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The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Sailed for Honolulu.

San Francisco. Cal-Jack Lon don's sailboat the Shark, sailed for Honolulu Tuesday. the first port to be touched on six years cruise around the world The vessel is 4s feet long, ketchrigged and it's occu. paats beside London and his wife. are Herbert $. Stoltz. d Stanford gradu- ate and athlete; Roscoe Flames. cap tain; Martin Johnson, the cook, and Hileshisa, Tochigi. cabin boy.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
New Line Assured.

From all indication there is no doubt but that the proposed railroad from Comal. on the White river branch of the Iron Mountain, to Dodd City and thence to Kingdom Springs in north Marion county, passing through a mineral belt, will be built The projectors of the line have ask ed for s15,000 as bonus, and the money is said to have been raised It is thought that work on the new line will be started within a snort time.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Passenger Killed.

London, Pe1lar" Palmer an English pugilist. and another man were arrested on suspicion of having caused the death Of an unknown man. whose body was found in the carriage of traia coming from Epson after the races ill which Palmer and his eomparion mad ridden. The man ap- pafently was killed by heavy blows. Other passengers heard sounds of a violent Quarrc1 coming from the car riage ocenpied hy the party.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Cold Weather Oamaqes Crops.

The cold winds and the rain that has been sweeping over the state for the past week haze had a ruineus ef- feet on the farming industries of the western section. The fruit has been damaged, the corn that has been plow- cd over and worked out has been killed for the most part and from pres ent appearances the wheat and oat crop will be a failure this year The cotton crop will have to be replanted altogether. The strawberries are rip ening fast, however. and there is an unusually large supply this year.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Fell Into Firerv Pit

F. NJ Tray, manager of the Finne, gan Hide Company, at Texarkann, while looking over the ruins of a building recently destroyed by fire, stepped upon what he thought was d solid brick floor. The brick gave way under his weight and he fell into a hole four feet deep. in which was a hot, smouldering fire of wheat and grain, and was seriously burned.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Blizzard in Montana.

Missoula. Mont. -- Western Mon tana is experiencing a severe bliz. gard and snow is falling rapidly. On the Flathead Indian reservation tho snow is already six inches deep, but precipitation has not been SO grea. in the yiciaity Of MisSoula. Unless the tcnperat.re should fall considerably. there will be no damage 10 fruit tees in Western Mont4na.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Beautiful Pearl Found

One of the most beautiful. as vel as being one of the most valuable, pearls ever taken frem an Arkansas stream was brought to Little Rock recently. Ii was found near Cotter. on White river. It is a round pearl. pure white, lustrous and without q flaw and weighs 10 grains. The own CTS brought it to the city to find d buyer, and finally sold it to Chas. $. stint for Sl 900
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Companies Would Return

A number Of applications have been received by Insurance Commissions. \. l.. Moore, for blanks to be used by insurance companies in applying for permission to do business in the state. Among the companies are Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn, Jefferson Fire Insur- anee Company, of Philadelphia; St. Paul Fire and Marine of St. Paul, Minn, and the New York. North Bri- tish and Mercantile Fire Insurance Companies.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
L-beIs Printed in Enalish.

Nantes. Frsncc The sardine can. ners of this city. in congress Nednes- day, adopted a resolution asking tho government to undertake such steps as may be necessary to br.ng about the discontinuance of the orders, is sued by the American government. that the labels on sardines he printed in English.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Industrial World Peaceful.

Chicago. lll.-For the first tlma .a years, May l will be ushered in without any serious disturbances in the industrial world This peaca- full condition applies not only to chi- cago but to all large cities through out the country, according to James A Emery. secretary of the Citizens industrial association.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Corporation Affairs.

fl, White River Zinc and Lead Company have filed articles of incor. poration and agreement in the office of secretaryof the state showing a capital stock of s300,0o0, of which $3,000 has been subscribed by the corporators. The stock is divided into 12,000 shares of s25 each. The headquarters of the concern will be at Melville.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
New Stock Company.

The Harris Lumber Company of Junction City has been organized with a capital stock of $6,000 divided into so shares of 100 each. The gen eral business of the company is the manufacturing buying and selling of lumber and the buying and selling of land and timber"
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Drowned On Bridal Trip.

Ashland. Ky, April-Jasper Max well and Mrs Maude Maxwell were drowned in the Big Sandy river, while fording the stream on horseback Wed nesday night Theywere married three days ago and were on their way for a honeymoon visit with relatives in Boyd county.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Mining Operations at kinasdon.

Mining operations at Kingston, Ma rion county. have been resumed and arrangements are being made to build an electric line from the mining camp to Flppin
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Fatally Cut By Neuro.

Lee McFals. well-known and prominent citizen of Humphrey. Ar kansas county, was fatally s!ashed with razor by Will Higgins. a ne gro It is said that the trouble which eliminated in the cutting. had been brewing for several days. The ne gro made his escape
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
May Be Continued Aoain.

Duquoin Ill.-The trial of ths Zeigler Coal Company. charged with crimina. negligence in operating the Letter colliery at zeigler. began at Beaton. The attorneys conferred on the adyisabiiity of continuing the case to the next term of court The case was continued from the last session.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Tile EactorY Established

A plant for the manufacture of til- ing has been established at Harris burg by the G. T Harvey Company. The entire output of the plant will be disposed of to parties living in the neighborhood of Harrisburg and will be used in the drainage district.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Relic Of the Civil War Found

A fifty-pound shell was unearthed by laoorers engaged in grading street in Helena recently The shell was found at depth of about five feet. It is believed 10 have been fired from one of the big guns of Fort Curtis during the battle al Helena, July l. lS62
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Capitalists at Pike City.

Several Eastern capitalists have been prospecting in the vicinity of Pike City with the view of selecting point at which 10 bore for oil They are satisfied that oil in paying quanti- ties can be procured at a depth of less than l ,000 feet
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Skull Fractured By Blow.

Arthur Elder, r years old. living near Star City, died recently from injuries which, it is alleged, were in fiicted by lilly MeClain, Is years old McClain is said to have struck him with club. fracturing his skull.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Enterprise Looking for Location.

The Meyers Pump and Manufactut- ing Company temporarily located at Kansas City. Mo, is looking for a location in Arkansas. IL will prohab ly be established at Warren. The company has paid up capital stock of S50 nnO
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
instantly Killed.

An altercation occurred between Bill Taylor and J. Stephens al Stephens mill just east of Grannis. over some remarks made about Stephens wife by Taylor and Stephens shot Taylor with a winchester riile. killing him instantly.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Shootina Anray.

A difficulty occurred on tEe streets of Jasper, between Roy Hudson and Austin Harrison, two young men, sons of well-known families. in which both were seriously wounded. Hudson be ing shot in the abdomen and Harri son sustaining serious injuries on the face and head
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
City Marshal Killed.

City Marshal J. F. Hart of Arka- delphia was accidentally killed recent ly by shot from his own revolver He went into the express office search ing for contraband whiskey and when he stopped over to inspect jug his revolver fell from the scabbard under his shoulder and was discharged. the bullet striking him squarely in the breast.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Officer Shot By Negro.

John Rabb, a deputy sheriff of Helena, was shot by negro whom he was attempting to arrest The bull let took effect in the officers should CT and shattered the bone. The negro made his escape
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Colonization Company Formed

The Choctaw Western Colonization Company of Arkansas. with head quarters at Hot Springs has been formed The capital stock of the company is S44,000. of which $22 has been subscribed by the corpora tDrS
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
J. J. Crews Injured By Saw.

J. J. Crews was injured by saw at the Roger Meiser factory at Para gould recently. He was removing dust from under the saw with his foot. when his limb was caught and ampu. tated just below the knee. the foot falling on the opposite side of the saw.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Canning Company Organized.

A company has been organized for the purpose of establishing a can hing factory at Markley The factory will have capacity of 1o.0oQ cans daily and will be in operation by che first of August.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Will Bore For Oil.

A company is being formed at Mon ticello to bore for oil. It is proposed to raise s3,000 by the sale Of shares of the par value of sl00. The exact location of the well has not yet been AetermineG
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Rich Vein Of Ore.

The shaft on the Horner property on Hall Mountain. Marion county. is down 25 feet. and the ore becomes richer th2 farther down the drill goes. A round of shots recently threw up large chunks of rich ore
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Stays Man With Rail.

Jesse Nowlton struck Charley Kir- rent with rail. killing him instantly kirrent it is alleged was drunk at the time and abusing Nowlton The difficulty occurred at Happy Bend, near Atkins
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Developing Diamond Fields.

The promoters Of the diamond fields in Pike county are installing s10.000 worth of machinery for the purpose of crushing the rock which contains the gems
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
New lumber Plant.

A large lumber plant has been es- abolished at Plainyiew. The mill will have a capacity of 75.000 feet daily. and will give employment to more than 100 hands.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Railroad Man Dead.

New Haven. Conn.-EdNard l. Somers, freight traffic manager os the New York, New Haven & hartford here, is dead.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Distillery Established.

A small distillery has been estab- lished at Rutherford. Independence county. The plant has a daily capa- city of fonr bushels of mash or thir- teen gallons of liquor.
The Forrest City times., 1907-04-26
Spoke and Hub Factory

X spoke and hub factory is being established at Mountain View. It is expected the plant will be in opera ton by July l.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
DEAD MERCHANT
HE SOMETIMES DRIVES TRADE
AWAY FROM THE TOWN.
HINDRANCE TO LIVE MERCHANT
Are as Much to Be Feared as the
Competition of the Catalogue
Aouses--ShouId Be Awak-
ened or Buried.

Why should the home merchant be
patronized instead of the mail order
house2 The subject has been ex-
hausted almost and from all points of
view and all sides there is no valid
reason why the merchant at home
should not-excepting two, price and
articles wanted.
1t is not the intention of the writer
TO jot down pleasant flow of Ian
guage or to produce an interesting bit
of reading matter, but merely to state
in few simple sentences what have
seen and learned of the competition be-
tween the catalogue houses and the
homo merchants. In the first place no
one community suffers greatly in this
competition. That makes the problem
all the more difficult in solution. l
mean by this that the majority of buy
ers in no one community purchase by
mail. The business of the mail order
house is scattered over a large terri-
tory, the number of orders coming
from any one community compared
with the whole is comparatively small
to the number of orders in the town.
There is an exception to this in COM
munity where the home merchants are
dead ones and ask exhorbitant prices.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
HETTY GREEN TO PAY RENT.
No Longer Free Private Office Ir
Chemical Bank.

New York.-Hetty Green will have
to pay office rent in future. No pro-
vision whatever has been made for
her in the new banking home of the
Chemical National bank. For many
years the richest woman In the
world" who is one OF the largest
stockholders of the bank, had pri-
vate office in the old bank building
rent free. She will now have to con-
tent herself with sharing the hand
some quarters provided for all the
women stockholders and depositors on
the first floor.
Whether or not Mrs. Green Is dis
satisfied with this arrangement Is not
known.
The new building is built of gran
tie and marble, only three stories high.
1t cost 100000. Six different kinds
of marble imported from Italy have
been used in decorating the interior,
and figures of Ceres, Boreas, Helios
and Neptune, representing earth, air,
fire and water, join the arches. The
doors are of bronze, artistically
nodded.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
MACHINE FINDS OIL WELLS.
Terre Haute Men Organizing Company
to Sell Device.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Business men of
Terre Haute have formed a $4,000
stock company to put a device for
locating oil wells on the market. Oil
we'll men call it an "oil smeller." It's
owner, Harry Kurtz, of Princeton,
Ind, says it will tell If there is oil
even at depth of 1850 feet.
The machine is not disclosed to the
public yet, but Kurtz says he has been
experimenting with it for two years
and that it has never failed. The pres
ence of oil under the surface of the
earth is made known by an electrical
reaction process, and Kurtz says that
with the machine he has selected the
location for 80 wells, mostly in the Hi
nois field, with which it Is now
thought Terre Haute is connected.
The Standard Oil company's repre-
sentatives have leased many thousand
acres in this part of Indiana, and big
independent operators have done like
wise.
Taking advantage of the speculative
fever, local promoters have formed
companies and are Offering the stock
under flaring advertisements in the
newspapers.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
MORE THAN 5000 CONTESTS DUR
ING YEAR OF 1906.
Nuisance Knows No Bounds In Uni
versities in That Countryside
dents Slightly Injured About
Face Try to Retain Scars.

"Reminiscences Won Eschlinger,
young and romantic, was courted by a
student in the University of Luebin-
wife she exacted as a condition that
prior to the wedding day he must
fight a duel and get SCARED face.
Among the students in the German
universities the duelling nuisance
knows no bounds and is increasing at
such rate that alarm has begun to
be felt by the university authorities,
but the difficulty of distinguishing be-
tween duels carried out as sport and
those in satisfaction of honor Is very
great. 1t is computed that In 1906
more than 5000 duels we're fought
Students only slightly wounded in
the face take care to rub vinegar or
some other irritant into the wound
that the scar may retain a fine, bright
red color. There is nothing the ordi-
nary student is prouder of than these
facial adornments.
A number of German aristocrats,
with Prince Lowenstein and Count Err
bach at their head, have resolved to
begin a systematic agitation against
duelling among university students
and In the army. They are promised
the support of two of the most influ.
entail of the rulers of Germany, the
king of Saxony and the grand duke Of
South Germany.
Although recent edicts of Emperor
William have done much to stop duel.
ling in the army. it is well known that
the practice still hourishes and that
the newspapers mention only very
small proportion of the duels which
actually are fought The emperor's
real opinion of duelling has often been
discussed. Officially he is opposed to
it and more than once has issued a
decree against it, but the impression
prevails that in his heart he approves
of 1t as manly and knightly way OF
settling points of honor among ssol-
diers, especially where the honor of
an officers wife, or daughter is con.
cerned With'a word the emperor
could stop the practice, but this word
he has not yet uttered
The empress is stern opponent of
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
SOME REMARKABLE HORSES.
Wonderful Stories About the Steeds
of Famous Men.

In his letters to Lord Granville, pub
lished by the Royal Philosophical So
ciety, who was also greatly interested
in natural history, Smithson, the
founder of the Smithsonian institution
in America, relates how the horse of
Alexander the Great Bucephalus,
would at night, on hearing blast of
the trumpet from the soldiers on guard
showing the approach OF the enemy,
run at great speed to his masters tent
and with his teeth grab the sleeping
monarch and shake him until he sprang
into. the saddle and galloped toward
the enemy.
Also that the great Caliph Haroun-el-
Raschid in the eight century in march
ing toward the forces of Queen Irene
of Constantinople constantly had a
number of trained Arabian horses (di-
rect descendants of the famous horse
owned by Ishmael 1000 years ago.
thrown forward as scouts, who from
time to time returned to camp and by
peculiar whinny and neigh reported
the proximity of the enemy.
But, to come down to the present
day, it Is related by a retired New
England clergyman, whose sands of
life had nearly run out, that one day
on leading his horse down through a
lane to brook for drink the animal
suddenly halted and, turning its head
round, grabbed Up with its teeth one of
its hind shoes which had just dropped
off, and, holding it in it's mouth with
the nails dangling, 1t backed up against
a stone wall and clapped it onto it's
hoof and with a few violent kicks
nailed it on again.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30

or harvest sale or the like? But why
not? These two storeReepers are Bit
ter against the mail order houses.
wonder why? / talked with the rail
road agents in that little city and he
said lots of hardware and furniture
was shipped in. He said, "One day |
made. out an express order for $34 to
pay for bill of hardware. l told the
man to go up and see If the merchant
couldn't fill the order. He went but
soon came back, saying that he didn't
have half of the stuff on hand and that
he wouldn't cut bit on what he did
have"
Column after column has been writ
ten deploring the fact that the buyer
spends her or his money away from
home, that she or he is helping to build
up the mail order house to the detri-
ment of the home merchant. The SEN
timent is good and the cause is worthy
of the efforts being made to stop this
undertow; but no amount of writing,
and no amount of home patriotism will
ever overcome the bad effects of the
uGdu IllGICuduJ Ill TIE llJIlS IOWh' hS
truth can be plainly seen.
Let us turn back to tho general
stores and look up the proprietor Of
any one. He probably will be found
busy waiting on customer, but If not
he will tell you that it is not the cate
logues alone that he fears, but also
that it is the lethargy of these two
dealers. They are helping to drive
away trade from home.
l have wandered from the subject
and gotten over on the buyers side
of the fence but isn't it we'll at times
to look at the other side of this pitiable
story? l started to write few lines on
"Why People Should Trade at Home"
and have gotten into the fieldsof "Why
the Home Merchant Should Induce
People to Trade at Home" 1t may be
fair to the little town to once in
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
saden's Physique on Wane.

Berlin.-Curious statistics were
CLEANED in southern Baden in the re-
Lindau and Allgan districts out of GOA
young men liable to service only 20
were found to be up to the physical
standard of the military authorities.
The peasantry Of those districts were
at one time among the most robust in
the empire, but owing to the dearness
of meat and milk their physique has
sunk TO a dangerously low level.
Their principal food for years has
been nntatoes and SKINNED milk.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-30
Lone Student in School Founded by
Andrew Carnegie.

Pittsburg, Pa-I'he School of Brick.
laying, intended to be one of the most
important departments of the great
Slo,O00,000 technical schools which
Andrew Carnegie founded here, has
one scholar. The daily routine which
the future knight of the troWel goes
through and the staff of instructors
maintained solely for him is causing
much comment
When Mr. Carnegie founded the
technical schools he insisted that the
departments first opened must be
those for the purpose of teaching
young men to become expert artisans
Bricklaying looked as If it might be
popular here, and the school of brick
laying was the first in commission
While other departments were quick
ly filled up with scholars the brick.
laying game didn't seem to appeal to
Pittsburg's young men, but finally one
student applied