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The Job department of the Phisa Is complete rfud affords facilities for doing the best class of Work. P Ali'l lCl'LAlt ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW Frinting. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor In advance. First American Post Route. The first post route in the United States was established in 1G72. It was between New York anil Boston, and the schedule was once a month. To day the yearly cost of mail transpor tation on our railroads alone is about $4;>,000,000. The railway postoffice lines cover 208,484 miles and employ over in,ooo officers and clerks. A Perfect Pup. At the Peking palace dog associa tion show, held in London, Mrs. Cross's China dog Ciiu-Kar took Pier pont Morgan's prize of 100 guiness. Mrs. Cross refused a check for $25.- 000 down for the little Chink —about S2OO an ounce. Plenty of dogs in China, but this was a perfect palace pup. Butter from Denmark. Denmark exports to Great Britain over $48,600,000 worth of butter year ly. Dairying in Denmark is mainly co-operative. In 1907 the 1,085 asso ciations had 138,170 members, bound as a rule to the enterprise for ten years. The creameries in 190S num bered 1,345. Coeducation in America. In elementary schools 96 per cent, of the children of the United States are in coeducational schools; in sec ondary schools the proportion for eo educatiosa is 95 per cent.; of colleges and universities attended by men 68 per cent, admit women. Appendicitis Defined. "Father," said little Rollo, "what is appendicitis?" "My son," answered the cynical parent, "appendicitis is something that enables a good doctor to open up a man's anatomy and remove his entire bank account." —Washington Star. Foes of School Children. More than 100,000 children of school age are annually laid prostrate by the three preventable diseases of diph theria, tuberculosis and scarlet fever, and 20,000 of these illnesses termin ate fatally. Not Being Exterminated. In the Journal of the African So ciety the opinion is expressed by Mr. Selous that, contrary to the general belief, giraffes and elephants are in no danger of being exterminated in Africa. Eagles to Draw Balloons. One of the most fantastic ballooning projects of the past was that of an Austrian who suggested, nearly a cen tury ago, that balloons might be guided in any desired direction with the aid of trained eagles. * Revenue Stamps in Mexico. All notes or legal papers executed in Mexico must bear revenue stamps, and all papers executed in the United States or other countries must bear those stamps before legal action can be commenced in Mexico. When Bogota Is Dark. There are times when, because of insufficient water power, it is not pos sible to supply electric light for both the houses and the streets iri Bogota, Colombia, so the streets remain dark. Boston to Have World's Fair. Boston has launched a project for a great world's fair in 1920, to com memorate the three hundredth an niversary of the landing of the Pil grims and the founding of New Kng land. Those Big Hats. The hats worn by the women dur ing the first half of the year have been enough to frighten Satan, but you will note that the marriages have not fallen off any.—Galveston News. Foundation of Chop Suey. Chinese pork is one of the delicacies of the ages; has been brought up for centuries to taste better than turkey. Peculiarity About Money. The strange thing about money is what it looks as if it could do for you until you have it. Camphor Trees in Florida. More than 3,000 camphor trees have been set out in Florida. Railrcads Using Telephone. During the year 190S the telephone wan adopted on 2,357 miles of railroad. HAS GOOD POINTS SOME ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF SHIP SUBSIDY. New Features of the Bill Seem to In a Measure Remove Objections Which Have Hitherto Been Made. An impression that congress will pass a ship subsidy bill at the winter's session is almost universal, and it is instructive to learn from the Balti more Sun's Washington correspond ence just about what lines the mea sure is likely to follow. These were approximately disclosed in the Ivll completed just before the adjourn ment of congress, and introduced in one house at least, perhaps in both. Two new features of the bill are free ships and a new system of ton nage taxes. At present Americans owning foreign-buiit ships are not per mitted to fly the American flag over them or have them admitted to Amer ican registry unless they are more than half rebuilt in American ship yards. The bill proposes to admit to American registry foreign-built steam ers of 5.000 gross tons or more, wholly owned by Americans. These ships are to be restricted to foreign trade, or trade with the Philippine and Hawaiian islands, and are to be barred from the coastwise trade and from mail competition under the act of 1891 or the Humphrey act. Revision of the tonnage taxes seems to be radical and ■sweeping. The ton nage taxes in waters of this hemi sphere are to be reduced, while ton nage taxes in the transatlantic trade and in the eastern trade are to be materially increased. The reciprocal law relating to tonnage taxes is re pealed by this bill. This will mean an increase estimated at $1,000,000 in tonnage taxes to be paid by foreign ship owners, and it is expected to de crease the tonnage taxes now paid by American ships which trade chief ly in local waters. Further than this a rebate of 80 per cent, of all tonnage taxes will be allowed American ships which carry American boys or ap prentices to be trained in seamanship. The bill also seeks to establish new mail lines to South and Central America, Japan, Chiua, the Philippines and Australasia. Recognition of the principle of free ships will go a long way toward abat ing hostile sentiment toward the sub sidy. The ready answer to all subsidy proposals lias always been that if we really wanted a merchant marine we would permit our citizens to buy ships abroad and give them American reg istry. There is probably not much in this objection, but 011 the other hand there is no good reason why free ships should be denied. If any tre mendous rush of foreign-built ships to American register should ensue, which is not likely, the boom in ship ping could hardly fail to do our ship yards more good than harm through contagion of the activity. It must be admitted that the natural impulse against subsidies springs from a sound instinct. 011 the other hand the subsidy problem finds us in some such situation as the tariff does. If all nations would adopt the ideal regime of free trade, we could stand it as well as the rest, but with hostile duties against our commodities in for eign ports, we drop into the universal habit of retaliatory legislation. The tariff reform movement in Great Britain is not really protective in prin ciple, but merely proposes to get up a system of duties that may be used to jockey with in the game of interna tional trade. In the old days of re bates it was possible to demonstrate their iniquity, but it would have been very hard to induce any large shipper to abandon his rebates while compet itors all around him were getting theirs. Purposes of Party Platforms. It is only in recent years that at temps have been made to limit party membership to restricted circles or to narrow platforms. In fact, most of the political progress that we have nade in more than a century was •nheralded by platforms or resolu .lons. No platform called for the Louisiana purchase, or for the inde pendent treasury, or for the annexa tion of Texas or for the opening of the Japanese ports, or for the emanci pation proclamation, or for the pur chase of Alaska, or for the annexation of the Philippines. When the plat form writers began to indorse these things they were dealing with accom plished facts. Platforms serve a purpose, but it is incidental. Parties cannot be subor dinated to them. In popular govern ments political stagnation is certain to follow the disappearance of an alert op position. Some of the ills of Democ racy are due to the fact that in vari ous respects it has ceased to oppose Republicanism and has sought to as aist it. Otiiers are traceable to the platform habit, which has led it into many strange and contradictory declarations. In the main, however, the spirit of faction has grown be cause in the search by would-be load ers for novelty the real principles of the party, always applicable, have been neglected.—New York World. A Natural Inquiry. David Dennett ITIII and Alton B. Parker promise to "revive the Demo cratic party." Well! Well! Who re vived Hill and Parker? —St. Paul Pio neer Press. Still There's Hcpc. Col. Wntterson says the "tariff will yet split the Republican party," But not so badly that it cannot be patched up about election time, we fancy. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1909. TARIFF LAW ON PROBATION. Whether Success or Failure, the Re publican Party Has Done Its Duty to the Country. The president accepts the new tariff law as a compromise—as, in the cir cumstances, the best redemption pos sible of the party's promises. It is the correct appraisement of the measure. Everybody understood at the start that a compromise, or nothing, would be the result. The tariff plank of the Chicago platform itself was a compro mise, worded with great care, so as to meet a difficult situation. One has only to recall the complexion and de liberations of the platform committee of the Chicago convention to under stand the task the Republicans had then in hand. Will the compromise work? Will the new law accomplish what has been promised and vowed in its name? That is the point now. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. If the law proves to be a revenue producer and business thrives under it all the denunciation of it indulged in by Democrats and Republican insurgents at the special session which framed and passed it will speedily be forgot ten. The country wants good results and, as a rule, rewards the party which brings them about. On the other hand, if the law fails; if the deficit in the treasury grows; if business does not meet the predic tions and expectations of business men, and large industries show timdi ty and an unsettled condition, then, necessarily, the tariff question will be come very much alive again, and cam paigning on the subject occupy atten tion. But, in that case, will the country charge the Republicans with the duty of revising their own work, or turn to the Democrats? What could the Democrats do in the way of early ac tion? The senate will remain Repub lican in any event for some years to come, and, while Republican, may not be expected to accept a tariff bill drawn by a Democratic house. With the senate controlled by the one party and the house by the other, a dead lock would be inevitable. And what sort of bill would a Demo cratic house pass? Who may say, guiding by the Democratic record just made? The Denver platform was re pudiated, and open bids were made for protective duties on the products democratic constituencies. Several Democcrats in the house and one in the senate voted for the bill, in grati tude for favors received and in con fession of a belief in the principle of protection. But Mr. Bryan denounces protection and all its works, and would insist on having a voice in whatever a Democratic house might propose. The immediate future will be watched earnestly by both sides for signs, and all signs will be read with extreme care.—Washington Star. GROWTH OF BANKING IN WEST Unparalleled Prosperity That Has Come Under Guidance of Re publican Party. The statistics which Mr. Dawes presents in the current number of The World To-day showing the develop ment of banking interests in Chicago and its contributing territory within a radius of 500 miles, are hopeful. They reveal a steady growth in the wealth of this part of the country. The gain in the banking power of the middle west since 1900 waß at the rate of 118.96 per cent., while the gain in the banking power of the United States as a whole was at the rate of 65.11 per cent. The volume of clear ings of banks in the middle west in IS9O was nearly $9,000,000,000. In 1900 it was over $14,000,000,000. In 190 Sit had swelled to more than $25,000,000,000. The percentage of gain in the clearings of 1900 over those of IS9O was 60.5. Comparing 190S with 1890, the percentage of gain was 181.12. For the earlier ligures there is an element of estimate, owing to the lack of complete data. For those of the years since 1900 the reports are fairly exact. New York is likely to remain the financial center of the country, as it has been for so long. But the evi dence is plentiful that the middle west is growing in wealth rapidly, much of this being due to the tremendous crops which are being harvested year after year. The west is more inde pendent of the east than ever before when its needs for removing tlie crops or other purposes are considered. How Chicago is gaining as a banking cen ter is indicated in the table showing the banking power of the states in IS9O, 1900 and 1908. In (he first year the Ohio ligures were larger than those of Illinois. In 1900 the former state was passed, although its ligures had nearly doubled, while in 1908, while the Ohio figures had more than doubled, those of Illinois had gone far ahead, showing that state in un questioned primacy. There is i>o rea son lor thinking that this primacy of Illinois and of Chicago will ever be threatened, ,so far ns middle western banking is concerned. Monetary Commission Can't Wait. Senator Aldricli thinks that the postal savings bank plan can wait un til after the monetary commission re port." and its report i 3 acted upon. Of course it can. But the monetary coin mission itself can't, wait too long. Tsft's Swing Around the Circle. And now President Taft is on his swing around the circle, making oc casional stops at points along the per iphery to utter a few cheerful re marks, indulge in banquets, and havt a good time. OPENS BIG TUNNEL PRESIDENT TAFT SWINGS GATES OF GUNNISON RIVER BORE. MIGHTY WORK IS FINISHED Waters of Mountain Torrent Are Brought Six Miles Under a Granite Ridge to Revive Beautiful But Semi-Arid Uncompahgre Valley. Montrose, Col., Sept. 23.—As many thousand people cheered themselves hoarse and cannon boomed this after noon, President William H. Taft opened the gates of the Gunnison river tunnel and admitted to the Uncompah gre valley the waters of a mountain torrent brought from its rocky bed ■ ■ ,-■ > .■ Concrete Drop on the South Canal. six miles underneath a great granite ridge. As the flood that henceforth will make incomparably fertile this lovely valley came pouring through the canal that conducts it to the Un compahgre river, men and women fair ly wept for joy, and the president him self was visibly affected. The open ing of the gates was preceded by prayer and followed by national airs played by a band. Mighty Project Completed. Thus was littingly signalized the completion of the Gunnison river tun nel, the first project undertaken by the United States government re clamation service. Work on the pro ject was begun four and a half years ago and had progressed steadily ever since. Together with its main and distributing canals, the tunnel will ir rigate 150,000 acres of land in a val ley naturally one of the most fertile in Colorado, but which has been semi arid because of the annual summer droughts and the inadequacy of the Uncompahgre river. This day of the opening of the tun *flf . . ■■ . . - .....,•-V" : ■ , ••: Along the South Canal. nel was made the chief day of the Western Slope fair, now being held here. All the morning special trains kept coming in, from various parts of the state, and at 10:30 there was a parade of the visitors. Early in the afternoon the explosion of a bomb told the people that the special train bearing President Taft and other gov ernment officials had entered the city limits. A second bomb announced his debarkation at the station, and a third was sent up as the distinguished guest, escorted by a great procession, started for Elks' park. President Taft Welcomed. At the park, after Introductory re marks by F. D. Catlin, chairman of the Gunnison tunnel opening commit tee. Mayor J. Q. Allen turned the key of the city over to the guests. Then John C. Bell delivered the formal address of welcome, to which Presi dent Taft responded briefly and happily. The , exercises here con clu4«rt with remarks by Senator Charles J. Hughes and Gov. John Shafroth. At four o'clock trains start ed for the west portal of the tunnel, where President Taft opened the gates, and speeches were made by I. W. McConnell, consulting engineer of the reclamation service, and Senator Horace T. DeLong of Grand Junction. After i-* return to Montrose there was a reception to President Taft and olhci», and this evening seeches were delivered by a number of wc-::-known ('oioradoans, the celebration winding up with an Illuminated parade and py rotechnic display. Story of the Great Tunnel. Firot of the big government recla mation projects to be undertaken, the Gunnison river tunnel has been one of the most difficult to carry through. The ample waters of the Gunnison flow through narrow valleys unsuit ed to agriculture or through deep, rocky canyons, while only a few miles to the west the lovely Uncom pahgre valley has been suffering ioi water. The Gunnison, descending in ever deepening gorges, finally plunges into the Black canyon, one of the most magnificent mountain gorges in the world. This unpromising spot was se lected as the starting point of the tunnel. Brave engineers lowered themselves into the Black canyon at points where the granite walls rise almost perpendicularly hundreds of feet, and after their surveys were com pleted active work was started on the immense propect. At great expense and under enor- mous difficulties, a wagon road was built to the east portal of the tun nel. It is 15 miles long, and, climb ing the granite ridge between the canyon and the Uncompahgre valley, descends the rocky wall on shelf work. Bore Buiit for All Time. Simultaneously work was begun at each end of the tunnel and at a point several thousand feet from the west end, where a shaft was sunk. As fast as the tunnel was driven through the shale and solid rock, it was timbered, and then the heavy timbers were covered with impervious cement. This gives a tunnel of solid concrete built, to withstand the wear of ages. All the flumes, culverts, division gates, drops and other work along the lines of the main canals are built of steel and concrete. There is no dam across th»« Black canyon at the point where t\je river is turned into the tunnel. Instead of this the tunnel itself taps the river from beenath its granite bert. By this plan neither floods nor slick wa- ter can prevent the tunnel taking from the river all the water needed. Has Immense Capacity. A few statistics of this tremendous project are worth setting forth. The tunnel is 30,600 feet long, and 11 by 13 feet inside measurement. The main canal is 30 feet wide at the bottom and 83 feet wide at the top, and the average depth of the water is ten feeU The capacity is 1,300 cubic feet of water a second. After the water leaves the west portal of the tunnel it is conducted through 12 miles of canal to the Uncompahgre. There is a drop of 214 feet in this distance, and this great fall will be utilized for cre ating power. A series of concrete drops has been constructed and the immense body of water rushing over them is capable of generating at least 10,000 horse power, which will be util ized in lighting the entire Uncompah gre valley by electricity. The cost of the tunnel and distrib uting canals is over $5,000,000, and perpetual water rights will bo sold to actual settlers at about $35 an acre. Boer War Cost Many Horses. Tremendous was the drain on the horseflesh of the world caused by the Boer war. in that war England sent horses and 103,000 mules to South Africa, four limes as lv.i'.ny ani mals as the Germans took to Frano; in August, IS7O. Tamerlane led 03,00(1 horses over the Hindoo Kor-3' * I Kidney Pills, I be lieve I would not be living today," says Mrs. Ilinson. "My eyesight was poor. I suffered with nervous, splitting head aches, spots would dance before my eyes and at times I would be so dizzy I would have to grasp something for support. My back was so weak and painful I could hardly bend over to but ton my shoes and could not get around without suffering severely. Doan's Kid ney Pills helped me from the first, and I continued until practically well again." Remember the name—Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. CHAUTAUQUA WISDOM. 1 CAN 1 HAVE ) THM CENTS (/->* JTz. ) / JfY {ww.? /'L.Tj (rJ- One of the Chautauqua talkers says: "Husbands, let your wives have an extra dollar now and then." He might have rendered a greater service to mankind by saying: "Wives, let youl husbands have an extra dime occai eionally without asking them to ex< plain why they want the money." A New One About Napoleon. A "new" story about Napoleon Is necessarily doubtful; the probability is that it is simply so old that it lias been forgotten. However, here is on* that Arthur M. Chuquet prints la L'Opinion as never before published. It relates to Napoleon aud Bluecher. The emperor received the general at the castle of Finkenstein, while ho waa preparing for the siege of Danzig. He drew him to a window in an upjier story and paid him compliments on his military gifts, and Bluecher, going away delighted, described the inter view to his aide-de-camp. "What a chance you missed!" exclaimed the latter. "You might have changed the whole course of history." "How?" "Why, you might have thrown him out of the window!" "Confound it!" replied Bluecher. "So I might! If only I had thought of it." —New York Evening Post. Its Troubles. The family skeleton complained. "I wouldn't mind being exhibited once in a while," said the skeleton, ar ticulating with difficulty through its set teeth, "but they air me so fre quently in the courtroom, where the air is always notoriously bad." But who ever thinks of looking at such exhibitions from the family sket eton's point of view? Standard Oil Wails. The Standard Oil Company's real estate holdings In Bayonne, N. J., where its largest oil refining plant in the east is situated, have been ii» creased from $7,360,000, the v;ilti» fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation, to $13,000,000. The company is ap» pealing against the increases fixed upon the realty by the Hudson county board of equalization. THE DOCTOR'S WIFE Agrees with Him About Food. A trained nurse says:"ln the practice of my profession I have found so many points in favor of Grape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly recommond it to ail my patients. *lt is delicate and pleasing to the palate (an essential in food for the sick), and can be adapted to all ages, being softened with milk or cream for babies or the aged when deficiency of teeth renders mastication il\|pos sible. For fever patients or those on liquid diet I find 'Grape-Nuts find nlbtt* men water very nourishing finc ( r( y freshing." "This recipe is my own idea and is made as follows: Soak a teaspoonlul of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water for an hour, strain and serve with the beaten white of an egg and a spoonful of fruit Juice for flavouring. This af fords a great deal of nourishment that even the weakest stomach can assim ilate without any distress. "My husband is a physician and he uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders It many times for h.'s patients. "Personally I regard a dish of Grape- Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the ideal breakfast for anyone—well or sick." In any case of stomach trouble, nerv ous prostration or brain fag, a 10 day trial of Grape-Nuts will work wonders toward nourishing and rebuilding and in tlj4s way ending the trouble. a Reason," and trial proves. L/ook in pkgs. for the famctis little bjjok, "The Road to Wellville." ISver rend tlie nbove letter? A WW line npikenrn from time to time. Thej :ire eeniilae, true, uuU fall of liuuiMl Uiterent.