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The Lake County times., 1907-01-10

Read THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES
for lat est news of Calumet district.
The Lake County times., 1907-01-10

Read The Lake County Times for
Financial News.
The Lake County times., 1907-01-10
THE WEATHER.

Cloudy weather with
snow tOntghfy warmer to-
nfghtJ Friday clearing and
coidery minimum tonfxht
about so
The Lake County times., 1907-01-10
Richard Schaaf, Trustee of
North Township, Sub
mits Figures.
SMALL INDEBTEDNESS
$4,000 Which Is Owing Accounts
For Much, Including Hess
vile Public School.

F. Richard Schaaf, trustee of North
township has just completed his annual
report and gives 1t to the public to-
day. AS the figures will show Mr..
Schaaf has much to his credit in things
pertaining to the township affairs In
addition to the report there is other
information which, when summed up,
is to the credit of Mr.. Schaaf
From the report it will be seen that
the total Indebtedness is a little more
$4,000, a small amount for so rich a
township as North, and while the in
debtedness is there there is also some
thing to show for it, the four room
public school at Hessville, which is
said by competent men, to be one of
the best of It's kind in the state.
In building this school Mr. Schaaf
was looking forward to the time when
public schools In North township will
be concentrated as much as possible
and children instead of walking for
miles to some little district school Will
be hauled there In a bus to some
modern school like the one is Hess
VILE.
The expenditures in the poor fund
have fallen $4,000 during the past two
years despite the growth of popula-
tion.
The expenditures for the poor in 1904
were s8,562.7o: in 1905. $7,123.02, and in
1905. s6.5SS.44.
-Four miles of macadam road have
been built under the direction of Mr.
Schaaf This piece of road was not
built by contract. but by the farmers
and seosts~on an average of fifty cents
~ 1, -.
has received good roads and from thir-
ty to fifty cents a foot cheaper than
If the work had been done by con-
tractors.
While Mr.. Schaaf would not indulge
in any prediction he was hopeful of
wiping out the $4,000 school debt dur
ing the present year.
His detailed report is as follows:
Report of Members of Advisory Board.
l. c. Chick, L. II. Mattern and Philip
Mclaughlin. do solemly swear that
we have examined the receipts and ex-
penditures for North township and find
all the accounts correct and according
to law, and as appropriated by the ad-
visory board of said North township.
And we do hereby submit the follow
ing report to the tax payers.
Township Balance R-cetptS EXpendis
Iun- Jan. I, 10000 lures
1000 tloO0l
Balance -. S4626.19 $9079.S4 $12S19.99
Tuition fund 1S44.93 S695.75 4921.25
Spec. school. 905.40 1632S.4S 1554S.67
(Overdraft)
Road fund. -. 5S3.21 1861 7S1.S3
Bridge fund. 727.5S 1882 6S5.0S
Door fund -. 465.03 6207.f5 65S8.44
Dog fund 80. $4,000 8S2.0O S07.I0l
Totals. 77S1.54 37665.15 42152.S6
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
pals.er vays tAe Fars.

Palmer ooyD the rafo.
Gen. William j. Palmer Of
Colorado Springs, who was colonel
ofthe 18th Pennsylvsnia cavalry in
the Civil War, has invited the sur
vivors OF this regiment to be his
guests for a week beginning August
10th. Every agent of the Penn.
sylvauis railway system has iu-
structions to Issue . ticket to
Colorado Springs and return to
any man presenting an order from
General Palmer. A special train
will make the rounds to pick up
the guests at convenient points.
Those who cannot we'll adjust
themselves to this arrangement
will be furnished transportation
By the most convenient route.
From the time they leave their
homes until they return 10 them
al these old soldiers will be Gen.
eral Pslmer's guests.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
Esasrsea BY the Cesssy.

"Ths most popular remedy in Otssgo
County. and the best friend Of my fam.
lly," writes VIM. NJ. Distz. editor and
publisher Of the Otsego Journal, Gill
bsrtsv'lls. N. T.. "is Dr. Kings New Dis-
covsry. Il he's proved to bs sn iniallibis
cure Tor coughs aud colds, making short
work n tlhs worst of them. We always
keep bnttls In ths houas. I bslisve Il
10 hs tae most valuable prescription
known Tor Lung aud Threat dissasss."
Guaranteed to never disappont the
tsker. BY Ill druggists. Price 50c and
oI.M Trial boAti~ froe.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17

Jsmes McIstosh hss il = or Of
NV furniture asd Iisoisaos. he
~ aleo hougAt w. Moshsr stock
Il sseosd-hsad goods which ~ will
ell q asosl ssv nId peics % - 10
oeks rooa fos largs stock Of
sloves aad hardware now a ths
road fro0 ~ Enol
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
0olIo00 NVDolae0oat.

The trustees Of Colorado College
have elected DR.. George Maxwell
Howe to fill the position made
vacant by the death of Professor
L. A. K. Ahlers. The German
department 10 one Of the strongest
in the institution, aud 1t is most
gratifying to make this early An.
nouncemeut in regard to his sue.
cessor.
DR.. Howe IL IN alumuus Of the
Uaiversity OF Indiana. His grad.
nate work was done ct Cornell
university aud the universities Of
Berlin and I.eipsig. After four
years in Germany and q year Of
teaching at Dartmouth college, he
went to the department OF Modern
Language in Cornell university.
and hss held th,s position for six
yeas. He now comes to Colorado
College immstliately after Q 9th
year in Germany.
First class driving horse and
harness tor sale. Time given il
required.
A. N. IssEI.L.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
keoomA.

EGoo0A
FUe ths sood q thoss suBssisg nth
eeso0A q oshss such tgoub1o, VISA 70
~. ~ vies bed soostAiag = thst kisd
aad aftse udag the deeeeeD esasdiss oos
snos uos .eoseludsd 70 " Ohonhse.
hias sslvs, ssd Il vsovsA V bs hstase
thee saythiag che haA >sisa. M ssis
~ III d ogis4x
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
~ A. lapairea Apeeeiss.

~ ~ usUosse0 HUyeSsve.
To inprovs the appetite asd slrvngth.
- ~ digestion tsy Nv dssss a
Chaoheslain's Htosusch snd Iivee
Tsbasts. NJ. J. n. 1sits. q Dstsutt.
Aich- says: "1'hey rsstossd ~ spps-
ttts whso 'iopaisssi. rs,tsvsd ~ os .
tlootsd feeling asd caueAi . pleoesat
Aod sstlseactosy ooss0ost a the bov.
~" Pnos = csatA 6enp,e frsA A.
Ill dsuaRisas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
oase sall

After . careful study of the
records Of the four teams in the
Sas Luis valley, Oreede, Del Norte,
Monte Vista and Alamosa, 1t Is
seen that Monte Vista stands 1t
the top Of the list, having played
and won more games than any
other team in the valley. The
team was not organized until about
the middle Of June. when q team
was gotten together for the pur-
pose Of accommodating Del Norte
with game. Monte Vista won
this game by q. score of 7 to 6.
From then on until the second of
July the team was composed co.
tirely Of local players and played
but two games during this Tune,
both with Del Norte who captured
each of them by close score. Al
the celebration in Creede Ou the
4th We defeated their crack team
by the Oue.ssded score Of 10 to o.
The next day, the 5th, we were
defeated by AIamosa 10 to3.
A baseball meeting was then
called and plans formulated for
putting strong baseball team 10
the field, and with hearty co-Opera.
tiOn of the business men Of the
tows We were able to strengthen
the weak places considerably and
have lost but two games out Of
seven played since that time. hav.
ing defeated Creele IN three games
and Alamosa two games. losing
one to Del Norte On the 3Dth Of
July and t. Creetie % the 9Th of
August. After. besug defeated BY
Del N0rte We have trisd to coax
them into u game but could make
~ heaslway At all with them.
Our team - still 10 the game and
is stronger than ever. and 70 willing
and ANXIOUS to play aay team 10
the valley. We cIa,m The cham.
pioaship of the San l.uis valley
and Will delend this title against
any tenn wbo tlss,re same
sfANDsas " fns 11Ans.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17
...PROGRAM...


MONTE VISTA, AUGUST %
40 Meeting creede with the Band to
/ Ball Park
1 l:l5 p nv Wheslbarrow Race bind-folded.
/ LIST prize-Fullsr Drug box Of cigars value 500
I 2nd Enos Keel cash slOo
! 'rd Chas Stutsman. base ball hat value $loo
/ 20 p m-lOO yard Dash
4 lst prizeJ Bushnger pair shoes, value
\ End H. j. Black base ball glove value 81
srd First National Bank, coin purse
/ l:25 m.--hO yard Dash for Ladies'
lst prize w. H. Poole fancy Broach, value $500
snd Weiss Chapman Drug Go. fancy Vase, value $500
l:oo p m.-Fat Mans Race
st Wblssey pair Shoes value 800
End W.R. Carter Thoroughbred Hat, value $3.50
ard c. G. Kerr. cash 90
40 p. m.-Potato Race for Men or Women
lst prizs-Fir"t National Bank. cash $500
| srd Coin Pun.
80 p. m.-Umlrsla Race for Men
| LIST prize French KelI.r Buggy Whip value $500
End Charles Grafton. cash 800 .
900 p. M Umbrella Race for Women
Let prixs-Mons Vista Furniture CO. Rocker value
End L. l.. Fassett Umbrella, value 1926
srd Fuller Drug Co. bottle Of Perfume. value 800
1st prize F. L. Bishop pair of Buckskn Gloves value $50
End Geo Schsrer pounds of Candy value &lOo
2sD p. m.- Thrssleeesd Raoe
lst prize Bank Of Monte Vista. cash 900
Bird 70
sso p. m.-Esx R.o.
lst prize whlesey Bros choice Boy Hat value $3.50
End H. H. Groh Buggy Whip, value slhO
3rd Arthur Graves Gosh 30 cents
2:40 IN. m.Wood Ohoppng Contest
let prize .. Station axe value $50
3nd g. W. Mccoy, cash slOO
$50 p m.-!adgns Most Handsome Woman.
PssOnshaR dasa Platinum Photos folders By Crooks
ChYistsnsen, value 600
And Judging Most Homsly Man
Prizs-Ons dozen Lemons by Whittlssey Brothsrs
800 p. m.-BALL GAME Creeds Monte Vista
$40 p. m:-aRAND BALL benefit Of NJ W A. Band
Prizes on sxhtion In merchants show Windows Nsechans
CLOSE Wednesday the 2th and not Tuesday the 9th entries
In BY l3"cock Wed the 3h Outside parties wishing 10 enter
these contests pleass notify the Secretary by letter
Judgss-W H. Poole H. h. Abbott W. A. Bonsush
Admission " Grounds 81 cents C3r.nd,tand F,..
Children under l2 Frss
B. H. AHRENS Master Ceremonies H J. GILBREATH S.o'v
Jaaes nclst0eh has . = Of EenoA
fprneuo aod Bel q
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17

T. q. Allen came down from
Lake Fork Wednesday. He says
. small party of miners hes COM
menced work on the Merrimac
mines. It 10 understood these
properties have changed hands
and will soon be taking out ore
either for shipment or to he treated
at the mines. These rich miues
have been idle ten or twelve years.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-17

Ars. A. G. McMeeu, Of Chicago,
q sister Of Frank Groeneudyke 10
here with her daughter on a visit.
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Thinking Machine. "I'l1 take the bird for few
days, doctor, if you don't mind"
And so it came to pass that when The Thinking
Machine returned to his apartments he was accom-
panied by as noisy and vociferous companion as
one would to have.
Martha the aged servant, viewed him with horror
he entered. The perfessor do be gettin old,
she muttered. Il suppose there'll be cat next.
Two days later DR.. Ballard called to the
telephone The Thinking Machine at the other
end of the wire.
Take two whom you trust and go down
to your grandfathers place" instructed the scien
fist curtly Take picks, shoves, compass and
long tape line Stand the front steps facing east.
off that lot on the adjoining property Go to that
apple tree. boulder is at its foot. Measure from
the edge of that stone twentysx feet due north by
west. You will find your money there. Then please
have some one come here and take this bird away.
If you don't, I'll wiring its neck It's the most
blasphemous creature | ever heard. Good by
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Dr. Ballard slipped the catch on the suit case and
turned it upside down on the laboratory table. 1t
packed-literally packed United States
bonds. The Thinking Machine fingered them idly.
And there is this too, said Dr. Ballard
He lifted stout sack from the floor cut the
string and spilled its contents beside the bonds
1t gold--thousands and thousands of dollars.
DR.. Ballard was frankly excited about it; The
Thinking Machine accepted it he accepted all
material things.
How much is there of it," he asked quietly
Il don't know" replied DR.. Ballard
And how did you find it?'
LAS you directed-twenty-six feet north from
the boulder and fourteen feet west from that point
Il knew that, of course, snapped The Thinking
Machine; but how it hidden?'
It's rather peculiar, explained Dr. Ballard.
Fourteen feet brought the man who had measured
it to the edge of an DID, dried up well, twelve or
fifteen feet deep. Not expecting any such thing,
stepped upon stone which protruded from one
side. That fell out, and revealed the wooden box,
which contained all this.
" In other Words said the scientist the money
was hidden in such manner that it would in time
have come to be buried twelve or fifteen feet below
the surface because the well, being dry, would ult
mately, of course, have been filled in
DR. Ballard had been listening only haziy His
hands had been blowing in and out of the heap of
something like contempt about his thin Tipped
mouth
How-how did you do it?" asked DR.. Bal
lard at last.
-. Il am surprised that you want to know" re-
marked The Thinking Machine cuttingy You
know how l reached the conclusion that the money
was not hidden either in the house or lot. The
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That's it, explained the scientist, as he closed
the door 49, Six times four twenty -four-and
add two That's the table the bird doesn't
know. The thing is incoherent, except as applied
to peculiar method of remembering number.
That number is twentv-six. On one occasion l
heard the bird repeat dozen times, Twenty-six
feet to the polar star That could mean nothing
except the direction of the twenty-six feet-due
north One of the first things l noticed the bird
saying something about fourteen feet to the
setting sun-or due west. When set down with the
thing to go
But where the starting point? Again, logic
There tree stone inside the lot, except
the apple tree which your workmen cut down, and
that more than twenty-six feet from the bound
airy of the lot in all directions. There one tree
in the adjoining lot, apple tree with boulder at
its foot | knew that by observation. And there
other tree, knew also, within several hun
dred feet; therefore, that tree, boulder rather
a starting pont-not the tree much as the
boulder because the tree might be cut down, or
would in time decay. The chances the stone
would have been allowed to remain there indefinitely
Naturally your grandfather would measure from
prominent point-the boulder That is all. l gave
you the figures You know the rest"
For minute or more, DIR. Ballard stared at him
blanky. . How it you knew" he asked, that
the directions should have been first twenty-six
feet north then fourteen feet west, instead of first
fourteen west, and then twenty-six feet north?''
Il d; int know replied The Thinking Machine
If you had failed to find the money by those direc-
tions, should merely have reversed the order
Half an hour later DR. Ballard went away, carry
ing the money and the parrot in its cage The bird
cursed The Thinking Machine roundly, DR..
Ballard went down the steps.
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plain logic of the thing told that, even before
the search you had made demonstrated it. You
saw how logic narrowed down the search, and you
saw my experiment with the dog. That was purely
animal. Would it lead him anywhere?- perhaps to
the spot where the money had been hidden? 1t did
not.
But the parrot? That another matter 1t
just happens that once before had an interesting
experience with bird-a cocl atoo which figured
in sleep walking case-and naturally was inter
ested in this bird. Now what were the circum-
stances in this case? Here bird that talked
exceptionally well, yet that bird had been living
for five years alone with old man. 1t is fact
that no matter how well parrot may talk, it
will forget in the of time, unless there is
some around it who talks. This old man
was the only person near this bird; therefore, from
the fact that the bird talks, know that the old
talked; from the fact that the bird repeated
the multiplication table, we know that the old man
repeated it, from the fact that the bird whistles,
we know that the old man whistled perhaps to the
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these circumstances, bird would have
come to that point where it would repeat
only the words or sounds that the old
man used.
''All this shows too that the old man
talked to himself Most people who live
alone a great deal do that. Then came
question as to whether at any time the
old man had ever repeated the secret of
the hiding place within the hearing of the
bird-not once but many times, because it
takes parrot long time to learn phrases.
When we know the vindictiveness which
lay behind the old mans actions in hiding
the money, when we know how the thing
preyed on his mind, coupled with the fact
that he talked to himself, and was not
wholly sound mentally, we can imagine
him doddering about the place alone, re-
peating the very thing of which he had
made SO great a secret. Thus the bird
learned it, but learned it disjointedly, not
connectedly; SO when l brought the parrot
here, my idea was to know by personal
observation what the bird said that didn't
connect-that is, that had no obvious
meaning, l hoped to get clue which
would result, just as the clue did get did
result.
The birds trick of repeating the null
tiplication table means nothing except it
shows the strange workings of an unbal-
anced mind. And yet, there is one excep-
ton to this. In disjointed sort of way,
the bird knows all the multiplication tables
to ten, except one. For instance-isten!"
The Thinking Machine crept stealthily
to door and opened it softly few inches
From somewhere out there came the
screeching of the parrot. For several min
utes they listened in silence. There was
food of profanity, shrill whistle or two.
then the squawking voice ran off into
monotone.
Six times one are six, six times two are
twelve, six times three are eighteen, six
times four are twenty-four-and add two"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-23
w. +. Riley Chosen President.

Milwaukee, May 17.---William F.
Riley, of the Chicago & Northwestern
road, headquarters in Chicago, was
unanimously elected president of the
Railroad Association of Special
Agents and Police of the United
States and Canada at the closing SEES
sion of the convention Other Off
GERS are: First vice president, T.. r.
Griffin, of the Queen & Crescent road,
Somerset, KY; second vice president,
H. H. Jermaine, of the Santa Fe road,
Topeka, Kan; third vice president, R.
l.. Humphrey, New York city; secre-
tary and treasurer, c. H. Dawson.
Aurora, Ill; reelected for the eighth
term The next convention will be
held in Lexington KY.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

81 y. r. Nickerson, vice president Of
the Mexican Central Railway COM
pany, has resigned from that office.
Senator Foraker denounced the
statement of Ohio Chairman Brown as
frank, dictatorial and offensive boss
ISM
Jailer Whitman frustrated jail de-
livery in Chicago in which Murderer
Charles Hansen planned to use nitro
glycerin.
All union workmen on the new coun-
ty building in Chicago may strike be-
cause bricklayers object to being paid
in checks. zs6 5
Cotton mill centers of the southern
New England states are reported
about to raise the wages of $4,000 OPP
orators ten per cent.
Irish home rule bill raised a
storm of protest in Ireland and the
United league will hold a convention
in Dublin to discuss the measure.
Junius B. Darby, Chicago elevated
motorman, was shot and probably ia
tally wounded by Mrs. Helga Ander.
son-WaskoW, whom he had Tilted.
Counsel for Caruso, the tenor, has
paid the $40 fine imposed on the
singer some months ago on a charge
OF annoying woman in Central park,
New York
Counsel for w. D. Haywood, on trial
at Boise, is Investigating the record Of
Harry Orchard with a view to i'm
peaching his testimony by showing
that he lied }
Lawyer Abraham Hummel, of New
York, is refused certificate Of rea-
sonable doubt and ordered committed
to the penitentiary to serve years
sentence for perjury.
The European wheat situation is re-
garded by competent grain merchants
as being most unfavorable. The pres
ent prices are the highest quoted in
Russia for decades past
Benjamin 1de Wheeler, president Of
the University of California, has been
offered the presidency Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology to
/
succeed President Henry S. Pritchett.
Secretary Bishop, of the isthmian
canal commission, received cable
gram from Col. Goethals, chief en-.
gineer of the work on the isthmus,
| minimizing the strike of the dredge
workers.
The Canadian government has com
pleted a survey of the great Georgian
Bay-Montreal canal, which, it is an
nounced, it will build at cost OF
$105,000, 900 to open navigation from
the great lakes to the world.
In the most emphatic and unequiv
ecal language that can use 1 want
to deny that there is any foundation
whatever for the rumor that contem
plate resigning in the fall or at any
other time said Senator Cullom Of
Illinois at Washington, when asked
about his future plans
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-23


fered and all Of the rules, regulations
and bylaws. together with the articles
of incorporation OF both Of these ex.
changes, is hereto attached and made
4 part of this report.
Your committee, however, although
being satisfied that these grain ex-
changes have been in their operation.
and are now, productive of great ben.
ef1ts, yet your committee Is inclined
to believe, in respect to the matter Of
admission to membership OF appli-
cants. that the methods of election OF
such applicant should be broadened
and so enlarged that It should be de-
pendent upon a vote Of a larger pro-
portion of the members Of the ex-
change than ut the present time, SO
that the question of refusing or re-
ceiving an applicant for membership
would he passed upon by q larger
number of the members than is now
required by the rules Of the exchange.
our committee is also of the. opin-
Ion that it might be wise and destr.
able for these exchanges to SO enlarge
their authorized membership so that
they could be more readily pure
by any possible applicant.
E#5 y. f. CALHOUN.
ct. M. PUGH,
JOHN G.@LENNON,
j. A.. GATES,
II. o. HANSEN,
Committee II
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-23
Golden Valley Nursery
Warren, MINI.
Strawberries.

Straw berries.
i have for sale 20, 600. strawberry
plants Warfields, Dunlap, Bedewood
and Splendid the best. and most
finely Favored berries grown. Straw
berries are an easy crop to grow .and
every farmer ought to have a patch.
Apple Trees.
/ also have a large quantity Of
apple trees the Wealthy..and Uniyer-
ty-the surest trees for thisclimate.
/ also have the celebrated Lyman
crab.
Plums and Cherries. 5s
Plums ar. easy to grow and there
is no reason why every family should
not have an abundance Of this very
desirable fruit. / sell the DeSota
and Weaver varieties. The Early
Richmond cherry, and the Compass,
La hybrid variety, are sure growers
and ought to be il every orchard.
Roses and Ornamentals.
/ sell the most popular roses and
| the hardest ornamental shrubberryi
adopted for this section Of the state.
/ have the weeping birch, mountain
ash, Russian OF golden willow, weep
ling willow etc.
I have 800 elm, / TO 3 in. in dia-
meter for planting Tor Immediate
lefect.
A big Assortm ent of Every reens.
/ a i my trees and plants are guar
Ianueed.
Send for catalogue and price list.
Mail orders receive prompt atten-
i tion. 81
John Fawger, Prop.
i aITen, Mimi.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-23
Land For Proposed Forest

Washington, May II. The interior
department has withdrawn approx.
mately 6Os,0OO acres Of land lying in
the Little Rock, Dardanelles and Cam.
den, Arkansas land districts, mainly
in Montgomery and Polk counties and
almost west of Hot Springs, for the
proposed Arkansas National forest.