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COLORADO NEWS Gathered From All Parts of the State COM IXC EVENTS IN COLORADO. Jan. 13-14—State Good Roads Con vention, Denver. Jan. 18—Old Time Cowboys' Association at Greeley. Jan. 16-21—National Stock Show. Den ver. Jan. 17-19—Colorado Cattle Growers’ Convention, Denver. Jan. 17-19—Colorado and Wyoming I.nn.t.«*r Dealers' Association Conven tion. Denver. Pueblo’s Tax Levy. Pueblo.—The Board of County Com missioners has made the county tax levy 14.6 mills for next year, which is .6 of one mill higher than this year. Colorado Good Roads Convention. Denver. —Governor Shafroth has is sued a call for a good roads conven tion to be held in Denver January 13 and 14. W. S. Whlnnery, of Hinsdale county, who is president of the State ' Board of County Commissioners, j called on the governor to arrange for I the annual meeting of the state board. 1 which will be held at the Albany ho tel, January IC-18. Irrigation Bridge Suit. Greeley.—By the appeal from the ] decision of the District Court in the case of Walter Chandler against the 1 ierce Irrigation Company, to the Supreme Court, a most im|>ortant matter to irrigationiats and ditch com panies all over the state will be de cided. concerning the legal width of irrigation bridges. Chandler was owarded $1,700 of the $14,500 damages asked because he claimed he was in jured when his team was pushed off the bridge over the Pierce lateral, which he alleged would not have hap- I-ened bad the bridge been the re quired twenty feet wide. C. & S. Awards Contract. Greeley.—The Colorado & Southern railroad has awarded the contracts for the construction of a new line from Wellington, Colo., to Cheyenne, Wyo The new line will be thirty*five miles long and w ill cost $1,500,000 w hen com pleted The contractors will Imme diately throw 1,000 men into construe tlon camps. The new line is an 1m portant link in the projected gulf-to coast route of the Hill, roads. The contracts awarded cover the grading and bridge work and all substructural work up to the rails and ties. The company will lay the track. Camps will be stretched along the entire route and the work will be rushed as favt as pcsalble. Fighting Imported Potatoes. Denver.—lf a bill fathered by Sena tor Guggenheim receives the sanction of Congress In Washington. Ameri can farmers may be required in the future to ralae all the potatoes eaten in this country. At present 100,000, 000 bushels of “spuds’* are Imported annually to supplement the supply grown by America. The greater por tion of these Imported potatoes must be replaced by the Irrigated lands of the Western country. Colorado will have a large share in this production. The measure la not designated pri marily to erect a wall of protection for the potato Industry, but is aimed to preveent the importation of disease epidemics which Are devastating for eign p>otato fields. Agricultural sci entists have been watching for some time for traces of these fatal diseases in America, and with the discovery that they now exist to some extent In Massachusetts and New Foundland. they immediately took steps to pro cure national legislation covering that point. National Apple Congress. Denver. The First American Ap ple Congress adjourned, fully organ ized and thoroughly equipped for a laajing career us a national fnstitu* tion. A constitution was adopted and officers were chosen for the coming year. The next convention city was not chosen, this being left in the hands of an executive committee. Former Gov. L. Bradford Prince of New Mexico was unanimously chosen president. Two other candidates were placed in nomination, hut upon motion that Colorado should be given the privilege of naming the next presl cent, the Colorado delegation held a caucus, reporting the name of the ex governor of New Mexico as their choice. His election was then de clared. For the office of secretary there was no opposition. Clinton I*. Oliver, who acted as temporary sec retary. and upon whom devolved a large portion of the work of creating the first congress, was rewarded with that office unanimously. K. H. Staep nrd, editor of “Better Fruit,” was elected treasurer. Each state delega tion was allowed to choose a vice president. For the five states repre sented by delegates In person the fol lowing vice presidents were named: Colorado, John C. Dell; New Mexico. Alex Gusdorf; Washington. C. G. France; Utah, W. 11. Hay; Wyoming, Joseph M. Carey. English Women Bmoke Pipes. The latest fancy of the woman smoker Is a pipe—not the tiny affair that suffices for the Japanese, but a good-sized brier or a neat meer schaum. The pipe Is boldly carried along with a gold card extse and chain purse. For some time now the cig arette has given place to a cigar, small in size and mild In quality. Women said they were tired of the cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke. —London Mail. Cripple Rides Bicycle. George Anstey, aged 12, a cripple, of Leicester, England. Is one of the most remarkable cyclists in the coun try. Both his legs are withered and useless, but the Leicester Cripples’ Guild has provided him with a two wheeled pedalless machine, with a padded tube covering the axle bar. Across this be lies face foremost, and with wooden clogs strapped to his hands he propels himself along the streets and roads in a marvelously rapid manner. He baa complete con trol of the machine, bis hands acting as pedals, steering gear, and brake combined. Pretty Good Definition. We hear some funny things in Fleet street sometimes, and the following definition of the height of aggravation, by a gentleman in rather shaky boot*, whom we encountered In a well-known hostelry the other day, struck us as being particularly choice. “The 'eight of baggravatlon. gentle men.” said this pothouse humorist, set ting his pewter on the counter and looking round proudly, with the air of one about to let ofT a good thing, "the 'eight of h&ggra\allon —why, trying to ketch a flea out o’ yer ear with & pair of boxln' gloves."—London Tit* Hits. An Alaskan Luncheon. Runners of woven Indian basketry, with white drawn work dollies at each of the 12 covers, were used on an oval mahogany table. The dollies were made at Sitka. In the middle of the table a mirror held a tall central vase of frosted glass, surrounded by four smaller vases, all filled with white spring blossoms. The edge of the mirror was banked with the same flowers Four totem poles were placed on doilies In the angles made by the runners. Place cards were water colors of Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held salted nuta. and tiny Indian baskets held bonbons. The soup spoons were of horn, several of the dishes used were made by Alaskan Indiana, and the cakes were served on baskets. The menu was as follows: Poisson a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder). Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po tatoes Julienne), snowbirds arec aurora borealis i roast duck with Jelly), Shungnak river turnips. Tanana beets. Skagway hash <salad). Fair banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar ranged on Individual dishes around a central mound of powdered sugar), arctic slices (brick Ice cream). Circle City delights (small cakes). Klondike nuggets (yellow cheese in round balls on crackers). Nome firewater (coffee), j —Woman's Home Companion. Aat the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a Splendid Chancs to Bring Out Facta A disagreement about advertising arose with a ' weekly” Journal. Following it, an attack on us appeared in their editorial columns; sneering at the claims we made particularly regarding Appendicitis We replied through the regular papers and the "weekly" thought we hit beck rather too hard and thereupon sued for libel The advertisement the “weekly” attacked us about claimed that In many cases of appen dicitis an operation could be avoided by dis continuing Indigestible food, washing out the bowels and taking a predigested food Grape Nuta. Observe we said MANY cases not all. Wouldn’t that knowledge boa comfort to those who fear a surgeon's knife as they fear death? The weekly” writer said that was a He We replied that he was Ignorant of the facts. He was put on the stand and compelled to admit he was not a Dr. and had no medical knowledge of appendicitis and never Investi gated to find out If tho teatlmonal letters to our c’o. were genuine. A famous surgeon testified that when an operation was required Grape-Nuts would not obviate It. True. We never claimed that when an operation was required Grape-Nuts would prevent It. Tho surgeon testified bacteria fgerms] help ed to bring on an attack and bacteria was grown by undigested food frequently. We claimed and proved by other famous experts that undigested food was largely responsible for appendicitis We showed by expert testimony that many cases are healed without a knife, but by stop ping the use of food which did not digest, and when food was required again it was helpful to use a predigested food which did not over tax the weakened organs of digestion. When a pain In the right’ aide appears it is not always necessary to be rushed off to a Lightning Change. The Manager—Can you make quick changes and double In a few parts? The Actor—Can I? Say, you know the scene In “Love and Lobsters,” where the hero and the villain are fighting, and a friend rushes in and separates ’em? Well, I played all three parts one night when the other two fellows were 111. Not Altogether Dead. Mr. Robert Butler of Marlborough, England, has had the peculiar expe rience of hearing his death announc ed. He was attending the poor law conference at Exeter when one of the delegates moved that, in conse quence of the death of Mr. Butler, which they all regretted, another gen tleman, whom he named, should be appointed to fill his place as one of the representatives of Wiltshire on the central committee. Mr. Butler rose from hla place on the platform and announced to the conference, amid much amusement, that, so far as he was aware, he was still alive and In good health, and would be pleased to continue in the office If the conference desired. Bankers and Bank Notes. Four men, three of whom were con nected with brokerage concerns in the Wall street district, were discussing United States paper currency and the disappearance of counterfeits. “We are so sure nowadays.” said one of the party, “as to the genuineness of bills that little attention is paid to them In handling, except as to de nomination." To prove hla assertion he took a $lO yellowback from his pocket, and. holding It up. asked who could tell whose portrait it bore. No one knew, and byway of coaching the broker said It was the first treas urer of the United States .Again no one knew the name Why, It's Michael Hillegaa,'* said the man proudly. "But In confidence. I'll tell you, 1 didn't know It fire minutes ago.”—New York Tribune Vivid at Least. Dr. Hiram C. Cortland', the well known theologian of Des Moines, said In a recent address. “Thomas A. Edison tells us that he thinks the soul Is not Immortal; but, after all, what does this great wizard know about souls? His forte Is elec tricity and maculnery. ind when be talks of souls he reminds m-* Irresist ibly of the young lady w ho visited the Baldwin locomotive wo: ks and then told how a locomotive I* made. “ You pour,’ she sal ' a lot of sand into a lot of boxes, an 1 you throw old stove lids and things into a furnace, and they you empty the molten stream Into a hole In the sand, and everybody yells and swears Then you pour It out and let It cool and pound It. and then you put It In a hlng that bores holes in 1L Then you screw It to gether. and paint, it. and put steam In it. and It goes splendidly; and they take it to a draft g room and make a bluep rlnt of It Hut one thing I for got—they have to make a boiler. One man geta Inside a- d one gets outside, and they pound frightfully; and then they tie It to the other thing, and you ; ought to see It go"” That Suit for Libel hospital and at the risk of death be cut. Plain common sense shows the better way Is to atop food that evidently has not been digested. Then, when food Is required, use an easily digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other If you know It to be predigested t partly digested before taking). We brought to Court analjtical chemist* from New York, Chicago and Mishawaka, Ind . j who swore to the analysis of Grape-Nuts and that part of the starchy part of the wheat and barley had been transformed Into sugar, the kind of sugar produced in the human body by digesting starch (the large part of food). Some of the State chemists brought on by the ’ weekly" said Grape-Nuts could not be called a "predigested” food because not all of It was digested outside the body. The other chemists said any food which had been partly or half digested outside the body was commonly known as ’’predigested." Splitting hairs about the meaning of a word. It Is sufficient that if only one-half of the food la "predigested.” It Is easier on weakened stomach and bowels than food In which no part Is predigested. To show the facta we Introduce Dr. Thos. Darlington, former chief of the N. Y. Board ! of Health, Dr. Ralph W. Webster, chief of the ' Chicago Laboratories, and Dr. B. Sachs. N. Y. If we were a little severe In our denuncia tion *of a writer, self-confessed ignorant about api>endlcltiß and Its cause. It is possible the ' public will excuse us. in view of the fact that ; our head. Mr. C. W. Post, hns made a lifetime study of food, food digestion and effects, and the conclusions are Indorsed by ninny of the best medical authorities of the day. Is It possible that we are at fault for suggesting, as a Father and Mother might, to one of the family who announced a pain In the side: “Stop using the food, greasy meats, gravies, mince pie. cheese, too much starchy Largest of Whales. The largest whale of Its type of which there Is scientific record was captured recently off Port Arthur, Tex. He measured sixty-three feet in length, and was estimated to be about three hundred years old. Cap tain Cob Plummer, mate of a United States pilot boat, sighted the monster In the shoals off the jetties, and the crew of his vessel captured the mam mal. The huge body was towed ashore, exhibited and much photographed be fore being cut up. Rat Bounty Excites Merriment. Seattle, fearing the introduction of bubonic plague by rata, has offered a bounty of ten cents a rat. This moves Tacoma, safe from Infection from the sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led ger says that the bounty, "though not intended for rodents of Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham and other popu lous and busy centers, has been find ing its way Into the pockets of non residents of Seattle for non-resident rats. But the Joke would be on us If it were found that our rat popula tion had found Its way Into the Seat tle census.” Two Very Old Ladles. We have heard a great deal lately about long-lived people, but It Is prob able that the oldest two people in the world today are Frau Dutkievitz and another old lady named Babavaslika. The former live* at Posem, In Prus sian Poland, and was born on Febru ary 21, 1786. She Is therefore one hundred and twenty five years old. The latter, however. Is nine months her senior, having been born In May, 1784. She is atlll a fairly hale old woman, and for nearly one hundred years worked In the fields. Her descendants number close on 100, and these now make her a joint allowance. She Uvea at the village of B&velsko, whose neighborhood she has never quitted during the whole of her long life. She remembers events which happened at the beginning of last century much more clearly than those of the last 40 year*. —Dundee Advertiser. Too Ardent a Lover. Georgotto Fontano, an embroiderer who lives In the Rue Sevres In Paris, has found herself condemned to a month's Imprisonment for what seems to her a harmless act. She was going home from a concert a few evenings ago when she decided she would like to see her fiance. As he happens to be a fireman whose station la in her own neighborhood it ; occurred to her It would be very easy to summon him to her side by break ing the glass of the fire alarm and I sounding a call. She did so anr In a few moments fire engines came from several direc tions. all laden with firemen, of course, but alas! .her fiance was not among them, and more than that all the fire men were angry, and before she knew »hat had happened she was taken to a magistrate, who proceeded to make the course of true love run unsmoothly by sending her to prison for a month I in spite of her tears and protests that she thought It would be a simple way of bringing her fiance to her side. food, etc., etc., which has not been digested, then when again ready for food use Grape | Nuts because it is easy of digestion?” Or should the child be at once carted off to a hospital and cut? We have known of many cases wherein tho approaching signs of appendicitis have dls api*eared by the suggestion being followed. No one better appreciates the value of a skilful physician when a person Is In the awful throes of acute appendicitis, but "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’’ Just plain old common sense is he:pful even nowadays. This trial demonstrated Grape-Nuts food is pure beyond question. It Is partly predigested. Appendicitis generally has rise from undi gested food. It is not always necessary to operate. It is best to stop all food. When ready to begin feeding use a predl gested food " ~' It is palatable and strong in Nourishment. It will pay fine returns in health to quit the heavy breakfasts and lunches and use less food but select food certainly known to con tain the elements nature requires to sustain the body. May we be permitted to suggest a breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and cocoa, milk or Postum? The question cf whether Grape-Nuts does or does not contain the elements which nature requires for the nourishment of the brain, also of its purity, will be treated In later news paper articles. Good food is Important and Its effect on the body Is also important. “Thers’i at Reason" Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Battle Crank, Mich. Takes Himself Seriously. Nicola Tesla, dining by himself in a hotel's great dining room, takes a table where he can be seen. Through out his meal he w-ears a deeply sti> dious, a completely absorbed, He may bring to the table a portfolio filled with papers. These he may scan with prolonged solemnity. In any event, he sits an eloquent tableau of profundity.—New York Press. Holidays In the States. Washington's birthday is a holiday In all states. Decoration day in all states but Florida, Georgia, Louisiana* Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Labor day Is observed everywhere. Virtu ally every state has legal holidays having to do with its own special afr fairs —battle of New Orleans In Louis iana, Texan Independence and battle of San Jacinto In Texas, Admission day In California, and so en. Missis sippi i£ like the federal government In lack of statutory holidays, but by common consent Independence day. Thanksgiving and Christmas are ob served. A new one is Columbus day In a few of the states. Planting Wedding Oaks. Princess August Wilhelm, wife o$ the kaiser's fourth son. has set herself the task of reviving one of Germany** oldest customs, that according to which newly wedded couples Immediately af ter the marriage ceremony plant a coi> pie of oak saplings side by side In • park or by the roadside of their tive town. The town of Mulchausen, in Thurin gia. la the first to respond to the prin cess' appeal. A municipal official ap pears at the church door after every wedding and invites the bride and bridegroom to drive with him In a car* riage to a new road near the town and there plant oak saplings. The tree planting Idea was started by a former elector cf Brandenburg with the object of repairing the raw* agee caused by the 30 years' war. The elector forbade young persons to max* ry until they had planted a number of fruit trees. An Unnecessary Confession. * A hearty laugh was occasioned at the Birmingham police court by a prie i oner who gave himself away In a very delightful manner. The man was the ! first on the list, and the charge against him was merely one of being drunk and disorderly. He stepped Into the dock, however. Just at the moment when the dock officer was reading oat a few of the cases which were to com* before the court that morning, and a guilty conscience apparently led him to mistake these Items fer & list of hla previous convictions. He stood passive enough while the officer read out about a dozen drunk and disorderlies, but when he came te one “shopbreaking” the prisoner ex claimed excitedly, "That was eight year* ago. your honor,” Everyone gan to laugh, and the prisoner, reall» ing the blunder he had made, at first looked very black indeed, but finally saw the humorous side of the matter, and a broad smile spread over hla facew His blunder did not cost anything Birmingham Mail.