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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
IN The DISTRICT COURT
Of the United States for the South
ern District of Ohio. Eastern
Division.

jesse n. Hoyt, IN 's@Snh,nptcy. @ ,oI,
Bankrupt. ""' io'''
To the creditors of Jessie N. Hovt, OF Della
ware. in the county of De aware, and dis
trict aforesaid. bankrupt,
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
OF November. a. ID. 1903 the said Jesse ~
IIoyt. was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and
that the first meeting OF the creditors will be
held at my office. in Dclawar". ohio. on the
18th day OF December. A. ID. 1908. at O'Clock
In the forenoon. Mt which time the said credit
ors may attend. prove their claims, appoint
a trustee. examine the bankrupt. and trans
act such other business ms may properly come
before said meeting. Scheduled a sets tII1 90
exemption.
G. II. McELROY,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
December 4, A. u. 1908.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

joying the society of the multi-mil-
lionaires and imperalistic crown,
heads of Europe, dining with those
against whom criticism has been
most severe Now let the foo
friend>" and "peanut-pol ticiansn
who are endeavoring to PERSUADE
Senator Hanna to aspire to the Re
publican N minatiou for tn, presi-
drncy, b ware, lest the December
frosts blight their hop and they
meet defeat not only TO Themselves
but their party.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
Entertainment
At New Salem Church,

Miss Name Knode. an elocutionisi,
a gradu tie of the University of Ada,
will with her pupils give an ent. r
taiument at New Salem church. one
mile east of New Jerusalem, Satur-
dav evening. December 5.
Admission, under 10 years of age,
5 cents, over ten years 10 cents.
Every body invited.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

ATTORNEY GENERAL SHEETS knows
what he is talking about when he
urges the abandonment of the Ohio
Canal system, and the converting of
the banks into railroad beds. he
figures this would save $500 100 year
for maintenance of the canals, and
insure an annual rental of sS0O, 900.
General Sheets has d level head.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
COUNTY NEWS.
Bloom Center.


White. H can now rest awhile, and
Mr.. Man can lay aside his gun and
see if he will spend so many hours
per day at his busine,s s or avocatiun.
The oil we'll shot on the Hail
farm a short time ago did not prove
to be paving well, either oil or gas.
There is perhaps gas enough to ac-
commodate Mr.. Hall If he can bu
he r ght from the Company. Ii W 8
quite disappointment to those con
cerned. Think what a grand thing
it would be to have plenty of oil OF
gas near your farm.
Mr.. Edwin Hartman, from near
Misdlebu e, and family, stayed all
night with J w. Melvin last S.tur-
dav, sand visited hi. uncle, K J.
Smith.
Mr.. Ira Melvin, of Bellefon' a n
visited his father, James W. Melvin,
a few davs ago
Mr.. William Hammond and brother
bought corn shredder and will ac'
com modate you TO < rod clean jot
of husking If you will call on them.
Mr. William Dllrymple is hauling
logs to the mill: viii build barn on
his farm near b oomcenter.
Mr. p. A III Il has 4 car load of fine
steers that viii soon be ready for
market
Rev Dorwin Lippencott, of Iowa
son of c Irtis Lippencntt. preached
at Rum Greek last Sabbath for Rev
Mr.. Bigelow, pastor of the Ran
lC tx NJ. E. church. HIS discours,
was excellent.
Mrs. Anna LeFever, Mrs. D. Fl al
Miss Rosa Cole, Miss Blanche Cole
Mr.. Grover Gre glow, of L-wistown
took the train for Colum bus. Ohio, L
Ispend Thanksgiving.
The reunion of the Melvin famil,
was held at Thomas H. Melvin
IMaplewood, Shelby county. 4
Thanksgiving dinner was served
There were % members presen, an
five absent Clay Me vim and family
of Bellefoutaine: Ira Melvin, of Belle
fontaine; Worth Melvin ard fami' '
IF Quincy: Albert and family, nea
Quincy; W. b. Melvin and family, q
Maplewood; Clark Melvin and fam
lily, near Maplewood: James w. NJ.
vim and son Ira. and John W. Melvi
md family were all present. Agran
good time was enjoyed.
The oil well on James Hoover
farm has considerable oil in it, bu
not much gas.
The vel at T. ]. Wright's is nc
: yet completed, but they say prospect
are good.
II Uncle Soloman CARING is quit
feeble. He is in btd most of tn
time.
Mr.. Floyd Bixler accidentally sho
of the end of his thumb last wee
while hunting. He was setting hi
gun down beside log, struck III
hammer and discharged it. He ha
been suffering considerably, hut W
hope it is not going to cripple him.
Mr.. r. II. Riirdon's son, Wilber
. who is running livery stable at Me-
Brennan, was married a few day
: ago.
III The snow storm of Saturday an
Sunday fe,t quite winterish.
Mrs Edwin Nichols, of B'oomcer
ter, is quite poorly againfwith lu1
j. trouble.
; The statement made by the Inde
. that the Commissioners would de
nate six turk Us for the Thanksgi,
. ing dinner at the Infirmary may b
: all right, but they didn't look large
b an good sized chickens
The Infirmary Board terders the
thanks for all favors of tn it kin
sent to the home. DAGo.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

THE Marion Daily Star has entered
upon its twenty-seventh volume and
the twentieth year of its present
management. 1t is owned by Lieuten-
ant Governor-elect Harding, and
whoever edits it makes it one of the
best papers in the State. Nay its
years of prosperity be long con-
tinued
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

ASSOCIATIONS are being organized
in New York and Chicago to fight the
Unions. There are 1000. COO unis n
N n in the United States and as they
regard the ''open shop policy as the
first step toward an attempt to kill
the unions it will probably mean
the bitterest fight that has ever becn
fought between capital and labor.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
HOpewelI.
The trees In the autumn mind nestle.
The night Is humid and cold"

luc tfte> iu tnc autumn htoAAtT
The night Is humid and cold.'
To come down from poetry to every
'ay life, we will soon have no trees
for the wind to rustic through. All
the timber on Mrs. Harry Horns lard
has been sold for wood, to Keller 4
Dowell.
Harry Dowell has gone to work for
C. C.arxe Morrison in Stokes township.
Fred Hoge, our rural mail carrier,
mas r.-signr d, and Warren Williams
is d 10 be the next in line for the
po ION.
Mr.. J hn Shick is serving on the
jury, this week.
Roy Richards has been home from
AkI on, the past week.
Our school had a vacation from
Wednesday till Monday, and was dis
missed on Tuesday to allow the
5, houl board time to have the flue
fixed gu the school hause.
Harry Hale Is planning another
trip to North Dakota.
All are eniu, ing this fine winter
weather.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

Hon. Harry NJ Daugherty, the well
kuoEn attorney politician of COlum-
bus, has been in a Cincinnati hospi-
tai for several weeks for an injury
to his eye. The loss of his sight was
feared, but the doctors say it will in
time be fully recovered He has re-
turned to his home.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
Saturday
Specials.

: 5000 yards bieached
muslin. soft finish, free
from starch. at SC a {
{ yard. \
5000 yards best Am. {
oskeag teaslvdOwn fan
nelette, dark or light, at {
} Gag.
: 1000 yards good quail.
I ity outing flannel, dark (
or light. at Sc.
{ 5000 yards hest :
apron gingham at sc a
yard
5000 yards choice
I styles dark percale at
&c
\ 1000 yards red and
/black figured prints at
y Sc. I
{ 80 dozen ladies' fast ]
black fleece lined hose
at Sc a pair.
6O dozen mems QUO
ribbed fieeced under
weerd all sizes at 25c a
garment. =
20 dozen mems heavy
gray merinO shirts and
drawers at 15c, big sizes
onlv.
10 dozen ladies' fan.
nelette night robes
| priced at 45c. Compare
them with what you are
| asked 75c for elsewhere.
10 dozen of our ST
quality ladies' flannel
cite night robes at 79c.
10 dozen of the $1.25
quality at SSc.
10 gross engineers
| and firemen's tar soap,
big size, at SC a bar.
80 dozen readymade
f1annelette underskirts
at 25c each.
II 80 dozen ladies' black
} merceriZed petticOats at
IL 75c; compare them with
| goods sold at ST..
" 1000 yards best table
I oilclOth at 1Oc a yard
| Z 500 yards of 1Oc linen
tOweling at 7c.
4 rs dozen merceriZed
napkins. n regular S1.5O
| quality, for ST..
II 60 dozen mems cheviOt
work shirts double back
\and front at 42c; they
better than any Soc
N garment that you ever
| 2bouaht.
IL 100 dozen mems,
| >wOmen's and children's
" fleece lined mittens at
I\9c a pair.
~ 20 BRUSSELS rugs IL
Is yards long, to close at
X 75c.
Il so pair good weight
IL 1O.4 cotton blankets at
I> SOC.
IL We willretail you any
| } amount of the above
IL goods but will not sell
X to dealers.
- III M. ANNAT,
- Bellefontaine, o,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

THE bodies of thirty private SOL
diers who lost their lives in the Phil
lippines were brought to Washington
and inferred with impressive cere-
mony in the National cemetery at
Ar,inpton-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

OGDEN Armour's profits for Tues
day were $4,000. He ''scalped" the
market and threw 6, ,o0O, 900 bushels OF
wheat upon the market clearing 8!
cents on every bushel. He is known
as the king of the Chicago wheat pit
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

CHARLES Coz. assistant postmaster
at Rockland, Washington county,
has been sentenced to 13 months in
the penitsntiary for opening two reg
istered letters, one containing $40, the
other s27.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale
of any medicine In the civilized word. Your
mothers and grandmothers never thought Of
using anything else for Indigestion or Bilious
ness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom
heard of Appendicitis, Nervous Prosiration
or Heart Failure. etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigesled food. regulate
the action of the liver. stimulate the nervous
and organic action Of the system. and that Is
all they took when feeling dull and bad with
headaches and other aches. You only need a
dose OF Green's August Flower, In liquic
form, to maze you satisfied there IS nothing
serious the matter with you. You can get thi
reliable remedy Mt
Gilbert N. Fraxer's.
Price &c and &c.
| sin Spain the daily wage of field Iabo
ranges from 20 to - cents without board.
Gunther's Cand es, fresh from Chi
cago, at Frazer's drug store.
| Ladies' B .gs and Purses in grea
variety at Frazer's drug store.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
Pretty Good Job.

John r. Malloy, Inspector for the
Second district, inspected 34i, ,454 bar
rels of oil last year, cole citing for
the work fees aggregating s17, ,45s 2s.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
8 g 8 6 8
Have YOU paid for your Republican,

PROFESSOR Borden D. Bovine, of
Boston University, has been charged
with heresy, and will be tried by an
ecclesiastical court of the Methodist
church
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
GRAIN MARKETS, kELLAR DowELL
The Western Ohio
Real Estate and Loan Co.

hSoA kStobS ouu AVou SOs
W. A. Grsffort, Manager @ years experience
in the real estate and loan business.
SIDNEY LOOK BON 72.
DEGRAFF HEADoUARTERs. Rooms 1 and
Taylor Building.
BELLEFoNTAINE HEADQUARTERS. A.
Emmons. Agent Room 2, Empire Block.
Local Agents In As Counties.
II you want IN buy or sell n farm. town
property or business OF any kind, or o"rrow
No ab tract rquired: Write US and our
fidential.
gan and shelby countie, western Ohio. No
| be the one TO suit
FARM BUYERS READ THE FOLLOWING
Special bargains for November and Decem-
Der.
100 acres miles from DeGraff !; black land
balance equally as good, 20 acres timber
pasture. fn- large dwelling, driven well
and large barn Price s65 per acre and
leo acres Q miles from DeGran. no fine.
| farm In Logan county. running wa
ter. buildings, cost 6, QUO, SIS per acre. long
| time.
40 acres . miles from Lewistown. u hlack
land and bu ldings. $50 per acre. $500 Al
100 acres miles fr'm DeGraff. y black land
fair buildings, $50 per acre, = of the
amount can be pail In 10 annual pay.
ments.
% acres II mile from good creamery In Lo
gan connty. y corn land. y wheat y gras.
and timber. plenty of water for stock. 90
per acr-, u OF this amount In payments
rs acres miles from Bellefontaine gooS
| buildings. a fine wheat aud grass farm
| $40 per acre and terms TO suit.
| 90 acres 81 miles from Bellefontaine I'm,
| corn farm. l. la high state of cultivation
fine buildings. $50 per acre. good time
100 acres mlle- from sidney, good bu ldfngs
corn farm, $40 per acre.
40 acres miles from Quincy, good buildings
corn farm, $40 per acre.
los ares miles from sidney. fine buildings
stock and grain farm. running water, s.
per acre, good time.
100 acres milesfrom Rushsylvania. 30 acr,
timber. balance in ruitivation. fine corr
and wheat farm, large dwelling and barn
running water. $45 per acre.
10 acres miles from Maplewood, all blacl
land, good dwelling. s65 per are.
40 acres mi es from DeGraf, fine buildings
| high state OF cultivation, SIS per acre.
| 90 bbi steam flour MILL fest mill In Western
| Ohio. IL In a Western Ohio town of 9 r. X.
600. Will exchange for ,rm.
$500 dry good store In a Western Ohio towr
| of2 X. r., will trade for farm. This stool
| IS new and clean and doing a 5000 year
| ly business.
| We have 100 other farms in Western Ohic
and several buinesss openings which are
money makers.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
Some of the new games,
Finch, Panic and Bourse.
Frazer sells them.

Lancaster Almanscs for 1904 for
sale at Frazel's drug store.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04
QUESTION ANSWERED.

Appendicitis insurance policies are issued
in England at 81 - year for every 500.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

A choice line OF Teachers Bibles
and Books, OF all kinds, at Frazer's.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

Gunther's Cand es, fresh from Chi
cago, at Frazer's drug store.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

q In Spain the daily wage of n field labor
ranges from 20 to - cents without board.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-04

Ladies' B gs and Purses in great
variety at Frazer's drug store.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
THE KAlsER's WORDS.
They VIII Make Him Famous in This
Country IF Not in Germany.


Every man of ambition who has fig
ured in the public eye likes to have
his name go down to posterity linked
with some striking and original say
ing. When we think of Nelson the
words Don't give up the ship come
quickly to mind while the words Let
us have peace" are inseparably linked
with the name of the great and silent
commander of the Union army. Elan
nigan, of~Texas,' itnmortalized himself
with the locanic query, What are we
here for?''
No one ever thought Of Emperor
William of Germany as a silent mon
arch. He is fond of saying things.
He is strenuous and industrious in for
ensics. But the kaiser has at last said
something that promises to live. 1t is
so far above the commonplace level of
his daily utterances that it is destined
to go laundering down the corridors Of
the Rhine.
After looking the whole world over
and studying the people Of all lands
he finally exclaims: "Only Americans
meet my wants!"
1t was while dining recently with the
officers Of one of his favorite Sileman
regiments that the emperor gave Ut
terance to these words that promise to
make him the most famous of the
HOhenZollerns. No doubt this senti-
ment was not new to the mind of the
emperor. On many previous occa-
sion he was doubtless tempted to give
public expression to that which had
become deep-seated conviction. But
he restrained himself
At last he makes bold acknowledge
ment of his belief that only in Amer
lea does he see anything worthy of i'm
itation. This will make England mad.
1t will displease France. It will dis
gust Russia. But it confirms the
worldwide impression that the kaiser
is the greatest monarch in Europe
Chicago Record Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
West Had Long Warning
of the Coming Floods
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. June 27.-The re-
cent floods which have done so much
untold damage in this and other Mid
die Western centers have not been
suddenly precipitated upon u.s. For
two or three months past. as far. back
as March. there were reports current of
high water. Few realized what these
reports meant, except the jewellers on
the banks of the Mississippi and it's
tributary streams.
Two months before the present time
the high water mark was three feet
higher than during the dreadful foods
of 1897.
Long before white men traversed the
waters of the Missouri, Indian jewellers
along it's banks were accustomed to
and discounted the June rise by NOV
Ing onto higher ground weeks before
the Hood became probable.
Flood upon flood has devastated the
regions contiguous to these rivers, and
yet no proper provision seems yet to
nave been made to prevent such la
mentable occurrences as those recently
chrOnicled.
What would have been one Of the
most devastating floods recorded had
there been at that time the crush of
population on the banks, happened in
1881 at Frenchman's Point. Mo. At
this spot the river narroWS to a width
Of $50 yards, flowing between high
banks, and with curve in the center
OF the canon. At this curve the down
ward rush of the fce-filled waters was
sufficiently inpeded to allow the low
temperature to CONCEAL and cement the
huge masses of ice into a great DAM
This obstruction grew with what it fed
upon until it was at least 100 feet high
and a mile or more in length. The
country above was comparatively low,
except for the bluffs at Poplar river:
soon the current was checked entirely,
the stllled waters froze Instantly, and
IN due time a reverse movement was
made necessary. The primal cause of
the Hood was to be found on the far
ON j emerson. Madison and Gallatin
rivers, the sources of the Missouri, and
lying on the south of Poplar river.
On those streams the temperature was
way above freezing point, and had been
Tor weeks, the breath of the chinook
winds, through the gorges of the Rock
les, the Selkirks and the Cascades,
having melted the ice between the
banks and the huge fields of snow that
lay around and above them.
IN those days means of communion
ton with the East were limited. and
news from Montana and Dakota was
briefly told and much delayed; while
the extent of country to be covered
prevented any accurate estimate of
losses to life and property. 1t is a
conservative estimate that fifty IN
dams, half-breeds and white, and 10
900 head of cattle and ponies were
drowned. Had such a flood come to
settled country it would not have
wrought disaster only-it would have
meant humiliation.
Old-tlmers relate what happened to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
America Must Preserve ~
Its Wasting Powers

the most marked industrial movements
of the next ten years.
THE factors yhieh promote increasing
applications Of efeetrochemistry are cheap
and accessible pbW&r, experimentation ON
semi industrial scale, men with heads
full of ideas and -inventiveness in ap.
plying them to the Industrial needs OF
the country, more research companies and
further cultivation of The beneficent re-
suits of our society meetings.
By thus doing, cheap raw material will
be converted by the electrochemists into
valuable products with constantly increas-
ing ease and constantly decreasing cost
and thus electrochemiStry will achieve its
great raison d'etre, by increasing minis
tering to the needs, the comforts and the
pleasures of life. and thus 1T will become
an increasing important factor in social
progress wa ~t tIN
In spite of what the experimental cleo
trochemists are doing there can be no
doubt that Prof. Richards has hit upon
vital discrepancy in our present system
and that the sooner it is remediem the
sooner we shall go ahead of other coup-
tries in electro chemical discovery.
An electro chemical chair in univer-
sity would be vastly different matter
to an experimental department in man
ufacturing plant, where only trade Sc
crets are, naturally, sought, which are
not usually developed pro bono publico,
hut for the interest or the firm involved.
Again, in such laboratories experiments
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
A TOWN OF sauATTERs.
A California Place Which Is Composed
of 1000 of Them.

AS showing that a community may
get along very well, though business
men and citizens generally have no
title whatever to- the real estate on
Which they live or transact their af-
fairs, a recent development in Califor-
MIA bears witness. r3J3 n.
The town of Needles, comprising
some 1900 or 1000 people, has been in
existence over twenty years. 1t is not
the most desirable place of residence
| IN the world, being located in, the
| desert, where the temperature during
the dog days reaches lis in the shade.
Nevertheless it is the end of two divf-
sions on the Santa Fee road and it is a
commercial center in a small way.
There are stores, hotels, shops and
saloons. People have been born there
and grown up there. But up to a few
days ago not a soul in the town had
any title, either freehold or leasehold,
to an inch of land in the district.
The situatioH was one of the anom-
allies of town building in the far West.
The section Upon which Needles is
built was part-of0the land grant which
fell to the Atlantic & Pacific road. The
settlement of the place was haphazard.
and most of the settlers had small idea
of remaining after the railroad had
been pushed through to the coast.
Hence they bothered little about titles.
A man who had built shack sold
it to somebody else and the purchaser
assumed proprfetorship without know
ing or caring whether the seller had
the right to dispose of it.
AS the town grew and the land
iY7n sol ~
the land belonged to the railroad COM
pany, but by that time the matter had
been complicated by the fact that the
southern Pacific had acquired the At
lantlc & Pacific rights, so that occu-
pants of property of Needles found
| themselves unable, to secure title to
their holdings. Thus the matter rested
for some years.
Two or three weeks ago a committee
| OF residents of Needles went to San
Francisco and held a conference with
the authorities of the Pacific road. The
ohclals realized that it was a case for
| equity rather than an enforcement of
the letter of the law, and an amicable
agreement was speedily reached.
The whole district comprising the
| town of Needles and it's environs was
sold to the committee for $43.OOO-ex-
ception being made of the land occu-
pied by the railroad shops, round
houses and other buildings. This pur-
chase price is to be apportioned out
among the various occupants Of. the
land, who will be given deeds as soon
as the money is paid. Title will. thus
be established after lapse of over
twenty years.
Probably it is the first instance in
this country where community so
extensive has lived for so long a time
by. virtue of "sauatter's rights" That
such an episode nis possible demon
strates that though land may be the
foundation of an values legal title to it
is not absolutely Essential to building
up thriving otown.-Chicago Chron-
icle.