The nut trees of this country, alone, could go far in preventing a food famine. Personally, I regard the butternut as the best nut that grows, not excepting its great cousin, the walnut. Besides, the butternut is a native American. But, go and see if you can find any butternuts in the markets! Go and ask the farmers about their butternut trees, and hear them tell you that there used to be some "in father's time," but now they've been "cut off" or "let die out." I venture to say that no butternut tree was ever cut down, while still in the bearing age, without loss, no matter what was put in its place. It is the same with the hickory—another native of America. One of the saddest bits of news I have heard in many a day is that the hickories are threatened with extermination by a new insect enemy. But regardless of new enemies, the hickory has been shamefully neglected. Some of those trees supplied successive generations with nourishment—a dessert worth a thousand concoctions of the kitchen, and that cost the farmer simply the easy and delightful labor of picking up the nuts that the frosts released and the cool autumn winds brought down. The consequence of our neglect of the nut trees is that their product has become a rare luxury instead of an unfailing staple on our food lists. As the squirrel teaches the value of nuts, a more unpoetical animal, the hog, teaches that of acorns. Nothing, perhaps, will fatten a hog so well and so quickly, or give it market quality of $\infty$ high a value, as a diet of acorns. But I suppose that relatively few persons are aware that acorns are an excellent and palatable food for man. "Acorns," says Doctor Hornaday, "are one of the most valuable and abundant crops of our forests, and no use whatever is being made of it. The acorn is going to waste in the United States while it is being eaten in bread in Germany." What more need be said? --- COLORADO STATESMAN --- The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West --- A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspirations. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR THE GREAT ORGAN OF THE LABORING MASSES PAPER SLACKERS, will you kindly take up the slack of your subscription and help us to pull? We have been carrying you since summer before last and now comes your turn. He who gives promptly gives twice as much. Mrs. J. E. Thomas, of 2443 Court place, is suffering with a severe attack of rheumatism. It is stated that thousands will be required and all recruiting station have begun campaigns to secure listsments. Letell. D. Powell, 18 year old, and a porter of Ardmore, Oklahoma was the first to enlist under the new order in the Denver district. He enlisted yesterday morning and now en route to Newport News. MR. AND MRS. THOS. WILLIAM Jerry Stone of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is visiting for a few weeks with friends in the city. E. J. Davis has returned from Manitou, after a very successful season as he states. He states that Manitou is the place for complete restoration of health. Miss Washington, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington, of 250 So. Pearl street, left this week for Howard University, Washington, D. C. Thomas Travick, the youngest brother of James Travick, visited with his brother and family last week. Curtis Harris arrived in the city Sunday from Longmont, Colo., where he was confined in a hospital several days. He is now living at 2914 California street. Mrs. John Lightner, who has been visiting in Denver for two months, returned to her home in Kansas City last week. Mrs. Annie Shafer entertained her niece, Miss Lula Anderson of Colorado Springs, and Miss Hester Neal of Ellis, Kansas, last Sunday. Mrs. Emma Viley, the daughter of Miss Annie Shafer, who visited a month with her mother, left last Friday for her home in Fort Worth, Texas. Mme. Davis, Neff College of Oratory, Philadelphia, at People's Presbyterian, Tuesday night, Oct. 9. Admission, 25 cents. Owen Glover, former resident of Denver, dropped in for a few days to see old friends and enjoyed himself highly with the impromptu entertainments gotten up on his agreeably surprising visit. Dr. R. A. Randolph will conduct the services at Campbell A. M. E. church, both morning and evening, tomorrow. Mrs. Howard Troutman, of 3131 Humboldt street, left last Sunday to visit friends and relatives in Chicago Mrs. Charles A. Carter, of 3525 Williams street, was hostess at a dinner last Sunday in honor of Mrs. Dobbins and Miss Williams of Birmingham, Ala. The table decorations were in pink and covers laid for six. Mrs. Charles A. Carter entertained most delightfully at breakfast last Thursday morning in honor of Mrs. T. H. Lightner of Kansas City and Mrs. Samuel Alsup of Chicago. Eight friends enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. Carter. Herman Davis, employé of Cottrell & Co., Mens Outfitters, left on a hurried call to visit his mother and father who are lying seriously ill at Springfield, Missouri. He was accompanied by his wife. Mme. Davis as elocutionist and pianiste, People's Presbyterian, Oct. 9. Admission, 25 cents. Mrs. Louisa Williams, a former well known resident of Denver, died in Oakland, Cal., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1917, of a complication of diseases. Mrs. Williams is survived by her two daughters, Mrs. S. E. Cook, Mrs. J. C. Porter, Mrs. Brooks, a sister, of Elmwood, ill.; several nieces and nephews. She had a large circle of friends. NEGROES ASKED TO ENLIST BY U. S. QUARTERMASTER United States army recruiting stations throughout the nation have received orders to make special efforts to secure enlistments of thousands of negroes for service in the quartermaster's department. As quickly as the Negroes are enlisted they will be sent to Newport News and probably other ports to load ships with provisions for troops across seas. It is stated that thousands will be required and all recruiting stations have begun campaigns to secure enlistments. Letell D. Powell, 18 years old, and a porter of Ardmore, Okla., was the first to enlist under the new order in the Denver district. He enlisted yesterday morning and now is en route to Newport News. MR. AND MRS. THOS. WILLIAMS AND MR. AND MRS. CHAS. JONES OPEN SEASON'S ENTERTAINMENT. Beautiful Reminiscences! This was the expression of the guests to whom Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones were hosts at a Dancing Party last Tuesday evening at Old Colony Hall, as it seemed a resurrection of the times and seasons when parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances, with love and respect permeating their hearts and minds, felt that reciprocity was conducive to better living, and their environments were of such a standard attraction as to merit the plaudits of the community in which they dwelt. To the response of the invitation appeared the Dames, the Beaux, the Belles, the Benedicts with their better halves and the Debutantes, richly attired in the latest creations of the fashionable world, and in conjunction with the conventional evening dress of the gentlemen, they presented a veritable exhibition of artistic America that is destined to hold its own with the progressiveness that makes countries and peoples rise to higher heights. The vari-colored decorations modified by the soft light of the latest electric lighting, lent a charming aspect, and when the strains of the Dixie Jazz Orchestra wafting o'er the hall fell on the ears of the guests they tripped gracefully to beautiful Terpsichore, when fun and frolic setting their stamp of approval on this grand event gave assurance to the guests of the evening of a jollity that will long be remembered by them. Dainty refreshments were served, and the sixty couples who had such a privileged opportunity to open the season's first entertainment departed reluctantly at the wee sma' hours of the morning, loud in their praises for the hosts who are residents of long-standing and particular prestige in Denver. IN CONJUNCTION with the dance given by the Smart Set Club at Fern Hall September 26, 1917, Billy Knight will celebrate his birthday, which happens to fall on the same date. He promises to have plenty to eat for everybody. Punch is the only thing that will be sold. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Rehearsals of the "Messiah" cantata, under the direction of Mrs. Mabel Z. De Frantz, were resumed on Thursday evening. The date of the presentation of the cantata has not yet been set, but will be named before very long. From now on rehearsals will be held every Thursday evening. A large number of both the large and small boys were on hand Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock. They played music and games and had a good time in general. Quite a number of the boys are attending the evening schools. Mr. George W. Gross, of the committee of management, has agreed to become instructor for the boys' band which meets on Monday and Friday evenings. Mr. Gross is a splendid cornetist and will be of great help to the members of the band. The men's meetings will open up for the fall on Sunday afternoon of the 30th inst. A splendid opening program is being prepared, with good speaking and good music. FUNERAL NOTICES. By the Douglas Undertaking Co. Mr. Benjamin Burton, 55 years, beloved brother of Mrs. Fannie Brown, 1182 So. Pearl street, departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 11th, at Rouse, Colo. Body was interned at Riverside, Sunday, Sept. 16th. Rev C. A. Williams executed committal services. Mrs. Minnie M. Lightner, 39 years, devoted wife of Rev. Chas. Lightner, daughter of Mrs. Francis Miller, departed this life Monday, Sept. 17th, 9:45 a. m. at her late residence, 2917 Glenarm place. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 19th, at 2 p. m., from Estes Seventh Day Adventist church, 11th and Kalamath. Interment in family plot at Riverside by auto. Will Bowman, 50 years, died Monday, Sept. 17th, at County Hospital, anyone acquainted with whereabouts of relatives, kindly inform above company. Telegraph, telephone, send messenger, write or or call at office—just so you get a bunch of our special offer. One Cent a Share $10 to $500 worth to each purchaser—no more, no less; $100 invested now may be fortune for you. COLORADO COLORED BATTALION RECEPTION AND DRILL CITY AUDITORIUM. More than one thousand of Denver's citizens of both races attended the Grand Reception and Drill at the City Auditorium last Thursday evening, giving their hearty and unqualified support to our colored soldiers in their effort to raise funds to assist them in making camp life pleasant and agreeable. Major Campbell in his usual impressive manner, welcomed the patrons who afterwards were delighted with quite a treat from the drill teams of the Eastern Star Drill Team and a platoon of A Company in their exhibitions. In the grand march the two teams combined, also the Spanish War Veterans, and the spectacle presented was greeted with loud and long applause. Donations by the Tramway Company for free service for the soldiers from and to the Rifle Range, the Knight-Campbell Music Co. for the loan of a piano, Morrison's Jazz Orchestra and the Auditorium by the Mayor, were appreciated and the thanks of the management offered on behalf of the men to the kind helpers. The Queen City Band rendered val- uable service and seemed at its best. After the regular program dancing was enjoyed in to a late hour. A brilliant success was the result of the efforts of Major Campbell, Capt. Fallings, First Lieut. Lee, Second Lieut. Neil and their platoon reflected the highest credit on the Battallon for their improvement and efficiency in so short a time. THE COLORADO STATESMAN joins the public in wishing abundant success to our soldier boys. THE IMAGINARY HONESTY OF THE DENVER STAR Dear Editor:—In an article in the editorial columns of the "Denver Star," issue September 15, headed "Who Is Looking After the Money To Be Raised for the Colorado Colored Battalion?" the editor presumes an intended DISHONEST ACTION in the handling of the financial results of the entertainment which came off last Thursday, and goes further in a very vicious manner to interfere with the patronage of the event by the following leader; "the star thinks and says that the people or public should know whether the money went to the officers, the men or for recruiting purposes, and who raised the money to go finally into what person's pocket." As a patriot, admirer of the efforts my people and the members of my race are making in Colorado to prove their loyalty and devotion to their country, and a staunch supporter of the Colored Battalion, I am compelled to reply to this editor, whose belief in his honesty (I wonder if it has ever been tested?) so far exceeds the ordinary, that anything he does not preside at or participate in must savor of dishonesty and the public must necessarily follow his assumption of wrong-doing. Honi soit qui mal y pense (evil be to him who evil thinks) is very applicable in this case, as this STAR OF EVIL DESIGN never mentioned a word, never offered a suggestion to the public relative to the formation of this battalion, refused to publish information to the public sent them through the various sources responsible for the getting up of the battalion and the attending actions towards its development, and now that with all the surrounding difficulties, with the non-support of this DARK STAR whose light is never seen or reflected by anything, the battalion is a recognized military entity in this state, continuing its endeavors to make certain provisions in the way of self-help, this paper terming itself the race paper with the "pep" but more with the PIP, I think, attempts to challenge the honesty of those connected with this entertainment with the idea of besmirching members or the battalion that may be superior to the whole staff of the "Star" in every We would advise you to send in your order without delay, but further information and maps will be furnished free upon request. 5 Payments, or 5% Off for All Cash way, and who have to their credit the confidence, good will and respect of the community in their integrity. "We shall use every effort to ascertain which figured in the pie and report to you," the concluding expression of the editor, amounts to one of those charitable offers that has an hereafter which generally exposes the venom lurking within the mind of the donor, and I think if the owner of the "Denver Star" would use some of this effort offered by the editor to find out whether all HIS PIE is being eaten by this individual who seems to sleep and wake in vivid imaginations of his honesty? there may be a fine opportunity afforded the "Star" to adjust its VERY HONEST ACCOUNTS. I am so glad that the wicked intention of this editor in publishing this article immediately preceding the event has absolutely failed, as the large gathering and the public enthusiasm displayed on the evening of last Thursday in the help to our soldier boys proved the confidence reposed in them. The advertisement of the battalion was very plain, there being nothing obligatory or compulsory attached to it in reference to the public. It was left to their own voluntary action, and this specially self-appointed, committee-of-one, false-alarm agent of the public, if he had enough common THE DANCES GIVEN BY THIS CLUB ARE THE SWELLEST OF THE SEASON. THE HALL WILL BE BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH FLOWERS. TWELVE OF DENVER'S SOCIETY BUDS AND MATRONS WILL ACT AS HOSTESSES OF THE EVENING. Ice Cream, Cake, Sandwiches, Coffee, Chitterlings ALL YOU CAN EAT, FREE. Admission, - - 25 cents Tom Gross, Floor Mgr. C. Lafayette Anderson, Sec.-Treas. William Knight, Gen. Mgr. sense to read and understand the poster or the News Advertisement would surely realize that an intelligent Denver public can read between the lines. Some day, I hope, the generous Negro element of this community will make this editor "get out and get under" (using a phrase) and then the proof of HIS IMAGINARY HONESTY will exhibit itself in no uncertain form. Thanking you for space, Editor, Yours, etc., ADMIRER OF COLORADO COLORED BATTALION. CARD OF THANKS. I take this method to thank my many friends for their many acts of kindness during the illness and death of my beloved husband; also for the many flowers sent. MRS. L. C. CONNELL. DIRECTORY Oliver Royal House of S. M. T.—Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 2540 Washington St. Pride of Denver Tabernacle 521—Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 2540 Washington St. Talks Like a Man. The gray parrot of western Africa is credited with having a greater power of imitating the human voice than any bird of the species. It has long been a favorite and is the subject of many stories of greater or less credibility. Count the Days. Reckon the days in which you have not been angry. I used to be angry every day; then every third and fourth day. If you miss so long as 30 days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving.—Epictetus. C. HARRIS & EWING This is a new photograph of the Cabinet in summer attire, made at the rear of the White House executive offices, the only picture of the cabinet ever made out of doors. Left to right, front row: William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce; Robert Lansing, secretary of state; David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture; President Wilson, William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury; Albert S. Burleson, postmaster general. Top row, left to right: Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy; William B. Wilson, secretary of labor; Newton D. Baker, secretary of war; Thomas W. Gregory, attorney general, and Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior. FOOD CAMPAIGN BEING HAMPERED Secret German Propaganda Is Now Directed Against Food Administration. HOUSEWIVES ARE TOLD LIES In Communities Where the Foreign Population Is Large, a Great Amount of Harm Has Been Done. Washington.—The insidiousness of German propaganda has again been demonstrated—this time in a new quarter. It is now the food administration which is receiving a goodly share of attention from the kaiser's agents in this country, and as a result the campaign to conserve food supplies and increase the amount of canning has been hampered. For some time reports have been reaching Mr. Hoover's offices of the activity of persons seemingly bent upon defeating the purposes of the canning campaign. Housewives in all sections of the country were told that the government planned to seize all the fruits, preserves and other materials canned by the women for the use of the National army. The campaign was described as a gigantic fraud perpetrated by the government on the people, the object being to get large quantities of food without the expense of purchasing it from the large canneries and manufacturers. In the cities and more enlightened communities this propaganda did not bear much fruit, but in the rural districts, and particularly in communities where the foreign-born population was large, a great deal of harm was done. Ignorant women discarded their plans for canning large quantities of vegetables and fruits, or, if they canned any at all, immediately rushed them off to market. These conditions were found particularly embarrassing to the food administration in certain parts of the South, and when it was brought to the notice of Mr. Hoover that whole communities were entering into agreements to refrain from doing any canning he immediately sent agents to make investigations. These agents were followed by others, whose duties were to educate the people and disabuse their minds of the poison implanted by the German agents. A high official of the department of justice summed up the situation in these words; "This department is willing and anxious to run down every agent, no matter how remotely connected, of the German government. We have been fairly successful, but have been hampered by lack of sufficient evidence in many cases. It sounds easy enough to say that someone is working for the kaiser and against the best interests of the United States, but it is not always so easy to prove. In the case of the propagandists working against the success of the food conservation campaign we hope to make some headway, but are up against the same proposition. Unless we can trace the actions of the men and women who are sowing their seed of suspicion to some source proven to be connected with the German government we will have a hard time getting convictions. This is probably one of the most insidious phases of Germany spy work we have yet come into contact with." At the offices of the food administration it is stated that the educational campaign of volunteer workers has to a large measure nullified the effectiveness of the propagandists. COMFORTS FOR TROOPS Red Cross Will Furnish Soldiers With All Needs. Pershing's Men Will Get Best of Attention When Not in the Trenches. The extensive scope of preparations for the health, comfort and recreation of America soldiers in France is indicated by reports from Maj. Grayson M. P. Murphy, head of the Red Cross commission in France. "No need of our army which we can possibly forsee will be left uncovered," said Major Murphy, who has been made a member of General Pershing's staff to aid the co-operation between the Red Cross and army authorities. Thirteen thousand selected trained nurses have enlisted for duty in the fully organized base hospitals in France, and great quantities of hospital supplies, drugs and instruments are already in France or awaiting orders of Major Murphy. Six infirmaries and rest stations in charge of trained nurses have been established along the route taken by troops from the landing port to camp, a journey often lasting three days owing to congestion of French railroads. Canteens with bath and refreshment facilities are being established for use of troops when the routine of trench duty begins. Dr. Edward T. Devine, director of the New York School of Philanthropy, has sailed for France to study methods of teaching crippled or blind men to be self-supporting. A Red Cross institute for encouragement of this work will be established in New York with $50,000 given by Jeremiah Milbank of New York. TO MAKE DESERT ACCESSIBLE United States Geological Survey Plane to Make and Develop Watering Places. To make the desert regions of the western part of the United States more accessible by locating their widely separated watering place and erecting hundreds of signposts to give directions and distances to the water places is an interesting and practical project recently undertaken by the United States geological survey, department of the interior. The project involves also the work of making accurate maps showing the locations of the watering places, of preparing guides describing them and giving the distances between them, of selecting well sites, and of developing watering places (so far as money available will permit) in localities where water is most needed and where the geologic investigations indicate that underground supplies can be obtained. It is expected that this work will help to expedite the discovery and development of the rich mineral deposits in parts of these regions. It will, of course, also be valuable in other respects. In recent years the water-supply geologists of the geological survey have developed trustworthy methods of locating ground water in arid regions from surface indications and of estimating the depth to water and the approximate annual yield of the underground reservoirs. These methods will be applied and further developed in connection with the survey of desert watering places. A number of survey parties are now being organized in Washington and will in a few weeks be at work in the most arid parts of Arizona, California, and Nevada. Each party will consist of a geologist and one or more assistants and will be provided with an automobile and camping outfit. DAIRY PROBLEM IS NOW SERIOUS Milk and Butter Supplies Decrease in United States While Population Increases. WASTES MUST BE STOPPED Our Allies Are Short Large Quantities *and the Burden of Replenishment Must Fall on North The food administration has issued the following statement on dairy conditions: Milk and butter supplies are decreasing in the United States, while our population is increasing. The dairy herds of Europe are diminishing rapidly because of the conditions created by war, and there is no probability of improvement in these conditions. The dairy problem in this country, therefore, is not only a war emergency problem, but one that will continue years after the war. The world's dairy supplies are decreasing rapidly for two important reasons. First, the dairy cattle of Europe are diminishing, for Europe is being driven to eat its cattle for meat; second, the diversion of labor to war has decreased the fodder supplies, and the shortage of shipping has limited the amount of imported fodder, and therefore the cattle which can be supported and the productivity of the individual cow have been reduced. Even our own dairy supplies are not keeping pace with our growth of population, for our per capita milk supply has fallen from 90 to 75 gallons annually, in the past 15 years. Yet, today we must ship increasing amounts of dairy products to our allies. Diverted to Germany. The dairy supplies of the allies in normal times come to a considerable degree from western Scandinavia, Holland and Switzerland, but under German pressure these supplies are now partly diverted in Germany. The men under arms and the wounded must be supplied with condensed milk in large quantities. The net result of these conditions, despite rigorous reduction of consumption among the adults of the civil population in Europe, is that our allies are still short of large quantities and again the burden of the replacement of this shortage must fall on North America. The growing exports of dairy products from the United States to the allies are shown in the following table: Three year Year ending pre-war average June 30, 1915 Butter 4,457,000 lbs. 13,487,000 lbs. Cheese 3,780,000 lbs. 44,394,000 lbs. Condensed The high price of fodder and meat in the United States during the past few months, induced by the pressing European demand, has set up dangerous currents in this country, especially in those regions dependent upon butter and the sale of milk to municipalities, having made it more profitable to sell the cattle for meat than to keep them and produce dairy products. Therefore, the dairy cattle are decreasing in those sections. The only sections in which dairy products have had a rise in price in appropriate proportion to the increase in cost of feeds are those producing condensed milk and cheese. Supplies Are Decreasing. Our home milk and butter supplies are therefore decreasing while our population is increasing. This deficiency of dairy butter, is shown by the sales of margarine, which shows an increase of several million pounds per month over similar periods in 1915. Dairy butter, however, has qualities which render it vitally necessary for table use. Milk has no substitutes, and should be not only intrinsically one of our cheapest animal foods, but is absolutely fundamental to the rearing of the children. The dairy situation resolves itself into several phases. First, it is to be hoped that the forthcoming abundant harvest will result in lower prices of food and diminish the impetus to sell the cattle for meat. Second, the industry needs encouragement so as to increase the dairy herd and thus our dairy supplies, for the sake first of our own people and second of the allies. The people must realize the vital dependence of the well-being of their children, and thus of the nation, upon the encouragement and upbuilding of the industry. Third, we must save the wastes in milk and butter if we are to provide milk supplies to all, especially including the children of the crowded districts of our cities. Prices of Public Animals The following average prices of the different classes of public animals for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, are published to the army for the information and guidance of all concerned: Cavalry and riding horses.....$149.97 Artillery and draft horses.....184.53 Artillery horses, siege.....236.02 Young horse for training at perma- nen remount depots.....183.18 Draft mules, wheel.....235.07 Draft mules, lead.....184.30 Pack and riding mules.....148.44 Wants Glassware. A company in British East Africa is in the market for all kinds of table and household glassware, about $5,000 worth of which can be used annually. EAT PLENTY OF CHEESE Dairy Product Is More Nourishing Than Meat. United States Department of Agriculture Urges More Extensive Use as Food. "Store", cheese — more properly known as American cheddar—is more nourishing, pound for pound, than any meat, and therefore should have a prominent place in the diet as a meat substitute, says a statement issued by the United States department of agriculture. "Few people in this country eat cheese in sufficient quantities for it really to form an important part of the daily fare," says the statement. "Indeed, it is used more often simply as an appetizer or as a seasoning for some other food. Nearly every one relishes good American cheddar or 'store' cheese, but there is an impression that it is indigestible and constipating. Extensive digestion experiments carried on by the department of agriculture have demonstrated that more than 95 per cent of the protein of cheese is digested and 90 per cent of its energy is available. Even when eaten in large quantities and for long perfods, no case of indigestion, constipation, or other disturbance was observed in those who ate it. One man who ate cheese as the chief source of both protein and energy, eating an average of 9.27 ounces daily, with bread and fruit, for more than two years, did a fair amount of muscular work and kept in good health. "American cheddar cheese is a very satisfactory substitute for meat. It can be kept in storage for a long time, and contains much food in small volume. "A pound of cheese supplies more than twice as much energy as a pound of fowl or round steak and almost twice as much protein as the same amount of fowl or ham. Cheese, therefore, is usually a cheaper food than the meats. "Cheese can also be combined in many palatable dishes. When grated it may be used in soups or with many vegetables. Other foods in which cheese is used are: Macaroni and cheese, Welsh rabbit, tomato rabbit, baked rice and cheese, baked crackers and cheese, vegetable and cheese rolls, cheese omelet, oatmeal and cheese and cheese mush. "Recipes and further information are given in Farmers' Bulletin 487, 'Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the Diet,' which may be obtained free on application to the department of agriculture, Washington, D. C." HOW TO TELL MARINES SEMPER FIDELIS It may be that U. S. marines serving in France will substitute for their winter field uniforms of forestry green, the olive drab of Uncle Sam's army. Dispatches from France indicate that the change is a military necessity. But the "soldiers of the navy" will still retain their distinctive corps device—the globe, anchor and eagle. And so, when you see a war photograph of an American soldier with the globe, anchor and eagle on his hat or helmet, you'll know at a glance he's a United States marine. It's the only way you can distinguish the "soldier of the navy" from the soldier of the army. VALUE OF POTATO AS FOOD Nothing Which Exactly Takes Place of Potato When You Are Used to It. "There is no food which exactly takes the place of the potato when one is accustomed to it," says a statement issued by the United States department of agriculture, urging an increased consumption of this vegetable now that the markets of the country are well supplied. "It has come to be such a part of our dinner that we miss it when it is not served. Besides, any left-over potato can be used in many very palatable ways for breakfast or supper, and this is a convenience from the housekeeper's standpoint, since it helps her to make palatable meals. Not only is it useful from the ease with which it can be prepared and the number of palatable ways in which it can be served, but it is very important for the food material it supplies." Lithium a Soft Metal. Lithium is a silver-white, very soft metal, which forms the oxide or some other salt on exposure to the air and which decomposes water, forming the hydroxide of lithium; for these reasons metallic lithium does not occur in nature. Compounds are called lithium carbonate, lithium phosphate, lithium silicate, etc. The chemical products derived from lithium minerals have found application in military affairs. U. S. Geological Survey. Department of the Interior. 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 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 3228. J. H. Biggins GENERAL FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHOLSTERING. WORK GUARANTEED. 1417 East 24th Avenue, Denver, Colo. Save Pennies— Waste Dollars Some users of printing save pennies by getting inferior work and lose dollars through lack of advertising value in the work they get. Printers as a rule charge very reasonable prices, for none of them get rich although nearly all of them work hard. Moral: Give your printing to a good printer and save money. Our Printing Is Unexcelled PRINTING Of All Kinds not the cheap kind but the good kind done here. Phone Champa 113 1848 Arapahoe 乐泽轩 ORIENTAL RESTAURANT Chop Suey, Noodles and Short Orders Phone Champa 113 1848 Arapahoe 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. All shades of hair matched by sending sample of hair; also combings made up. Cheapest Switches 50 Cents 1223 21st St. Denver, Colo PRINTERS' INK HAS been respon- sible for thousands of business successes throughout the country. Everybody in town may know you but they don't know what you have to sell. Advertising Will Help You to serve you with good printing. No matter what the nature of the job may be we are ready to do it at a price that will be ```markdown ``` Tulips Make Attractive Flowers for Home Decoration. A Good Example of the Beauty of a Well-Kept Lawn. THE TULIP IN POTS. Some varieties of tulips are well adapted to the flower pot. The Clusiana vent grows to a height of 20 inches, with a slender stem. The leaves are very long and narrow and the flower sometimes measures two inches across. This variety is of the funnel form, with bright lemon-yellow flowers, with light shading of green or white, sometimes streaked with pink. It is very fragrant, and when properly cultivated is one of the most beautiful of all the tulip family. The tulip is easy to cultivate, as it thrives well in either heavy or light soil. It does better, however, in rather light soil, well-drained and fairly rich. Those grown in heavy, black soil produce smaller flowers, and the colors are not nearly so bright. In some of the uplands of Virginia the ideal tulip soil is found for the growing of bulbs, and it is said to be almost identical with that of Holland, where this flower is so successfully grown. THE CARE OF YOUR PLANTS Some persons labor under the delusion that water must be applied daily to their plants in the window garden. More plants are killed every year through this process than by any other means. Plants watered every day are literally drowned out, unless they happen to have the best of drainage. Others go on the "little-and-often" plan—that is, they apply water in small quantities whenever they happen to think of it. The result is the surface of the soil is kept moist, and from this the owner takes it for granted that the soil beneath must be properly damp. Nine times out of ten examination will show that an inch or two below the surface the soil is dry. Of course the roots of the plant cannot do their work under such conditions. The plant soon sickens and eventually dies and the owner wonders what caused the trouble. Now, in watering plants several things have to be considered. First the nature of the plant. Some like a great deal of water, others only a moderate amount. Second, the soil. A close, loamy soil dries out slowly, therefore it will not require as frequent or as large applications as a light porous soil from which moisture evaporates rapidly. Third, location and exposures must be taken into consideration. Plants in the sun or a very warm place, will need a good deal more water than those in full or partial shade or a low temperature. Fourth, the size of the pot must be reckoned with. The soil in a large pot will not dry out for two or three days, but the soil in a small pot will become quite dry every day. Little moisture needed. Fifth, a dormant plant requires but little water. It is not in a condition to make use of much water, and an oversupply of it will surely result in harm. When the plant begins to grow then increase the quantity and proportion this to the development made. All these things must receive due consideration by the amateur who would know how to care for his or her plants intelligently. Study them. Experiment with them. In this way you soon become familiar with the individuality of each one and you will be able to give to each the care it needs. We are often asked for some rules for watering plants. It is impossible to make any rule that can be followed strictly. The only rule I have ever been able to give is this: "When the surface of the soil looks dry, water. Use enough to thoroughly saturate all the soil in the pot. You can tell about this by the escape of some at the bottom of the pot. Then wait until the dry look appears on the surface again and apply water as before. But, as I have said, one will have to modify this rule to fit the conditions. It is a general rule, subject to such change as may appear necessary to the intelligent plant grower who does not believe in treating all her plants exactly alike. Give fertilizers to growing plants only. A plant standing still needs none, and will be injured by the applications of the food it is not in a condition to make use of. SOLDIERS TO GET SCIENTIFIC CARE Physical Disasters of War Necessitate New Alignment of Medical Service. FIGHTERS ENTITLED TO BEST Surgeon General With Help of Council of Defense Plans the Organization of Units Devoted to Specialized Surgery. The surgeon general of the army authorized the following: The physical disasters which the present war occasions are more severe and more specialized than those of any other war of which history makes record. In order that these disasters be mitigated and checked, it is evident that there must be a new alignment of medical and surgical service. The men who fight have a right to expect that the physical distress which such combat entails shall be alleviated by means as scientifically accurate as those which can be commanded by the civil population. Formation of Units. The justification of the organization of such units reside in the fact that their component parts represent special departments of surgery which in recent years have made such notable advances that their practice, conducted by those who are trained along these special lines, has become an essential part of the scheme of general medical neurological and surgical work, and especially of military surgery in the widest acceptance of that term. They are gathered thus into one unit because they represent a natural selection, each supplementing and aiding the other in an effort to restore the individual to physical well-being. More than this, they lend to the departments of general surgery, of general medicine, and of neurology a refinement and precision in diagnosis which in many problems is the essential forerunner of satisfying medical and operative therapeutic results. The vital necessity of opthalmoscopic examination by the ophthalmologist is the work of the brain surgeon, the need of prompt release by the brain surgeon of increased intracranial pressure to save eyesight; the value of expert examination of the ears by the trained othologist in the elucidation of the problems of neurology and cerebral surgery; the need of search by the expert rhinologist and oral surgeon for foci of infection in the accessory sinuses, the tonsillar tissues, and the dental areas—in short, the investigation of what has aptly been called the entire cephalic mucous membrane—are so well known that it is useless to elaborate the catalogue or further emphasize the fact. For years this type of specialized and expert work has been at the disposal of the practice of medicine and surgery in civil life; for the first time in history it has become an integral part of the practice of military medicine and surgery. Specialized Surgery. Evidently the service of such specialized surgery as has been described may proceed along three lines: 1. Immediate service, or what is ordinarily known as first aid, to be given at the first dressing station. Time is of vital importance in dealing with many head injuries, involving lesions of its special organs, notably of the eye, and many eyes have been saved which otherwise would have been lost where it has been possible to act at once. As to the accuracy of this statement, all eye surgeons who have been at the front will testify. 2. Later service in the base hospital where all operative procedure of these types of special surgery can be brought into deliberate action. The triumphs of oral surgery in particular are matters of common knowledge and of scientific record, and the same is true of the procedures of cerebral surgery and of those of the eye and ear. 3. Final service in special hospitals devoted to reconstruction and re-education. In such hospitals the work of the department of the surgery of the head will find and has found one of its widest and most important fields of action, not only in individual work but in the work devoted to those who must be trained for special duties in these regards. For the purpose of making a personnel available for the tasks which have been briefly outlined, a committee has been formed which has mobilized the material according to the plans which follow. Eat More Fish. One big way to save meat is to eat more fish, and the food administration has begun a campaign to increase the consumption of sea food. Wants American Line. A firm in Spain desires to represent American manufacturers and exporters of general hardware and carpenters' and workshop tools. ARMY COOK IS "IT" Do You Know That— Mess Sergeant Is Big Man to Soldiers in Camp. Presides Over the Mess Kettle and Says What Men Shall Eat and How They Eat It. Be good to the mess "sergeant." When you get to your cantonment camp to be made over into a soldier, be good to him, for he will be lord high commissioner of your stomach and everything that goes into it. He will be the arbiter of your epicurean fate, and when, on entering the mess tent, you see him standing there in all his glory and a fresh white coat, tug the forelock and scrape the foot to him, for he is more absolutely dictator of your food than Herbert Hoover will ever be. He is the chief cook. He buys every bite you eat. He writes the bill of fare and dictates how you shall be fed. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF He sees that your vegetables are properly cleaned before they're cooked. He fights your battles with the butcher to see that you get good meat. He haggles with the hucksters to see that you get good green-stuff. He gives the first and second cook, the dining-room orderly and the three cook's police their orders. He runs the whole shebang for you and 99 other rookies like you. He works hard for you all day long and sometimes far into the night. And so, if he checks up the plates and spoons and things and finds you've lost a couple, and charges you for them out of your pay, don't grumble. He has to do that. Commercial, Fraternal, Church, Book and Stationery Jobs A SPECIALTY Above all, don't get gay with him on any account. He is responsible for your orderly conduct in the mess hall. He's there to see that you arrive in the proper, quiet and orderly manner, with your uniform neat and clean. He looks you over, and if your hands are soiled or your face unclean or your hair not properly brushed he sends you kiting back to fix yourself up, just like mother used to do. He sees that you sit properly at the table, quiet and orderly, until your food is passed to you. He won't stand for any restaurant rough stuff, if you are in the habit of pulling any. Loud talking and unnecessary noises will bring him down on you stiff-legged, kerpulunk. 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. He'll see that you follow Hoover's advice about not wasting your food, too. He's an apostle of the clean plate if there ever was one. If you take more on your plate than you can eat he'll nab you. You're welcome to all you want to eat, but you're not welcome to any to waste. Food left on plates can never be used again. If it is left in the serving dish it can be dished up in some other palatable form at another meal. 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. The United States commissioner of education has issued the following: "To parent-teacher associations, mothers' clubs, etc. : "During the present school year, and while the war continues, there will be many unusual temptations for parents and guardians of children to keep their children out of school, and there will be many difficulties in the way of maintaining schools at their full measure of efficiency. On the other hand, it is of the very greatest importance that the efficiency of the schools shall be maintained in every way and that there shall be no falling off in attendance. This is necessary both for the present defense of the country and for the welfare and safety when the war is over. While we are fighting for the maintenance of democracy we must do everything possible to make the democracy strong and efficient in every way. This will depend on the schools more than on any other one agency; and I am, therefore, taking the liberty of suggesting to all parent-teacher associations and other similar organizations that they immediately use all of their influence in this direction. Of course each association will know of what is best to do for its particular school and community." Give Us a Trial and We Will Give You Satisfaction Prices as Reasonable as Those of Any Job Office in Denver FINDS HOOKWORM IN ARMY Expert Says Disease May Bring Unjust Penalties for Offenses. Discovery of hookworm infection in 47 out of 75 militia recruits recently mobilized for war service has caused public health service authorities to recommend prompt examination of all units of the National Guard and National army at present organized, especially those from the warmer parts of the country. Dr. Wardell Stiles of the public health service has reported that failure to treat hookworm cases undoubtedly will result in unjust and preventable punishment of soldiers for offenses due to remediable conditions. Danger of a widespread epidemic of hookworm in Europe is pointed out if even light cases are sent to the trenches. ```markdown ``` THE GIBRALTAR OIL COMPANY'S Motto is Strength, Stability and Firmness Represented by the Rock of Gibraltar, and nothing will secure this any better than a good big bank account. Therefore the Gibraltar oil stock will be sold at 3 CENTS PER SHARE until Wednesday, September 26th, at midnight, at which time it will advance—and advance to a good figure. With the 360 acres of absolutely proven and developed oil land that this company owns in Rogers County, Oklahoma, and with 150 barrels actual production per day and two fully equipped plants connected with the pipe line and bringing in a revenue of $2.00 per barrel per day, we know this stock is worth 10 cents a share today. We also have, twenty miles from Tulsa, 3,000 acres of as rich oil land as could be secured in that district. Regardless of all this, we will accept orders until Wednesday night at midnight at 3 cents per share. Our certificates provide for one-half of the net production to be held in a fund for the benefit of the stockholders only. The First National Bank of Denver will be our depository and such fund will be started on the receipt of the first remittance about October 15th from the pipe line. This company is a permanent organization, organized for the production of oil and for the benefit of its many stockholders. This will be your last warning before the raise. ACT TODAY. Mail your orders to Represented by the Rock of Gibraltar, and nothing will secure this any better than a good big bank account. Therefore the Gibraltar oil stock will be sold at 3 CENTS PER SHARE until Wednesday, September 26th, at midnight, at which time it will advance—and advance to a good figure. With the 360 acres of absolutely proven and developed oil land that this company owns in Rogers County, Oklahoma, and with 150 barrels actual production per day and two fully equipped plants connected with the pipe line and bringing in a revenue of $2.00 per barrel per day, we know this stock is worth 10 cents a share today. We also have, twenty miles from Tulsa, 3,000 acres of as rich oil land as could be secured in that district. Regardless of all this, we will accept orders until Wednesday night at midnight at 3 cents per share. Our certificates provide for one-half of the net production to be held in a fund for the benefit of the stockholders only. The First National Bank of Denver will be our depository and such fund will be started on the receipt of the first remittance about October 15th from the pipe line. This company is a permanent organization, organized for the production of oil and for the benefit of its many stockholders. This will be your last warning before the raise. ACT TODAY. Mail your orders to O. W. Lovan GENERAL SALES AGENT 504 COLORADO BUILDING DENVER, COLO. GENERAL SALES AGENT 504 COLORADO BUILDING DENVER, COLO. The Right Kind of Reading Matter The home news; the doings of the people in this town; the gossip of our own community, that's the first kind of reading matter you want. It is more important, more interesting to you than that given by the paper or magazine from the outside world. It is the first reading matter you should buy. Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider The home news; the doings of the people in this town; the gossip of our own community, that's the first kind of reading matter you want. It is more important, more interesting to you than that given by the paper or magazine from the outside world. It is the first reading matter you should buy. Each issue of this paper gives to you just what you will consider The Right Kind of Reading Matter --- THE GARDEN Fashion holds a loose rein this season and leaves much to the fancy of the individual. If only she contrives to be smart and somewhat original she may please herself as to the length of her coat, the lines of her silhouette and the material of her suit. She who loves the plain, tailor-made suit in quiet colors is much approved by fashionable sentiment, and she who cannot be happy in severe things may go a long way in elaboration. Nevertheless the predominating style in tailored suits is built on the almost straight line silhouette, with a three-quarter length (or slightly longer) coat and a plain skirt without any fullness to spare and hanging straight. It may even cup in a little toward the bottom, and buttoned up the side seams from the hem almost to the knee. There is no attempt to make Superb Lounging Robe of Satin 5 5 It is a far cry from the ordinary kimona to the gorgeous lounging robe that is pictured here, although there are kimonas and kimonas; some of them superb and rich in the embroideries of Japan. Perhaps it is these that have inspired the boudoir gowns or lounging robes that have departed from the simple ways of their forebear to become rich and splendid. Anyway at home one may be as gally decked out as the fancy chooses, and as rich and splendid as money will allow, without offending anybody's taste or sense of fitness. This lounging robe is of salmon colored satin embroidered with silk tones of the same color. The long, set-in sleeves with points finished with tassel, carry the mind kinomaward, and so does the management of the front where the opening is like that of a kimono. But a "Y" shaped vestee is set in and the garment cut with a long body finished at the bottom with an embroidered band. The skirt portion 13 set on to this and falls open to the hem, pre-supposing an under-petticoat of silk or net or lace. The under-petticoat is of crepe de chine, with a lace trimmed flounce. To indulge in so rich a boudour gown is to take the consequences in the form of petticoats, slippers, stockings and cap that shall be in keeping with it. The pretty cap shown in the picture leaves no doubt in the mind as to its origin for it is a dainty interpretation of a coolie hat. The crown is made of bands of narrow ribbon, the brim suit skirts longer and eight inches above the floor is a safe rule for them. There are several new names for soft woolen cloths, usually descriptive of their surfaces. Instead of trying to remember them all—for no one else is apt to—they may be classed as the "glove finish" materials, as their names imply—suede twill, wool jersey, velours, broadcloth, bollivia, are all of this character. The suit shown here has a plain skirt, fuller than the average. The coat is semi-fitting with straight line down the front, and a fashionable fullness over the hips, where it is set on to a belt curved at the sides. Two small pockets appear below the belt and there is a convertible collar of the material. The hem of the coat is very narrow and there are no decorative features except the buttons on the pockets. 5 of lace and a flounce of lace falls from the brim edge. The slippers are made of satin ribbon set on to a soft sole and gathered about the top edge. They are held on by narrow straps made of satin ribbon shirred over flat elastic and there are two straps to each slipper. The cap and slippers need not be of the same color as the robe but the effect is fine when they are. Julia Bottomley Overhead Decoration. A charming device for an overhead decoration for a porch, outdoor fete or even a dining room is made by taking a large Japanese umbrella or parasol. Cut off the handle close to the top, then get a wee electric light and fasten on the end of each rib, say, alternating white and blue. From each rib a strand of smilax, asparagus fern, or narrow ribbon may radiate to the corners of the table. Silk Coatees Favored. Little silk bolero coatees are made to go with the lovely cream white net dresses. They are often rather loose, and made by lapping the breadths to make them take the form of the figure more or less. They are bordered with ancient gimps, or with old-fashioned looking narrow flowered ribbons. They generally take the tone of the ribbon used in some way on these vaporous dresses. O FRANK S. REED, Licensed Embalmer and Director DENVER, COLORADO. THE STAR HAIR GROWER THE STAR HAIR GROWER A A Wonderful Hair Dressing and Grower One Thousand Agents Wanted. Good Money, and village to sell THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a wonderful preparation. Can be used with or without straightening irons Sells for 25 cents per box—One 25-cent box will be sold for $1.00. You can 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 hair. We will send you a full supply and we will send you a full supply that you can begin work at once; also agent's terms. Send all money by Money Order to --- THE NEW WAY SHOE REPAIRING C. C. DENNIS, Prop. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Phone Main 3737. 1855 Champa St. Denver, Colo. HENRY SCHOEN WHOLESALE CIGARS Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars CHARLES LAMB 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING PHONE SOUTH 4405 W. DENVER, COLORADO THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street Smoke Submarine, Ford, Judge Good, Kaiserhoff or El Omica Cigars CHARLES LAMB PHONE SOUTH 4405 W. 308 KITTREDGE BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO THE PEARL BARBER SHOP 1021 19th Street First-Class Tonsorial Artists in attendance. We solicit your patronage. First-Class work guaranteed. HARRY JONES, Prop. DENVER, COLO Announcement of the Withdrawal HARRY JONES, Prop. DENVER, COLO Announcement of the Withdrawal MILO Stock from Sale. No Further Orders for Stock Will be Accepted by the Company. ALL OPTIONS MUST BE TAKEN UP WHEN DUE, OR THEY WILL BE CANCELLED. It is fitting, at this time, that the Company express to MILO stockholders its thanks for their co-operation in bringing the financing of MILO to a successful issue. The officials of the Company appreciate the confidence of the stockholders in their management, and they request, as a further evidence of this confidence, that the stockholders retain their stock. We have said that MILO will be worth $1 by New Year's Day. DISCREDIT ANY RUMORS OR REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY. Stockholders will be informed from time to time as to the progress of the Company. O. T. BOULTON, President. F. R. KNIGHT, Secy. PHONE CHAMPA 4125-221 COLORADO BLDG., DENVER, COLO, Throughout the establishment, men's, women's boys' and girls' clothing, footwear, hats, furnishings, all at special sale prices, during the celebration. Surprising values in every department.