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The Adair County news., 1906-12-05
FROM QUANAH, TEX
". L. Grady, Of GradyviIle, Writes
Interesting Letter.

Our party left Kentucky, Tuesday,
Noys Goth and arrived at St. Louis next
morning where We encountered severe
storm, sleeting and showing. 1t con-
tinued for eight hours, and for 200
miles all telegraphic communications to-
ward the West was broken. Snow was
from a to II inches deep and up on the
plains was to Is feet deep. Not a
single train run on the Ft. Worth and
Denison road for five DAYS. We arriv-
ed at Quanah Thursday evening, seven
hours late.
Quanah is fine little town of 1900
inhabitants surrounded by great farm
ing country which is being rapidly de-
veloped. We venture the assertion
that more money is spent here in one
day, than in all Adair county. The
smallest stores take in from $500 to
$500 cash. The people of the surround
ing country haul goods away by the
wagon load, usually exchanging cotton
at II cents.
Labor is in great demand here, prices
ranging from 81 to SIS per day; some of
the cotton pickers make from S. to Sc
per day
Mr.. ]. ]. Hunter bought one tract of
land and we go out today to view sew
eral more. All of our party are Well
pleased, Mr.. j. A. Diddle says if he had
the money he would purchase the en-
tire country. Mr.. Diddle leaves in a
few days for Roswell, N. NJ, and will
visit relatives at Brownwood, Tex, I'M
til December 18th.
Our Kentucky party is stopping with
DR.. E. F. Taylor, formerly of Lisletown,
KY, who is proprietor of a good holel.
spent few days at Memphis, Tex,
visiting my brother-in-law, w. A. Breed
ing, who has been located there for
fifteen years and has a fine section
foriwhich he refused $40, 200. Land all
over Texas is advancing rapidly, worth
now $40 to $40 an acre that could have
been bought six months ago for So to
$2).
| will close this letter by saying /
will be back in Old Kentucky where the
sunshines bright and good Peacocks
grow, about Christmas.
w. L. GRADY.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-05

LosT:-On the square, or on James
town street between Eubanks shop and
the square, Gold filled Hunting case,
Elgin movement, II jewel watch, size
16. Finder please return to News of
I: :fiss; - - So
:. If .yccg VAIN a iass, SCI SiAssi;p: fsgiiy:
ter sp1r.:hams. Aith:tfe Csunty Sasefs
intehdent by December Sth o. a. y.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-05

The Lindsay Wilson Training School
has an "ad" in another column. This
is one of the best schools in Southern
Kentucky and the grade of work turned
out by this institution is splendid en-
The Adair County news., 1906-12-05

Mr.. Assure Damron, who recently
returned from the West, was, last
week reunited to the lady of his choice,
Elder Tobias Huffaker tying the nup-
tial knot. Mr.. Damron and wife will
spend the Winter in Adair with his IA
ther, Mr.. Ely Damron, and next
Spring they expect to again locate il
the West.
The News extends congratulations,
trusting that happiness and prosperity
may ever be theirs.
The Adair County news., 1906-12-05

; Mr.. r. L. Sheriff., of Midtown, is
advertising a public sale of personal
Rsopertyin to,days News, preparatory
to removing to Qdahah, Texas..k... =
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05
REWARD.

A reward of fifty dollars will be paid
by the board of trustees of the Fergus
County Free High School for the ar
rest and conviction of any person or
persons who committed the acts Of
vandalism, especially in breaking
windows, at the High School building
Saturday night, May 26th.
BY Order of the Board
RUDOLF Won TOBEL. Secretary
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05
TEDDY NOT A
Man OF IRON
Thunderer at the Index and a FiasCo
at the Finish Declares Senator
Stone of Missouri,

OIVuV VI WVtSSUulus
Washington, June 1.-When today
Senator Aldrich sought to secure the
passage of his resolution, giving the
president authority to go outside the
United States to buy supplies for the
Panama canal, in case bids in the
United States are eXtortionate and
unreasonable, Senator Stone took the
floor in opposition Ito the resolution.
He based his opposition on the
ground that it was useless to pass it.
mo one can doubt" he said, "that
the president will buy practically all
canal materials in America, no mat
ter what the difference in prices here
and abroad may be. If we are to
judge the future by the past, there
is no room for questioning what cour-
Sc the president will adopt. The men
who contributed the stupendous slush
funds aggregating millions upon mil
lions of dollars, to carry the last
three presidential elections for the re-
publican candidates, almost of nec-
essity have their grasp upon those
who accepted their prncely donations.
The beneficiaries of those enormous
corruption funds may sometimes
vince and shrink from the task i'm
posed upon them and to hide the
shame of it, may now and then per-
form some spectacular stunt in the
limelight and before the galleries: but
in the end, the forces which operate
behind the curtain and hold the
strings will have their way.
"But there has been so much blust-
ering, and it has attracted such wide
attention that something must be
done to relieve the situation. Some
thing must be provided for public
credulity to feed upon. A door must
be made for escape and a soft place
must be made for the president to
fall. A scheme of this is all wrapped
up in this resolution"
Senator Stone said that about a |
year ago the president and the Sec
retary Of war had announced that
they would not be help up in the pur-
chase OF materials for the canal by
American manufacturers or Ameri-
can ship owners. This declaration,
he said, was unexpected, but was
nevertheless, approved generally by
the American people as in the inter-
est of the general welfare. But, he
declared, the special interests affect
ed resisted and won.
promptly they organized their for
ces to resist and to discipline him.
The 'stand-patters' came swarmng
in from every direction and a storm
of protest was raised in every avail
able quarter. The presidents cour-
ual, proved unequal to the strain
There was a great laundering by him
in the index, with the customary
Rooseveltian fiasco at the finish. The
iron man at the White House again
proved himself to be no iron man at
all, but only what Bismarck once de-
clared Salisbury to be, rely pine
lath, painted the color of IRON The
president surrendered, and instead of
buying canal materials, as he vowed
he would and as he repeatedly asser-
ted it was his duty to do, in the
cheapest markets, he bought prac-
tically everything he purchased-9S
per cent of the whole-at protected
trust prices in America
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05

resent Mr.. Neill as saying that he
found revolving and unwholesome con-
ditions in the packing houses here.
The floors were SO filthy that the blood
on good meat which was to be canned.
Employees walked around in the dirt
and afterwards walked upon the car
cases to be used in interstate COM
merce.
He told of case of a hog which
had slipped from the trolly and fallen
into vile place. 1t was taken out.
and without being cleaned, was sent
along and cut up for food.
He found diseased meat placed in
the same room with good meat intend
ed for canning, and he asserted that
only one of the five parts of can was
made up of the former. Potted hams
appeared to consist of gipskin and 9TH
er pieces of a hog not used for legiti-
mate purposes. These We're colored d
of sausage was anything but sausage
The only meat that was kood was
beef sold for roasts, steaks, etc.
The class of employees was not high,
and it was difficult to expect them to
know much about sanitation.
The conditions under which women
employees in the canning department
work are deplorable. They were COM
PEELED to stand in water much of the
time, and the temperature of the room
was low.
Press agents of the packers are
keeping the closest kind of watch on
every scrap of matter published re-
garding the alleged uncleanliness and
vile methods of slaughtering, prepar-
ing and canning meats for domestic
and foreign consumption, and are
writing polite letters asking the writ
ers to come and make an investigation
for themselves under the escort of an
agent of the company.
Long statements have been given
out to the press here by each Of the
companies, in which the stories of
filth and unsanitary environment are
denied. These statements are strange
ly alike and all We're issued at the
same time. The main theme is that
if there is a bad condition Of affairs
in the stockyards plants, it must be in
the smaller slaughtering houses and
older plants, Of which there are about
thirty.
The members of the "big four
maintain that the present system OF
government and local inspection is
sufficient to protect foreign, domestic
and Chicago consumers against un-
wholesome meats
Those who have made unofficial in
vestigation-the so-called ''muck rak-
ers"-declare that the system is funda-
mentally and practically bad and in
adequate. 1t is supposed that Messrs.
Neill and Reynolds take the same po-
sition and that they are fortified with
evidence to prove their case.
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05
Reports of Special Commissioners
Appointed to Investigate the
Packers Is Out.
CONDITlOfS ARE VERY BAD
Words Cannot Describe the Filth and
Government Inspection II Pro-
nOunCed a Farce.

Chicago, May 21.-Reasons why the
beef trust is trying to prevent the
publication of the report Of Charles P.
Neill, commissioner of labor and
James B. Reynolds, the commissioners
appointed by President Roosevelt to
investigate the conditions in packing
houses controlled by the trust, became
apparent yesterday when the contents
of the report were learned.
1t is reported President Roosevelt
is using as club to subdue the oppo-
sition to the Beveridge bill for the
government sanitary regulation of the
meat packing industry.
Mr.. Neill and Mr.. Reynolds have
made separate reports, each dealing
with the particular phase of the con-
dition which he investigated. Here in
brief is what the joint report contains:
The investigators find that the sani-
tary conditions in the packing houses
are so grossly inadequate as to be be-
yond words to express.
Slaughterhouses are dark and the
greater part Of their rooms cannot be
ventilated at ALL
The commissioners declare that the
cleaning of the killing and packing
rooms is inadequate, and that the hab-
its of the packers and their employees
are filthy in the extreme.
Meat is dumped where men suffer-
ing from tuberculosis have expector-
ated.
The lavatories are unclean and are
in close proximity to where the meat
is prepared for food.
No attempt is made to guard the
packing house attendants to prevent
the killing of "downers,' or injured
cattle.
No inspection of meat is made after
it has passed the post-mortem eXami-
nation, or after it leaves the killing
bed
The report declores that the federal
inspectors are over worked and under
paid, and are without sufficient au-
thority While they have power tC
condemn meat, they have no authori-
ty to destroy it, but that work is left
to the local inspectors, who are said to
be former prizefghters and bartend-
ers.
1t is the opinion of the commission
ers that the whole inspection service
is organized to enable packers to sell
meat abroad and that the American
customers are afforded no protection
1t is found that no microscopic ex-
aminations are made of holdings Of try
chinosis, except when they are intend
ed for export.
Relative to the use of meat that has
spoiled in transit or otherwise, the re-
port finds that shipments, which have
become tainted are returned to the
packing houses and either worked in.
to sausages or are treated with pre-.
servatives and sold to local customers
The use of dyes and authorizations
are found to be universal.
Dispatches from Washington rep
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05
THE ORIGINAL LA-ATIyE COUGH SYRUP
KENNEDY'SLAXAT!VE h0NEynpTAn
Red Clever Bio'.om and dcncy Zee oa Every 3ot!ls
SHEEP FOR SALE.

Two thousand and one hundred and
fifty (2,15O) ewes, 300 lambs, $50 two
two separate lots. Call on or address
Judith Basin Commission Co., Bank of
Fergus County building, Lewistown,
Montana 3-13 If
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05

The Lewistown Hide and Fur COM
pany will contract your hides, pelts,
eatc. See A. NJ. Mead before contract
Ing or selling pelts. This will be to
your interest, as we have no one con-
tracing for us.
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05
FOLLOWING THE FLAG.

When our soldiers went to Cuba
and the PHILIPPINES, health was the
most important consideration. Willis
T. Morgan, retired Commissary Ser
geant Z. S. A., of Rural Route l, Con-
cord, n. H., says: Il was two years
in Cuba and two years in the Phili-
pines, and being subject to colds, I
took DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which kept me in per-
feet health. And now, in New HAM
pshire, we find it the best medicine
in THE world for coughs, colds, bron-
chial troubles and all lung diseases.
Guaranteed at Phillips Drug Com
pany. Price soc and $1O0. Trial bot
tie free.
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05

ONE LEGGED BRIDE WANTED
Bristol, May 22.-The following ad-
vertisement appears in a Bristol pap
per: .'Widower. living retired, with
out imcumbrance, would like to cor
respond with lady, about 40, with
small means, with one leg preferred,
with view to an early marriage"
Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-05

Baptist minister, fishing near Cape
Cod caught string fish, and asked OF
the skipper: What manner of fish Is
this, my good man? 1t has a curious
appearance"
"Yass! Only been around here this
year"
What do yau call it?"
I'VE call them Baptists."
why so''
Cause they spile so quick arser
coming out of the water"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-30

THERE is vast difference between
municipal control of public service
corporations and municipal owner
ship, but good many people carry
the idea that they are one and the
same thing in discussing local condi-
tons. AS matter of fact Kenosha
has had very little success in its
attempt to control the public service
corporations and make them live up
to the terms of their franchises. Look
at the long fight we had with the
street railway company over trans
fers. And it is just the same way
with every other corporation when
ever the city attempts to enforce its
rules and regulations. There is al
ways fight or an argument before
any corporation can be made to do
anything, and when you talk Of mu-
nicipal control you are speaking of
something that exists only to very
limited extent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-30

practice has grown and extends into
many parts of the state. The press
of his home city endorses his candi-
dacy as follows:
'sMr. Ingal is admitted to be one
of the ablest and most successful at
torneys ia this state. Records wifi
show that he has tried as many cases
as any lawyer of his age in the state
of Wisconsin. In every way he is
fitted and qualified to fill the Office of
attorney general and it is confidently
hoped and expected that he will win
out at the primaries. He obtained in
less than three days over 5000 sigma
natures to his petition for nomination
from the city of Racine alone. The
securing of SO many signatures III
such a short space of time is little
less than phenomenal, and indicates an
unusual home endorsement"
He has always been a Republican
and we take pleasure in presenting
him to the voters of Kenosha county
for remembrance at the primaries
September 4th, believing that he is
well qualified to perform the duties
of this Office. adv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-30
Well known Racine Attorney After
Nomination as Attorney General

Mr.. Wallace Ingalls,, candidate for
attorney general of Wisconsin, is well
known in Kenosha county, as he has
conducted many cases in our circuit
court and is an experienced lawyer.
He was born on farm in the town of
Linn 40 years ago. His general educa-
tion was acquired in the district
schools and at Walworth academy.
He graduated from the Albany Law
school at Albany, n. Y, in 1855 and
was at once admitted to the bar. He
commenced practice at Sharon, Wal
worth county and afterwards removed
to Elkhorn where he was twice elected
district attorney and it is said that
Walworth county never had an ADLER
or more successful prosecuting at
torney in its history.
From Elkhorn he removed to Ra-
cine, his present home, where he has
resided for the past ten years and his
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-30
Sheriff leitch Notified That Man
Thought to be Murderer is
at Enid, Oklahoma
WIRES FOR ARREST OF MAN
Sheriff Will Take Every Possible Step
to Have Alleged Murderer Iden-
titled and Brought Back to
This City for Trial

Has John Bradley, the murderer of
Clifford L. Smith, been taken? This
is the question at the sheriff's Office
this afternoon as this morning Sheriff
Veitch received a letter from Sheriff
Charles Cambel1 at Enid, Okla, stat
ing that man supposed to be Bradley
was IN Enid and that the officials had
him under guard pending word from
kenosha officials. Sheriff Veitch at
once wired a description of Bradley to
the Oklahoma sheriff and asked that
he at once be communicated with in re-
gard TO the case. A warrant charg-
ing Bradley with murder ia the first
degree is now in the hands of Sheriff
Veitch aud it is possible that he will
leave in short time for Enid to make
a personal investigation of the man
supposed to be Bradley.
It is thought that the man must
have betrayed himself, as no card con-
tanning description of Bradley had
been sent to Oklahoma. Bradley is
wanted in Kenosha on a charge of
wanton murder of Clifford L. Smith,
contractor, at road near Berryville
/ on the morning of June 9th. Smith
was1shot down in cold blood, and the
murderer, after waiting about the
Escene of the crime for several hours
and talking with men about the MUIR
der, managed to escape. AS soon as
possible the detectives were placed on
the trail of the murderer, but he man
tagged to escape. 1t was thought that
ilthathe had gone to the wheat fields
of the Northwest TO hide himself, but
letters sent to officials in that part of
the country failed to bring any re-
lsponses, and the letter received from
Enid this morning is the first indica-
ton of the capture of Bradley.
The officials have looked up the
| career of the murderer and have
| found out that he came from the
South aud had formerly worked in
New Orleans and other southern
cities. AS it was thought possible.
| that he had returned TO some of his
old haunts letters were sent to these
places seeking the man but they
failed to bring any arrests. 1t now
seems shat Bradley was too wise for
the officials and that he decided to 90.
to some new place where he was un-
known. Enid is one of the largest
towns in Oklahoma and tits gather
ing place for the rougher element of
the Southwest.
| The relatives of Smith have been
urging the officials of Kenosha county
to take every step in their power 10
secure the arrest and punishment of
Bradley and there is no doubt but that
1.-THE clue will be followed just as long
as it leads toward the guilty man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-30
Mayor Becker Of Milwaukee
Promises to Take up Plan to
Finish Sheridan Road
COST IS PLACED AT 5000, 900
Prominent. Men of Racine and Keno
sha Interested in Good Roads
Movement Promise Aid
Meeting Will be Called


Extending of the Sheridan Drive
through Kenosha and Racine coun-
ties to Milwaukee, is again being re-
vived and efforts will be made to 90
ahead with the work next year. May
o., Becker, of Milwaukee, who passed
through here with his automobile,
bound for New York, is in favor Of
the Improvement. He states that for
a number of years he has been inter
ested in the completion Of the road
from the Illinois line north to Milwau-
kee and it would make one of the
greatest stretches Of highway In the
United States.
In the past considerable effort has
been made on the part of owners of
various kinds of vehicles, to extend
the road, and the matter has come be-
fore the state legislature in various
forms, and under the auspices of vari-
Gus societies, but amounted to moth
ing. Farmers have opposed the
movement, believing it will cost them
considerable money and that it would
practically be road for automobiles.
Mayor Becker favors the holding of
a convention of citizens and farmers,
owners Of automobiles and other vehi-
cles, and believes that such meeting
would do some good.
The distance between Chicago and
Milwaukee is something less than a
hundred miles and road 100 feet
wide, with pathway on the sides and
planted with rows of trees, would cost
less than 100000. Thomas B. Jeff
cry, of this city, president of the
Thos. B. Jeffrey Co., says: 81 would
like to do what I can in Kenosha to
aid the good roads, Let me know
what is expected and what you wish
done.''
William M. Lewis, of the Mitchell
Motor Co., in Racine, is quoted with
saying:
with reference to a 6ne road be.
tween Chicago and Milwaukee, I de.
| sire to,state that am fully in sym.
pathy with this movement, and you
may count upon my doing everything
in my power to aid and assist. If sf-
ter your plans are more mature you
will lay before me the work you desire
from this end of the line, will glad.
! ~ undertake the same.
During the fall or winter it is ex-
pected a meeting will be called of al
persons interested in the movement,
with view of getting at it early nexl
year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-30
READY FOR OPENING
All Details Arranged for the Open
ing Of the Racine Kenosha
Branch Of the Electric
FROST TO HAVE BANQUET

All details have been arranged for
the opening of the Racine-Kenosha
branch of the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric Railway which will take
place on Saturday, and the event
will be one of the biggest things in
railway circles ever seen in southern
Wisconsin. 1t will be great gather
ling of officials and prominent citizens
of the North Shore.
Mayor German and the members of
| the Kenosha common council as we'll
as many other county and city officials
Ehave accepted the invita- ton to be
present, and similar acceptances have
Ebeen received from the officials Of
other cities along the line between
Racine and Chicago. It! is expected
THAT fully thousand people will sit
down to the banquet, which is to be
served at DANA hall, in Racine, on
Saturday afternoon.
| The first car over the line will
leave Racine just after 9 O'Clock and
| it will have on board all Of the Off
| ci ais of Racine. The RIM over the
new line will be made in record break.
| ing time and at Kenosha several of
| the officials of this city will be added
to the party after which run will be
made as far south AS Ravinia Park.
After short stop at the park the re-
turn trip will start and cars will be
added to the train at the different
stations. At Kenosha another stop
will be made and special train will
leave the Kenosha station at half past
| IL O'Clock. The run will be made to
Racine without stopping and the
guests will go at once to the hall
where the luncheon will be served.
The managers of the road have al
ready been over the new branch and
lit is declared that the Racine extern
sion is one of the best railway tracks
| in this section of the state. 1t is built
in the same manner as the road south
of Kenosha, and it is built to stay.
The rails used are the heaviest made
Eand the road is in every way the equal
Iof the steam roads between Kenosha
and Chicago and Milwaukee.
+ The road has been perfectly ballast
led and it is claimed that it will be in
perfect condition for the coming Of
the first Car on Saturday. The regu-
lar service on the road will be opened
Immediately after the special train
Leaves Kenosha and from then on half
I hour service will be maintained be-
tween Kenosha and Racine. The
officials of the company are now seek
/ ing an easy way to transfer passengers
from the Racine station to the center
of the Belle City.