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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20
Notice OF Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
as administrator OF the estate of Ann Sylvester
deceased, has filed his final account in the
county Court Of the State of Oregon, for Polk
county, and that Saturday, the 3lst day OF
August, 1870, at the hour of ten O'Clock in the
forenoon Of said day, at the Court room Of the
said County Court in the City of Dallas, OREGON.
has been appointed by said Court as the time
ana place for the hearing Of objections to the
said final account and the settlement thereof.
J. y. SMITH,
Administrator OF the estate of
Ann Sylvester, deceased.
Oscar Hayter. Attorney.
Dated and first published August 2 -7ea7.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20
Notice Of Final settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
as administrative OF the estate of John w, kees,
deceased has filed her final account IN tne
County Court OF the State of Oregon, for Polk
county, and that Wednesday, the 18th day OF
september, 1907, at the hour of ten o'clock in
the forenoon OF said day, at the Court room OF
the said County Court in the City OF Dallas,
Oregon, has been appointed by said Court as
me time and place for the hearing OF objections
10 the said final account and the settlement
FANNIE l.. KEAS,
Administrative OF the estate OF
John W. Keas, deceased.
Oscar Hayter Attorney,
Dated and first published August 20, 1907.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the uucersigned
mas been duly appointed administrator of the
estate estate OF refer wheeler, deceased, by the County
Court of the State of Oregon, for Polk Conntv
and has qualified - ,
All persons having claims against the said
estate are hereby notified to present the same
ubuly by Eerlneo, together with the proper vouchers
therefor, to the undersigned, at his nlace of
business in Willanina, Yamhin County. ore
gon, or at the office of the County Clerk OF Polk
Souhty' IN Dallas, oregon, within six months
from the date Of this notice.
Dated and first published July o. 1907.
PAUL FUNDMAN
Administrator of the estate
OF Peter Wheeler, deceased.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20

Legal blanks at this ohace.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20
CARSON 4 CANNON,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Notice For Publication.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Portland, Oregon,

Department OF the Interior,
Land Office at Portland, Oregon,
August 8, 1907.
of HOskins, Oregon, has filed notice of his
intention to make final five year proof in sup
port of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No
1926 made on July s, 1902, for the Northeast
quarter Of Section 20, Township 9 south, Range
Z west, and that said proof will be made before
the Clerk of Polk County, at Dallas, Oregon, on
September Il. 1907.
he names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, the land, viz. William Mclaughlin, Of Falls
City Oregon: r Russell. Of Falls City, Oregon
N. Jones, Of Falls City, Oregon; 7. f. Phelps, Of
ALGERNON S. DRESSER,
Register.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-20

TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 8, 1878.
United States Land 0tfice,
Portland, Oregon,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
Recreation for Working People.

Turning from the more substantial
features of Industrial betterment to
what may be called its lighter, though
not less important side, there are all
sorts of opportunities for recreation. A
large factory or department store has
a social life all its own; there are
clubs, athletic, social, literary and
musical. The sensible outdoor life OF
games, tennis, bowling, cricket and
swimming for the men, croquet and
tennis for the women. Compulsory
gymnastic exercises are given in the
'company's time by physical directors.
Where there Is piano in the recrea-
ton rooms dance or concert bright
ems the noon hour, says Mary Il. Gran
ston, in the Reader. Picnics and vaca-
ton camping parties In summer
take the place OF dances and match
ball games in winter. The saloons
have found a powerful rival In the
latter, for practice at noon leaves little
time and less inclination for beer or
other stimulants. Dublin, Ireland,
Pittsburg and New York may boast
the distinction of roof gardens for en-
ployes. 1t is queer that roofs are not
more frequently used in cities where
it is so difficult to make any kind Of
Improvement without great expense.
For very little the roof of the average
factory could be made joy forever
and a great safeguard by keeping
young people from idling in the streets
at noon.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
FAILED IN SMALL THINGS.
Congressman Evidently Was No Here
to His Wife.

There is certain congressman
who, whatever authority he may hold
in the councils Of state, is Of compare
lively minor Importance in his own
household. Indeed, 1t has been un-
kindly intimated that his wife is "ths
whoio thing" in their establishment.
Representative and Mrs. Blank
had been to Baltimore one afternoon.
When they left the train at Washing
ton, on their return, Mrs. Blank dis
covered that her umbrella, which had
been intrusted to the care Of her hus-
band, was missing.
Where's my umbrella?" she de-
manded.
I'm afraid I've forgotten it, my
DEAR" meekly answered the congress
man. ut must still be in the train"
'In the train!" snorted the lady.
"And to think that the affairs of the
nation are intrusted to a man who
doesn't know enough to take care OF a
woman's brella!"-Success Maya
zine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
WENT TO TEA
And 1t Wound Her Bobbin.

Tea drinking frequently affects peo-
pie as badly as coffee. A lady in Sails
bury, Md, says that she was COM
PEELED to abandon the use of coffee a
good many years ago, because it
threatened to ruin her health and that
she went over to tea drinking, but
finally, she had dyspepsia so bad that
she had lost twenty-five pounds and
no food seemed to agree with her.
She further says: LAS this time l
was induced to take up the famous
food drink, Postum, and was so much
pleased with the results that l have
never been without it since. | com.
menced to improve at once, regained
my twenty-five pounds of flesh and
went some beyond my usual weight.
Il know Postum to be good, pure
and healthful, and there never was an
article, and never will be, l believe
that docs so surely take the place OF
coffee, as Postum Food Coffee. The
beauty of it all is that it is satisfying
and wonderfully nourishing. / feel as
If could not sing it's praises too loud.
Read The Road u Wellville," in pkgs
There's a Reason"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27

A Hindoo editor has gone to jail for
printing a large section of his mind in
his paper. If the British government
insists on making popular hero out
of this editor doubtless he can stand
It, A Jail sentence is nothing, says
Chicago Daily News, IL the populace
outside Is standing around shouting
for the prisoner and during lulls Is
making faces at the British govern
ment. That editor may get his name
in history long after the impetuous Of
fetal who caused his arrest has been
forgotten. This may be some consola-
ton to him. Then again he may get
better grub in Jail than he was able to
rustic outside. On the whole, the
British government has done him a
great kindness, but that isn't saying
that he appreciates it,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
A New Typhold Terror.

Although the discovery of new
sources of danger to health, new car
riers of disease germs, should be an
ENCOURAGEMENT to the scientific worker
as tending toward the more accurate
application of preventive measures,
the knowledge that the typhoid infec-
ton is being carried about in scores
OF supposedly healthy persons will
prove rather alarming. To the medical
profession It Is well known, of course,
that the typhoid bacillus sometimes
of the human anatomy and that 1t is
always to be found for a time during
convalescence, but tho possibility that
healthy and apparently robust indi-
viduals may be carriers Of the deadly
germs, and that the arrest and isola-
ton of such carriers" may come to
be a part Of the public campaign
against the disease, is comparatively
recent aspect of the question. The
discovery of this added danger should
serve to emphasize the Importance OF
scrupulous care in ascertaining the
health and antecedents of household
servants, says Philadelphia Ledger. In
a particular case that led to the dis.
covery of one aggravated instance Of
typhoid carrier" six persons in a
single family developed the disease
within few days after the, arrival OF
a new cook. After every other posi-
BILE source of contamination had been
investigated and found guiltless, an
inquiry as to the cook revealed the
startling fact that during the five
years previous at least 26 cases Of
typhoid were associated with her serv-
ice in seven different families. She
was detained, and meteorological ex-
animation revealed her to be chronic
typhoid fever producer
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
PURIFIED LIFE INSURANCE.
Benefits from New Law, Which Re-
mains Substantially Unchanged.

Through the influence of Gov.
Hughes, the New York Legislature de-
cided to make no radical changes in
the new insurance law. 1t was pointed
out by Gov. Hughes that the New York
law has already accomplished wide
spread reforms, with proportionate
benefits to policyholders, and that 1t
fore any amendments were seriously
considered. 1t Is estimated that the
cost of the mismanagement of the past
did not average more than 20 cents to
each policyholder, while the benefits
to present and future policyholders
will amount to many times more and
be cumulative besides. The speed
craze of the big companies and the ex-
cessive cost of securing new business
was the most extravagant evil of the
old arrangements. Under the new
regime the cost of new business has
already been greatly reduced, along
with other economies.
The showing made by the Equitable
Life Assurance Society in it's report
for 1906 was a strong argument
against meddling with the new law.
In the Equitable alone there was a
saving of over 100000 in expenses,
besides an increase in the income
from the Society's assets amounting
to as much more. The ratios of the
Equitable's total expenses to its total
income was 1920 in 1904, 1889 in
1905, and only 14.4S9o in 1906. The
dividends paid to Equitable policy
holders in 1906 amounted to $7,2S9, 734,
which was an increase of more than
go over 1905.
While the Equitable made better
showing than any other big company
all reported radical economies and un'
der such conditions the Legislature
wisely decided to leave the law sub
stantially as it stands.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
snent Shot Kills Ducks.

The wild ducks in this vicinity are
affected with new and fatal disease
which is killing them off by scores.
Dead ducks are drifting ashore in
numbers, which shows that the dis.
ease is epidemic among the fowls, An
old trapper and duck hunter OF this
vicinity who has practically spent his
life at those vocations gives theory
for the epidemic which sounds ration.
al. He says: Put shot of the
smallest kind in a kernel of grain and
feed it to any kind of fowl and the
first thing you know the fowl will die,
Now, If you will bring up sand from
the bottom of river or lake you will
be surprised at the number of shot
you will find, which has been fired
away by duck and goose hunters. In
the spring the ducks are ravenous for
gravel or sand and dive to the DO; an
to secure them, getting shot into their
gizzards with the sand or gravel and
dying in consequence. II you dor I
believe it examine as many of the
dead ducks as you please, and If you
don't find one or more shot in each
of their giz2ards just set me down g,
numslull That's all there is OF e
-Winneconne Local.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
SYMPATHY FOR THE FISH.
Upton SincIair's Amazing Parable on
Charity of the Rich.

Upton Sinclair, in an address before
a body of Chicago Socialists, said OF
charity:
1.-THE average charity, the charity OF
the rich seems rather futile to me.
The rich Cypress the poor enormously,
then they help them slightly. 1t Ii
like the young lady anger.
"'Why,' said a man to this young
lady, dc you always carry bottle of
liniment with you on your fishing ex-
cursions?'
She sighed.
az am sorry she said plaintively
for the poor little fish. And SO, when
I take one off the hook, l always rub
it's cut mouth with some liniment.'
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
The Lie According to Mr.. Dooiey

"a lie may be as simple as tn
thruth. TIL fact iv tn matter is that
tn rale thruth is niver simple. What
we call thruth an pass around firm
hand to hand is on'y kind iv cur
rency that we use FIR convenience.
There are a good many counterfeiters
an a lot iv tn counterfeits mus be
in circulation. l haven't amy ques'
ton that | take in NANNY iv thin
over me intellechool bar ivry day, an
pass out not a few. Some iv tn coun'
terfeits has as muun precious metal
in thin as tn rale goods, on'y they
don't bear tn governmint stamp
From Dissertations by Mr.. Dooley.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
THE STORY.

THE two men rose with naughty dis
i dain and indicated that the inter
view was at an end, and the elders of
Israel realizing that further appeal
and Iemonstrance We're useless, took
their departure. At the door the
spokesman of the company turned, and
said, with angry rising infection in his
voice:
Samuel thy father, shall hear Of
his, for surely he did not appoint thee
to pervert Judgment in Israeli"
And without pausing to hear wheth-
err any reply were made the elders
sassed down along the pathway and
soon disappeared around the turn in
he road which led back to the north
ern country. They had come in re-
sponse to the many complaints which
The people were constantly making
against Joel and Abiah, the two sons
If Samuel, whom the latter had ap.
pointed as judges over the nation at
Beersheba. 1t was only too evident
hat the cause of justice was being
perverted by the use of money. The
slders had been reluctant from the
arst to believe the reports brought to
heir ears, but as time went on and
he complaints grew louder and more
numerous they were forced to give
The matter consideration, and had al
last decided to so in body to Beer
sieba and place the charges directly
before the accused judges, in EFFORT
to bring about reform, 8 This they
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27

The glass eye crop comes from
Thuringia AS Newfoundlers are fish
ermen, or as Cubans are tobacco
growers, so the typical Thuringian is
a maker of glass eyes. Almost every
Thuringian house is little eye fac
tory. Four men sit at table, each
with gas jet before him, and the
eyes are blown from plates and mold
ed into shape by hand. The colors
are traced in with small needles, and
as no set rule is observed in the col
oring, no two eyes are exactly alike.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27

Miss Robb who has died in Edin-
burgh at the age of "a, has been a
naval rensioncr Tor SO years. She was
the postum rs child of Capt. Robb
Of the roy, and was put on the
state PEN az birth.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27

1t has been decreed by the manufac-
turers of those articles of feminine at
tire that next year skirts shall be
worn longer and so loose-fitting as to
hide all suggestions of curves. Maybe
so, but history goes to prove that it
all depends.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
WILLIAM GOEBEL

LEGISLATURE was still in session, and
strong resolutions were passed.
Powers connection with this move
ment has always been used against
him. as ii was contended by his enc
mics that the purpose of having 50
many people from the mountains in
frankfort at that time waS to assist
'he Republicans in holding the city
against the Democrats after GoebeI
was killed
The mountain people soon returned
TO their homes, however, and arrange
ments were being perfected to bring
another delegation of protestants from
rhe western section Of the State. when
Goebel was killed. Powers was on a
train en- route &c Louisville the morning
that Goebel was shot. and. being in
formed of the occurrence. hastened
back TO Frankfort. the plan to bring
the western people to the city being
abandoned.
Excitement In Frankfort was in
tense following the announcement that
Goebel had been shot. Governor Tay-
Tor remained barricaded in the execu-
tive offices at the capitol. while martial
law was proclaimed throughout the
city The Legislature. in order that
IT might not have the opportunity to
declare Goebel governor before he died.
was adjourned 10 meet in London. Ky.
bv proclamation of the governor. and
it's right to meet anywhere i'm the city
of Frankfort not only denied, but &C
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

The Victim of an Assassin's Bullet.
-ually prevented by the use OF the
State militia
The Democrats in the Legislature
drew up an order declaring Goebel
governor. and singly and in couples
were admitted to a room at the Capitol
Hotel where they appended their sig
natures to the document in the dead
of night. Goebers death was soon
thereafter announced, and Beckham.
the lieutenant governor, took the oath
of office as governor. resulting in
dual State government. as well as a
dual Legislature.
The Democrats held their sessions in
Louisville. declining to attend the ses-
sions Of the Legislature being held by
the Republicans at London. After sew
eral days of these proceedings. Gov
ernor Taylor issued an order recon-
vening the Legislature at Frankfort,
where II again met, with all factions
in attendance. on February IS
The Democrats were now in control
of the situation. and. among other
acts passed a law appropriating $780,
600 for the investigation of clues. and
also to be used in payment of certain
rewards for the conviction of those
found guilty of completely in the crime
Powers arrest followed, along with
many others. some of whom were
cleared at their examining trials. while
others were convicted and sentenced
to terms in the penitentiary.
Powers has steadily maintained his
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
An Orator and Writer.

Powers made an address 10 the jury
IT the time Of his last trial that has
been declared an able and forceful ar
gument. In the minds OF some 1t served
20 place Powers in the class With
Robert Emmett. when that young
Irishman stood pleading his cause be-
fore a jury OF his peers. The speech
has been printed In pamphlet form
and extensively circulated IN ali parts
Of the country. Powers has also writ
ten a volume which he calls Ny Own
Story" that IS not only interesting as a
complete statement Of the seven years
strife. but which has gained for him
a reputation. as q finished writer Of
merit.
The fealty CT his home people is one
Of the most striking things in connec-
ton with the Powers case Every year
on mis- birthday the neighbOrs and
friends from miles around meet at his
old home place and spend the day in
PRAYER ana speechmaking, and in re-
consecraunE themselves TO the cause
of their young leader. Bis rise n the
world was watched by his devoted
mountain friends with great pride, and
with equal fidelity his trouble is shared
bv them In sublime faith that cannot
but cheer him on IN his night for vim
6ication' ana liberty
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
Powers in His own Defense.

Referring 10 the plan of the prose-
cutiOn 20 hold him responsible for the
crime. Powers has said: Il was a
young man. II would be much easier
10 convince the public that the am0i-
tions ora yOurg man would carry him
into the Vaccinations of such a Grim
iHal conspiracy than II would be In
the case of an older and more expert
enced person I had been an out
spoken partisan and extremely active
In many OF the meetings and confer
ences in Frankfort. l had brought a
number of mountain people 10 Frank
tort, and 1t was claimed that the death
Of Goebel resulted from this. I am
mountain man, and the prejudice
against the mountaineers was such
that the public was expected to swal-
low with open-mouthed credulity any
charges that might be brought against
any of them. Ny office was the most
probable place from which the she
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
OF POWERS AND HIS CASE

February l n Whitley county,
June 1s9O-Apponted United States Military
Academy at WestPo
June 1s90-NOmnated by Republican convention
Lexington secretary of
secretary OF
January contestant for Of
fee of governor assa
charged with
to the penitenary.
9OOPowers found guilty charged and sentenced
life imprisonment n the penitentiary
and a trial
sgzn
o life Imprisonment IN the penitentary.
appeals
of he grants a new
August time
penalty being imposed
December 19O4Kenueky appeals again
we and grants Powers a trial
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

innocence of any connection with
Goebers assassination and has strong
ly combatted the efforts of the prose-
cution TO place upon his shoulders the
chief responsibility for the crime.
The case has become so entwined
in the social and political life of Ken
lucky that the innocence or guilt OF
Powers has not only been made the
basis Of many political campaigns. but
has also served to divide whole COM
munities into factions.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

time the courthouse was burned by in
d.. liant citizens.
He has died since the last trial OF
Powers Immediately after the con-
clusion OF the last trial Campbell. in
company with his wife and SON. start
ed from New York on a cruise 10 the
Bahama Islands in the hope of recoV-
erinR his health. which had been badly
shattered by his close vigil The yacht
on which he sailed. the Roamer. was
wrecked on n coral reef at Rum City.
Its passengers escaped with their lives.
being carried ashore. The beach
where they effected landing sxarmed
with pirates and thieves. Among these
Campbell and his family fell. He was
too III to assist himself. and, near
death. he Law for several days In lit
tie hut built Of mud and oyster shells
subsisting on nuts and quenching his
feverish thirst With stagnant water.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

could have been fred. If the prJsecu-
ton could establish with any degree
of certainty that fhc fatal shot came
from nv office. then the prosecution
felt hat it WOULD not be hard TO con-
vince the country that I must have
had foreknewledge of the crime Last
% all was a Republican Official and
stood Sufficiently high in the party to
effect discredit upon it if the prose
,utiOu could succeed in duplicating
ne"
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
Fate OF One Of Powers prosecutors

Thomas Campbell. the noted Cincln-
natl criminal lawyer, assisted in the
prosecution of Powers at all his trials
The methods employed by Campbell
and the vigor and unrelenting nature
of the prosecution. stand alone in the
judicial annals OF the State. Campbell
and his methods OF legal procedure
were said 10 have been responsible for
the riots in Cincinnati in 1854, at which