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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-26
Cant Have Them

Money, AZ per cent.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-26

"These attempts to revive the hoop skirt don't seem to be meeting with much success. l"
 No. You sec, so many of the women who would be depended on to wear them have to ride in cars that, being made to hold forty passengers each, are never considered full until about three times that many people are aboard. |"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-26

Filed and recorded at the request of G. K. French on the 21st day of Feb ruary, A. D. 1907, at 10 minutes past 4 O clock P. M.
 E. T. STEWART, County Recorder. By Belle Maldonado, Deputy Recorder.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-26
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County of Gila.-ss.

county or Glla.-ss.
 On this twentieth day of February, 1907, before me, George K. French, a Notary Public in and for the County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, residing at ihe City of Globe therein, duly com missioned and sworn, personally ap- peaIed D. Bertoglio, James Sassoe, James Bracco and Charles Bruno, known to me to be the persons described in, whose nSmes are subscribed to, and who executed, the Saanexad instrument, and they severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 Tn Witness Whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the said County and Ter ritory, the day and year last above written. GEORGE K. FRENCH, Notary Public. My commission expires
 May II, 1910.
 (Seal: George K. French, Notary Pub
 lie, Gila County, Arizona. My com
 mission expires May II, 19l0.)
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04
THE NIMBLE LITTLE FLEA.
(By Frederic J. Haskin.)

The suspicion that the flea is the
distributing agent of bubonic plague
and leprosy, even as the mosquito is
the distributor of fever, and the fly
of malaria, has caused an investiga-
tion into the habits of this minute
tormentor and largely increased our
knowledge. 1t has been shown that
he is the most cosmopolitan member
of all the insect kingdom. He -four
ishes equally well in the SHOWS of
Alaska and tho sands of California,
on the glaciers of the Alps and in the
forests of Central Africa. He suffers
little inconvenience if transported
miles from home, and in closed
house has been known to subsist for
months on q diet of dust and re-
main healthy and cheerful. As
an athlete, he is the wonder of all
other living things, for in proportion
to his size he can jump farther and
with greater force than any other
known creature. His hind legs are
said to contain enormous muscles ior
a little fellow and are most powerful.
1t is by these that he is propelled for.
ward over great space when ciroum-
stances decree that he make speedy
change of base. His usual method of
locomotion is crawling; he never
jumps unless frightened, and then he
stays not on the order of his going.
Fleas are fewer in species, but
greater in number than any other in
sects. There are about one hundred
species, of which thirty are in the
United States.
Big fleas have little feas,
Upon their backs to bite 'em,
Little feas have lesser feas,
And so ad infinitem."
The smallest animal is not free
from parasites of some kind, and feas
are best proofs of the assertion. One
of the smallest animals, the mole, has
the largest feas on him. Few furry
animals escape. Cats and dogs, both
wild and tame, are at the mercy of
the little pests, who take up perma-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04
FARMERS UNION BUREAU
OF INFORMATION.
intended for this
]. @. Stribling Pendleton, S. c. g. t& sI E%
~"Rg. s} Conducted by the eg st
Carolina Educational and CoOperatiye Union

ings in two ways. In order to mako
sure of entertaining the crowd and
fencing against an accident by some
speaker not showing up we overload
the meetings by about double the
humber of speakers that is needed
and consequently the people become
wori out and disgusted with the
whole lot. of speakers and the cause
for which the people were called
together to discuss. ~ ats
We have known some men to get
up and talk one and half hours re-
peating about the same thing over
and over again, while about half q
dozen speakers, and the people, too,
are waiting on him to get through.
The remedy for this to start in time
and be sure to get men that know
something about the subject to be
discussed, and above all to know how
to Vcondense their ideas and stop at
the right place: When you get the
right man remember that this man
pays his own expenses and if he is
not worth this to you, don't get him,
but get another man that is worth
his fare, and you pay it.
o.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04

factor in national event, for it is
said that if the Mexicans could have
held ont q trifie longer in the war
with the United States, they would
have won, for Upcle Sans troops
had about decided they could no
longer stand the feas. The sands of
OF the Southwest are an excellent
breeding ground for them, and there
they are q terror to man and beast.
Senator Bob Taylor, of Tennessee,
however, argues that in Texas they
are q vast help to railway contractors.
For when sand is needed for ballast
on the tyack, the oars are filled at the
nearest bank, shunted down to the
dump and at two blasts from the
engine whistle this sand jumps off
the car of its own accord. The Sem
ator solemnly AYERS that each grain
is carried by an active and helpful
flea.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04

3ENk rlIlIfIF.t ffI Mic =
the average human being, They are
kept at hand by having glass beads
fastened to their hind legs, looking
for all the world like band of des-
perate convicts. Yet when these are
removed they will usually disappear.
A very old book of travel tells that q
century ago fleas with silver chains
on their necks were offered for sale
in Venice and Augsburg.
AT various courts in the early half
OF the 10th century, a clever trainer
showed company of most intelligent
fieas. Some were harnessed to tiny
silver and ivory ohaises, on which
were seated passengers made of
jewels, and one sturdy fellow drew q
chaise twenty-four times heavier
than himself. Another drew q tiny
cannon, and remained at attention,
while the silvery toy was loaded with
mite of powder and fred. Exhibi-
tions of this kind were held in New
York about 1880, and provoked wide
comment.
Sometimes there have been disas-
ters attending the performance of
fieas, for, as they are never happy in
captivity, they make every effort to
escape. At performance being
given before the ruler of small Ger.
man State an act suddenly failed, and
when an explanation was demanded
of the embarrassed director, he said
that the star performer, "Napo]eon," !"
had absorbed in the direction Of a
pretty princess standing near. The
king asked that the princess return
Napoleon. She retired with her
maids, and soon returned with a
wriggling, protesting little black flea.
To the distress of the director, this
proved to be stranger, and as Ma
poleon was never recovered, the per.
formance was closed. A famous
English entomologist unintention ally
broke up dinner party given by his
wife, by bringing in box of rare
Egyptian fleas for the edification and
entertainment of the guests. He
thought the fleas quite tame, and
opened the jeweled box to allow q
better view. Liberty looked good to
the captives, and they scattered in
in every direction. The guests sud.
denly decided to 60 home. The be.
reaved professor added insult to
injury by requesting the guests to
return any Egyptian fleas that might
have accompanied them home.
While the flea is under suspicion
OF being an accomplice in the spread
of certain tropical diseases, in the
United States proper he has not beer
found to be purveyor of disease tc
the unsuspecting public. Once, how.
ever, he came near being grea,
- Q
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04
It
Builds Il.
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y.al

- II y,
nent abode. in the sheltering hair, lay
their eggs and raise their large fami.
lies there. In summer they deposit
the eggs loose in the hair, and leave
them to hatch, to subsist as larvae,
and to spin and develop their cocoons
at leisure. A generation can be
hatched and brought to maturity in
fortnight. II winter feas take the
precaution of glueing the eggs to the
hair, 80 they will remain in a warm
place.
An optimistic scientist afflrms that
it is better for oats and dogs to have
fieas, that it is only b. this means
that a thorough circulation Of the
fluids under the skin can be obtained.
The ancient enmity between oats and
dogs seems to have been transmitted
to the parasites that live on them, for
the red fleas on the cats are con-
tinnally at war with the black ones
on the dogs, and though the dog flea
family may be exterminated in that
neighborhood, the cat flea family
must move out or die because it's
members cannot live on dogs.
AS fighters feas are game to the
last. They fight standing on their
hind legs, butfetting with their other
legs and occasionally biting to en-
phasize their earnestness. One cham
pion in bottle, where several COM
batants had been placed, was found
to live ten days, though only the first
joints of four legs were left him, he
had no antenne, one eye was gone,
aud three plates on his side were
smashed in. He remained aggressive
to the end. Fleas flourish with equal
activity and impartiality on tn
hyena, the fox, the raccoon, the squir-
rel, the rabbit and the rat. Even the
outlawed skunk has troubles of his
own with them. A writer of long
ago tells how the shrewd fox was ac-
customed to rid himself of the pests.
He would gather a bunch of wool
from the hedges where sheep had
passed, hold it in his mouth and back
slowly into the water. He would 90
gradually deeper and deeper until all
was submerged but his nose, his
mouth and the bunch of wool.
"Then," says the old chronicler, che
barks and spits out the wool full of
fleas, and so froliquely, being deliv-
cred from this molestation, he swims
to land"
What is known as the "human flea"
is very rare in the United States, but
rather than let mankind suffer from
neglect the cat and dog fleas accom-
modatingly take his place. They
move into any residence that suits
their fancy, deposit their eggs on the
floor in convenient crevices, and es-
tablish intimate and friendly relations
with the helpless inmates. Even
when caught, the flea is hard 10 kill,
the tiny scales on his body providing
a coat of armor as impregnable as
that of a mediaeval knight. The bu-
reau OF entomology of the United
States department of agriculture ad.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04

vises liberal use of pyrethrun pow
der to get rid of them, and suggests
that floors be sprayed with benzine,
or as last resort, scrubbed thorough
ly with hot water and soap. Queen
Christina of Sweden seems to have
been rather successful in exterminat-
ing pests of this kind, for in museum
at Stockholm is said to be seen a tiny
silver cannon with which she shot
them in open warfare.
While the subject of fleas is natu-
rally tabooed in polite society, there
has been time when men Of talent
have devoted their time and their
pens to discussions of these nimble
insects. Three centuries ago the emil
nent jurist Pasquier of Poiotiers set
the style of poetizing on feas-for
had not Homer written of frogs and
mice and Marc of gnats? His exam.
pie was followed by the leading
literati Of France, and the "pulex"
was embalmed in satire, verse and
dialogue. French and Latin were
the tongues chiefly used, though the
Abbe Gouget chose to shape his in
Greek. Scholars of Italy and Spain
caught up the fad and wrote in their
own languages many clever things or
the novel subject. A scribe afte,
wards gathered all into a book.
In India, it is said, the beggars of
the past century made a fair compe-
teHce by sitting on the floors of the
hospitals 80 the swarms of feas could
come and bite them, thus allowing
the patients nights rest. The per-
sistence and cunning of the creatures
makes one almost believe in the old
legend that the devil at one time ap.
peared on earth disguised as flea.
He came to the cell where good St.
Dominic sat alternately contemplate
ing and reading from book. The
flea perched hin self on page and
when the saint saw him he bound the
invader with spell and kept him for
book mark. Whenever St. Dominic
paused for reflection he caused the
flea to ait on the last word he had
read, aad remain until he chose 70
read again. AT nightfall he closed
the pages of the great tome and kept
the flea imprisoned. When the book
was at last finished the flea was re-
leased, but since then, it is said, no
member of the flea tribe has ever had
courage to again attack a saint.
Next to zebras feas are the hardest
of members of the animal kingdom to
tame and train in any kind of tricks.
The patience required to keep track
OF them, to get them acquainted with
their trainer, and to keep them i'm
prisoned, is beyond that possessed by
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~
Gut Him OF.

That bright fool that is in your
Union who sold his own crop of cot
ton for future delivery and keeps at
it trying to persuade others to do the
same ununiou act, should be backed
up against the business end of one of
his first cousins, the long-eared ass,
where he will receive the grand
bounce out of the Union and land
into some future society that carries
its brains in the opposite end from
where good Farmers Union mem.
bers carry theirs. a a
Remember this, that large portion
of cotton growers that are yet outside
of the union, which the minimum
prices set by the Union as close as
union men do, but somehow or other
they do not possess the requisite
amount of pluck and fairness to come
into the Union yet. About the fifth
of September you will hear the mini
mum price on cotton, then heave for
1t, altogether.
Farmers, You Have "Got There First
&4 with the Most Men,"
Now, let me implore you to 60 at it
at once to digging and throwing up
your Notifications so that you can
hold your positions against the on
slaught of all the cotton bears on
earth.
/ mean this as an illustration to
show you the Importance of sowing a
large crop of small grain this fall to
fortify yourselves against the possi-
bility of being forced to sell your cot
ton next year at cotton bear prices to
pay for the stock food that you may
raise at home by starting now to do
it. Take common fertilizer drill or
cotton planter and drill in from two
to three rows of oats between cotton
rows just behind the cotton piokers
at the first picking. This machine
will open out the furrow and put in
the seed all at one time going and
leave the open furrow in just the
ideal condition to stand the winter
freeze.
Farmers Union objects are, first,
how to put more business in your
farming and, second, how to put
more brains in your work.
These principles applied to farming
properly will do wonders in the way
of making fine crops, but your profits
just here are in uncertain status if
you allow Others to name the price
for your products. There is in most
men kind OF disposition to take all
that the other fellow will allow, and
the PROFITS in your years labor have
gone to others who have neither
spent days labor or dime to pro-
duce the crop.
Just here is the strong position OF
the Farmers Union, whose objects
are to combine their interest in way
to control or place fair price on
their own products and they have
been very successful in doing this
during the last three years.
This principle is tho right thing to
dc and 80 long as we stand by these
rules we are going to continue to be
successful.
Too Much Speaking.
We are in need Of little reform
and forethought in these public meet
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04
COOK STOVES.
RANGES,
HEATING STOVES

FULL LINE OF TINWARE,
BICYCLES IND SUPPLIES. y
ROOFING, EAyE TROUGH AND
ALL KINDS OF TIN AND SHEET
IRON WORK MADE TO ORDER.
Typewriters, Sewing Machines, Guns,
Reyolvers and Bicycles cleaned and
repaired.
All work done on short notice and
guaranteed.
B. =. LOOK.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-04

Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom-
ach, Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation.
Pleasant 10 take
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04
For Sale by Whitaker Bros.

of the little markets that Of 1t is the
only good r. II. this This market
well equipped PARTICULAR with nice cooler good blocks
racks scales slaughter house. sheds feeder
land Good the land seeded to clover
and timothy alfalfa Good ice house good business lot
which belongs Have the
and single butcher and delivery This doing
The think selling sickness his
family. This worth 5000 will sell for 500 If have only
small capital this chance for Write call and
will give a full description of this
275 Richardson farm with fine $4,000 house of
Good barn 25x42 16-foo
head horses and IS hay Cribs for 1900 bu Good
implement t chicken house 2X20 Good cellar 12x25
it, walled with brick fences Other
consisting of wood and coal house. sheds and feed lots 35
cultivation, fine orchard a alfalfa $40 pasture, 3 hog
tight There accreion land that with this
addition the decided Good abstract title miles
north of Ruo and u miles from Falls City This the finest farm
for the the Only $40 good terms The
owner south. This is a
No. $50 BIS 2aCre of good upland all fenced hog
tight all in cultivation Good house, barn 1SX1S 12ft
for horses 16X16 200bu crib 20Obb
cistern cellar 2x12 it, plenty of good All buildings and
fences good repair Will sell the improvements for what
S050 and give the of land located N
mile of he
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04
PRESTON


Mrs. Dykes was Rulo visitor Satur-
day.
Freeman Jones was / n Falls City
Monday.
Richard Kaiser was st. Joe visitor
last week.
Emil Pfrunder spent several days at
the stock show last week,
Mr.. Hillyer and wife of Reserve
spent Sunday with relatives bere.
Chas johnson recently night opera
tor here left for Omaha Wednesday.
f.. Il. Shelby and family spent Sat
urday in Falls City visiting relatives.
j. II. Wicks OF Pierce, Neb, was
visiting friends and relatives here last
week.
Ed Douty was in st, Joe last week on
business and while there he took in the
stock show.
l.. Il. Simmons has purchased the II.
c. Zellors cottage and will move In
same at once.
The w. G. Margrave Co are making
extensive improvements at their ranch
southeast of town.
Writ Haler an d family returned
home Monday after spending several
weeks with relatives at Plattsmouth,
George Holt, candidate for county
clerk was circulating among the voters
here Monday. He is II rustler and will
pole IA big vote In Jefferson.
The following Prestonites were coun-
ty seat visitors Monday: John Morris,
James Sinclair, $ Martin, l.. E.Simons,
John Heikes, c, G. Shelly and w. H..
Story.
w. Il. Banks has resigned his posi-
tlon as salesman in IL, i. Reiger's S
store. We have been unable to learn
what he intends doing but hope he will
decide to remain In Preston.
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04
SHUBERT

Mr.. Specie and wife were Stella
visitors "Wednesday.
Lon shelton and wife were shopping
in Stella one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill OF Nemaha spent
several days here last week.
Charlie Shulenberg was business
visitor at Barada Wednesday.
Grace Bennett of Verdon was calling
on friends here Wednesday.
Chas. Allen of Barada shipped car
load of hogs from here Tuesday,
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04

j. c. Shulenberg and wife were bust
ness visitors at Fails City Saturday.
Mrs H. f. Williams returned home
from her visit at Nemaha Saturday.
Mr. Chester is enjoying visit from
his son Orn who has been in Dakota.
Mrs. Eli Rupart of Arago, was in
town visiting with friends Wednesday.
Della Gilllspie is assisting in the
Howe telephone office for few weeks.
Mrs. j. G. and Chas, Shulenberg
were calling on relatives at Barada
Thursday.
Mrs. Higgins who has spent several
weeks visiting friends in Chicago, is
now home again.
Mrs. Solon Cooper who was thrown
off wagon load OF hay recently is now
recovering rapidly,
Mrs. A. M. Shubert left last week
for an extended visit with friends
throughout the state.
Miss Lou Martin who has been at.
tending school at Omaha, returned to
her studies last week.
Mrs. Wray Taylor of Auburn came
down few days ago to make her home
withher mother Mrs. Ritterthis winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles CASTOR are re-
ioicing over the arrival of fine baby
boy which made his appearance Sept,
-.
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04
SALEM

W. B. Boyd was in Falls City Mon
day.
Joe Windle went to ST. Joe Wednes-
day.
j. II. Zimmerman was in Humboldt
Friday,
Chester Mcdowell was in Omaha
Tuesday.
Joe Lord and wife left for St. Joe
Tuesday.
Cass Moore went to AinSworth, Neb.,
Saturday.
Ed May and wife drove to Falls City
Wednesday.
Mrs, j, ). Lord of Falls City visited
here last week.
Mrs. Robert Huston and son went to
Humboldt Monday.
Ora Snyder returned home from
Cheyenne Tuesday.
Mrs. w. l.. Porter came down from
Lincoln Wednesday,
June Tisdell aud family moved to
Long Pine, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ella Lord returned TO her home
in Hiawatha Thursday,
Ralph Moore returned home from
Ainsworth, Neb,, Tuesday,
Mrs. w. w. Vert and Ruth Moore
were in ST. Joe Wednesday.
Mrs. John Clary and Mrs Kelsaw
drove to Falls City Monday.
Ralph Moore and Roy Thornburg
were in Falls City Wednesday,
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04
OHIO

Tom Omara left for st. Joe Monday,
Sadie Peck spent last Saturday with
Katie Weick.
Edith Peck returned home Saturday
from Beatrice.
Mrs. p. f., Shairer spent last week
with Mrs. r. M, Stump
George Shouse and wife spent We'd
nesday at f. NJ. Stumps
Katie Weick enjoyed IA visit from her
brother and sister Sunday.
John Wiltse and family were guests
OF Mrs. George Peck Sunday.
Louis Hurt of near Verdon spent Il
few days at = +, ShaTer's last week.
Mrs. Jesse Spangler of near Morrill,,
Kan, spent last Sunday with her par
ents.
Mrs. Eph Peck and Mrs. S. H.
Knisely returned home last week from
Fairbury.
Lille Weick is staying with her sis.
ter Katie this week while Frank Lich-
tvs are away.
f. S. Lichty and family went to Ok
lahoma this week for visit with Mrs.
Lichty's parents.
Mrs. Annie Fike returned home Sat.
urday from Fairbury where she was
visiting her sister.
Mrs. May Strayer of Norcatur Ks,
spent last week with h er cousins
Frank and Guy Llchty and Mrs. Ches-
ter Stump.
Owing to the bad weather last Fri
day evening, the musical recital that
was to be given by Miss Grace Bennett
was postponed till Friday, Oct. IL.
There will be u box social at the
Silver Creek school house Friday even
ing, Oct 4. All are cordially invited
to attend aud the ladies are expected
to bring boxes.
VIM. huettner,S sr., and wife enter
tained their children VIM. Huettner
and family, Otto Huettner and family
Herman Schrieber and family and
Henry Raesch and family Sunday,
The Falls City tribune., 1907-10-04

Mrs. G. H. Russell and Mrs. John
Ramel left Tuesday for Long Pine,
Neb.
Ira McCool left Wednesday Tor Chi
cago where he will attend school this
winter.
G. l.. Shelley and family of Syca-
more Springs visited at the home of G
w. Sheeley Sunday.
Mrs. H. f. Mendenhall and son Har-
ley returned home Monday from II
short visit at Kansas City.
Henry Sitter, wife and son Vincent
returned home Saturday from an eX-
tended visit in Pennsylvania.
d. G. Simmons and family and c. M.
Simmons aud wife Of Griggsville, H.,
were guests OF &. l.. Simmons Monday,