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THE MEEKER HERALD. VOL. XXI.--NO. 33, Farm Implements. The reputation of the John Deere Farm Implements is so well established that they need no introduction. We have a full line of Plows, Harrows, Disc Harrows, Cultivators, Press Drills, etc. We wish to call special attention to our Hoosler Press Drills. They give universal satisfaction and are very dur able. Please call and examine our goods and get prices. A. OLDLAND & COMPANY. The Meeker Hotel , R. S. BALL, Proprietor. Situated in the best hunting and Ashing country in the Rocky mountains. Near the celebrated Trappers and Marvine lakes —amidst the grandest scenery in the West. Elk, deer, antelope, bear and mountain lion. Fish in season. A veritable paradise for the tourist RATES SPECIAL RATES TO leGULAR BOARDERS. Hotel newly built aiuj elegantly furnished throughout. The Hotel Bar Is one of the finest in the State and is fully supplied with the best brands of Wines and Liquors on the market. All kinds of Rye and Bourbon whiskies of the best grades'on Scotch and Irish whiskies. A complete line of the Anest California wines in stock. Send in your jug or demijohn and have it filled. If goods are not as represented, your money will be returned. The best beer in bottle and on draught. Imported Ale and Porter. SSSSSSSSSSSSS „ ‘ .... ■ Life Insurance EVERYONE READS OF IT. EVERYONE THINKS OF IT. EVERYONE IN NEED OF IT. Million, of Colorado Money haa been sent East to aeeiet the • Syndicate, in their operation.. Colorado now ha. it. own “old line” life Insurance oompany. The Colorado National Life Insurance Company Home office—El Paso Building, Denver, Colorado, Issues all forms of Life and Endowment Insuranc Contract*. Deposits reserves with the state of Colorado. Invests its funds In the state of Colorado. Directly and in directly beneAts every Coloradoan. Fill out the coupon below and mail to the home office. Colorado National Life Insurance Company, Denver, Colorado. < Name J Address - - < Date of birth - ' Occupation -i— 1> Mail proposition for a life insurance contract for $ Notice of Election. Public notice is hereby given that a regular annual election for town officers of the town of Meeker, will be held at the District Court room in the Town of Meeker on Tuesday, April 3rd, 1906. The Poll# will be open from 7 o’clock a. m. to 7 o’clock p. m. of said day. Registration of voters may be made at the place of election, on Tues day, March 87, 1906, and on Monday, April 2nd, 1906. Said election is called for the pur pose of electing one (1) mayor for the term of one year, and three (3) members of the Board of Trustees for the full term of two years. Given under my hand ami the seal said Town this 16th day of March A. D. 1906. O. D. Thayer, [s»al[ Recorder of The Town of Meeker. Hunting Guides. From deer season on, we will be prepared to take parties out for any kind of game. Have the only pack of trained dogs in the county. D. W. Black, J. M. Clark and Sam Ray. For prices address D. W. Black A Co., Meeker, Colorado. BBOMO-FEBBIN will cure yonr cold while you sleep. Your money back If not a cure. Price, 25 cents. A Ane new Grand upright piano for Hale by H. E. Holloway. Money to Loan. Unlimited money to loan on farm security. Low Interest. For partic ulars apply to F. E. Sheridan, (tf) Ladies Hats. I will open to-day in the old post office building with a Ane line of ]adies street hats. Easter opening will take place next Saturday, March 24th. Come in and see the goods. Mbs. C. F. Brown. Cstsrrsb Cannot be Cured with LOTAI. APPLICATIONS. •» they c«n not reach the seat of the dt*ea*e. Catarrh I* a blood or conitltutlonal disease, and In order to cure It you must take Internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken In ternally. and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed hy one of the best physicians In this country for years and Is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, com bined with the best blood puriflerSjactlng directly on the mucuos surfaces. The per fect combination of the two Ingredient* la what produces such wonderful results In roo.tlp.llon. MEEKER, OOLO., SATURDAY. MARCH 24, 1906. Terrible Railroad Wreck. Second only in the annals of rail road calamities in Colorado to tha Eden disaster of August7,l9o4, when nearly 100 were killed, was the wreck on the Denver and Rio Grands about 86 miles west of Pueblo, between Portland and Adobe, abont >;* o’clock last Friday morning. Run ning at ordinary speed train No. 8, westbound, and train No. 16, east bound met on a ourve about two miles west of Portland and collided, headon, the engines and seven oars being wrecked. Added to the wreck calamity was the horror of the Are that almost Im mediately enveloped the trains and caused the death of probably 80 or 85 passengers and three trainmen. The known dead are: J William Hollis, Engineer train No. 16. Walter Cosslett, engineer train No. 3. H. D. Sudduth, Areman train No. 16. EdE. Baird,deputy sheriff, Denver. R. G. Whitney, convict, Denver. E. McParland, messenger, Denver. A. N. Barklo, Halida. Miss Grace Barklo, Salida. Taylor Hewitt, Lebo, Kas. Mrs. Lillian Hewitt. Lebo, Kas. Mrs. Winona Hewitt, Lebo, Kas. Pearl Hewitt, 16 years old, Lebo, Kas. Mrs. Katherine Hewitt and boy> baby, 4 months old, Lebo, Kas. Ed Cowley, Emporia, Kas. Grace Cowley, and Baby, Emporia, Kas. Fred Jones, Lebo, Kas. Fred Limecooley, Denver. Mrs. Belle Webb, Keystone, Wyo. Ray Field, aged 10, Keystone Wyo. Claud Hewitt, Lebo, Kas. The exact number of dead will pro bably never be kuown. “There was a long list of injured none of whom hail from this county. The Deadly Snowslidb. A dispatch from Silverton, Colo., Monday, says: Twelve miners em ployed at the Shenandoah mine, ware caught by a great snowsllde early this morning and swept to tbeir death. Their bodies have not yet been recovered. Assistance has been summoned from Silverton to hdf dig• • the victims -from beneath the snow. The dead are: Jacob Thebolde. Jesse Shaw. Gus Hois. Peter Coledurg. Bert Albert. Edward Kirk, formerly of Ouray. ’’Slate” Bran ton. Emile Boss. Gustav son. Margelo. Piccolo. One unknown. According to a report received from Howardsville, the men were killed by a snowslide which struck the boarding house when the men were at dinner. It Is reported that 21 men were caught in the slide and that nine dug their way out, more or leg# injured. At the Camp Bird mine, Ouray, one man is reported killed, and over half a million in property damage. Several deaths are reported from different sections of the Rocky mountains. Here and There. Johann Most, the anarctiist is dead. Ex-Judge Bissell died at Denver last Tuesday. The recent decision of the United States Supreme court knocked over $10,000,000 out of Chicago street rail way stocks in one day. In the six-round bout between Terry McGovern and Battling Nel son, at Philadelphia last Wednesday, the latter won with ease. Imboden and Hill, the Denver Savings hank thieves, were taken to the penitentiary last Tuesday to serve nine year sentences each. Vincent St. John, arrested in Idaho as a Steunenberg suspect, was sur rendered to the Colorado authorities who claim he is guilty of many crimes in this state. In Philadelphia two men, recently, had such a falling out over a goat and a small boy, that the police were com pelled to “butt in.” Kansas is getting ready to take another “fall” out of the Standard Oil octopus. Good for Kansas. Low Colonist rates to California and the Northwest, Feb 16th to April 7th. The Midland Route. fit strikes one unacquainted in the aiftte as strange that the nomination of(tho republican party for governor MPVer goes to a prominent man of the Mprty, but is given to someone who |ii> for the Arst time becomes known people. Molntire, Peabody MRMoDonnUl were never heard of Mil they were nominated for office. Vji those familiar with conditions in fthl * party it is well known, howevor, thi |jho strong, able men of the party no desire for the position with its squirements of subserviency (and wo se) to the wishes of the powers thft foontrol the party for their pri vat aes. The Republican party has mefllfeers whose personal standing, torpor ability and integrity, are a prfjtigito the state; but sucli men are candidates for state office.— fdMOSpriiiTs Gazette (Rep.) ! sphere is a storm brewing, and the timf is approaching when the citisons of the United States are going to make an fatguiry into the right by which sonUifnen in a few years make hun drediof millions of dollars, rendering thegfj§&pablo of overshadowing the natfoalfrU government,” Said Senator DoHllfßr (of Iowa) in the United StatfpN&enate a few days ago. “I pre dict tljat if congress does not agree upon ii bill for the regulation of the railrojpds, the country will he called upon face a problem of public own -1 Honsst. law makers and honest courtaiwill make short work of any trust pr other combination in re straint of trade. It is up to the people therefore to provide these necessary agencies Instead of con tenting themselves with howling and complaining while neglecting to do theiri|uty at the polls. Twopxtremes are making a great deal ot noise with printers ink just at thUfjtinie. One is the republican press' fftanioring for the death of Moyefi Haywood, Pettibone and other* hnd the other is the socialist press airiring for a revolution if this action fakes place.—Olenwood Ava laicbe. 4tie dispatches during the week ro attempt to assassinate Dr. ParkhiMq&Atid J. P. Morgan. Ap parently SSiINS people'TiaVe no mate reverence <sr a preacher than for a pirate.—Goodwin’s Weekly. Anyway, there is some consolation in the statement of the statlstlcans that a number of paupers have lived to be 100 years old, hut not a single millionaire has attained that age. This is another hearing out the bibli cal statement that the poor we always have with us. rrir. —- A murderer executed at Couders port, Pa., declared tills world is full of thieves, and he was glad to he going to a place where there are none. The Joke will be on him when he arrives at ids destination. Supplementing the debate on “The Individuality of the Dairy Cow,” the dairy convention orators, should de vote an evening to “The personality of the American Hen,” which re cently broke the egg trust. Governor Johnson of Minnesota says that any man ought to be able, with a little economy, to live on $lO,- 000 a year. There are several of us Who would be willing to try it, any way. If the railway rate law does not contain loopholes through which sev eral locomotives of mogul size could be driven abreast, some one will be agreeably surprised. In Savannah Ga., several people died recently after partaking of pork. In congress it has lieon known to bring on enlargement of the heart. Raised in an oleaginous atmosphere It wasquite natural for John D. Rock efeller Jr., to advise Ids Bible class to ( “let your light so shine, etc.” Glass Houses. “Ha! ha! You don’t know how » funny these items really are,” said the drummer. “Listen to this: ‘Ed \ Mossback was seen driving Sunday. ’ He had a Ane new horse and a pretty girL’ Ha! Ha!” “Wal, I dunno,” the goods-box philosopher replied. “Here’s an I Item from the New York -Howler:’’ •Mrs. Vander Vest was observed driving in the Park yesterday. It was noted that her lap-dog wore a ' coat of soft green leather, a departure from the ruby velvet which has been so popular.’ ” —Smart Set. SI.OO to Denver for double berth in tourist sleeper, daily commencing February 16th. The Midland Route. i sxi)®(ixsxi>^^^ ITS SELZ SHOES! } That wear well and look well, at prices that make you > feel like buying two pair instead of one that you had in tended to buy. You cannot always tell by the looks of a ® I shoe how well it will wear. But if you buy your shoes ® j from us YOU RUN NO RISK, our shoes are guaranteed ® i to wear well from the cheapest to the highest priced. (•> \ Now on sale—A full line of Spring styles. J. W. Hugus & Company. I “SELZ ’EM” | ... | J. C. IMVII, President. V. B. Oamiwcm, Vico President. J J A. 0. MODI.TOK, emitter. J. W. Iliuiir, A»»l»lnntOn«hl«r. » j BANK OF MEEKER j * Transacts a General Banking Business. j J t I J Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Drafts drawn on East- » « ern Cities and Europe. Collections Promptly attended to. J S CORRESPONDENTS: { « Denver—Klrat National Hank. Rawlins—First National Honk. i Z Omaha United Htates National Rank. New York— | J National Hank of Commerce. Kansas idly— i Z National Hank of Commerce. Halt Irfiko I J City Commercial National Hank. t rwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww^w-wwwwww^ { OFFICERS: DIRECTORS: « J C.C. Parks, R. Oi.iii.anii, 3 * ij. C. Parks, President. J. H. Devkhaux, J. 11. Coi.ru ahh, J J It. oi.iu.ani>, Vice Pres. W. A. Krllkk, J. L. Me Hatton, « | K. K. Fouimam, Cashier. L. H. WAMininos. 4 I FIRST NATIONAL BANK, j 5’ of Meeker, Colorado. j 5 Capital $40,000.00. J ► Do«h a General HankliiK HueintujK. J | Draft* Indued on the Principal Oltloa oftho Worlil. J | Intereat P*ld on Time Depnaita. We Want Your Bualnoaa. J .■ a " •'— r I A. J. STARK & CO., \ | Manufacturing Jewelers, \ 1 WHOLESALE and RETAIL. • J : * Watches, Diamond*, Jewelry, Silverware, etc. 709-11 Slsteenth St., Denver, Colo. J —wwwwwwwwwwwwww»w-*arar w.w.a 1 | Farming Implements.! I We have added to our already complete stock a full line J 9 of farming implements, consisting of the celebrated J ► Colorado Moline Plow company’s lino of plow good#, J | harrows, press drills, and the old reliable Peter Shut- J * tier wagons, International Junior Hay Stackers and J ► Sweep Rakes, Milwaukee Mowers and Binders, and the } { Old Style Hollinsworth Hay Rakes. J J Prices and descriptive catalogs furnished on application. j » < 9 4 j The Meeker Mercantile Company, : 1 Successors to The J. H. Colthsrp Mercsnlile Compsny. j s < " I ! Colonist Rates Again, j 1 jl Beginning February 16, tickets will A 7 |>e sold to California and the north- X ▼ west at following rates: T San Francisco - - - - $26 00 a. t Los Angeles ----- 26 00 . W Portland ------ 26 00 t | Spokane - -- -- - 22 60 V £ Tickets good In tourist ears, chair J (cars or coaches. Liberal stopovers I allowed. % ! \V. K. KAI.TMA IIBH, i ! ISH C. H. SPEERS, G. P. A. | PRICE, FIVE CENTS