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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
WORRY
A sure Starter Tor III Health.

Useless worrying "a form OF ner'
yonsnessl is Indirectly the result
Through the noryeO OF improper
feeding A furniture man Of Mem
phia says:
About a year ago was afflicted
with nervous spells, would Worry so
over trivial things.
Il went to consult one Of the best
physicians in Memphis and he asked
among many questions II I drank coi'
fee.
his advice was; Go 70 some pro
vision store and get box Of Postum
drink Il in place OF coffeo and as you
are confined TO Your desk TO great
extent Try and get out In the open air
as much as possible followed DIS
instructions regarding the Postum.
AT that time my weight was lAs
and was taking all kinds Of drugs
and medicines to brace me up, but all
failed; to-day weigh 1875 and all OF
my old troubles are gone, and all the
credit 10 due 10 having followed TINS
wise physicians advice and cut on tho
coffee and using Postum In Us place
~ now consider my health perfect
I am willing TO go before a notary
public and testify that II was oil due
to my having used Postum Ia place
OF coffee Name given BY Postum
Co. Battle Crock, Mich.
There's a reason for quitting the
drug.drink cnfiee. and there's rea'
son for drinking Postum Trial ~
days proves them all.
Look In each package for copy
OF the famous little book. The Road
70 Wellyille."
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
TOO Little Training for chlldr.n.


Neglect TO train children In some
useful employment is essentially an
American sin. They order things bet
ter in Europe. There every one must
know how TO do something. men and
women. pleboians and those OF the
blood royal. Tho present king Of
England is a bookbinder by trade and
served his apprenticeship Just like
anyone else. II 10 said that he can
do no mean Job yet. There are
prlnoesses who are dairymaids. cooks,
florists and the like. In this country
the idle youth develops into man
hood OF inoptitude and helplessness'
TO be tossed about on the waste wat
ers OF desolation. To prevent this It
may yet be necessary for the govern
ment to supply the deficiencies Of par
ents and guardians and make each
young man selt-supportlng.-Memph
Commerclal-Appeal.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

During the Siege Of Mafeking ono
OF the officers organized a concert, OF
"slngsong." TO keep up the spirits oil
tho men. He discovered, according "a
tho story as IL is told In "V. c." that
tho mon had cause enough for low
spirits. Hearing OF a sergeant in the
Highlanders who was a good per
former. he asked the man TO contrib
ute to the concert. I'm sorry, sir but
I cannot" ''why7" asked the officer
"You play some instrument. don't
you2" II did, sir" what was it,
1.-THE bones. sir; but I've eaten en-
Youths Companion.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
JUNE TINT BUTTER cOL0f
makes top Of the market butter.


In the days when Sir Gayan Duffy
was leading figure in Victorian poll
ties there sat in the Melbourne par
lament a wealthy but not wellin'
formed butcher. The chief secretary
OF the day was deprecating the att.
tude OF tho leader OF the opposition.
whose conduct was. he declared. worse
than Noro's. "Who was Nero?" inter.
jected the knight Of the cleaver with
equal scorn and sincerity. who was
Noro?" replied the delighted chief sec
rotary. "Tho honorable gentleman
ought to know Nero was celebrated
Roman butcher"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
WINDING ONES own BUSINESS,
One Of the Most Excellent Rules
Person Can Follow

Ono OF the MOST tNceNent hN'N'
Person Can Follow.
10 tell man to his face 20 mind
his own business would be considered
about equal to knocking him down. or
as the Frerehman saidi Horizon
talking his perpcndlculnrlty." And
yet It Is one OF the simplest rules
of right conduct and the most useful
that mankind can adopt In their In
tercourso with each other There Is a
great deal OF the Paul pry spirit In
tho human heart, or wonderful In.
qulsiuveness In regard 20 the personal
and private AFFAIRS OF friends and
neighbors. This spirit makes more
mischief than almost any other cause.
and creates more malice. envy and
Jealousy than can be overcome IN a
century. Let every man mind his
own business. and there will not be
half the trouble In the world that
there Is az present.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
Flaherman IN q Hole. .

A water pipe burst IN Province.
town, Mass, last week during the
night and made a ''porridge hole" IN
the street into which an early rising
fisherman unwlttingly walked and i'm.
medlately sank TO his shoulders. He
told someone little later that
'aomebody'd dug a hole in the street
and allied It with water, and got tho
benefit OF H."
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
GREW FROM A SWITCH,
Willow Tree In Maine that Had Inter
estlnn History.

The old willow tree at Fort Knox
cut down recently by W. p. Batchel-
der. has an interesting history u
stood on the john y, Pierce farm, sold
to the government Cor the site OF a
fort Seventy ave years ago last May
Ms. plorc1 wont ON horseback to Bel
fast one day on his way home nc
called ON Squire Sam shute, who kept
an inn at the place now known as
Stockton Springs. The old squire Kept
good old Medfurl forty years old, and
never doctorcd nor waterod. After re-
frcshirg himself with a drink OF this
Inspiring beverage Mr. Pierce had his
horse brought around. aud while wait
Ing Tor him walked over to a willow
tree and cut a small branch with
which TO encourage his stecd. On ar
rlying homo he threw down tho
branch and one OF the children TOOK
Il and stuck It IN the ground. II
quickly took root and from Il grew
this great tree. now Just cut down.
Lewiston Evering Journal.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

The gate herewith depicted is one
OF the sights OF the estate OF n we'll
known millionaire. Il "a made entire
ly Of agricultural implemonts--scythe,
flal, AK, bay rake. spade. pltohiork,
ets,-and ia an instructive object les
soa to all visitors to the estate. SO
Hhllfully has n been put together
that Il IS perfectly stable and an
aVers all the purposes for which 1t
was designed.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

/ tho unfortunate ones Little or no riah
need be run 4 ferana y kept N o..
aymptom OF catarrh taken ~ directed o.
the bottle.
Pcruna n safeguard. f. a proventn.
tive, n specific, n cure for all cases %
catarrh, acnte and chronic, coughs, ooldA
consumption. etc.
n you do not receive prompt and sesis
factory results from tho use OF perunA
write mt once 10 DIR. Hartman, giving q
full abatement Of your case, and 10 VIII
be- pleased 70 give you his valuAbls al
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President d
The Hartman sanitarium. Columbus
Ohio
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

An Interesting collection OF dental
tools. the history OF which can be
traced back more than two hundred
years, has been presented by Isaac r.
nan 70 the Bucks county (Pa) His
lorleal society. Tho instruments
were the property Of iIahon II. Hall.
he father Of tho donor, who died
lor'y years $50 at Tie ago o. eighty
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

The dimensions Of the perfect hand
are shown above. A signifies round
the lnuclSles; u, round the hand and
ball Of thumb; c. round the wrist; d.
length OF second finger; Il, length Of
first finger 10 fork of thumbi II.
length OF thumb from base TO tip. and
@, from wrist TO top OF little finger.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22

ment from which they will
never recover.
Unless you take the neG-
essnry precautions, the
chances arr that you fwho
read thia) will DO one OF
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-22
A PLAIN TALK
On a Plain Subject in Plain
Language.

The coming winter will cause at least
onehalf OF the women 70 have catarrh,
colds, coughs, pneumonia or c9nsump
their lives and tens OF thousands will
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30

Spain in 1898, resigned this post and
become licutonant-colonel of the First
United States yollnteor cavalry was
promoted to the colonelcy Of the regi-
ment, was in the fight ID Las
Guanimns nnd San Juan; was muster.
ed out with his regiment at Montaul,
Long Island, in September, 1898 ;
was nominated shortly afterwards as
the republican candidate for governor
Of New York, and elected in Novcm-
ber, 1898: was unanimously nominated
for vice president Of the United States
by the republican national convention
Of 1900 and elected; succeeded 10 the
presidency upon the death Of President
Mckinley, September IA, 1901.
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS.
a little more than ten years ogo
Charles Warren Fairbanks was hard
ly Thought Of as factor IN political
life Yet iu 1892 he was made chair.
man of the Indiana republican conven-
NANNf anu NNNN HNN. AaANNA lf N|.H 10
the entire vote Of his party iu the
legislature for the United States
scuatorship The vote, however, was
not large enough TO elect In 1897 his
election CAME, and scarcely seven
years aftlr his appearance IN In.
diana politics he was talked Of tor thc
highest honors in the gift Of the peo-
pie Of the United States.
Senator fuhblnks is a native Of
Ohio, having been born at Uniouvlllc
Center, that state in 1852 He was
graduated from Ohio Wesleyan uni-
ycrsity at thr agc uf 90 and began bis
career as q newspaper man. Through
the influence OF his uncle, william
Henry Smith, president of the Assoc
ciated Press an th't time, De sccur-
ed q position with that organization
at Piusbufg. He fogu1 time Go prac-
tics journalism and read law at the
same time, and soon after he became
graduate of law, bic ability secured
for him the position Of solicitor tor
the Chesepcak and Ohio railroad. His
success in corporation Law gave him q
wide reputation, aud 80 the lime Of
his election 20 the senate be was
known as one Of the most skilltBl rail
road attorneys and dnauciers Of the
west.
Soon afrr his election to the
senate. "a high compliment was mil
% Mr. Fairbanks by his appointment
as chairman of tho tnited States
branch Of tie Anglo-Americsn joint
/ high commission Tile questions
that the commission was expected
10 consider were Of the highest i'm.
1 p0rtlnce aud their nature was sucl
as 90 demand not gnly profound
knowledge Of law. but the theory
aud practice u diplomacy. Through.
out the trying negotiations Of tAe joint
high commission, Senator Fairbank,
conducted the case Of the I'm ted
States in uch way as TO command
/ the respect OF the British aud Canad.
. ian commissioners an 10 retain tlgil
cordial personal regard and goot
viii.
Mr. Ia rbauks home Is in ludian
'apolia Fe also occupies o largl
house 10 Massachusetts, avenue, Wash
iugt0n. when congress is in fcssiGu.
Mrs Fairbanks BE- one of the mos
prominent club women 100 the country
aud through that medium. is almo-
a. widely known as Ter distinguished
husband
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30
yq. u. Column
Cannot Deliver spIrItuous LIQUOR

Cannot Deliver Spirituous Liquor
For three years We have been trying
to get law prohibiting mail carriers
on h. r. d. routes from carrying
liquors. Just before congress ad-
iourncd | went to the Senate Post
Office committee to again urge action
before the postal bill should have
passed, but was advised to wait un.
Ill the bill should have passed and
then to see the postal authorities and
press my appeal This did, and
after considerable talk aud explanation
with clerks aud secretaries, | was
told that "when General---re-
turns, you would better see him, then
perhaps something can be done, T"
But | was not willing to wait until
this gentleman returned, and besides,
knew that there were men in that
great building who understood what
might be done / insisted that my
adviser should call up another depart
mcnt, and the reply over the tolo-
phone was o great surprise to him aud
"A delight 20 me- yes it said,
"that order Is now going out just
sending il today; good thing, too. a"
The secretary with whom I had been
talking declared, "woll, you got onto
this order br fore the department them.
solves knew of it," This is the order
Carriers are not permitted while
travelling their routes TO carry spirit
Gus liquors, oithor for themselves, for
sale, or for their patrons. The
secretary asked mo TO let our women
know Of this and to ask them to play
the part Of detectives, aud 10 Inform
the Washington postonice If in any
way the order is violated.
While this order is not all we de.
sire, as according TO a ruling Of the
| Supreme court beer is not considered
spirituous liquor sull this is a
good long step in the right direction,
! Iaud we shall hope that before long we
may have the word "into4 icating"
substituted, which will include beer
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30
THE OFFICIAL RETURNS
Complete Summary OF Votes Cas-,
OF Recent Election.

a oomlpete summary Of the votes
cast at the recent election has been
compiled by Secretary of State Dun
bar from the official returns filed with
him by the county clerks Of the var.
ious counties This summary shows
that the total number Of votes cast
In the entire state WIS 00,8l5.
Frank A. Moore, republican candi.
date for supreme judge, was elected
by plurality of 2i,2l1. His total
vote was 90, 0iG, and Thomas O'Day,
his democratic competitor, received
2s. 720. O. j. Bright, the prohibition
nominee, received 5,5ll, and G,ll0
yot's were cast for the socialist can
didat, G. c. Milk lson.
j. w. Bailey, the republican nomi-
nee for food and dairy commissioner
was elected by a, plurality even lar.
ger than that given to Justice Moore,
though his total vote was some 1000
less. Bailey received 49,, votes
$. NJ. Douglas, dem, l,53s, Ira W.
Berry. pro-, Ole, and N. Rasmussen,
SOC, G,008. Bailey's plurality was
2I, 2S3.
Congressman Williamson was re-
elected by plurality amounting to
1853. His total vote was "a, 1926,
while his democratic opponent, j. T..
Simmons. received l2,1i3 The so
cialist and prohibition candidates
received respectively 3,G7s and 3, 535
votes
In the first district BinPer Hermann
was reelected By plurality Of q. Sl3.
His vote was 2305O Robert NJ.
Yeatch, dem, received l1l57, and
the socialist aud prohibition candi
dates received respectively $500 aud
2s, 567.
The local option law carried by a
m jority Of 3,lls About SO per coat
Of the voters who went to the polls
voted either for or against the law,
showing the widespread interest in
the measure. The total vote for the
law was 1876, aud the vote against
il was 30, 1873
The majority in favor Of tbo direct
primary law was overwhelming,
amounting to So, The affirmative
vote was 90, 2Oj and the negative only
lG, 35l
Quite as decisive was tho vote on
the constitutional amendment, re-
lating to the state printers office.
The affirmative vote was 40. 33i aud
the negative vote only ], l03, giving d
majority Of 81, BOB
The republican majority in the next
Legislature will be even stronger than
IN the last, In tie senate there will
be- % republicans and democrats.
In the house the republicans will
number 80 aud the democrats 10.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30

Beveridge. The eloquent Indiana
statesman seconded Roosevelt's nomi-
nation in his usual masterful manner
He was followed by George a Knight
of California, who delivered one Of
the best, if nos the most eloquent
speech of the day. Then followed in
seconding speeches, Harry Stillwoll
Edwards of Georgia, Ex. Goyern-r
Bradley Of Kentucky, Joseph B. Col.
ton of Minnesota and Harry 5. Cum
mings, colored delegate from Mary
land.
A real ovation was given Mr.. Cum
mings as he closed Mr.. Cannon
then advanced to the front Of the ros.
tram at / 10 and announced the roll
call for nominations for the president.
The clerk began calling the roll by
states When Alabama responded with
her entire vote for Roosevelt there was
cheer. The states followed in al
phabetical order, and as each response
ended with the words Theodore
Roosevelt" " the cheering was renewed.
An effort was made by New Jersey
TO suspend further calling Of the roll
but the convection protested loudly.
Senator Plat, of New York, was on
/ his feet to mapke the announcement
for his state, aud when his state was
called the con nyention became epthusi'
astic at the announcement. Texas al
so got cheer, as g, 4. Boyton made
tine announcement for Roosevelt
Cklahoma's response was six yotc'
for the next state on the banner OF
the Republic.
Chairman Cannon announced at the
conclusion Of the roll call that Theo
dore Roosevelt had received the entire
vote Of the convention, g9l, aud it only
rema ned for him to announce his nom
iuation for the presidency by the re-
publican party.
The enthusiasm following the an
nouncement Of the chairman was OF
much briefer duration than that
which followed the first call, ti,
cheers not lasting over two minutts
Then Mr.. Cannon announced eth,
clerk will call the roll for prcsenta
tion Of candidates fsr vice. president
Alabama, called the clerk
Mr.. Hundley, Of Alabama, an.
nounced that his state desired e
waive is right in favor Of the state O
Iowa. This meant Senator Dolliye
WHO was to deliver the frst nominal
ing speech Of Senator Fairbanks.
Atl:g0 Dolliver concluded and th
mention of Fairbanks name wa
loudly cheercd Before Dolliyer hal
taken mis- seat Depbew was 90 lis Zee
70 make the seconding speech. whicI
was accomplished in bis usual smooth
suave style Of oratory. he was FOL
lowed by Forakei, who in turn va
followed by Pennebaker Of Pcnnsyl
yania, and former Senator Carter q
J. Montana.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30

made visit to Fort Meyer,
whore, in company with Chaplain
C. @. Pierce, / inspected every part
Of the elegant new post exchange
builling. The refrain, mine eyes
have seen the coming Of the glory Of
the Lord, kept ringing in my heart
as passed from room to room and
noted the many devices planned for
the amusement and the conyenioucs of
the soldier, aud contrasted this ex.
change which we helped to establish
with the small, dark, IN smelling
miserable place known as the canteen.
All army posts are TO DO provided
with such places TO help the men
overcome the sin which doth 50
easily besat them
Tho gymnasium. a beautiful room,
H. fttod up with every conceivable
appliance Tor physical development,
while the bowling alley in the base.
ment is one Of the finest to be found.
President Roosevelt, with his wife
and some Of the children, were in.
terestod and delighted visitors few
days before my visit, the president
trying with evident satisfaction the
many gymnastio devices, and oxclaim.
ing again aud again, "This is fine.
! The boys wanted TO try their h-.'ds
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30
Crowds Still Gather to Gaze at
the Pan OF Gold In the
Bank

Active prospecting is being carried
on Systematically in the Thompson
creek country, where the Briggs find
was made three weeks ago and new
comors are arriving daily. Miners on
foot aud with pack animals and
miners in private oonveyances and
public stages are headed for the new
diggiugs. Monday three stage loads
Of people left for Kerby aud Tuesday
the stage was crowded and many
private cunveyances were hired for
the trip, in fact, the livery stables
are taxed to their utmost to provide
rigs to take people to Holland, the
last point to be reached by wagon,
The parties, strange as it may seem,
are not made up of mostly Josephine
county people but they are from
Washington, Idaho, B:itish Colum-
bia, Northern and Southern Caliior.
MIA and Colorado, and still they are
coming daily. Medford is also out.
fitting many parties for the mines al.
though the Medford route is longer
and it is reported to us as being al
most impossible to travel with team
and in fact, some OF the parties have
turned back and come to Murphy
within seven miles of Grants Pass to
20 the Kerby route. Grants Pass is
he only practical outlet to all the
Sucker Creek territory.
Actual work on the Briggs strike
has stopped for the present in order to
bring a ditch around from the head of
Thompson creek to the ledge to supply
water for ground sluicing ana pud.
ding,
This dich will be about s70O feet
long and will provide ample water for
working the dirt, which, around the
strike, will go several d5llars to the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30
Worst Of all Exnsrisne,,

Can anything bo worse than to feel
that every minute will be your last?
Such was the experience Of Mrs S.
H. Newson, Decatur. Ala. "For
three years" she writes, ~ endured
insulferable pain from indigestion,
stomach and bowel trouble. Death
seemed inevitable when doctors aud
all remedies failed. At length was
induced TO try Electric Bitters and
the result was miraculous. / i'm.
proved at once ana now I'm COM
pletely recovered. 4" For Liver. Kid
uey, stomach and Bowel troubles.
Electric Bitters is the only medicine.
Only SOC. IT'S guaranteed by National
Drug Store and Grants Pass Phar-
macy
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-30
At bowling, aud they were promised

Mt bowling, and they were promised
an opportunity in the very near
future, when the presidents child
rem and the post children shall have
an afternoon together and try their
skill at bowling "
There is also shooting gallery in
the basement, and on the second 6oor
game.room, but gambling in every
form is absolutely prohibited. The
room desig mated "The Library" has
ample accommodation for many
books, but as yet few have material
lied, and there is wide open door
for philanthropic indi viduals and
societies to contribute standard as
well as other authors to these post
exchange Libraries at the different
army po' Is.
By the use Of folding doors, part OF
this room is designed for school
room, being provided with desks. A
number OF the men are taking a
special course in various branches of
study. There is well stocked store
and restaurant in the basement. and
fine lavatory adjoining the gym
nasium, where bathrooms with
shower baths, etc, are located, and 1t
is designed to have barber shop in
part OF this room. A small recep-
tion room where the men may receive
their friends, together with Offices.
etc, make up the balance Of room.
One million five hundred thousand
dollars appropriated by congress for
such buildings as these, and this at
the urgent and repeated call Of the
friends of temperance. Who can say
they have not the best interest Of the
soldier at heartl-Margaret Dye Ellis
/ In the Union Signal.