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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
A Letter Prom Oregon.
Turner, Oregon Dec. 18th,

Editor Morgan County REPUBLICAN,
As requested by you I will drop you
few lines for your paper as some of the
old Morgan County people would like to
hear from w. We are 60 miles South
from Portland and , miles South of
Salem, the Capitol, at Turner. Marion
County. Oregon, in the Willamette
Valley. This is California improved
with . little. ore rain. -.
Our timber here 10 principally oak and
fir measued FIR pole ON the fence this
morning, it was 4 inches at the but
and 2 inches at top, and was AZ feet
long. Now il you don, believe this ask
James Hatfield, ~ he lived here several
years ago. aud know he can prove il
by John II. Snorgrass. There is plenty
Of FIR trees here feet through. It keeps
warm here and grass green aud nice.
have eaten b ack berries of of the briars
since came here. Strawberries in
bloom, flowers in bloom. What do you
think the little Lawyer" would do with
a coon up one of>-our big fir trees s feet
through and ,0) feet high, wheu he
backed up to it. There il no possums
here and no Negro to roast his coou.
Well { ain beginning to get like the
"little lawyer"
When l left Versailles weighed 10
lbs. and to-day weigh IS1 lbs. So you
can see am having my health. We
have fine nei lhbors. They brought
four wagons when my car arrived and
helped ME move and would not take
anything Tor their help, 50 you can see
they do not aim to bleed lnsu to death
the krst day here. We do not lack for
scenery. From here you can see eight
snow caps; three in Washington. Mt
Rainier. 1852 feet. Mt Adams, 1910
feet, Mt. st. Helena 9,75o feet. Five in
Oregon: Mt. Hood. i.2B feet; Mt
Jefferson, 1920 feet, and the three
sisters South Peak) l0.200 feet. There
are more in Oregon but not in sight Of
here. Good water and land and plenty
of fruit. There was bushels Of prunes
went to waste for want of help and
driers. aud plenty Of apple, going to
waste and can't get cars to ship their
lumber to market. There seems to be
4 shortage of cars every where. Land
here is like there. runs from t.O to SOU
per acre Turkeys I7Hc gross and
lpXc net, chickeus live I2Hc; eggs @Oc
per dozen; butter 2Oc per III. hogs &C
per lb.. pork INC; catte ~ to 3Kc;
cows $40 to $40; horses run from 500 to
$3.50 per span. for very heavy horses
sheep from 81 10 IS a i.<sd: goats @
to 5. per head; wheat Csc; oats BIC;
-four $50 to ~ 20: bran fl7, shorts $is
pei toa. All gwden truck does well
hire.
| Cabbage weigh II to I, H.. eauliAowes
e aud ID. fine carro;e. rutsbagas
turmips aud beets, omiuas and potatoes
Potatoes ase Sc pr busissl. I hope tn,
l:.litor aud his family are safely hous sed
IN verasiiles by this time.
Yours Rcspty..
q. W. HAaagS.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
Mrs. P. J. Foroault Dead.

Mrs. p. J. Forcault, who with her
husband, Of Pittsburg, Kan, came
here last week u visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Morrow, died al
their home Monday afternoon. She
leaves an infant daughter and hus.
hand, parents and friends to mourn
her sudden departure. A good par,
OF her life was spent in Versailles,
where she had host o! friends.
Funeral rervices were held the Nor.
row residence at 1:@ O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. Iotermeut in
the City Cemeteey.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20

The eloc ,tionary entertainment
given by Miss An, ic Lewis Sims, Of
this city, at the Opera House Mon
day evening, proved one N the most
pronounced successes that We have
had for long time, in tact there has
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15

the private preserves OF another candidate.
Great guns. how the csndidate-maker did
howl then. How the men who for six
years have thumbed up and thumbed down
as he beat out the time did Join In the
chorus, not pausing for one moment TO re-
hect that York county was TO have pri-
mary election this year, for the particular
purpose Of settling the senatorial question
and instructing the delegates to the state
convention how to vote on senator-thus
placing them beyond the power Of SEN
ator Conway to trade of" or even in
huence in the slightest degree.
The result was that the primary Sc
lected the man who will receive the sup
port of our delegates for senator, and
the county conventions most enthusias-
tically endorsed Senator Conaway for gov
ernor. That laid the ghost that killed the
bogey man, so far as this county Is con-
cerned, but now papers like the Fremont
Tribune have taken up the cry. doubtless
honestly believing the hogwash printed
by the candidate maker down at Lincoln
some weeks before.
Senator Conway is now before the peo-
pie with clean record and upon plat
form which is but an echo Of the cry Of
the people for certain much-needed re-
forms. He stands fatty for an elective
railway commission, an anti-pass law, the
direct primary and the eradication of the
state debt by suggested economies in the
administration of the affairs of state in
stitutions. While he does not find 1t nee
essary to slander and abuse the present
state officials, trusting the opposition to
do that Job thoroughly. he does say that
he Is with the people, and he has some
n
a reason why he should be made gov
ernor.
The paper which has reserved to itself
alone the right to select issues and can
didates in Nebraska this year has put
forward a platform which contains a num-
Der Of good things, but It has failed TO
propose one law which would be of in
estimable benefit to the state-a law
which would provide for the instant sus-
pension Of a newspaper which brazenly
and deliberately ISLANDERS one candidate
in order to strengthen another of it's own
choosing.
At present the paper in question is
gleefully clipping editorials from the pens
of editors whom It has slyly mislead, thus
paradng the lie twice before the people
In this year of all years, right at a time
when the people of Nebraska are going
in earnestly for higher political ideals
and cleaner methods, it is a pity that
there is no way in which such a character
assassin can be made to either cease his
yaping or bring forward some slight
morsel of fact by way of excuse or justi-
| hcation.
A "put-up-or-shut-up" law is badly
needed in Nebraska.
With malice toward none but the con.
stitutionally malicious and witA charity
for all who understand the meaning OF
the word, am truly yours.
G. w. BEMIS, JR.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
BACK TO OLD HOME FOR BURIAL
Joseph n. O'GOrman Laid TO Rest in
Holy sepulcher Cemetery
Saturday.

Joseph r. O'Gormsn was laid to rest at
Holy Sepulcher cemetery on Friday. He
was up till a few months ago in apparent
robust health and his death was a great
shock TO his many friends in the commun-
ity Mr.. OGorman was a devout Cath
olic and received all the rites of the church
His death was peaceful He was a mem
ber of Mobile council of knights of Co.
lumbus of the Modern Woodmen. Wood
men OF the World and Ancient Order OF
United Workmen, the Catholic Knights Of
America and Ancient Order OF Hibernians,
the Young Mems Institute and the ST. Vim
cent De Paul society. Much of his time
was given up to the work of these fra
ternities. He was a resident Of Mobile for
the last eleven years, having gone there
from Omaha. In 1899 he took charge of the
Mobile Catholic cemetery, which post he
was filing when overtaken by his fatal ILL
ness last month. Previous to going TO
Mobile he had been for FIVE years a MEM
Der OF the Omaha police force. and is we'll
recalled by older members of the force and
by the citizens as a faithful and Jealous
officer. He was at one time champion
sprinter of the force. To mourn his death
he left wife, sister who is in the Poor
Claire convent in Omaha, and a sister and
brother in Canada, where he was born in
1862
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
YOUNG MAN HANDY WITH RAZOR
Makes TweIve-Inch Cut in
the Back of Curran
McDermOtt.

Curran McDermott. aged p. known as
Pete McDermott, and living at 1917
North Eighteenth street, was taken to the
police station in the patrol wagon early
Sunday morning with a slash more than
twelve inches long down his back, which
he received at the hands of a young man
with a razor at Seventeenth and Daven-
port streets at 1:SO O'Clock. Young Nc
Dermott asserted he did not know who his
assailant was and that there was no provo
cation for the assault
McDermott had been at a dance at the
Creighton hall with several companions
and was returning home when the party
met two other young men. one OF whom
was intoxicated. No words were passed,
II is asserted, but a fight began and one OF
| the two newcomers drew razor and. after
making two preliminary cuts which only
pierced the coat, gave a slash which cut
the skin almost all the way down Nc
Dermott's back, penetrating the muscles
| for a short distance.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
The GentIe CrnIc.

Good advice seldom profits a man as
much as a good scare
pessimist is a man who loves himself
for the enemies he has made.
The average mans aim in life depends
largely on the size of the target.
BY the time a man feels that he can af-
ord to marry, he doesn't want to.
II is quite natural that skeptic should
hyme with dyspeptlc.
1t is possible for a man to have too many
friends, but It takes him a long time to
realize It.
Most marriages are prompted by the
fear that some other fellow may get the
girl.
Live bait always catches the most fish.
II you are fishing for compliments you
must bait your hook with one.
Love is blind, and II may also be a case
OF dumb luck.
All the worlds a stage and most of us
must be our own press agents.
girl with a new engagement ring al
ways regrets that she isn't left handed.
II you want to hatter a woman you must
begin by telling her that you know she
isn't susceptible to fiattery.
The intricacies OF life should have no
terrors for a woman, when we consider
that she can comprehend the description
of a dress pattern-Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
West Amber.

Frank Potter had a telephone put Into
his home the last OF the week.
Mr.. Carlson had a large crop OF oats
which he cut for hay the last of the week.
Mark Morton of Colorado has been a
guest of old neighbors and friends here
the last week.
Clarence Darling has been assisting +.
Potter In paper hanging for Mr.. Johnson in
East Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. William carp entertained
their mother and brother from Canton
street the first of thu week.
Albert Faverty on the sick list
Thursday and had TO quit work on the
new Chicago & Northwestern hotel
Mr.. Shearer of East Amber is breaking
in the horse which he recently purchased
and will soon have a fine roadster.
The Electric Light company has in
stalled arc lights across Forty eighth
street TO Lawrence from Center street
Marion FavCrty. jr., has completed his
work out on Mr.. Anthony's farm and Is
tackling the corn and potato crop at home.
Congratulations are in order over the
wedding OF John Mcllvaine TO Miss Isabel
Nichols, which occurred Thursday, July u.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wallace and son
Merrill were guests OF Mrs. Wallace's par
ents Mr.. ana Mrs. l. Syas, Monday and
attended the social
Edward Parrotte of Park avenue at
tended the ice cream social Monday even
| ing and lent harmony TO the singing by
his Ticn tenor voice.
| The city bridge gang has lumber on the
ground 10 build a new bridge on Forty
sixth and Francis street, where the big
| washout was caused by the heavy rain a
| few weeks ago
Mrs. j. z. Aughe entertained her old
| West Point friends, Mr. and Mrs. Eugent
Krause, Wednesday. They are en- route
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
HERO OF THE KEARSARGE
How Turret Captain Rooster Died
After the Explosion on the
BattIeship.

The story of the death OF hero, an en-
listed man of the navy who, although
mortally injured. wanted to go to the as
sistance OF perlshing comrades, and whose
delirium during the period between the
time he was injured and the time he died
was confined solely to carrying out his
duties, has just reached Washington
through the naval officers who witnessed
IT, II was on the battleship Kearsargo, in
ManEanillo bay, in April, when two or
three hundred pounds of smoke!ess powder
became ignited with the forward l3-inch
gun turret, killing nine men. There were
many heroes that day, both among tho dead
and living, but the case of Turret Captain
to those who saw.
Target practice for that day had been
finished and the crew of the forward turret
were cleaning things up. Koester was
directing the extraction of unexploded
powder Of an undischarged shell from the
breech OF the gun. Three sections Of pow
der were on the floor. A pair OF iron she'll
tongs struck an exposed electric switch
There was a short circuit" of a powerful
current, a fusing of metal. and molten bits
of fire dropped on the exposed powder.
Koester was badly burned. Somehow ne
managed to get out of the turret, but no
sooner was he outside than he wanted TO
go back In to help those who were still
there. An ensign ran forward. His first
words to Koester, standing there siRhtlAss
and dying with clothes and flesh burned
away. were: Don't touch yourself
Koester was doing his best 10 keep on with
his work.
| I'm hurt bad" said he. but I'm not
saying anything"
| Butter and lard were brought up from
below and applied TO his awful wounds
/ Koester was taken TO the sick bay and
! laid on a cot. He became delirious and II
was evident that he was going TO die. The
attendants, busy with other wounded
listened TO him.
With voice just as clear and sharp as II
| had been a few minutes before when the
Kearsarge went bounding through Man.
zanillo bay. with the big ls-inch gun blaz
ing away at the target, Koester was put.
ting his crew through target practice.
Bulls eye-a beauty" he called as hi.
delirious brain saw a shell hit the distant
target. Bulls eye." he sang out, again
Bully work" One by one Rooster counted
many hits. He reached nineteen ''buIl,
eyes" and added a word OF encourage
| ment.
Twenty shots and twenty hits Hurraf
for the Kearsarsel" and Rooster threw III
his arms and died.-New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15

to spend their summer vacation AZ Their
old home In Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Aughe attended the Ice
cream lawn social az Commander Rem
wick's In South Omaha Tuesday evening
which was given by the Relief Corps fot
the beneht OF Phil Kearney Grand Army
OF the Republic Post.
The Ladies Aid society will meet al the
home OF Mrs. Ormsby, Fifty-hfth and Con.
ter streets on Thursday, July l9, to quit
all day. The hostess will be assisted by
her committee, Mrs. Henderson. Mrs.
Shandy and Mrs, +. Bonewitz.
Mrs. NJ. Emory and daughter. Miss Ethel,
arrived from New Jersey on "Wednesday
to spend the summer with her parents,
Rev and Mrs. X. NJ. HENDERSON, and sis;
ter Mrs. Nelson Pratt. Mrs. Emory viii
be remembered here by many friends as
she visited here four years ago.
The ice cream social given by the Ladies'
Aid society at Woodman hall Monday even-
ing was a decided success, socially as well
as financially over 100 friends were gath
cred and a short patriotic program was
rendered Little Florence Cavender OF VIM
ton street gave "The Gallant Grand Army
OF the Republic" in a pleasing manner
Rev Mr.. Stambaugh Of South Omaha gave
'The Ladies' Aid" and Mrs. Stambaugh
'The Soldier Asleep at Picket" in her
pleasing manner The proceeds for Ice
cream and cake were about s6l.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
FAcKLER STARTS ROUGH HOUSE
NeiEhbors Interfere with His Efforts
TO Use Revolver on His
wife.


The approach OF the first anniversary Of
their wedding was celebrated in a most
disorderly manner by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fackler at their home 612 South Eighteenth
street early Saturday evening. and instead
of the usual peace. good will and exchange
of well wishes the occasion was made one
Of bloodshed riot and threatened murder.
Incidentally the residents of the neighbor~
hood. seated on their front porches enjoying
the cool Of the evening, found themselves
the witnesses of an encounter between a
man with a revolver and a woman, the
latter later reinforced by two other men.
Mr. and Mrs. FRckier were married July
q. 1906 but all did not go well. Saturday
evening Fackler went home about 1880
oclock in an intoxicated condition, and as
related to the police by his wife, picked
quarrel with her With the remark,
We'll, l might as we'll put a stop to this
right now" he turned to his coat, which
he had removed and hung on the wall, and
took a revolver from a pocket.
Mrs Fackler saw the gun in her hus-
bands hand and Immediately set upon him
to wrest II from his grasp. Being a wo-
man OF goodly proportions she succeeded
and then ran out of the backdoor and
around to the front of the house, the man
after her She threw the revolver to the
ground and II was picked up by neigh
Dor, who pummeled Fackler severely on the
head with 1t, inficting a number of scalp
wounds. During the fight between Fackler
and the neighbor the gun was again thrown
to the ground and Mrs. Fackler, picking
it up, started to run back into the house
The husband pursued. letting his male
antagonist go. when she slyly slipped the
weapon to the ground and then called tc
the gathered crowd to get 1t. 1t was picked
up and held for the police by II. S. Munte-
fering. 622Is South Nineteenth street.
Active hostilities came to end at this
juncture and the patrol wagon with police
men was soon on the scene. One Of the
witnesses of the exciting conflict was Mrs
! Packers 11-year-old daughter, Edna,
bright and pretty child. who ran back and
forth in terror at the threatened danger
to her mother at the hands of the drunken
husband. Facker was taken to the police
station and after having his wound,
sewed up by the surgeons was locked up OF
the charge of being drunk and threatening
/ to kill his wife.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
Uniaue Cane.


Holland house patron is the possessor
Of a walking cane that is unique in one
respect. Its hollow silver handle is shaped
like doorknob. the top opening and
closing on hinge. silver tube fastened
to the base OF the knob extends about four
inches inside the cane. This receptacle is
for holding cigar ash.
1T is an invention Of my own" said
the owner. Il find It a mighty useful thing
when travelling. Cigar ash, you know. can't
be beaten as a tooth powder. 1t both pre-
serves the teeth and keeps them white.
AS smoke on an average six cigars a day,
thought It a pity to throw away so wall
liable constituent as the ash Bvery
time I am smoking a cigar ana have my
cane handy open the handle and drop the
ash in."-New York Globe.
Reductions of n Bachelor.
A man can have a very peaceful home
by not trying to run IT,
A hammock is a very nice thing not to
have room enough for two unless it's a
girl.
A boy can inherit all his fathers bad
habits even when the old man hasn't got
them.
The politician who is always praising
the plain people is mighty mad II you
class him with them.
There are two kinds OF women that
don't seem to think Il necessary 70 wear
any clothes at Sll-thoss lowest down In
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
THE DfSCREDITED EYE WITNESS
Novel TeAts of Reliability of People
via Are on the Spot When
Things Happen.

A Swiss professor has been making some
experiments to test the reliability of the
reports of an event given by eye witnesses.
In one instance he brought before his class
OF students a man whose body was covered
with a white shroud and whose face was
masked The man stood before the class
for ten seconds and then retired. After a
few days the professor asked the members
of the class to pick out the mask worn by
the stranger from among several which lay
upon the table. Only four out of two dozen
students picked the right one, although it
was different in size and color from the
others The rest either failed in the test
or frankly confessed their inability to de-
eide From this and similar observations
the professor reached the conclusion that
there is a great deterioration in the powers
of observat tion and that this deterioration
is the result of the high pressure OF modern
life
while many would doubt the value of
such tests for proving the thing desired by
the teacher the fact is accepted generally
that the testimony of an eye witness is not
specially valuable, despite the presumption
that one who was present when anything
strange or unusual happened ought to have
seen what actually did occur But eye wit
nesses often disagree so widely in their re-
ports that such testimony is easily dis
credited in court. What the eye sees is
largely a matter of training and the eye
memory is even more important in the case
! than the sight. The exceptional man is the
| Sherlock Holmes" not the ordinary one.
farmer observes many things in the
| country which the city man fails to note,
while conversely the city man sees many
! things in the farmers own territory which
the eye of the latter never revealed to him
| THE cowslip by the rivers brim' affords
a suggestion far beyond the fields of beauty
or botany.
The Swiss professor says that. in his
opinion, not one person in nine can give a
correct description Of a man looked at for
ten seconds and this, too, even when such
inspection is for the express purpose OF
furnishing material for a report. Thai
would not be astonishing. Many people
have defective eyeslght. They fail &c
recognize features because they never se'
them clearly. Or. IL eyesght be unim
paired, eye memory may be lacking, 81
that the impressions distinct at the tim,
OF observation are forgotten soon and can
not be recalled on demand. The chances
are, therefore. that it is not the high pres
sure of modern life which makes the pow
ers OF observation less effective. although
people live fast, move fast, read fast anC
skim things in every field OF observation
Rather, the present conditions are just lik
those always operative. 1t is more likel!
the lack Of definite training OF the eye, tn
lack OF cultivation Of eye memory, or tn
extremely common faults Of eyesight
recognized by the individual or not, whicl
discredit the reports which eye witnesse
bring OF an event.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15
EGGS FOR AUToMoBILISTS
shower Strikes Them on FOrtieth
street Between Burt and
Cunning.

According TO complaints made to the po-
lice Saturday evening. automobolists nd
ing on Fortieth street, between Burt and
Cunning, were made the victims OF parties
who annoyed them by throwing eggs as
they passed. The throwing was always
done after the automobiles had passed the
spot where the parties lay hidden. so they
were practically safe from detection.
Passengers on street cars have also made
complaint of Omaha boys whose bringing
up has been such that they consider Il en-
tirely proper as a means OF amusement to
throw missiles at passing cars. Dried mud
and other articles were thrown at Leaven-
worth street cars, between Twenty-second
and Twenty-third, Friday evening and in
one instance little girl was struck while
many had narrow escapes from serious in
jury.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-15

DENIsON-Distriet No ~ knights OF
Pythias. viii hold a convention at Denison
July is Lodges from six counties will be
represented
THURMAN-Dr. Cole and the hotel man
agement are In consultation with an Omaha
neotions with the plant now In use In the
Mccartney block.
THURMAN-Friday morning, as Mrs
Robert Butter, residing in the Mount Zion
ighborhood, six miles east OF town, was
passing from one room 20 another, caught
one of her feet In a piece OF carpet or rug
and fell breaking her left arm near the
wrist.
WOODBINE-The Boyer Valley encamp-
ment OF the Independent Order OF odd Eel
lows has recently Installed the following
c. p, w. j Beverness II. p, M. f. Saw
age g. w, c. NJ. Abrams; ]. W.. j. 8.
Decon; scribe. o. Hooks; treasurer, W.
Iusse ,.d a wass rden or wpodSns ~ sss ors ssS
and will be Installed at Dubuque in Oc-
tober There were eight candidates. and