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VOL. VIII—XO. 8. STREET. 71J5 A JR. SITCTH. Building Haw. Furnishings New. Guests are Assured Every Comfort and Courteous Treatment. RATES REASONABLE Mrs. S. N 5. MILLER, Proprietress. F„ m, JOHANTGEN, Blacksmitli and Wagonmaker. Mining Tools Constantly on 1 land. All Kinds of Blucksmilhing Dour in First- Class Style. Horseshoeing a Specialty. Terms ]Reasonable and Prompt and Personal Attention given to all Work. Shop Corner Fifth end Market Streets, Meeker, Colorado. David Smith Co., DEALERS IN ALT. KINDS OF a «=g®« &«n n nmmm* g? gs> §IA ai ¥ is. Ly? Mi& r% SUCH AS Biding, Flooring, Ceiling, Lath, Shinglesj [lx.ugh end Finishing Lumber. Mill and Yards, corner Water and Third streets. Meeker, Colorado. J. s. COOPER, HORSES Man Stock Yards | CMcago, Illinois. THE ONLY STRICTLY COMMISSION DEALER IN HORSES IN THE UNITED STATES. Commencing the 15th of June, tint! every month tbrouubuut the year, will hold special ex tensively advertised sales or Western Range Horses. Refer to Nati* mil Live Stock Rank and Chicago National Rank, both of Chicago. WRIT]-: FOR PARTICULARS. J.w. iii’crs, j. c. mavis. President. Vlcc-Proddont. A. C. Mout.TOX, Cashier. BANK OF MEEKER (Successor to J. W. Hugu* Sc Co., Hunkers) MEEKER, - - - COLORADO. Transact a General Banking lUndm.****- Hlyi.. st price paid tor County Warrant*. In ten ‘•t allowed on Time Deposits. Dmrt * Irnnrii mi Eastern t’ltWfa and Euroi>c. Correeiioniii-lit-*, Kmint/.e 11r.i".. New York; • National Bank, * • that First ti.mul Hank. Denver: First National Dank, . Itiiwtln**, Wyo.; I’lr*t National Hunk, Glen- « vrood Springs; nnd In all p-Inelpul cities of * urcp ‘- Collection* Promptly Attc nded to. T J 11. EDDY, Attorney-at-Law, AXIAL. COLO. Will Practice Before County, District it Supreme Court. V. “ : “ CIVIL ENCi-iEER. U. C. Deputy Land Surveyor. Bpeclul attention nlven to locutions under tin* Desert Act. OTFICE: No. 0 Turk Avenue. MEKKEII. - - - COLOIIADO. s. j. Do x_,^isr, i l.iite i;i'.:i ler I . 8. Lund Office.) Attorney & Counselor-at-Law Old Hand OfHco Building, GLEN WOOD SP KINGS. COLORADO. Land Office Business a Speci alty. KY & mmm, Real Estate, Loans AND INSURANCE. A Ranch near Meeker for sale cheap and on easy terms. MEEKER. - - COLO. J L. HODGES, ATTORNEY AT LAW. (latte Register U. S. Land Office.) Special Attention Riven to United States Land Office Easiness. 81.EX'WOOD SPRINGS. - - - COLORADO. TTENRY A. WILDIIACK. NOTARY AND CONVEYANCER. IIEUAI.D Office, MEEKE R, ( OLOR A DO. SECRET SOCIETIES. Rio Blanco Lodge, No. 80, A. F. & A. M. — Meets the second nnd fourth Saturdays it* each month. Visiting brethren cordially invited. A. C. Moulton, W. M. David Smith, Secretary. Valentine Lodge, No. 17, I. O. O. F.—Meets every Wednesday evening at 7::i0 o’clock in the Hugos block. Vis iting brothers cordially invited. F. W. Fairfield, N. G. 11. A. Wildiiack, Secretary. THE MEEKER HERALD. THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. They lln vo ttoon Christianized nml Civil ized 'lulnly liy Amor I chii MUsionitrii-H. It is a fact that the American mis sionaries in tli** Caroline islands an* dis criminated against by the Spanish authorities. In 1652 the American Hoard of Foreign Missions sent out several missionaries, to i hristiunize tin* islands of this section of the Pacific ocean, at that time unclaimed by any foreign state ond but little known ex cept to hardy New England whaling sailors, who have found in them a source of supplies for their ships dur ing their long cruises in hunting whales from Cape Horn to the Arctic ocean. These missionaries, after many strug gles against the heathenism of the natives of the islands, at last gained a foothold and then steadily advanced, until now the entire islands hereabout may be truly said to l*e as thoroughly Christianized (not civilized) as any of the countries inhabited* by the white race, writes a New York Times corre spondent. The work of these mission aries has been almost wonderful. They have built churches nml schools, have reduced the native dialect to writing and instructed the children in books printed in the native tongue: induced the natives to live in villages and re spect one another’s rights nnd prop erty: have raised the standard of morality and established the binding marriage ceremony, and have educated the natives so that the rudimentary branches are well known by the mass of the people, ami the English language has become almost as much used as the native tongues. In return for all this the love of the natives for their missionary friends is very great. They allow themselves to be governed nnd directed by the mis sionaries without comment, looking up to them as being always right ami acknowledging the authority of mis sionaries above all others. BOTH SEXES DRESS ALIKE. Little In Attire to I)l*tingui*h Annum .Men from Women —.Mirrors In the lint. At Annam, an empire occupying the '< eastern portion of the Indo-Chinese pen ; insula, with n population of 15,000,000, i j men and women wear their liair in the i ' same way and dress almost alike, says , i the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Liku the man. the woman wears the turban, a long tunic, wide, loose trousers and a bright sash, the ends falling below the I knees. The physiognomy is almost the ! ' same, ns the men are beardless and have 1 | their hair done up like the women, j The only clew to distinguish them is I the ear-rings and finger rings worn by J j women only. The ear-rings are like j , double shirt studs, and among the lower j orders are of colored glass. 1 The wives and daughters of mandarins j 1 alone are allowed to wear gold jewelry. ; i The rings are of spiral wire, fitting ; tight and standing out to some height. Some women of the upper class wear 1 also necklaces of strings of gold or toil ver beads. The hat of the woman is monumental. It L like a large barrel cover, three- ; quarters of a yard in diameter. Six or 1 seven silk eords as thick as a quill are fastened on each side, and when worn , fall down below the waist. Where the ends are fastened to the hat on each sido is a huge, black or brown silk tassel. Some of these hats ire artistically made of carefully se- I looted palm leaves and lined with neatly plaited llag leaves. These sire expen : >fvc, especially when they have chiseled : j silver clasps at the tassels. I .Many women fasten a little round ■ mirror in the hat, before which they ' arrange their turban when they go to | town. The hat is the article most prized : by the stylish ladies, and often costs ! ten and fifteen dollars. j Dishing rods from .40 cents to £2O j i apiece at Jlay 2c Walbridje’s. -iAKTID r?,IO BLANCO 2STE^A7-S. MEEKER, COLO., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1892. TO OUR READERS. This week the two Meeker papers sire merged into one. Henry J. Hay lias editorial charge, and Henry A. Wild iiack is business manager of the con solidation. The name of The Meek er Herald will be continued, while the! politics of the Rio Blanco Nows— straight Republican—will brighten its pages. All parties, however, will be treated with the same spirit of fairness which marked the course of the former owner and editor of Tiie Herald. The subscription price lias been placed at §2.50 per year. The paper will be sent to subscribers on either of the lists, and those not desiring a con- 1 tinuance will please notify ns as soon as j convenient. Rations who have paid! for both papers will have their time 1 extended on the subscription list. Hoping, through the increased influ ence obtained by consolidation, to do j more to advance the interests of the , White river country than we have been able to do in the past, wo ask and ex- j pect the support of every man in Rio Rluuco county. A Splendid Record. j A sketch of the Republican candidate ! I for the legislature will be of interest to ] our readers: John W. Lowell was born in ls.'itl, in j Washington county. Vermont. Raised ! a farmer boy, and receiving an educa-! lion in the district school and at the academies of Rutland and Bristol, at | the age of twenty he came west to Illinois, lie taught as principal of the | I graded school at Sycamore, in that j State, for one year, and in the same ca-1 pacity at Rochelle for three years, till j the outbreak of the war. When nows was received of the dis- 1 sister at Bull Run, Mr. Lowell resigned I his position and enlisted as a private in Battery G. 2d Ills, light artillery. He was soon after made second lieutenant: later he was promoted to be first lieu tenant and tlx ii captain, and he com manded his battery in every engage ment until promoted to a higher com mand. Captain Lowell served under the im mediate commands of Generals Grant. McPherson and Logan, being personally ! known and commended by each of , them, until after the capture of Vfcks burg, when his battery was transferred to tbt' ltUh corps, of which he subse iquently became chit i <>f ur.Ullevx *1 be principi 1 bnttci it s In whit h h • , ei I wero Union City, Vicksburg. Tupelo, Nashville and the: capture ol Mobile. Daring the lirst day at Nashville his J battery was engaged with four of the j rebel batteries. He directed his lire! upon one of the enemy *s batteries after . another until lie had silenced all four of i them. Seeing the result of this artillery j duel the general in command promoted Captain Lowcli. on the Held of battle, to ! be chief of artillery of the second divi-; sion. When Hood's army had been ut- j terly routed on the second day Lowell's ! command had captured and held sev- | enty-two of the enemy's cannon and nr- 1 tillery carriages. Soon after the reports of the battle, made by the corps commanders, had | reached headquarters. General Thomas j issued an older forming all the batteries of the lUth corps into a brigade and j placed Captain Lowell in command, j This brigade he commanded until inns- . ti red out of service October .j, 1865. After the capture of Mobile, General: A. J. Smith, commander of the 16th corps, in an autograph letter, recom mended Captain Lowell's promotion to be major and lieutenant-colonel for. ability and bravery dispiaved in battle. I After the war Mr. Lowell engaged in i the lumbering business in Wisconsin, j Becoming affected in that climate with bronchial troubles be accepted the far-, western agency of the McCormick Har vesting Machine company, and that of | other firms, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, where lie remained till he came to Routt county in 1881 as the local general manager of the Lily Park Stock-Growers’ association. Mr. Lowell Iris never held nor sought j office, ami Lis spontaneous and tiuani mous nomination to the legislature in dicates that he is the first choice of the people. <• o * I “Judge Waite has forgotten more | than a half dozen of the men who have I served as governors of Colorado ever j knew,” knowingly remarks the Aspen Times. That's just where the shoe pinches—ho has forgotten too much. i There are two or three men in this section who would sooner vote for the I king of the Cannibal Islands for con ! gressman than for a man from their own 1 section. And should the king be elected I they would kick wero his stomach too small to contain all their neighbors. .Some of the voters of Rio Hlauco county seem to labor under the im pression that 11. 11. Eddy was one of : the promoters of the park scheme, while as a matter of fact Mr. Eddy has ! opposed and fought the park from its inclpiency. The land was withdrawn from settlement at the instance of the forest commissioner, Mr. Ensign, and j his friends, and was carried through the interior department before Mr. Eddy or any body from this section was aware of their plans. There is such a strong feeling on the subject of forest preservation in Washington and ! throughout the east that we cannot ex ; pect to have the whole area again ! opened, as a portion of the Hat-tops is unlit for habitation and is destitute of j minerals. But as Soon us the action of j the Washington offici 'ls became known ' Mr. Eddy began to Wwk for such a re- ' duction of the boundaiii s as would give ! i us all the territory tin.: is of value to us, | ! and he is still working for that result. I The Denver News’ :« ,*.>unt of Weav er's reception at ‘Macon, Ga., says "During the introffiction some hood- 1 , lusu threw a septic eg,; a subscriber asks “What is a septic egg V” A septic egg is a fowl egg prod nvd by the septi cidal action of the lien. Populists' Convention. j John Watson, who, bv the way, is an elected delegate to the Democratic con vention, called the Pe. pie's party meet ' ing to order yesterday afternoon in the following language : “(icntlcmen,” said I he as he rapped, “I call the meeting to order, and l nominate George. S. Wit ter lor chairman, ir 1 I—” but here ' someone in the ranks seconded the nom ination saving Mr. Wat a that trouble. 1 whereupon Mr. Watson put his own | motion and declared it carried. The chairman made a speech saying | he once looked to the Republican part\ to give us a better government, ami ; then ho looked to the Democratic party. 1 and now he looked to the Omaha party j to save the nation. r i ted A. 11. J Adams for secretary and carried tin*; motion. I A mail on the right of the speaker J then arose and said: “Gentlemen,! don't know what I want; 1 only know 1 i! 1 • : and Mr. Allen, who are the oldest men | in the party, would tell me what I want and would tell us what the People's party wants.” j The chairman remarked that “then* | are many who feel like the gentleman ! who has just spoken. Our money goes j Ito cannibals. Our corn and oats arc ; shipped to eastern cannibals who buy it j at their own price.” | The man-who-didn’t-know-what-lie | wanted jumped up and said: “Them’s my principles," w hereupon the audience responded, sotto voce, like the responses in a Litany, " i’hetn’s my principles." Another man asked: "Why am I hero to-day?” Nobody answered his question. It will probably be known in eternity, lie went on to say that lie al ways was loyal to his party. That once 1 upon a time lie hud a little money. That happened when he had green - ; backs. That lie was more loyal to day , than ever before. A great sun hail | risen on the people— (Here lie was ab -1 ruptly stopped by a man who asked in j stentorian tones "What sun?” and the : echoes lh.it I’eVtil'b&Lf :d through tli«- 1 hall an.* we >. “ >j line i ni i ommit ! ported, and John Watson moved they bo adopted. (’arried. John Win-on thin nominal:*il Sam Marlin' for commissioner: Georg" Itit*<l plan I till munn of Al Hull, mi l Mr. lii'.ey that of W. A. I Greciistreet lwforo the convention, who mi- I iKiumxsl Judge Grecastre« t to be their prefer nice. Gforgo Witter wa- named for Judm* by Ad Smith nml seconded by John Wataun. ! ! whereupon George Witter lulled John Watson j to tin* chair to put the motion. I Gcorjo* then took lie ch m- nnd iioinlnntvd > John Wnt*..n for chairman of Rio Blanco! county <*, !•> watch the trt<s.' of tho other pur- I Hr-. Tin* ech<*:- • n*nilit r- i ' itcd the umglcul . I wonts: John 2Tl!,,i!in [Ah I haven't another >upltnl *‘w" In the shop I’m not tilde to net up a full account o: • the mooting.—Compositor.] A Criticism. Meeker. Sept. 26,1892. | ' Editor Rio Hlnnco News: ! Some of your patrons wish to take ex- ] (•option to a statement made by Mr. I John in last week’s Nh*vs. He sa>s: I *Tls true that too many Ajiericnns. and pnr ! tieulurly t !>• —in the West, con-tiler < ducat I• :i ! a- a secondary mutter. W hj A merleans shot) d I i mentioned as though this fault were , : more notable in them than in other nn- I t tenuities is more than we understand, j But it is his reference to the West to j i which we particularly object. | it is only the gros ly ignorant who . look upon education as. secondarymat- I ter, and there is a largi / proportion of i educated and intelligent men in the ‘.Vest than in the State of Massachusetts. In addition to that received in schools ! the western man usually possesses that practical education which is obtained i only by travel and by association with a j cosmopolitan people. Boston and New l-otk are costnopoli i tan cities, but class distinctions prevent | that close intermingling which i 3 ver\ i necessary in acquiring a thorough I knowledge of life and human nature, j In t lie East a diploma is considered I sufficient warranty that a man is edu-j ! cated. In the West a man’s education i is considered ddlcient if not supple mented by that general knowledge re j ceived through travel and association i with people from all lands. Doubtless the wise men of the East have formed j t heir mistaken notions of western edu- j : rational standards from reading our fre quent sarcastic allusions to machine ! made college graduates. Just listen to the conversation of the average Boston j teacher and mark how little he knows j of the finer shades of meaning in synon ymous words. How lie will mar the beauty and force of his sentences by his : use of words derived from the French ' and the Latin. The desire to he | thought learned is perhaps why the simple but elegant Anglo-Saxon has : been to so great extent discarded in tin*, East. Had the writer of this article, been born and bred in Boston he would probably sign his name S. Smytlie; Ilaughbes, instead of Short S. Hobs. | , If the People’s Party continues to lose ■ ground as it has been doing lately, by election day it will have nothing to stand on. Cupid is always shooting and making; ! Mrs. ; Republican County Convention. Headquarters of Tin; 11: itui.u an ) County Central Commitin-: V i , Colo, Sept 15, 1 U 2. ) Tho Republican County Conven tion is hereby called to moot, at the Court House in Meeker on Oct. 4, 1892 at 2 o’clock p. in. to nomiunto candidates for the following oll'.c. s tow it: One Commissioner Ist dist. 3 years. Ouo County Judge, f.>r 3 years and precinct officers and to tran sact such other business as may conn' before said Convention. The primaries will bo held on Saturday Oct, Ist 1892 between tho hours of and 8 p. ui. The several precincts of the county will be entitled to representation in snid convention as follows: Rangely 1 Pico-nnce .......... 2 White Rivor 2 Meeker S Coal Creek ...... 2 Uj . i ! . .. W H. Clark, F. 12. SiiEMtuN, Chairman. Secrotary. People’s Party Conventions. The People's Party will hold their L»th senatorial and Routt and Rio Bianco legislative conventions at Steamboat Springs, Routt county, on Monday, October Jd. 1-'92. Summit, Grand, Rio j Blanco and Routt counties are requested , to send delegates, rep re.- '-illation to he I the same as legi.-.l.itive in Republican ! party. (’. C. Graham, Chairman Central Committee. O. W. McCasi.in, Secretary. » 40 • Newspaper Pirates. The thieving propensities of the Field and Farm are known to every news paper man in the State, and the follow ing from the Alamosa Independent- Journal is a sample of the numerous remonstrances: ■ i the Field and Faan reprint anv of om item i and give proper credit. but we do ' most positively object to that joutv.al ! stealing om - matter bodily. With the Field and Firm, patience will soon cease to he a virtue.” Time nntl time again have items which appeared in Tin; 1 1 er ALD been reproduced in that piratical sheet, lmt , its manager never had the manliness to j give proper credit, which is provoking to say the least. One is forced U* do j with tli* til aa they do to others—pay plainly evident that not an original ar ticle ever appears in that paper. »o» Why Women Don’t Snore. “Fergy, dear,” said Mrs. Montgomery : tho other morning, ns Mr. Montgomery ! came down to breakfast looking as cross 1 ns two roads; “why do men snore?” “Give it up," lie replied shortly, with \ • “What d ■ ■ ■ “I don’t snore at all,' replied Mr. | Montgomery, emphatically.' "It's that I dod-g next 1 “Women never snore," n mat k«J Mrs. ! Montgomery reilectively, as she dropped a pinch of salt in her husband’s coffee. "I wonder why ?” “Can't,” replied Mr. Montgomery. “Why?” “Well, you can't snore unless your month is open. A woman works her jaws so confoundedly hard during the day that when night conies it is so tin d that she has to close it up and give it a ! chance to recuperate.'' —Minneapolis j Journal. - WAIIASII TRAINS. Free reclining cbnlr oars— Pullman nntl Waff-; nor ttlccplnx turn— Palace tlliicrs— SumpUtouH drawing-room couches—All modern luxuries. Number *J —Th<* Banner Limited, St. Louts to Chicago—Leave* St. Loulu V:(V> p. m., arrive* at Chicago at 7 ». in. Number 12—St. I.oulH-BoHton— Len\« - St. Lout* at H.-tVi p. m., arrives Boston at Si.V) sec ond morning. Number f- I.lmln d—Lcir. <■« Kiiu-mh ( ity at p. m., arri\ e* Toted*i *:I."» next afternoon. Number TO—Niagara Fall* Limit. I -Lcum > ( htcavoiit hi::td p. m.. arrive* nt Niagara Fulls the noxt afternoon at 5, and New York at 7 the next morning. VM St. Station. Number 64-Leave* Chicagoß p. m.. nrrlres Niagara Fall* the next morn In it nt n ami New York at 0:55 p. in. Numbers—St. Loui* Flyer—leaves Kansas City p. in., arrive* St. Lout* 7 u. m. Number Leave* Kuntuis City 10 a. ni.. er rives St. Louts U: 15 p. m. Numle r i t,< a\ - I). n\er s:lit p. m., i\< - Number (I—Kansas City-Chictigo Leuxes Kanea* City dally u-. JO p. in. C. M. Hamiv.on, Coiiiir.cn tul Agent. 1227 17th nt., Denver. THE BURLINGTON’S NEW FLYER. ! Denver to St. Lout* In 27 hour*. To meet the demand' of the traveling* public the Bur lington has put mi a fust train between Den ver and St. Lout*. Thin train leaves Denver ! daily ut !• 11. m. and n-uehe* St. Louis nt I:SS tho next iifi< moon, nmking the run In '27 bourn nnd 25 minutes. It i- composed of ves tibule"! Pullman sleepers, chair curs nnd «lln crs. serving nil meat* en route. By taking ibis train passenger* are only one night on | the road, and reach St. Loui* imr.y hours In J advance of other For ticket*, sleeping . berth* and infumiathm. cull on any railroad ticket agent or address, G. W. Vullery, Goa l | Agent, 1700 Lnritner st., Denver. | Riptitis Tabides banish pain. ! Colorado will soon manufacture iron j for the whole western country. For Sale, at a Sacrifice. A substantial two-room frame house, with ti good collar; also stable and other out houses, together with three lots. This property is located in desirable part of town and will bo sold at n sacri i lice, as owner wants to g » cast. Inquire : at tliis office. THE PIONEER MERCANTILE HOUSE. John W. Husnus, John C- Davis, J'lcsident General Manser. J. W. HUCUS & COMPANY, IISrOOI??.TPOR,-A.TE)ID DEALERS i?J General IHerdiandise* A Full Line of Everything* Usually Kept in a First- Class General Store. STAPLE ' tiLY h Agricultural implement:!, Barbed Wire, Hardware, T 5 U W.A RE, QUEENS WAR E, Tents, Tarpaulins and Wagon -EHHSDRY goods, ===- Notions, flats and Gaps, Gents’ Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, 3DIRXJC3-S, ETC. Buying all Goods direct from firs hands, for Spot Gash, ws are enabled to sell at reason able prices and defy all competition, j, W:, i iyui:': COY,.' EVTeeker, Colorado. IThe BSEESCER yOTEL Mre. S. C. WRICHT, Proprietress. i . IiECT /FFFiOhTi , !H8 PUBLIC BAV liOAltU. fj JUT THE WEEK. 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