Conservative *
Gore gave their name to the range of
mountains forming the western rim
of the Middle Park , and the trail
across that range is called Gore's
Pass.
Baker married a Shoshone woman ,
by whom lie had a son and a daugh
ter , both living with him at his ranch
hero some time after I came to Color
ado. Baker's wife went back to her
tribe , the Shoshones , and never re
turned , and he remained a widower
until his death.
About 1874 or 1875 Old Jim sold
his ranch on Clear Creek and took up
another on Snake River , in north
west Colorado , where ho spent the
remaining years of his life , stock-rais
ing and farming a little , and died
there at about the age of eighty-three.
Like Kit Carson , Jim Baker was a
kind-hearted , pleasant man to all
whom ho met of his own race. Another
old mountaineer , Jim Beckworth ,
came in and lived above Denver on
the Platte for a year or two about
18(5(5-7. ( ( Ho was a colored man , a
negro. He came to the Mountains
in the "thirties. " He was
adopted into the'tribe and was made
a war chief of the Crows. Ho was
quite decrepit when I know him by
reason of varicose veins in both legs ,
below the knees , caused , ho told me ,
by reason of a hurried flight ho made
many years before , from pursuit by a
war party of the hostile Blackfeet ,
who had defeated the Crows.
Pie said he fled ninety miles , with
out food or rest , before reaching a
place of safety and saving his scalp.
His pursuers were on horseback and he
was afoot ; it takes a good runner to
beat a horse , but such are sometimes
found among Indians and white hunt
ers as well. I have no photograph
of Beckworth , nor do I know where
one can be found , if indeed he ever had
one taken. I think he went back to
the Crows in Montana when he left
here , in 1867 , and ho is probably dead
long since. H.P. BENNET.
Denver , Colo. , Sop. 20 , 1901.
There is a school
. WHAT SHAPE IS of anthropologists
YOUR HEAD ? according to whose
views there arc on
ly two European races at bottom ,
namely , the long-heads and the broad-
heads. As far back as geology gives
testimony of mankind's existence ,
these two types of skulls are found , and
they persist just as sharply in the
men of today. If you will examine
the outline of your head , around its
broadest part above the ears , you will
find that it is either long and narrow ,
and of nearly the same width through
out , or else shaped something like a
pear , with the bulge back of your
ears and the stem above your eyes.
You will then have the advantage
of knowing to which race you belong ,
and can inform your family that you
are dolichocephalic or brachycophalic ,
as the case may be.
The significance of the matter lies
in the different work that the two
types have accomplished in the past ,
and their probable destiny for the
future. They are characterized by a
recent writer somewhat as follows :
The long-heads are usually tall and
fair-haired , active , ambitious and cour
ageous , the locomotive element of
mankind. They fight for the sake of
fighting ; they are explorers and ad
venturers ; the whole world is their
country. They gain riches with case ,
but are not so well adapted for keep
ing hold of them ; they prefer action
to much talk , and in religion are main
ly protestant.
Their typo prevails in the north of
Europe.
The broad-heads inhabit more south
ern countries , and are more docile to
guidance , in religion and other mat
ters as well. They are more likely to
bo short in stature and-dark of skin.
They are prudent , hard-working and
economicaland though not cowardly ,
not warlike either. They accumulate
goods slowly , but keep what they get ;
they are easily taken in with words ,
love authority and tradition , and are
suspicious of change.
The long-head , as may be supposed ,
is usually found in control of things.
It is he that has the bulk of the
world's wealth , and he is the scholar
and the athlete as well. But ho does
not last ; he is the one that does the
great tilings ; but honmy not leave any
children behind him. Some of the
long-headed races of history-who were
known for conquerors , have died out
entirely , and it is suggested that his
day may be past , and that the broad-
head may bo the one whoso qualities
best fit him for the work of the
future.
A classified serv-
THE CIVIL ice is ' disciplined
SERVICE. merit. Disciplined -
plined merit ren
ders a steady and efficient service , and
steady and efficient service is econo
my.
my.Good
Good government is the chief con
servator of the welfare of all legiti
mate business and gainful undertak
ings. It must , therefore , if it
is to bo made better and per
petuated , bo itself administered in
harmony with business principles and
methods. Just government is econom
ical not wasteful ; frugal , not ex
travagant. An ounce of economy in
executive affairs is worth more than a
pound of revenue. More economy ,
through a judiciously organized and
efficiently directed departmental serv
ice , will bestow upon this government
and American citizenship far greater
benefits than more revenue. By the aid
of a completely classified service to
which there is no ingress , save through
competitive examinations by the
United States civil service commis
sion , the department of agriculture
the smallest and youngest of the ex
ecutive departments has demonstrat
ed the truth that the civil service
law , regulations and rules , vigorous
ly carried out , are the best forces for
economy yet tested in this form of
government. In four years' trial ,
from March (5 , 1893 , to March (5,1897 ( ,
of the merit sytsom more than two
millions of dollars were saved to
cover back into the treasury out of ap
propriations made during that period
for that department. And as employes
become more skillful , more oxpert'and
adept from experience in the service ,
the labor-cost of administration will
continue to decline. Thus it will be
easy to continue , proportionately
with the growth of the department of
agriculture , a reduction of expendi
tures and an enhancement of the value
of its work in behalf of that advanced
and successful agriculture upon which
all other callings depend for existence.
Sneeringly the practical politician de
nounces civil service reform as an il
lusion of doctrinaires , theorists
and school-men a theory from
Utopia. But what great movement
for the elevation and improvement of
humanity ever came from any other
than a F'scholarly or thoughtful
soxirco ? And can there be a more sin
cere tribute to the merit system in
the public service than its vitupera
tion by those who have no merit.
Only those political pirates who by
retrospection , introspection and pros-
pection are convinced that with a
firmly established merit system in the
civil service of municipal , state and
federal government their calling as
plunderers of the public has been
abolished , now openly denounce the
reform. Therefore , it will win its
way to greater victories for honestj" ,
economy and efficiency and its tri
umphs will be equally enjoyed by all
good citizens upon whom rest the re
sponsibilities and burdens of main
taining for this republic a government
' ' sell to man' '
ment which will no
and "will not deny to any man ,
either justice or right. "
Populists eulogize
POPULISTS. poverty as the
badge of merit and
a guarantee of honesty. And in their
platforms and prominciameutoes pop
ulists denounce capital. But a wise
man said : "Poverty takes away so many
means of doing good , and produces so
much inability to resist evil , both
natural and moral , that it is by all vir
tuous means to be avoided. "