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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12

Paradise was used to following
Lonesome's leads. The humor of the
situation also appealed to many. SO,
instead Of appointing a committee Of
three, the assemblage went into a
committee of the whole for the pur-
pose of congratulating the newly elect
ed marshal.
One Monday morning Lonesome
Linthicum received a message calling
him to a ranch 200 miles up the val.
ley on a mission that would require
his attention three or four days.
With a word OF warning to a few Of
the boys, he rode out of town. The
following day announcement was
made of a dance to be given at Bloom
er's Gulch on Saturday night. All
Paradise was invited, and most Of
1t accepted. Jernigan, Windy,
Billy Earle, Pap Johnson and others
tried to prevail on Runty to join them,
but the marsnal's conception of his
duty would not permit him to leave
his post.
AS nearly everyone that had the
evening free was expected to attend
the dance, Runty's self-appointed
guardians could see no risk in leav-
ing him uncared for that one night,
and 1t was so decided.
At ten o'clock that Saturday night,
while all was peacefully quiet in Par
adise, four men, masked and heavily
armed, rode into town from the Tue
son trail. In silence they passed
through the deserted streets to where
the lights from Three-Fingered Pete's
saloon and gambling house shone
across the darkened thoroughfare.
Noiselessly dismounting, they hitch
ed their ponies, readjusted their
masks, and surveyed the room from
their concealment in the outer shad.
ow. Pete's bartender. Dutch Henry,
the sole occupant, was doing in a
chair at the end of the bar. With one
swift stride he who acted as leader
of the outlaws was in the saloon, a
A in each hand covering Dutch.
Hands up!" short and sharp.
A glance toward the door, an almost
involuntary movement Of the hand
toward the gun under the bar, a
sharp report, and Dutch Henry had
paid the debt Of indiscretion. The out.
laws fastened to a small safe in the
corner Of the room where Pete kept
his bank roll" Finding 1t locked,
the leader gave quick and decisive or
ders.
Jake, knock that knob OF with the
hammer. Squint, get out your brace
and bit. Here's the dynamite. Jerry.
go outside and watch. There may be
some one left In this cursed town,
after ALL"
There was. The words were scarce
ly spoken when Marshall Smithers
stepped into the saloon. Even his de-
fective vision could not mistake the
visible evidences of crime. Hating
inside the door, he said:
Men, c-c-come with me-"
At the sound of his voice the leader
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
Child Turning Purple.

Mary Eighotz, three years old, of
New York, is turning purple. Tbs
doctor says she is suffering with a dis
ease known as purpura hemorrtagica.
The child's mother first noticed the
changing color three weeks ago. While
bathing the girl she detected small
purple spots on various parts OF the
body. Alarmed. she applied home
remedies. but the spots continued to
spread. The child's body presents the
appearance of being tattooed. Almost
the entire body is covered, with the
exception of the face, which thus far
has not been affected. While most of
the time the biotches are Of q mellow
purple. they occasionally change to a
deep plum color or a dull red. Some
blotches are as large as a penny, 9th.
ers are no larger than a pinhead. The
disease Is probably caused by a rheu-
matte germ.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12

of the outlaws whirled on his heel
1red-and missed. Runty had never
been shot at before. His sand-found-
ed confidence fled In a flash. His
face turned ashen gray as his soul
was suddenly STEPPED In the agony
Of physical fear. His frame trembled
with the wild desire to turn and
nee. His lips went dry. a cold sweat
bathed his body and the horror Of
cowardice cried aloud within him.
But he walked steadily forward,
pointing to the star on his coat
lapel. and said:
Men, c-c-come with me-"
The amazement that an unarnied
man. and n Of such peaceful appear
anoe, should venture to challenge
them, held the outlaws spellbound for
a moment, but now, with an oath, the
leader fired again, the report of his
revolver barely preceding a fusilade
from those of his followers, and Mar.
shall Runty Smithers sank to the floor,
murdered in the attempted fulfllment
of his duty.
MUM VI tuC IGpOftd
had not ceased when q madly gallop-'
ing horse was curbed to his launches
In front of the door and Lonesome
Linthicum strobe into the room a re-
volver In each hand. The spasm OF
unutterable regret on his face as he
glanced at Runty. prone upon the
floor, changed to one of berserker rage
as he faced the outlaws. No words
were spoken, no quarter was given or
received. When the smoke lifted
there were three dead safe robbers
and n with two bullet holes through
his lungs at one end of the room,
and a gallant gray-eyed fellow at the
other end with a broken arm, a bull
let In his shoulder and a hole through
his thigh. His sound arm lay over the
body Of the late marshal Of Paradise,
And so the boys foh,d them wts.
they returned from the sdanos
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
ROAD TO SUCCESS
PUBLICITY Is THE MAiL.oRDER
MANS GREAT WEAPON.
MERCHANTS MUTT ADVERTISE
Flight Fire with Fire" and the Dol.
lars Now Going cityward VIII
stay In the Home Community.

The merchant who would wage sue
cessful warfare against mail-order
competition should study mail-order
methods. Tho same tactics that takes
the dollar out Of the community will
keep It at home.
And what are m%ail-order methods?
The keynote Of 1t all may be found
In the n word--publicity. The mail.
order house advertises. II does not
advertise better goods at less money
than the home merchant gives, but 1t
advertises persistently. 1t puts Its
proposition before the public constant
ly: 1t recognizes no dull season in its
campaign for publicity. 1t never lets
up.
At a gathering In Iowa some time
ago a mail-order man explained some
of the system followed in the cam
paign of publicity. According to this
explanation the mail-order house seeks
the line OF least resistance in it's
search for business. Whenever they
can find a town In which the mer-
chants are not active advertisers they
flood that community with their liter
ature. When they find a town in
which the furniture dealer, for exam
pie, is afraid to use printers ink they
pay particular attention to the subject
of furniture. They are searching for
the weakest link in the chain of home
defenses.
Something of this is explained by
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
Doya II nav 10 aavert,aei

Docb u pay W advertiser
The more than 5000, 900, 900 that fnds
It's way TO the Chicago m~ail-order
houses each year is garnered by O
campaign Of advertising. You. Mr..
Local Merchant, claim, and rightly,
that you a sell the same goods for
the same. or less money, than the
mall-order houses offer, but at the
same time you complain because the
mail-ordcr man gets the business.
Why do they get 1t? Be7,use they
advertise.
They not only advertise. but they
advertise in your field. and they ad.
vertise in your field because you do
not. They select towns. or special
lines where they do not have to meet
the competition that Is offered by To-
cal advertising, and they make advcr.
Using pay.
We want the people to trade al
home; we want them to build up the
home community; we want to see the
dollars kept in circulation here that
one and all Of the local people may
prosper. We do not want to see the
fortunes Of the city mail-order man
built at the expense Of the local COM
munity, but we know absolutely the
value Of publicity, and VIC know the
mail-order houses will capture the dol
lars If the local merchants will not
fight fire with fire; will not show the
public what they can buy and at what
price.
Let US go back to this northern
Wisconsin town and see what oppor-
tunities the merchants there were sac
rifcing. 1t was a mill town, and In
no way an agricultural community.
There were not 20 farms within a ra.
dius Of as many miles. The industry
was lumber, and the money to run the
mills came from the city. The nearly
1000 employees were paid in city
money, and with a little effort on the
part of the merchants in that town
this money might have been kept in
the town. 1t might have been made
to build a permanent prosperity. But
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
eoodIers to Be Released.

Jefferson City.-Julius Lehman and
Emil Hartmann are to be released
from the p~enitentiary June Is. Gov.
Folk announced a Communication OF
their sentence to expire on that date.
These two men, the first Of the ST.
Louisans convicted of completely in
connection with the c~rookeuness IN
the st. Louis municipal assembly,
were received at the penitentiary on
June Is, 1904, and will be discharged
on the third anniversary Of their ar
rival at the prison.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
only nelleve.

Be not downcast IL difficulties sur.
round you in your heavenly life. They
may be ~purposely placed there by God
to train and discipline you for higher
developments of faith. If he callu you
to "toiling In rowing" 1t may be to
make you the better seaman. ara to
lead you to a holier trust in Him who
has the vessel and its destinies in
hand. and who, amid gathering clouds
and darlkened horizon, and crested bill.
lows. ever murmurs the mild rebuke
to our misglvings: Said l not unto
thee, that II thou vouldst believe. thou
shouldst see the glory OF God?s-Rsv.
John r. Macdun.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
Election Results.

The elections in various towns and
cities Of Missouri resulted in a division
Of honors, as party lines figured little
except in the larger cities. There were
many Independent tickets in the field
and often the contests were settled
merely upon the ground Of personal
friendship. The liquor question vas
up in many towns, and here again
there vas such a division of victories
that neither the "Wets" nor the "Drys"
could be placed as the victors.
At Richmond-There were three
tickets in the ELECTROMAGNETIC, Re-
publican and Citizens. All the De-
mocratic candidates were elected, as
follows: Mayor, James Powell;
Treasurer, Frank Davis; Attorney,
Ben e. Shotwell; Police Judge, G.. w.
Cook.
At Nevada-Two Republicans and
two Democrats were elected to the
City Council.
At Warrensburg-The entire Demo-
cratic ticket was elected by majorities
ranging from 30 to 200.
At Jefferson City-The municipal
election resulted in the election of the
Democratic ticket, with the exception
of the Chief of Police. Anton Richter,
Republican nominee for that office,
defeated Capt. ]. B. Tobin.
At Trenton-John Collins was elect
ed City Marshall owe w. H. Johnson
and D. J. Owensby, by a plurality of
1877 votes. John Wynne was elected
City Assessor over j. L. Nichols by 245
votes. There were the only contested
offices. The other officers chosen
are: L. o. G. Williams, Mayor; 8. 8.
Kelsoe, Police Judge; H. j. Balm,
City Attorney; E. NJ. Crawford. Col
lector; C. N. Mason. Treasurer; T. l..
Smith, c. A. Thompson, w. A. Calvert
and c. c. Wilson were elected council
men.
At Interchangeable main issue
was the saloon license. The high II
cense advocates were defeated and the
temperance element are arranging an
anti-saloon contest. The organization
will be effected Saturday night in this
city and Saturday afternoon in Wells
vile. 1t is to be a county contest.
At Sedalia-The city election re-
suited in a division of honors between
Democrats and Republicans. John H.
Sullivan and e. R. Andler. Republican,
and J.. M. Dejarnett and F. F. Hatton,
Democrats, were elected aldermen.
At Higginsville-The Democrats
elected all the Councilmen in the three
wards. The Republicans elected the
police Judge.
At Centralia-The city election here
the following we're elected: NJ. s.
Bush. Mayor; Newton Elliott, collector
E. G. Anderson, attorney: w. H. Bill.
ridge, marshal; r. P. Price. clerk; ].
X. Boyd, police Judge j. d. Gibson.
street commissioner; A. G.. Price, ].
G. Daniels and e. s. Eaton were
elected aldermen.
At Versaillcs-Samuel Daniels was
elected Mayor.
At Rich Enl-The following were
elected: Mayor, J.. X. Martin; Chief Of
Police, ALI B~enefoeld.
At Bevier-There were three tickets
In the field-Republican. Democratic
and Citizens. The election for Mayor
between DIR. f. G. Brewington,
Citizens and Democrat, and Thomas A.
Rowland. Republican, was a tie. each
receiving 201 votes.
At Tipton-City officials elected
are: Mayor. w. F. Quigley: Marshall.
H. R. Henreits: aldermen. T. L. Cal,
lison, Joseph sc~hwickrath.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12

the conditions the writer saw in a
mill town in northern Wisconsin. The
local paper carried practically no local
advertising when the size of the town
was considered, and the stores OF the
town were but small affairs. In talk
Ing to n of the merchants he COM
planned that more than $4,000 was
sent from that community to the Chi
cago mail-order houses each month.
THAT is easily twice the amount that
is spent in all the stores In this town
put together each month";" he explain
ed. Merchandising don't pay in such
q place as this"
A few hours later the writer was
talking with the publisher Of the local
paper, and the conversation turned to
local advertising, or rather the lack
Of 1t.
II was very much tempted to accept
a proposition which I received from
one of the Chicago mail-order houses
a few days ago" said the publisher.
81 still have the proposition here on
my desk. They offer me q cash con-
IIdCl at NY lC6ui0 uioPAdy AdtCS lOi
1900 inches, to be used during the
year, and in addition to the cash ad-
vertising they offer me q small COM
mission on all the new business Sc
cured in this county during the life
of the contract. They say their bust
ness in this county during the last IL
months was approximately $4,000 per
month, and l would ecu a small
percentage on all business done over
this amount during the next 70
months"
"Have you shown that proposition
to the merchants Of this town."
asked.
II have. and 1t didn't move them"
he replied. They simply say 1t don't
pay to advertise. l would jump at
the offer II 1t were not for the fact
that | cannot bring myself to the point
of doing that which know will help
to kill this community" y.
Thsre was an illustration Of mail
order methods. The wide-awake mail
order man proposed to reap a golden
harvest from the field the very-much-
asleep local merchant would not oul-
uvate:
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
MISSOURI NEWS
PROT. Green Quits M. U.

Columbia.-A. NJ. Greene, Jr, pro-
fessor Of mechanical engineering at
the Missouri University, has accepted
the headship of the new department
Of mechanical engineering at Rens-
selaer Polytechnic institute, Troy, N.
Y. Professor Greene will leave Co
lumbia In August to cake up his new
work. A half million dollar building
will be erected for the new depart.
ment, and Professor Greene will re-
ceive a salary Of $4,000 a year, in ad-
dition to fees as consulting engineer.
Professor Greene is a graduate of the
University OF Pennsylvania, and has
been five years at the University Of
Missouri, where he has made an ex-
cellent record.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
Methodist, Condemn Legislation.

Montgomery City.-Tke Methodist
conference Of the NJ. f. Church, South,
embracing nine counties. passed a sig
nificant resolution before 1t adjourned
at Centralia. The resolution con
demned the last legislature for defeat
ing the Peck resolution calling for
the submission Of a prohibition
iesubmission of the question. and de-
clared IL this was not done the preach
counties in It's district to vote for a
resubmission of he question. n de-
clared IL this avs not done the preach
ers and laymen OF this church in Mis-
souri, would use their best efforts to
make the liquor question the para
mount Issue in the coming campaign.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12

Copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12

no, the merchants left a wide field for
the mailorder houses which they i'm.
proved. and the money that might
have built a town that would have
stood after the lumber interests are
gone and the mills are closed has been
allowed to return to the city from
which it came, and now every lofty
pine that falls but drives another nail
In the coffin of the town, and all be-
cause the merchants did not believe II
would pay to advertise.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-12
Veto VIII Save Boys.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Folk has We
toed the bill making it a misdemeanor
for a minor to misrepresent his age
Ito secure intoxicating liquor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-10
KAMEAAMEHA DAY
GENERAL HOLIDAY
BUSINESS CONCERNS WILL OBJ
SERVE THE DAY-SPORIS AND
PICNICS TO TAKE PLACE.

Most business concerns will close
tomorrow in celebration of Kameha-
meha Day, and there will be numerous
diversions for making the day pass
pleasantly for everybody.
The two most important affairs for
the day will be the luau and regatta
which will be held on Kalihi Bay by
the Kamehameha Athletic Club. There
will be various forms of aquatic sports
INDUCED in, including various forms
of canoe racing, which will begin at
$3.50 o'clock in the morning, and the
polo match to be played at Moanalua,
with numerous other diversions in
way of novel races and other sports.
A number of pau riders will also take
part in the affair. These sports will
begin at 1870 o'clock in the afternoon.
Besides these affairs there will be a
number of smaller ones, including a
picnic given by the Sunday school of
the Central Union church at the Oahu
College grounds from 10 to 4 o'clock;
and a picnic by the Methodist church
Sunday school at the County beach
place, Waikiki
There will be number of other pri-
vate outings to various places, includ-
ing number of yachting parties.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-10
BACK TO
THE WASH
{ ASSOCIATED Press Cable to The Starr
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June TO-
The laundry strike has been settled
by a compromise.
COUNTY ACT
NOW IN FORCE
DECLARES FRED BECKLEY-ACT
is TO TAKE EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS APPROVAL.

Are we City or are we not a City?
Fred w. Beckley, former Speaker Of
the House, thinks we are City. That
is, according to the strict letter of the
recent Municipal Act, passed by the
last session of the legislature.
In it's amended form the act provides
that the officers of the new City and
County of Honolulu shall be elected In
November, 1908, and they shah hold
Office for two years, ending December
81, 1911. The evident intent of the bill
is, therefore, to have the new act go
into effect on January 1, 1909 But
Beckley with his lynx eyes has dis
covered condition that puts the law
under a certain cloud. Section 152 OF
the Act provides that it shall take eff
feet from and after the date of it's ap-
proval. 1t was approved April 80,
1907. So, according to Beckley's con-
tention, the new municipal act should
be in effect now. If any one cares to
test this point, some interesting pro-
ceedings will result.
Evidently this mistake occurred
through an oversight. In amending
the bill the members of the legisla-
ture failed to cut out this particular
provision and now an anamolous con-
dition results. One section of the Act
provided for the Act to go into i'm
mediate effect, while another section
makes no provision for the administra-
ton of the new form of government
before January, 1909.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-10
SCUDDER
FAVORED
COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND
HE BE OFFERED THE PASTOR
ATE OF CENTRAL UNION.

A call has been issued for a meet
ing of the members of Central Union
church Wednesday evening, June 18th,
at S15 p. m. The report of the COM
mittee appointed to take steps towards
the calling of pastor will be pre-
sented at the meeting.
The notices sent to the members of
the church states that the committee
will recommend that call be extend
ed to Rev. Doremus Scudder. DR..
Scudder is at present the secretary of
the Hawaiian Evangelical Association,
which position he has filled most ac-
ceptably for several years. 1t is un-
derstood that DR.. Scudder would ac-
cept a call to the pastorate of the
church if same was extended to him,
believing that the position would
broaden his field of work
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-10
TO SALON
ALAMEDA

Both the Alameda and Hilonian are
booked full for the coast. The Ala
media has so far booked III Portuguese
in the steerage. There are more to
come.
There were some reports supposed
to have been brought by returning Por-
tuguese in the last Alameda that con-
ditions were not such on the main
land as to encourage emigration from
here, but there have evidently been
contra reports in which those going
away are more Interested, for the num-
ber would not indicate that they were
afraid 10 venture into new fields.
The Sierra carries no women In her
ateerage so some OF those going up In
the Alameda are people who could not
set passage In the Sierra,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-10
Noted CROOK
Makes ESCAPE
SCALES PRISON WALL SUNDAY
NIGHT-POLICE SECURING THE
COUNTRY FOR HIM.

Chu SEQ, the Chinese crook, who was
caught Saturday morning in the act
of breaking open a jewel box belong
ing to a Chinese woman at Moanalua,
escaped from the police station Sunday
night between $3.50 anu 11:3O o'clock.
and is still at large.
Chu SEQ was confined in a cell with
two other prisoners. About $3.50 one
of the trio was taken out to the lava
tory. This necessitated the turnkey
throwing back the two bolts and un-
locking the Yale lock. From what can
be learned the two bolts were not then
thrown back into place. The lock was
merely placed in the ring on the out
side of the lock-bar, but not snapped.
While the third man was out, Chu
SEQ is thought to have reached around
through the grating and upset the lock,
allowing it to fall to the floor of the
corridor. He then pushed open the
door, probably concealing himself in a
recessed doorway until the third man
was put back in his CELL and then
made his way to the cookhouse, gain
ing the roof by way of a small window
and then scaling the prison wall. He
rolled his cell blanket up to repre-
sent a dummy man. The police are
securing for the man.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-10

MOVING

After Wednesday of this week June
12th) the Imperial Chinese Consulate
will be located in it's new quarters in
the property of Mrs. Anna Wright.
corner of King and Sheridan streets,
which has long been known as Little
Britain" from the fact that it was for
merly occupied for many years as the
British Consulate
For the past eight years the Chi
nese Consulate has been located in the
Mehrten property. corner of Beretania
and Young streets, which property has
recently come into possession Of the
Territory through the Lanai land deal
The new quarters of the Consulate are
being put IN shape, and Consul General
Chang Tso Fan and his force will
have very convenient place when they
got moved In and settled,