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A walk into and through the silent gambling halls yesterday re- minded one of the soliloquy of the lone rooser. which was something like this: "I feel like one who treads alone some barnyard floor deserted; whose feed has fled. whose chickens are dead, and whose hens have all departed."- Courier.
Williams news., 1907-04-06
GRAND JURORS

Wm. F. Dermont, president of the Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Co.,, who had been in Los Angeles for several days on business, re- turned to the city Sunday.
Williams news., 1907-04-06

sdas. WILLIAMS --assse @~ AERIE. F O. E. No. 751 Meetings for the month of February will be held on the 9th and 23rd. Visiting brethren cordially invited. J. D. Raudebaugh, W. P.
 N. Fousha, w. V. P.
 J. H. Atwood, w. Sec.
 Jacob Salzman. w. Treas.
Williams news., 1907-04-06

A press dispatch says the saloon keepers of Douglas have started a fund to test the strength of the law prohibiting women from visit ing saloons.
Williams news., 1907-04-06
Women in Saloons
MIR. sTEEVEs' OPINION


 In an Interview with our local attorney, X. N. Sleeves. regarding the new law relating to women being in saloons, MT. Sleeves said to the reporter of the NEWS that he could not agree with the opinions of Attorney General Clark and District Attorney Morrison. of Yavapai county, as expressed in the Journal Miner, of Prescott.
 Mir. Sleeves said: "Doubtless woman may own a saloon, and she may go into her saloon for business purposes, but she can not loiter therein, or permit any woman to lrink in such saloon" He further said "that the law was not so framed as to deprive any woman from working wherever she could get employment; but it prohibits the saloon keeper from allowing her to drink, etc., or work therein; md that such laws had been up held as valid, and not unconstitu tional by the supreme courts, both in the states of Montana and Washington, and by the federal court in the last named state. That the only decisions to the contrary are by the supreme court of the state of California, where, under the constitution of that staie it is provided that mo person shall, on account of sex, be disqualified from entering upon or pursuing any law ful business, vocation or profession" md that even in that state a town ordinance os similar nature had been in case, Exparte, Smith. (1869), 3S Cal. TOP, held to be valid. Such laws and ordinances ire founded upon public policy. and are within the police powers of d city or state for the furtheranct of good morals"
 Prescott, April 1.-[Special to the Democrat ]-During office hours Saturday, the district attorney's and sheriff's offices were visited by large number of persons engaged in the retail liquor business, seek ing information concerning the operation of the different laws pss ssed by the last legislature. regulating the liquor tra fife and the employment of women in saloons.
 Attorney General E. s. Clark and District Attorney R. E.. Morri- son concur in the opinion that any woman dependant upon herself for support and owning a saloon could continue the business and even work in the saloon itself. They set forth, as principal of law. that any citizen, man or woman, cannot be prevented from enga aging in or carrying on any business or occupation recognized by the law
 As result of this interpretation of the law barring women from saloons, which allows woman owning a saloon to conduct and work in her own place of business, it is said that owners of certain saloons in this vicinity are con sidering the advisability of incor- porating their businesses, taking in women as partners, so that they can thus evade the recent law.
 f Just how this theory, in actual practice, will work out, remains to be seen, but number of prominent lawyers of Prescott when questioned as to what effect the opinion of the
Williams news., 1907-04-06

district attorney and attorney general would have, were it correct. said they failed to see how any woman owning an interest in a saloon business could be barred any quicker than one owning the entire business, as the law does not, in that sense, differentiate between an entire owner and a part owner The opinion of the attorney general has raised possibilities, which it is said, some of the saloon men will be quick to take advantage of
Williams news., 1907-04-06

WILLIAMS LODGE No. Is. l.. o. O.. F. w meets every Wednesday night at 2: :a o'clock in L o. 6. F. hail. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed.
 J.S. Campbell N. G.
 H. A. Hicks, V. G.
 Wm. Mccartney, Sec'y.
 Joseph Johnston. Treas WILLIAMS REBEKAH LODGE No. 10, Meet. every Friday night at 2: 30 ip l. 0. o. F. hall.
 Alta Raudebaugh, N. G.
 Julia Sughrue, V. G. .,5s. Hattie Tefft. Sec'y.
Williams news., 1907-04-06

v N. STEEVES
 ATTORNEY AT LAW Will Practice in all Courts of the Territory Also Before the Land Department. WILLIAMS. ARIZONA.
Williams news., 1907-04-06
PROFESSIONAL.

WY A. BAKER, D. D. s.
 ...... ...DENTIST..... WILLIAMS FLAGSTAFF
Williams news., 1907-04-06
WILL BE HERE AGAIN

DRS. L. M. and H. w. SWIKERATH, the Op= ticians who visit here regularly, will be here again at the GRAND CANYON HOTEL for two days, April 17th and 18th
Williams news., 1907-04-06

GRAND CANYON ENCAMPMENT, No. :. V I. O. O. F. Meets every other Saturda! evening at I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited.
 P. M. Shafer, P. c. P.
 wm. Mccartney, c. P.
 J. s. Campbell, Scribe.
 H. A. Hicks. Treas.
Williams news., 1907-04-06
SOCIETIES.

GRAND CANYON LODGE No. IA, K. OF VI Meets every Thursday evening in l. O. OF hall. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed.
 R. A. Morrow, c. c.
 A. D. Adams, V. C.
 F. W. Smith. K of R. and E. PINE TEMPLE, NO. l, RATHBONE SISTERS, meets every first and third Tuesday night ant second and fourth Thursday afternoon of eacl month at I. O. O. F. Hall.
 Mary Button, M. E. c.
 Percy Dubois. M. of R. and
 Kate Barney. M. of F.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
A Modern Drama.

A play in one act and one scene, by
G. b. Pshaw. With preface.
Curtain rises, discovering young
woman seated on a mission chair in
a Queen Anne drawing-room with q
Louis Seize bookcase. There are few
books in the case, mostly the works
of G. B. Pshaw. The girl is dressed
in oxidized green silk, voluminous
skirt being draped gracefully, and her
lace waist fitting her snugly. Her
labored breathing indicates that she
is either victim of tight lacing or
is struggling with depressed, emotion.
She must subtly convey to the au-
dience the impression that she is ex-
pecting caller whom she wishes to
see and still wishes would not come,
The caller, 1t can be seen, is young
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
10, the New Indian.

An Iowa man tells of an amusing
incident in connection with an exposi-
ton held in that State, whereat one
of the attractions was the Indian De-
partment, where the red men dwelt
in their tepees and mimicked their
own history in dances and mock
fights.
After one of these exhibitions by
the Indians a Boston girl undertook
to talk to young Indian brave
Heap much fight" she said.
The red man smiled grimly, drew
his blanket closer about his stalwart
form, and replied:
Yes; this is indeed a great FIX
position. We flatter ourselves that
our portion of the entertainment is
by no means the least attractive here.
May | presume to ask who it is that
| have the honor to address,"
The Boston girl had been talking
to a Carlisle graduate.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
Why the Ratio of Bachelors is In
creaSing,

That the ratio of bachelors is steadi.
ly increasing goes without saying,
and that there are several causes for
this condition of things will be
readily admitted prominent among
these is the luxurious style of living
the continuous prosperity of our
country has fostered.
The young man of moderate income,
when he begins to figure up the
cost of becoming householder,
stands aghast at the outlay involved
in maintaining what to-day is con-
sdered even a very moderate estab-
lishment But to the unprejudiced OBJ
server the leading cause especially
among our middle classes is the way
the average girl of to-day is brought
mp.
1t is a lamentable fact that the
daughters of our artisans and trades
people are, as a rule, skilled only in
arranging and adjoining the parlor;
and the young man with no other cap
ital than brain and Drawn hesitates
to marry a girl who boasts of her
ignorance of domestic science, and
treats the subject as if the knowledge
would be degrading.
There are multitudes of worthy
young men who long for homes of
there own, but feel unable to marry
and then hire a girl and keep a nurse.
Tie pride Of every young woman
should be to know how to cook and
do it right, how to make and keep the
home attractive, and to be thoroughly
skilled in every branch of good house
keeping. The girl who helps her moth
err and studies how to excel in home
lie is the kind of a girl the young
man is looking for to-day.
When our mothers and daughters
awaken to the fact that the most i'm
portant training for the prospective
wife is in the art of domestic science,
there will be fewer old maids and
bachelors.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
BETTER ROADS
And More of Them---SOme Su gees
tfOnS That Also Apply TO
Ohio County.

The last issue of the Franklin Fav-
orite contains the following timely
remarks:
Il am not given to talking for pub
llcaton and perhaps not capable of
offering the public advice" said a
we'll known county citizen last Mon
day, but I am nevertheless puzzled
to know why our people continue to
stand in their own light regarding
the question of pixies in Simpson
county. l positively know of one
farm in my section that has been sold
for $4,000 since the pike was con-
structed along its way that no sane
man would have paid half that amount
for before the pike was made. Argu-
ing from this as a basis, what would
the farming lands of the county not
bring if a first-class pike, instead of
worthless dirt roads was to be found
in all parts of the county? Nothing
is palmer than that the enhanced val
uation of property would pay for the
construction, even though every mile
of pike cost us in round numbers 81
600. There is not to be found a land
owner, merchant, lawyer, physician,
stockraiser of laborer who does not
readily admit that we are frittering
away thousands of dollars in losses
by wear and tear of vehicles and in
ability to market products during the
winter months, yet no organized eff
fort has been made to secure a vote
on the question of bonds, which is
the only feasible, and in short, the
only possible way by which the pixies
could be secured. The Favorite
might print columns of matter for
the next ten years pointing out the
advantages to be derived and the
method by which the bcCa couid be
secured, but there would still remain
a duty for the citizens to perform l
nope to see the people of Simpson
county go to work at once and in
earnest. Circulate petitions for sig
natures and have an election called
TO take the sense of the voters upon
this proposition. 1t means more. fl
nancially and otherwise to our peo-
pie than all the political elections we
may participate in for the next fifty
years to come"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
STARVATION
In Terrible Form is Now Prevailing
in China-Ten Million Starv-
ing Farmers.

New York, February 21.-Unless I'M
mediate succor be sent to the Chinese
famine sufferers in the district north
of the Yan-Tse River, the lives of
100000 starving Chinese farmers
will be snuffed out within few weeks.
This was the message received by 4.
r. Johnson, of the Christian Herald,
to-day from a prominent civic So
ciety in China, which is soliciting aid
for the sufferers.
Immediate steps will be taken by
charitable institutions of this city to
send relief to the sufferers.
THE famine in North China is the
most terrible in the history of the
world" said Mr.. johnson. Not even
the famines of India can compare with
it. 1t covers an area of more than
10000 square miles, with a population
of 100000. 1t is inevitable that
this whole population will be wiped
out unless relief be sent at once.
Last October and November it
rained in this district for 40 days
without cessation. Every crop was
utterly ruined.
Men stripped trees of their bark
for food Women threw their children
into the river rather than see them
II
counted by the thousand"
DR.. Louis Klopsch of the Christian
Herald has already sent $4,000 TO
the sufferers, and has promised TO
send $4,000 a month for the next
four months One dollar from every
America will save one life in China
for a week. Millions are in the fam
inc camps now.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27

lows elect Principal Chief, but he
won't stand for any .bloodshed. Every
citizen of the Choctaw Nation can en-
ter this building but he must leave all
weapons at the door"
in about Is minutes there was the
biggest pile of guns, dirks and frog
stickers imaginable in front of that
building. Every Indian went inside.
Then the fun began. Two men tried
TO sit in every chair in the House and
Senate, from the Speakers down.
Furniture was smashed, desks over
turned, and general havoc created.
Colonel Bell and the Major were
standing in from of the building when
a disheveled Indian came running out.
They're killing each other in
there he shouted.
Colonel Bill and the Major smiled
as they turned their eyes on the
mountain of weapons guarded by four
soldiers.
HI, an Indian can't fight with his
fists" retorted the Major coolly. He
was right. When the wrestling match
was over, the Hunter delegates had
been unseated by sheer strength, and
McCurtain was elected Governor.-W.
j. c. in st. Louis Republic.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
A MILLION DIVORCES
In Twenty YearS-An Alarm
ing Record for the
United States.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Preliminary
estimates made by the bureau of CEN
sus as a result of the investigation
of marriage and divorce statictics
which began last summer, indicate
that the number of applications for
divorce filed throughout the United
States during the 20-year period
from 1887 to 1906 will reach the
enormous total of 100000. 1t is es-
timated that three-fourths of the APP
plications have been granted, so that
the statistics when compiled will
show that in the period stated more
than 100000 divorces have been al
lowed.
In the 20-year period from 1867 to
1886, for which divorce statistics
were obtained. the total number of
divorces was 32S,000.
On their face the figures indicate
stupendous increase, but when the
ratio they bear to the population is
considered, it is not so great, though
still large enough to warrant the Sc
rious consideration of the American
people.
Upon the basis of the average an
nual population of each period it APP
pears that the number of divorces in
the first period was SO per 100000 of
population for the whole United
States, and approximately 20 per
100000 for the second period. 1t is es-
timated, therefore, that for the whole
country, divorces have more than
doubled
There is a striking difference in
the reports of divorce applications
and divorces for cities and those for
the country. In the case of Chicago,
for example, the number of divorces
granted from 1867 to 1886 was S,13G
The records thus far Transcribed for
the second 20-year period show 49,
65S applications, of which 1,7S5
were granted.
1t is estimated that the total num-
Der of applications will be $4,000, of
which $4,000 have been granted. Up
on the basis of the average annual
population, divorces in Chicago dur
ing the first period numbered IS per
100000, while they increased to 107
per 100000 for the second period.
Chicago's increase is not nearly so
great as that of Philadelphia, where
the average number increased from
% per 100, 900 for the first period TO
IS per 100000 for the second period.
Boston is passing Chicago in the
rate of increase, which has gone up
from 40 to SO. The statistics for New
York have not yet been compiled.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
The Gun Was Loaded.

WINCHESTER, Ky, February GA
distressing accident occurred at the
home of A. ]. Stampes, about five
miles from this city, to-day. 1t was
another case of did not know it was
loaded" The father had cleaned his
shotgun and set it back in the cor
ner and wet out.
His twelve-year-old boy picked it
up and began to play with it. His
eight-year-old brother laughingly
placed his hand over the muzzle and
said; Shoot my hand off" The ell
der boy pulled the trigger. The gun
went off and shot the hand off and al
so tore out the back of the boys head.
which was in line.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27

man who has been wooing her for d
long time. She abstractedly breaks
an ivory fan into fragments and is
pickiEg her teeth with one Of them
when the young man enters. He
parts his hair away down on the side,
wears pearl-gray trousers, black frock
coat and puff scarf and otherwise
betrays his affection for her. She
shudders visibly and bites her lips.
He trembles and scratches his head
then speaks.)
He: "Millicent, will you marry me?'
She: Harold ! cannot. | eloped
with your father this morning Come
to my arms, my SOM"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
Rising From the Grave.

A prominent manufacturer, Wm.A,
Fertwell. of Lucama. N. c., relates a
most remarkable experience. He says:
"After taking less than three bottles
of Electric Bitters, l feel like one
rising from the grave. My trouble
is Bright's disease, in the Diabetes
stage. l fully believe Electric Bit
ters will cure me permanently, for it
has already stopped the liver and
bladder complications which have
troubled me for years" Guaranteed
at J. II. Williams, druggist. Price
only soc. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27

an increase by nearly 100000 lar
ger than the increase of our cigar
industry during the same year. This
Jump is the more remarkable in the
face of the pronounced and unrelent-
ing hostility Of half a dozen state
Legislatures which have ostracised
not only the manufacture but also the
handling and consumption of cigarettes
within the confines of their respec-
tive territories.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
"Ad" for Wife Proves too PrOduc-
live.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 23-As the
result of advertising for a wife, Geo.
Moon, a 40-year-old widower of An
sonia, has been so overwhelmed with
applicants that he has posted mo
Wife Wanted sign on his front door.
He says he has done this only as
a temporary eXpedient to enable him
to give proper consideration to the
numerous women who offered them
selves as mates.
Moon has had from fifteen to thir-
ty women callers every evening for
a week. He has received more than
100 letters, most of them with photo
graphs inclosed. He says he will
take several weeks to make up hi-
mind.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
The American Magazine for March.

The American Magazine for March
includes a new little play, THE Goal, "
by Henry Arthur Jones. Throughout
the play, made joyful by his presence,
there walks a great man of the world,
seventy-five years old, who. on the
day he died, preserved love of life,
high respect for himself, and enthusi-
asm for larger achievement. When he
died he died standing.
Miss Tarbell, whose history of the
tariff is one of the features of this
notable periodical, relates in the pres
ent number the story of the tariff
under Grant Blaine, Sunset" Cox,
Horace Greeley, "Pig-iron" Kelley
and Garfield are among the men in
troduced.
What Ray Stannard Baker is going
to do with THE Riddle of the Negro
is fully announced.
Other contributors are George Ran
dolph Chester, Sarah N. Cleghorn,
Michael Williams, Witter Bynner and
Jules Verne Des Voignes.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
Notice TO Creditors,

Ohio Circuit Court.
nard, Plaintiff,
VS..
l.. T. Barnard, ct al, defendants
All persons having claims against
the assigned estate of l.. T. Barnard
are hereby notified to present same
to me at my office in Hartford, KY,
properly proven, on or before We'd
nesday, the 9th day of March, 1907,
or they will be forever barred
Given under my hand this Febru-
airy II, 1907. f. L. Felix,
7t4 Master Commissioner.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
AN INDIAN ELECTION.
How ChOctawDelegateS Secur-
ed Seats in Red Mans
legislature.

Colonel Bill s.. agent of the
Five Tribes of Indian Territory, may
not be the gamest man in the world,
but If there is any drawer ] never
met him.
Such a little thing as having 500
disgruntled redskins on your hands,
] each thirsting for the others gore, is
enough to test any mans sand. That
they were educated didn't relieve mat
tiers. True, Colonel Bill was ultimate
ly forced to send to Fort Reno for
troops, but I'm getting ahead of my
story.
The incidents referred to occurred
I at Tuskahoma, capital of the Choctaw
Nation, in the valley of the Kiamiche
Nimrod is wont to journey in the fall
sof the year for game bigger than jack
rabbits.
Trouble was caused when one
faction resorted to the tactics of
civilized Indians" and stole the poll
books of the primaries of the guber-
Material, or Principal Chief, election.
When the Choctaw Legislature as
sembled at Tuskahoma there were two
occupants for every seat in both the
Upper and Lower Houses. This nat
urally created confusion as the Choc
taw laws provided that the Principal
Chief must be elected by the Legis-
lature in joint session.
To make matters worse, there were
two candidates for gubernatorial hon.
ors, McCurtain and Hunter both of
whom aspired to succeed old Cover
nor Dukes, who declined reelection.
Dukes, backed with his Light Horse
daredevil Indian police, favored
Hunter.
Colonel Bill didn't attempt to act
as arDiter. That might have meant
his scalp. He did protest against the
Light Horse taking possession of the
Capitol and admitting only Hunter
delegates. The Indians ignored him.
Colonel Bill didn't lose his temper.
but McCurtin did. Colonel Bill heard
the threats, and sent a telegram to
the fort for troops.
81 can't keep them apart much lon
ger" he wired.
All the Indians assembled on the
Capitol grounds next morning, drawn
up in battle array, with Hunter lead
ing one side and McCurtain the other.
4 I'm going into that building if
have to kill every man in front of
me-" shouted McCurtain. l believed
he meant it, and ducked through a
barbed-wire fence. | peeked through
to see what was coming off.
Hunters bunch backed by the
Light Horse, were lined up in front of
the building Each side looked de-
termined, but not any more so than
the man who stood between them. 1t
was Colonel Bill. l don't know what
he said to them, because he talked
III NhoCld"' IL HuSI nave pOcH
plenty. for suddenly McCurtain wav-
ed his arm majestically to his fol-
lowers and they fell back gradually.
Just as things began to look their
worst the clear notes of a cavalry bu-
gle reverberated through the noun
tains. We shook hands silently.
1t wasn't many minutes before the
troops galloped up, full regiment of
regulars Major Maloney. an intre-
pid Irishman, rode at their head.
The Major didn't mince words.
"You know the cavalry" he shouted
from the steps of the Capitol. Uncle
Sam doesn't care a rap whom you fell
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
Cigarettes in United States.

The cigarette output of 4,36S, $780,
OILS in the calender year of 1906 must
have come as a surprise to the bulk
of the trade, but more stunning yet
its increase in one year of $40, 240, 462,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-27
Clothes.

TO be leader of fashion one must
be a follower. The man who pays the
compliment is not always the man
who pays for the gown.
United we stand, but divided We
get all sorts of mean things said
about u.s." saith The Skirt.
The most adorned woman is NOT
always the most adored.
As a mans salary gets higher his
wife's gowns get lower.
\ widow and her weeds are soon
parted.
An old fashion is old, but an an
cient fashion is always modern.-Wal-
ter Pulitzer, in March Delineator. .