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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27

measures were necessary and gave Or
ders that looters were to be shot at
sight. Four men were summarily exc
cuted before 8 o'clock yesterday after
noon. At meeting of fifty citizens
called by the mayor it was announced
that 1,400 tents will be pitched in
Golden Gate Park and arrangements
have been made to feed the destitute
in the public squares.
One of the first orders issued by
Chief of Police Oman was to close
every saloon in the city, to prevent
drink-crazed men from rioting.
Sweeps Everything in Path.
The fire swept the streets so rapidly
that it was practically impossible to
save anything in it's path.
The dense smoke that arose from
the entire business district spread out
like an immense funnel and could
have been seen for miles out at sea.
Occasionally, as some drug house or
place stored with chemicals was
reached, most fantastic effects were
produced by the colored flames and
smoke which rolled out against the
darker background.
Other Places Suffer.
Reports from outside districts ;na;-
cate widespread damage. San Jose,
fifty miles south. lost many buildings,
and between fifteen and twenty per-
sons We're killed. The annex of the
Vendome hotel collapsed and fires
broke out. Stanford university and
Palo Alto suffered. At Stanford many
Of the handsome buildings were de-
molished, and two people were killed
Suburbs in Ruins.
The court house at Redwood CITY
and other buildings collapsed. Menle
Park. Burlingame and other fashion
able suburban towns suffered Santa
Rosa. to the north; Napa, Vallejo and
all towns around the bay were dam.
aged. These reports, alarming as
they were. created little interest in
San Francisco, where the people were
so frantic that they rushed into the
streets in night garments.
Cliff House Slides Into Sea.
From the Cliff house comes word
that the great pleasure resort and
show place of the city, which stood
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27

upon foundation of solid rock, has
been swept into the sea Not thing
remains to tell where the monster
stone building once stood. Ii has been
leveled to the foundation and only
the rock foundation lining the sea
coast remains intact.
Destruction Seems Complete.
San Francisco, April 2l.-San Fran
cisco now is the city Gesolate. 1t
seemed that the acme of its misery
was reached at dusk, when flames
burst from all sides of the beautiful
Hotel Paramount, the palace that
above every other structure was APP
parently most strongly entrenched
against the attack of the all-consum-
ing fire. And surrounding that lofty
pinnacle of flame, as far as the eyes
could see to the south, TO the east and
far out to the west lay in cruel fan
tastic heaps charred and smoking all
that remains of prosperous city.
Acre After Acre Swept
Yesterday was another day of I'M
even struggle between man and UNI
conquerable elements. Acre after acre
of buildings have been reduced to en-
bers and ashes, despite the despair
ing struggles of the fremen to limit
the cont1agration. Last night there
was a hope that the worst has been
nearly reached and that when day
dawned the end would be in sight
But hope is faint. If the flames can
be halted in their devastation of the
western addition, then "finis" will be
written to the great disaster.
Seek More to Devour.
With each succeeding hour the de-
vastation and destruction in this pros
trate ruin of city grows. The bust
ness and wholesale district is now
only a glowing furnace, while the
giant tongues of fire have reached the
westward far beyond Van Ness ave-
nue., and are wiping out buildings and
seeking more to devour
All efforts to check the spread of
the flames at Van Ness avenue by
blowing up a mile of buildings on the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27
reached Eighteenth street, but 1t is

reached Eighteenth street but 1t Is
making little Roadway toward the
hills to the west where thousands of
people are camped
The third and most dangerous fire
is that threatening the western sec
ton. This is really continuation of
the Mob Hill fire. 1t is wedge shaped
with the apex pushing forward.
Awful Havoc Wrought.
The magnitude OF the calamity that
has befallen San Francisco became APP
parent yesterday morning when red
sun arose above the horizon and dis
sipated the pail of darkness that hung
over the stricken districts.
Looking eastward from the heights
in the central portion of the mctropo-
lis, everything attested to the awful
havoc wrought by earthquake and
flame
Where once rose noble buildings in
serried column now stand nothing but
frail walls. isolated. tottering Chin
neys, heaps of twisted iron and huge
piles of brick and mortar.
Death and Disaster.
On miles of streets the front walls
OF ruined buildings still stand, sway
ing with the conclusions of distant
dynamite explosions and the rising
winds. Frequently crash Of stone
and brick, followed by cloud OF dust
gave warning to pedestrians of the
unsafety of travel.
All manners of reports of death and
disaster are coming to the temporary
headquarters of the authorities. but
they are received with dut allowance
for the excitement of the occasion.
Fleeing by Thousands.
Thousands upon thousands of peo
pie are fleeing from the fire. They
are t1ocking to the ferries, to the
parks, to the military reservation
and to the suburbs. Residents of the
hillsides in the central portion of the
city seemingly were safe from the
roaring furnace that was consuming
the business section. They watched
the towering mounds of flames and
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27

east side of Van Ness avenue have
proved fruitless. The fire has spread
across the broad thoroughfare, and
from present indications the entire
western addition, which contains the
homes of San Franciscos millionaires
and people of the Weather class, is
now doomed. The destruction of the
Western addition of the city practical
ly completes the work of the ravaging
flames and marks the devastation of
the entire city
Relief Work Begun.
But San Francisco is not discour-
aged. It's best and highest citizens
have already begun to plan restora-
ton and to care for the stricken ones.
and the relief will be immediate and
effective. Total subscriptions of $780,
600 were announced and arrange
ments made for the immediate succor
of the needy. The baking of 10000
loaves of bread daily will begin to-
day. Free transportation will be pro-
vided by the Southern Pacific to desti-
tute persons desiring to go to interior
points.
Maj. Mckcever was appointed com
mandant of the camps of the home
less II was announced that TO-DAY
daily delivery into the city of 10000
600 gallons of water will begin.
Telegraph Reopened.
Last night for the first time direct
tele2raphic communication was re-
established with the outside world.
and this message is the first TO be
sent By energetic efforts the Postal
Telegraph company succeeded in re-
storing one of its lines. and it's man
ayers hope to bring it's service back
to normal ~ a day or two The Postal
office is in a little wooden structure
erected on piles at the water front
Fires are now burning in three dis
tricts. One is in that portion that ex.
tends from Mob Hill easterly toward
! the water front.
Flames May Die Out
1t is travelling slowly northward to-
ward the Telegraph Hill section. 1t
may die out for lack of material or
may again sweep toward the extreme
water front. The second center is in
the Mission district. Here the fire has
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27

speculated as to the extent Of the ter
ritory that was doomed. Suddenly
there was whispered alarm up and
down the long line Of watchers and
they hurried away to drag clothing
cooking utensils and scant provisions
through the streets From Grant
avenue the procession moved west
ward Men and women dragged
trunks, packed huge bundles of blan-
kets, boxes of provisions-everythin
Wagons could not be hired except by
paying the most exorbitant rates. But
there is no panic.
People Are Stunned.
The people are calm, stunned. They
seem not to realize the extent of the
calamity. They hear that the city is
destroyed in so far as business plants
are concerned; they tell each other
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27
Wind Spreads Fire.

The flames were kept confined to the
south OF Market street in the business
section until about o'clock in the
afternoon, when the wind carried
sheets of flame into the richest part
of the city.
Sisters, brothers, wives and sweet
hearts searched eagerly for some miss
ing dear one. Thousands of persons
hurriedly went through the building,
inspecting the cots on which the suf-
ferers lay, in the hope that they would
find some loved one that was missing.
The dead were placed in one portion
of the building, and the rest of 1t was
used as hospital. After the fire
forced the nurses from the building,
the eager crowds followed them to the
Preside and the Children's hospital
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27

and renewed the search for missing
relatives.
Fire Damage the Greatest.
Up to late hour yesterday after
noon more than $50 persons, seriously
injured by the earthquake and the fire.
had been treated at the various hos
pitfalls.
Looters SummariIy Shot.
Mayor Schmitz took prompt meas
ures for the relief and protection of
the city. Gen. Funston was commune
Gated with at once, and by 9 O'Clock
1000 federal soldiers were guarding
the streets and assisting the firemen
in dynamiting buildings.
Gen. Funston realized that stern
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-27

chimney and cornice of the hotel
crashed drought the fire house ad-
joining, severely injuring Fire Chief
Sullivan so that he was unable to di-
rect the work of fire-fghting. He is
now in hospital in precarious con-
dition.
All Of San Francisco's best play
houses, including the Majestic, Column
bia Orpheum and Grand opera house,
ave mass of ruins. The earthquake
demolished them for all practical pur-
poses and the fire completed the work
OF destruction. The handsome Rialto
and Casserly buildings were burned to
the ground, as was everything in that
district.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
: LONG TENNESSEE FlunT

For 20 years w. L. Rawls of Bells,
Tenn, fought nasal catarrh. He
writes: 1.-THE swelling and soreness in
side my nose was fearful, till began
applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to the
sore surface: this caused the soreness
and swelling to disappear, never to
Csc at R. II. Beers s. Co., New
town; Belts s. Belts, Sandy Hook,
?. J. Garvin, Bethel; W. N. Noble,
New Milford; e. J. Buckingham, Hunt
ington; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station,
G. w. Hurlburt & Co., ROxbury; J. M.
sullivan, Redding Ridge; Connery
Bros, Georgetown; w. B. Hawley,
Sherman, Honan & Soule, Gaylords-
Edwin H. Beardsley, New Preston:
George e. Frink, Falls Village; e. s.
Fatrchtld & Son, Nichols, drug
gists
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DR.. kENNEDY'S
cAvoRlTE
1RElvlEOY

for heard 20 much about it's good results It helped
me 10 that kept it up, and now have not taken
any for year and am in good health never have
ness has left me. During the tine was tax
ing FavOrite Remedy IL passed two quite
large stones. aud havesnSyor been tEou-
bled with my Bladder SINCE,
Write to Dr.. David. Kennedy's Soma, Rondout, N.
T., for free sample bottle Of d.. David Kennedy'e
Favoztte Remedy, the great kidney, Liver and Blood
medicine. Large bottles $l.00, at all druggists.
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aHANDKERCHIEFS.

Linen is the only satisfactory fabric
from which I'd make Hand kerchiefs..
Hemstitched. linen handkerchief,
5, 10, l23, Is. Is, SOC. Xxx. -.s~s
j Fancy embroidered and lace trim
med Handkerchfefs, 10c, 15c and 25c.
ss Chjldrenas Handkerchiefs with mi.
tiale, lze for box of g. "a.
F.. With purchase Of 81. SO We include
. beautiful Holiday box. 49,
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!, John w. Booth,
General Repairing.

Bra.ing. cast iron a. we'll - other metals
shears, sickles. lawn shears sharpened. horse
machinery Enterprise meat chopper plates
and knives reground. All the above warrant
repaired with new RIBS and covers: have 3
goods9ine Of samples for cs,vers, self-openina
frames included. Bicycles. guns rsvol.e
etc, put n order. Key fitting, locke, trunks
9shin9 rods. and many other thiues repaired.
Pneumatic tires of al descriptions ON notice.
,ueFs receive prompt attention. You will 6nG
me a junction OF Bridge, East and Grove Sta.
All work guaranteed
sRox So New Milford. Conn
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Su1Sks1 N04s1S.7, " 49, a1tsat =. VosN0n
day In New York. 4
Mrs r. IS. Todd and daughters are
enjoying q siege with wh2oping cough:
William Ciar3 1ol S0n!n vl1e placed
bis horse IN Alvin Ferris barn, Friday
morning, and IN the evening found
the horse dead.
| Judge Ralph Wheelar1 will hold q
session OF the Superior court in New
Milford, Monday, tostake. up again the
Soule Borelli oasess Tho ,oaae Is q conn
plfcated one. andahaR Attracted. n lef
OF attention.
Twelve mem : t, S ct the.Girls' Friend
y society OF AL Saints church, visit
OF the Gins Friendly 0OCtety Of st
James. church OF DanburY. They were
entertained at the homes Of the mem
bers over night,
Fine: sweet oranges, 30 and 25c q
dozen; new mixed. nuta. ed5cx popud:
{pure mixed candy loo, pound, three
for Csc, at Farmers Trading Co 3.
Don't forget to order your dough
nuts FRIDAY ,at Farmers, TradfnR C.
store: Also neKisn's .dsliciouss sefnl:
!ss:s s:;'s IS sssss NJ
other barRains at Farmers' Trsdif1q
CO. s. a. - -
A. L. Conkey s., Son, the, np-to-date
piano men, have window display
which foKarnistiQs heeutyl Will nat~be
oxceiled IN the Iounfy. Tiers m
larre displavs Of n1sical .instrumenfa
music ro1ls. etc. lirhted M n MIMI
| by dilferent colored electric liohts. &c
oreaents q beauttful sioht AZ nipht.
and no mistake. a plano makes q xift
thing OF Joy the year around. aCpnkey
can tell you how to get one. A-visit
his Bank streat asf0ras sat thts time
will be q profltahla event Tor the per.
|sonshavino armusical taste. .s 3 ! ~ :
. Shnea. r11f,ier hnntas arcfina alfnners
ana ,rnl,f,arS naka -I,aaflal n !hri n. mas
Gifts tfaf; viii he reminders II the
eiver. Youscan find af,em IN ii .ntv
al Robertson's shoe store. :
Mrs Clayson Perry entertained the
Ladies' whist club very pleasantly.
Thursday afternoon.
Invitations are out for tho marriage
Of Georoe Dudlev. Rooth anal -Miss
Brown II Portcheater. ~. Y. on D1.
cember 20.
>Mrs IL. Marcy has been ,pasainr q
few daVe,ins BridQeport. w., =
Names If. Penny died IN Mnnfiav
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'CHR1sTMAs AT R1DD1FoRD' q.

The attractive store of G. e. Riddi-
for economical buyers in the Christ
mas line than this season. On one
side of the store is the splendid stock
Of jewelry, bright and new, while ii
the rear is the emporium Of toys,
games, box papers, wagons, sleds and
the like. On the opposite side of the
store is the selected stock of dry goods
novelties, SO well looked after BY Miss
Wilbur. 1t promises to be brisk
Christmas season at RiddifOrd's. He
wants you to call when you go to
town. ;
Mrs G. S. Hubbell of Omaha, Neb.,
was the guest over Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs G. e. Riddiford.
A select dance will be given on New
Years eve at Mygatt's ball by q COM
mittee consisting of s. p. Garfield, r.
e. Osborne, Harry Lee, Henry Rothe
and w. L. Erwin. The New Milford
orchestra will furnish music for this
event. =
Mr. and Mrs w. A. Watts Of New
Haven were guests over Thanksgiving
Of Mr. and Mrs Fl. D. Hine.
A full line OF reliable DR. Shoop's
family medicines at G. l. Leach's.
James McCutcheon, one of the young
men killed in the fire at Cornell uni
versity, was a brother OF the Miss Nc
Cutcheon who attended Ingleside
school, last year. ~
Clark Hunt, DR. B. E. Bostwick, An
drew NJ. Booth, p. M. Cassidy, Gus
Northrop and Livingston Peck attend-
ed the automobile show in New York,
last week.
A half dozen or dozen photographs
as a gift for Christmas would be &C
ceptable to anyone, and no better
place to 60 than to the studio of Henry
D. Hine in the Postoff1ce block, whose
equipment is equal to any gallery in
the state.
Mrs James B. Seccombe of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, is the guest of Miss Ruth
T. Booth.
Mrs J. R. johnson passed last week
at Mrs Austin Vincent's in Danbury.
Miss Lillian Osborne is to locate at
Mrs George w. AnthonyS.
The Christmas sale and tea, last
week Friday night, held at the rectory
under the auspices OF the Ladies'
Guild of All Saints church, was q very
successful affair.
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,,MIL,I,lNE cry.

&nk
Miss. Sbangsessy has prepared some.
attractive Hats for the Holidays. a.
Bring your wife or daughter here
and and Leg gs show 3 yoT the best. in Mil
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HOSIERY.
- 49,
: Men. Women, Children.

NteHa19XX UlIISlll. NtllluIelI. =,
.'--'s
This house n famed for good Ho-
Siery. -
= '0hildren's Stockings in Cotton, Wool
and LAX, Lie and 25c. w ~ o
4 Wpmeq& Hose in plain black and
embnoidered Lisle, Cotton Wool ana
SIX, 15c Is II each. :
: Mems halt hose, Is Is and soc.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
70 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
9 Is. All druggists refund the money
I it fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
iature Is on each boz. 25c. -
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
UMBRELLAS ]

Have proven to be 4 friend in need.
ThaeeA1 false ~ mbrellas g tbere are
false friends, and toea certain extent
you must rely On the seller. Our Um-
Ebrella4 h4ve stoed the test.
d Umbrellas foh women and men, LOO
TO 500 -
] aQhIhren.s School Umbrellas, $50 and
75c.
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Two Large Stones
Passed From Bladder

John johnston, Of 21s i. "a Al
Plsinieid, MI who f0x over II
years has been tax collector o.
that city, writes: "Abont three
years ago / began to satfefwsek
drtadf:, i pains III my kidneys. ]
was nlso ut times very bilious, but
my most serious troublewas with
my Water. Sometimes ] cotsls
lardiya) ass IT, and whenI did 4
was attended with most excru.
ciating pains. Nothing helped
me .sy:1 I began to despair. I Dc.
cidsd to try
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
HAT !. PINS = |''|'
e AND BROOCHES

OF French. Pearls, each tiny pearl set
BY hand. They are heavily gold plated
and 9fa the highest character.
Special Holiday price, SOC each
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CANDY.
- - -

A fine line Of boxed pure candy lone
pound In box) at 25c.
BAGS AND COMBS.
9-SsS ~
u Pocket Books R3qs Radcliffe Bags:
Side and Back COMBS In Amber and
Shell, both plain and mounted.
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LlTCHFfECD COUNTY.
NEW MILFORD.
MISS ERw1N-MR CoNKRlrE

MISS ERw1N-MR CoNKRlTE
Miss Ella e. Erwin and Howard c.
Conkrite were married at St Johns
church, Sunday morning at Q O'Clock,
Rev J. f. Plumb officiating TIL, bride
has been popular employe IT the tel
ephone office for number OF years,
and is the daughter OF Mrs Mary E.
Erwin. Mr. COnkrite is in the employ
OF Starr u Dean, aud is the son of Mr.
and Mrs G. e. COnkrite of GaylOrds-
VILE Miss Sarah Clark was the brides
maid and Walter Erwin, brother of
the bride, the best man. A wedding
breakfast was served at the home OF
the brides mother on Bennitt street.
Both young people have host Of
friends, who extend hearty congratu-
lations.
RATS WENT OFF WITH HIS TROUSERS.
A certain young lad in this part of
the country, one OF the cold nights
last week, undreSsed himself by the
kitchen fire and left his trousers on
the floor. In the morning when he
came down to dress himself by the
| fire his trousers were missing, and look
ing around he spied them down in q
rat hole up to the waist band. The
young lad had quite q tug to get them
out, and what was his surprise to find
the lower part OF his trousers had ali
been gnawed of by the rats. He has
decided the next time he leaves his
trousers on the floor he will hang them
up before retiring.
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SHOES.

Queen Quality. Of COURSE Nothing
better for = present.. The best g 90
Shoe made and every pair of The new
~ G9ueon 1bic6 e ees xon to 1--WE
q pair Of Queen Quality Shoes and the
recipient can select the size andsstyle.
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:IINE'NS.
4 49,"

. Our buyer had his training In the
best. Linen Hapse in NewtYork and
6a9 Always kepk In touQh With Heb
4tpen Importers. Our stock showB
B A h,ndR 2s@;. s. e ass SIZE
IS 1.42.
= Napkins q 90, 1,5Q to 425a dozen.
Cloths with napkins 10 match q TO
Lunch CLOTHS. .poylie1 Trays, Mats
In 0amask, plain Linen and Oluny.
Linen Jewels in Huck and DGmask
$3.50 $50 ~, 1.25 and 1.5o each.
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GLOVES $50.
W0men's Glace Kid Gloves in black,
white and. colors, q and 91.50 Z pair.
Suede kid in black and colOrs, 4l,26
Heavy kid. silk lined, Walking
English Heavy Walking Gloves, 100
and ]. 80 pair.
Children's Kid Gloves, 75c.
Women1 Fabric and Golf Gloves, Is
and Soc.
Elbow Gloves IN I'D, silk. and wors-
Allaus KID texes are each packed
in an attractive Holiday box.
n
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

IF the aruistc spirit could always be made the dom,
nant one gift bestowal how much more pleasure the hol
day would bring to ALL 1t would be pity indeed
if the wishing Of Merry Christmas and the giving Of pres
ents should be RELOCATED to dependents and children for
nothing far developed in the Of human experience
has exercised the benecen influence in promoting the
sentiment of brotherhood among all classes this annual
and universal effort to make some one happy"
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
TOWN COURT CASES.

Louis Chase OF New Fairfield was
brought before the Town court, Mon
day d. on the charge Of deselSion . Of his
man's wife. He was bound over for
the February term. Mrs Dora Barnett
was found guilty ofFabandoning her
child. She was given 80 days in jail
and costs. Sheriff Jennings arrested
the parties In Warren, they having left
town q week ago. John O'Brien was
fined 90 and costsf01 making trouble
at the Buckingham place, on Second
hill. A man named Homer Rowe waa
sent up 80 days for drunkenness. Sher-
III Jennings took the parties 10 Itch
1eld by carriage Monday afternoon, ID
Sheriff MiddlebrOeks' ho6telry, where
time for meditation and repentance
will be granted them.
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~. Our stock of regular Dry Goods has been in
creased and is easy of access where il can easily be
seen.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-02-21

That Journal of the matter
shown by the following editorial from the Phoenix Republican Of
yesterday:
Ic Prescott newspapers cring the board OF suprvis-
Yavapa county the awarding OF the printing
which given the News Herald of Martinez Yavapai
county, and of Wickcnburg, Macopa county.
The Journal Miner which the lowest bidder and
therefore discuss the award with presumption of dnterestcd
takes the view that official publication designed to be made
the purpose of aong publicity and not for of
camcn therefore of the opinion that the greater the value
OF newspapers space advertisers the the
value to public advertisers.
This certainly of the though it
be regretted that that always frequently
taken
Public advertising contracts supposed to be intended for the
bostcrng of Of the dominant party politics
Now and then interested public advertisement
insertion obscure paper order that not be by
adversely interested.
None of this the theoretical of the law requiring publ
cation of official proceedings and legal notices 1t would therefore
that county advertisements be given the widest
publicity be brought the notice of the greatest possible
number of and others interested there
ing the public money for advertising at ALL