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THE MEEKER HERALD. VOL. XIII.—NO. 8. HAY & JOHANTGEN DEALER IN Confections, Cigars, Tobaccos, School Snjplies, Boots and Notions. City - Drug - Store. POSTOFriOH. ACZ2ZIKZ3II. OOZjOIIADO. A. Olduhd. It OI.Df.AXD. * L B. WaMIKUXIB. A. OLDLAND & CO., General Merchandise. Dry Goods, Groceries, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes Hardware,' Glass ware Tobaccos, Cigars, Etc., Etc. OTWe handle the John Deere Plows mid llurrowa. Also nil kinds of Farm Machinery. THE COLORADO STAGE & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Docs a General Paswatrerand Express Business Between Rifle Creek, Meeker, Axial and Craig, And connects with staKcs for tho follow jxilnts: BUFORD. WHITE RIVER CITY, RANG ELY, PAGODA, MAYBELL. LILY PARK, ESCALANTE. LAY, FOUR MILE GOLD FIELDS. DIXON. BAGGS, HAYDEN, TRULL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. H. S. Harp, proprietor. The Colorado Midland Railroad BEACHES THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN THE WORLD: Ute Pass Hagerman Pass -Hell Gate Pikes Peak Mount Sopris Mount of the lloiv Cross ’THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUMMER RESORTS IN COLORADO: Manitou Cascade Cauon Green Mountain Falls Woodland Park Glenwood Springs THE MOST FAMOUS WINING CAMPS: Cripple Creek, Victor Leadville Aspen W. F. BAILEY, Gen’l Passenger Agent, Donvor, Colorado. jn’TYYTTV^nininrvYvvvvTinininrvvK £ ARE YOU A COWARD ? 2 to - n A f fJrct Mcdlt this seem to be | W. M.M Ml* Axt llxoL Mglll an impudent ques-.^| W 11l rfnk tion. We are told however, by the famous author, I 11 IV ll Disraeli, that any man is a coward, even in spite of *“ i W. U / / himself, if his garments are ill-fitting or in a shab- \ A JS' ( \ /f Vi by condition. If you wish to enjoy the bravery v n* \ Q \ \>U of elegant attire you should order your Suits W rjL 1/1 7 * nd Overcoats of £ l /J I Vu M. BORN & CO., < c Kin U the great Chicago merchant tailors. f illy \ \ L\\ Who for 20 years have led all rivalry in Custom’^ w HI \,\ l\\ Tailoring and never failed to please in Material..W Mrlr /J 'i lA* VAt- Style or Workmanship. A “BORN” suit will cost i lli I • you less than the kind of tailoring that makes, w. I 111 / men cowardly. Every Feature Guaranteed. J 3<H> Patterns to Choose from. 7. W. HTJGU7B c Mo CO., Moolter Agontn. J.W tf HUG US, J. C. DAVIS, President. V ico-Preafdent. A. C. MoeuroK. Cashier. BANK OF MEEKER (Successor to J. W. Hugns Sc Co., Bankers) MEEKER, - - - COLORADO. Transact a General Banking Business. Highest price paid for County Warrants, in terest allowed on Tirno Deposits. Drafts Irawn on Eastern Cities and Europe. Corrosoondents, Kountxe Bros.. New York; Plrst National Bank, Omaha; First Na tional Bunk.' Denver: First National Bank. Rawlins, Wyo.; First National Bank, Glen wood Springs: and In all principal cities of Burope. Collections Promptly Attended to. Henry a. wildhack. (County Judge) NOTARY AND CONVEYANCER Attend to Pre-emption and Desert Land filings, take ana acknowledge an nual or final proofs on Desert claims as well as Pre-emptions, institute contests, etc. Necessary blanks on hand. Offloe in the Court House, MEEKER, COLORADO. JOHN L. GRAY, IiAWYHn. Offloe on Main Street, MEEKER, COLORADO. yy" 8. BIiUNER, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. ' " Office. Seventh Street. Hear Main. #. Ok Taylor Wbtokles lead the I tot for purity. Ask the Rifle agent for Colo. Midland tickets to Denver Festival; $8 round ■ trip. O. O. Taytor WhJsktaa invigorate the system. Hogut A Co. will soon open up their fall and winter dry goods, and will show a finer line than ever. THE DEATHWATCH. The Mysterious Sound That la the BnKbrar of Childhood. In 18fi3 I had two churns of the. name of Sethj and Cicero Dodge, who live*! down in the forks of ’Coon, about four miles below us, says a letter Ln Forest and Stream. The boys were hauling wood to town, and they told me that Uic woods down in the forks were alive with squirrels, and that if 1 would go back with them that evening they would get their father to let them have the next day off, and we would have lots of fun. I went home and got my No. 14 muzzle loader, plenty of am munition and my dog, and went homo with them. Father Dodge had built a new frame house, blit it was not large enough to accom modate the family and any strangers, so Cicero and I slept out in the old log 1 house. I shall never forget the scare we got that night. .-Vs boys will, wo lay there a long time discussing the various propositions that suggest themselves to two boy chums who haven’t seen each other for some time. Along toward midnight we thought we dis covered the presenoe of somebody un der our bed. To make it more certain, we distinctly heard tl*e ticking of his watch. We became uneasy, for the ticking of that watch was regular and incessant. At last Cicero quietly slipped out of lied, went over to the new house nnd called his father, who came and in vestigated. Much to our chagrin the old gentleman soon discovered that the cause of our dread and foreboding* was only a dcathwnteh nt work in an old log by the aide of the bed. Catching “suckers” with specimens of ore from fake gold mines Is not a new industry bv any means, but it is enjoy ing a profitable revival just now. A man may lloat in salt water without moving his hands or feet if he has the presence of mind to throw his head bnck and allow bis body to sink to the posi tion which it will then naturally take. MEEKER, COLO., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. IS<>7. Democratic Ticket. —j Election, Tuesday November 2. For Supremo Court Judge, JOHN A. GORDON, of Trinidad. For District Attorney, . JOHN T. SHUMATE, ol Glenwood Springs. For County Commissioner, EZRA FLEMMING, * of Meeker. For County Treasurer, REUBEN OLDLAND, of Picoauce. For Sheriff, S. P. WEAR, of Powell Park. For Su|>cr!iitondent of Schools, 0. W. FOREMAN, of White River. For Assessor, 11. 11. LEONARD, of Picennce. For Coroner, IIARRV NIBLOCK, of Meeker. Shumate Indorsed. Word lias been received from Glen wood that the meeting of tho Silver Republican committee to nominate a candidate for district attorney was held there on Monday. Hon. John T. Shu mate, who received the Democratic nomination a few’ weeks*, ago, was en dorsed for tho position. Mr. Shumate has been a resident of Garfield county for the p;ist ten years, and besides being county attorney for many years lias held various important positions. Last fail he was elected to the legislature by a plurality of nearly a thousand, which is Significant, as less than 2,300 votes are cast in the mother county. Being well learned in the law, 1 he will make a very able prosecutor. Hybridization Complete. ! The Republicans and Silver Repuhli ■ cans of Rio Blanco met last Saturday afternoon, and eacli wing organized sep arately. Tho first named selected Ed | gar A. Proctor as chairman and E. E. ) Ford bam as secretary, while the latter j chose A. C. Moulton and J. E. Rooney , j as its officers. j About the first act of each organiza tion was the appointment of a commit tee of three to confer with tho others to decide on candidates. The combined i committee agreed upon and reported the following ticket: County commissioner—E. Flemming, i Clerk —E. E. Ford bam. Sheriff —B. F. Clark. Assessor—J as. L. Tagert. School superintendent— H. J. Hay. j Coroner—Dr. Sam’l French. Treasurer and surveyor—Vacant. { The slate went through both conven tions without a protest. The following resolution was unani mously adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of the | Republican party of Rio Blanco county | that the lion. John T. Shumate of Gar-1 field county be endorsed for the cilice of i ! district attorney for the 9th judicial dis- j trict by the district committee appointed J to fill such vacancy. The usual committees were appointed j to fill vacancies, and the eagle and dove will go to the polls hand in hand—only to find out that the rooster is “cock of the walk.” The Knack of Posing Children. Children, when photographed, never appear so pretty as when allowed to play among themselves. It is then they as sume one alluring attitude after an other, which often makes the fond mother wish she could “catch the face” of her child while it is absorbed in play near by. Then,too, a picture of a child witli some favorite pet, or in surround- ' ings that one wishes to retain a memory of, is a tiling of itself to advocate the ' taking of the picture in this distinctive manner.—From Demorest’s Magazine ' for October. Be sure your tickets read via Colo. 1 Midland to Festival of Mountain and Plain, Denver. $8 round trip. Paste This in Your Hat. Judge Rucker was desirous of ascer taining the exact distance by wagon road from Aspen to IIaim's Peak, and be! ow the Craig Courier gives the dis-1 lance bv roadometer measurement from, town to town on the route traveled which was furnished by Alex Heron of William’s Fork: From Miles Asp :) to Basalt 19. Bas ilt to Glen wood Springs 20. Glei wood Springs to Tibbetts’ ... S. Tibbetts’ to New Castle -1. Newcastle to Autlers 10.5 Antlers to liifle 5.5 Ritle to Qrst stage station 10.75 Fir-t station to Morgan’s 8.25 Moi .tan's to second stage station.. 7. Second station to Indian Face 4. Indian Face to Robert Crawford's. 8.5 Crawford’s to Meeker S.6 Mcekei to Miller’s at Axial 21.5 Miller i to Thos. lies’ 7.5 lies’ to\llart’s 11. Hart's tb Heron's 8. Heron's'to Hayden 23.5 Hayden to Puma . 22. i Puma to\IIaim’s Peak 23. ; Total..! 231.5 | From the al>ove the following dis- | tances from Meeker are figured out: Aspen .... ... 115. Glen wood .... 70. Rifle 42. Morgan’s 23. Axial 21.5 lies' 29. i Hayden 71.5 Hahn’s Peak. 1105 Thus a p4int three-quarters of a mile north of Meeker is just half way be tween Aspen and Hahn’s Peak. From a local odometer record Tin-: IlEKAi.it is enabled to also add tlio fol lowing: (’•Mil creek school house 5.4 Yeateh’s grove, via mesa 9.2 Gov’t ford 3. Salmon’s 2.3 Keel’s l.G Strehlke’s 2.7 (). Metzger’s ... 3.5 Al PiercVs 7. Younker’s 0.4 Worth’s 11.2 I'd Hall's (» 2 Lunney’s 8.4 Berlin’s 2.4 Four-mile hill. 4.0 Proctor's 5.7 Ball’s 7.7 Herrick's 11.4 Freund’s 13.9 J,T ranch 4. K—T ranch... 0. O *ss’.. v.. v..... 7. Wilber's .7.2 Craig ?. 8,2 W. Warren’s. .12. Archer’s 14. Warner’s 14.9 Lak.imp’s IS.4 Steele’s 19.4 Gross—Z ranch.19.1 Damn's 19.9 via White river. via Ih-uver. Buford school h’se .20.0 19.3 Dunn’s 21.0 18.3 Coon's 22.6 17.3 N. Fork junction ..21.7 18.9 ; Clolierty’s 22.7 19.9 Wsikeman’8 23.8 21. Streb’s 24.3 21.5 .Schneider’s 25 32.2 F<> s’ 25.8 23. Nimeriok’s 27 24.2 i Patti son’s 28.0 25.8 Stone’s 29.1 20.3 ! Ut« creek 30 27.2 Marvine ford 31.5 3s.7 i Lost creek ford 33 ..0.2 Tie time is at hand when the eandi i date will make his rounds among the , hony-handed sons of toil. He will I grar]> hands as lie never did of yore, and l talk of matters never dreamt of before. j Puhaps Consuela now thinks she got the .vorth of her money. The young- I ster born to her recently will have to | earn the half dozen or more titles he i fell heir to by coming into this world of vanity. —.«». ! Ti e Connecticut widow who wept for four years on the grave of another man, [ believing it that of her dead husband, is probably quite disgusted enough to j entertain a proposal for marriage from the right man. | l ive New York Prohibitionists will i | try anew method of distributing their j campaign literature by giving it away i at public meetings wrapped around j cake* of toilet soap. This wide distri-j butiOn of free soap ought to result in j additional cleanliness, even if it doesn’t 1 increase the Prohibitionist vote. —— The American Monthly Review' of Reviews for October has several arti- < cles >f unusual interest to womeiv read ers. Miss Frances Willard tells the stor; of the world’s W. C. T. IT. move-, men; Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotiu, presi dent pf the General Federation of Wom en's Hubs, outlines the benefits of those orga lizations; Mrs. Sheldon Amos, of Eng ind, writes of a London women’s club and Mies Mary T. Blauvelt con tribi ies an enlightening article on the opix tonifies for women at the English univ rsities. G. O raylor Whlskion decidedly medicinal J. W. HUGUS. i rnTTT7» PTD?\TT7 1 TT*T? Q J - DAVIS. Presicl«;nt.j A LLJ-i JT Wx( JLi JliXAo Vlce-Prt sldent. i " • j. % ms & mm. sr , pr.eors::itca) H THING THE o trade Headquarters wec.wturcom DEMANDS. -port- DDETEAS —o— Every tiling*. soktmext ““ WE WAMT YOUR TRADE Ilw * Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 1 ’ - DAVID smith: & CO., 'DEALER'S IN ALL KINDS OF ■—Native Lumber-- such as ! SIDING, FLOORING, CEILING, LATH, SHINGLES, HOUGH AND* FINISHING LUMBER. Orders nPillcd cn. Slnertcst lE’cssi'toie 2>Tctico. FORGOT HIS PARCEL. ; It lYiun I.mly Wliu Mlnht llnvc Uovn J Hl* Wife. 1 A rnldler unique instance of absent- [ ! mindeilnesß occurred the other evening I on tin* .felforgon avenue ear line, says I i 1110 Detroit News-Tribune. 1 The ear was well tilled with passen- 1 gars and as a stop was made at Mo- Dougall avenue a man stcpjx'd off the back plat form, where lie had been stand ing, and the tar moved on. Instantly a wild cry went up from 1 the lute passenger, which broadened * into a howl of despair as the distance | ix'twwit him and the trolley oaa* Oldened. As Ixe shrieked he. also ran and waved his hands frantically. The conductor, seeing the shadowy form in the dimness of llw*. night* iuid hear ing the unearthly cries, pulled the beJl- | strap nnd thus induced the motormnn to halt, which he did with a jerk. The man in pursuit came within bailing distance. “•What d’ye want?” shouted the puncher of pastelxsmls. “I want—the—lady—in there!” gasped the man, swinging his hat at the open, car door. The ear having •*O9IO to a desjd standstill, a woman •arose, deliberately walked outof tliecnr and was received by her hreai hless es cort, who had so nearly left .her to her fate of missing parcels. Amid mmdi laughter the next man who left the ear in company with a lady insisted that she walk lin front of him until safely on the ground. SPONGE FISHING. Method of Seeurlnjc the Unefnl Artl clow Is n Trylnsc One. Lying on. his chest, along the boat's thek, the sponge, lb*her, with his water glass—a pa... .-. I 11 a box fitt 1 with handles —looks down 40 feet i:.to tJie j r dept! V fh one hand’ll . 1 and sinks a slender |K>le, sonu’times :y> I feet in leng.li, litU’d tit. the end with u j double hook. The sjionge once discov ered, the hook Is deftly inserted at the { rook base, and by a sudden jerk is do- j taehed. This curt, description of what seems 1 the simple work of sjxmge fishing gives ; no idea of th 1 real skill and exertion , ... ■’ : tobo 1 rain k) by it f nce tp p and t< H mm dal 1 lu ■ ■ 1 hat are wort l >- h-.-s. Tie tig : Jmve deft hand to de- i tach the .sjxmge v. 'ihout a tear. Above-all, while doing this with one hand. In* nun.; manipulate with the it sideways and up and down. The strain on eyes and l>ody is nvost inleuye, to say not king of the cramped jxisirion end exjxssiire to wind ar.<l wet. which. . first 1 1. ist , • • fisher a victim of acute rlieu: . Yi with t.!l his nrduou&toil. an t\ e r* 1 sponge, fisher earns : ot more than sls ;i ' rionth, Itesides his "keep” on the lxsat, which barely deserves the name of ex- 1 is to nee. MENELIK GOING TO EUROPE. j Abynninlnn Potentate nml Wife to \(slt Several Countries, i Ainorg tlio item.-, of information | brought l>v the memliers of the Kus- j sian sanitary expedition to Abyssinia, | ! who are now bnck none the worse for their journey, that, which t.rvuJsof th<* | negus’ iulend-d foreign trijts is among j the most interesting, says a London ex ! change. Heretofore his martiaJ maj l esty has not gone tripping altoard. j IVmiestic win’s wit.ii turbuleiyt and am | bitious Has took up most of his time I when he was not busy giving battle lo | the Italians. Now that military enter*-. I prise has become somewhat slack, tJu* 1 negus has conceived the plan of travel -1 ing and sc< ing the world for himself. ' lie loves Fra nee and Russia, he is said to ! 1 have declared, not merely it first sight, but before first, sight, lie has been cor dially invited thither, ami he and his consort have accepted the invitation. Negus Menelik ami “Empress” Taitou will first honor Russia with their pres ener, coming to Odestsa, and thenoe, by rail to St.. Petersburg. They will pro ceed to Paris to the exhibition (1900). and finally will call on the kingof Italy and the pope. Send The Herald to vour friends in the East. Only $2. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. ! DIKUItT LAVDS-NOTICF. OF INTENTION I TO MAKE FINAL PROOF. Land Ok kick at ) Olciiwihkl Spring-*. <’«»!*>.. l s ti7. ) 1, Morgan T. linvls. ..f M■ . kcr. Rio Bianco county. < 010., who linn!*" •!<•-<■ rt laud ajiplicu lion N*. s: rt-. on 1)1- '.ill dcv of .March, I- • for th*. -w * 4 Sl*. Tp. I V. t(. li.'i W. iiih p. M.. In r-tiv jrivc notic* of my ini..ntlon io make tinal proof i I** cutubli.-h iny claim to the land ahove ! d<*«rnl..-l lie fore Hn- Clerk *.f the Di-iriet Court of Ulo Rian o county, at MeckcrvColo.. mi Saturday, the I'tli *'av nt • k:to ber. IKC. ami that 1 expe«-[ !*. lirove that aald land lias Ih’cii proju’rly in i- .r.-d ami reclaimed ' In ih- niaiim r ri-'piired h\ law. I.v two of th. | J.ilkwyjng wliin-scs: , II- nrvJ. Ilnv, .Inliu W illian:Janie** Maj-e -:"’al Rill., rt Jon--*, all of Mcc«. r. Colorado. Mom; w T. liams. Clainmut. .- ■ ; ,1. B. I r. r. i NSW LIFE From old .if, - seven years of ripening in the ' . .. - 1 t&inty. And sfea’ed, and »! am pc cl with the makers name. And warranted pure ripe mellow. Every keltic of a fi TAYLOR U-U-l WHiSKEY Never sold in bulk. Of Druggist*. Grocers, and Licensed Dealers. TBADE BCTPUEO BV WOLFE LONDONER. Grocer, Denver. W.A. HOVER A CO.. Wholesale Druggist?. Donver- GEO. E. TAYLOR, Wholesale Druggist. Leadville. If yonr .l.oler d *» r.ot O. O. Tnrlor Vrhukef on »il«/ wnto u» wo will see tii*t job sru .upplicl, j Hay & Jnlluntgen, Meeker Agents. ■GrO rr o o 9 ' The Kentucky Liquor Store FINE WINES, For : LIQUORS, I CIGARS. OUTSIDERS—Orders given to any i of the stage drivers promptly filled. MANY SLAVES TO COCAINE. I.i fr-D*-<1 ni yl ntc IJrujj I'.e-lr:, i More | Extenxlvel)- Cited Evt-rj buy. ! According to a British n:t Kr.U au thority there can I>o no doubt that in many parts of the world oocninu inc briety is largely on the increase. Many writers speak of it as the third scourge oi humanity, alcohol ami morphine be ing the first and second. Tin- givatciU , number of victims ir, to bo found among ! f r.cicty women and among v. oinon who ; have adopted literature ns a j»rofeR ! sion. A considerable proportion of chronic <-o«*nin'rrts have fallen under the dominion of the. drug from a desire : to stimulate their jxnverR of imagina tion. Other, have acquired that habit i quite innocently from tailing coc.i wines fortified wiili - i i i hr alkaloid in solution. One drug habit rapidly en ! genders another, and the victim of 1 chronic coca in ism is usually addicted | to ovenindulgencc in alcohol, besides be | ing a cunlirmed cigarette smoker. Slringenf measures should be taken to stamp out an evil which, if once established, if; difTicult to eradicate. Coca wine* made from cocaine, and cocaine lozenges and tablets should ho supplied with the utnw. c t caution. Coca wine and other medicated wines are. largely mold 1o people who arc con sidered and consider themselves to be total abMta’ners. Originally coca wine was made from coca leaves, but it hi now commonly a solution of the al kaloid in n sweet a - " ! usually strong nl ! coholicwinc. Not long ago a physician reported the ease of a man who. think-' ing t<> abjure the use of alcoholic stim ulants. drank corn wirne so freely that he died of delirium tremens. (J. d. Taylor Whluklo*. i. t oxcelttl In 1'urlty. Two women claiming one husband bas become so frequent that it ex cites no comment, but two men claim ing to bo husbands of one woman have put in claims for a woman's estate in* ' Brooklyn.