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The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
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The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
Household Goods for Sale

Will sell at private sale all our
household furniture consisting of
bed room suits, child's bed, daven-
port, chiffonier, dining room table
and chairs, buffet, rockers, chairs
of all kinds, stands, secretary, hard
coal stove and cook stove. Also
one rubber tired bike road wagon,
set of double driving harness and
one burro. Will sell everything at
a bargain to keep from moving
them. Call at home on south side.
F. M. CONNOR.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
COUNTY CONVENTION FEBRUARY IL
Republicans to Meet in Linneus and Elect Dele
gates to State and Congressional Conventions

The republican county centra
committee met in Linneus las
Monday and selected Wednesday
February IL, as the date for hold
ing the county convention, the
delegates to the county convention
to be selected in the various town
ship on Saturday, February 8. AT
the county convention eleven dele
gates will be elected to the state
convention to be held at st. Louis,
February 27, and eleven delegates
to the congressional convention to
be held at Chillicothe ON February
II.
This will be the only county con-
vention held by the republicans this
year as the candidates for county as
well as state Offices will be nomina-
ted by primary election to be held
at the regular polling places in each
precinct on the first Tuesday of
August. There are two ways in
which a person desiring to run for
the party nomination for county
office may have his name printed on
the official ballot to be used at the
August primary. First, he may
file with the county clerk a declara-
ton, giving his residence and stat
ing that he is a candidate for the
nomination for such Office at the
hands of his party, or nomination
paper in behalf of candidate may
be filed with the county clerk at
least sixty days before the first
Tuesday in August. Such nomin
alton papers to be legal must be
signed by at least three per cent of
the voters of the party of the candi-
date in at least one-sixth of the
election precincts of the county.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
Collection Notice

Having sold my livery business,
/ wish to close my books at once
and request all knowing themselves
indebted to me to call and settle
without further delay, as I must
close up matters as soon as possible.
f. r, POWER.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18

The railroad tank house at the
water station in the northeast part
of town burned yesterday noon.
Fire caught from the inside and
was not discovered until too late to
save any part of the building or
contents.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
LOCAL DoINes ABOUT TOWN.
Punsent Paragraphs Picked up by Our Peram.
bulating Pencil Pusher.

Iu0 power uOuSt Va Ouo muuIcl
pal light plant at Linneus was de
) stroyed by fire on Wednesday o1
this week. The loss was partly
covered by insurance.
Ed. o. Barton was in Jefferson
City this week and took the exam.
ination before the state board OF
pharmacists. He passed a fine ex-
animation and was granted state
certificate.
Regular meeting of the Modern
Brotherhood tonight. At the close
of the business session oysters will
be served to the members and their
families and all are invited and
urged to be present. < good social
time is the object.
W. S. Savage on Thursday sold
the I. R. Wellman 40 on route two,
belonging to the Northwestern land
company Of St. Paul, to L. Bren-
dahl for $1,000. Mr.. Brendahl
realizes that there%i is no better in
vestment to be made than in Linn
county land and never let's slip
good opportunity of adding few
acres to his farm.
t'ong with daily free delivery of
maj it is the proper thing now for
farmers to have printed stationery.
Several farmers have had envelopes
aud paper printed at this office re-
Gently and they find it is much
more convenient and costs no more
than what they have been using.
Having the return card on the en-
yelopes insures the prompt return
Of letters that fail of delivery and
in many instances saves much an
noyance and delay. Come in and
let US show you samples and quote
prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Kuhn and
w. S. Goslin, who reside four
miles south of Linneus, were given
a very enjoyable surprise party and
oyster supper by their neighbors at
their home Tuesday evening. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Wade, Byron Lamme and family, I
Jacob Peer and family, Sherman
Luyster and family, VIM. Neal and
family, Frank Kuhn and sister,
Miss Emma Kuhn, Isaiah Smith
md wife, Ed. Tapseott and family,
Lucius Libby and sister, Miss Lucy
Libby, Miss Mabel Guyer, S. L.
NcGarraugh and Joseph and Chris
Iyman. Bulletin. {
A dearth of local news often t
eads to murmurs on the part of t
hose who prize locai gossip above /
II else, and it is not all the fault 6
f the publisher. Any live publish t
r will not fail to give all the local I
ews worthy of note, therefore v
7hen the local department is short e
ou should not rail at the editor,
ut remember you might have COM
lifted suicide, got married, quar- b
lied with your neighbor, stole t.
lickens, let your team run away, "
: done hundred other things to b
axe local item. If a newspaper b
lould publish current street gos ct
p, or the hints and illusions of m
e best society in the community cl
would be ostracized and the poor u
litor horsewhipped or burned at jo
e stake. Think minute of the tr
can and low things you say about ht
ur townsmen and your near bI
ighbor and imagine how it would th
1k in print. Don't criticise the be
wspapers for what they print, re-
t give them great credit for what mi
~ don't print. A newspaper of
A. oonfainS ona- bolf fbo nonsaneo
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
Some Evening Rsvsriss.

is found, however, and when fount
he is worth making a note of. w,
ran across a genuine specimen tn,
other day, or rather he ran against
us-emphatically against us
against our feelings, against oui
Judgment, against our sympathy,
but not against our pity. We did
pity him, and that was the extent
of our recognition. He was dress
ed faultlessly-that is, if the ex-
treme Of latter-day fashion can be
called faultless; he had beautiful
white hands and teeth, his hair was
parted in the middle, his downy
mustache adroitly curled, a gold
mounted eye-glass dangled from a
buttonhole of his vest and mob
by" little walking stick was twist
ed in his bejeweled lady fingers.
He was proud to say that he was a
gentleman of leisure.' We in
ferred as much before he said it.
What else could have been inferred?
What earthly use could the mortal
thing be put to? Physical force
he had not; his mind was as vacant
as an exhausted receiver and he
seemed to have no excuse for living
except to advertise some tailoring
establishment. It is something to
the credit of this country that such
specimens of the genus homo are
rare. We can only wish that they
were so rare that circus men would
be induced to cage them like mon
keys, though the monkeys would
be apt to protest against the COM
panionship.
Bow low the head; do reverence
10 the old man n,.anee like youssaT The
of life have silvered his |
lair and changed the round, merry
ace to the worn visage before you.
)nce the heart beat with aspiration,
rushed by disappointment, as
ours, perhaps, is destined to be.
)nce that form stalked proudly
trough the gay scenes Of pleasure,
he beau ideal of grace; now the
land of time, that withers the
lowers of yesterday, has bent that
Igure and destroyed that noble car
iage. Once at your age he pos
essed the thousand thoughts that
ass through your brain, now wish
1g to accomplish deeds equal to a
ook in fame; anon imagining life
dream that the sooner he awoke
rom the better. But he has lived
le dream very near through; the ,
me to awaken is very near at
and; his eye never kindles at old
eeds of daring, and the hand ,
Lkes a firmer grasp Of the staff.
ow low the head, boy, as you '
ould in your old age be rever- ,
iced.
Woman's hopes are too often
asted. In early youth many say :
themselves, Il shall be happy !,
hen l have a husband to love me
st of all;" then, when the hus- Y
md is too careless, My child will =
mfort me;" then, through the
others watching and toll, my
lid will repay me when it grows u
l." And at last, after the long y
lrney of years has been wearily
lveled through, the mothers =
art is weighed down by heavy N
rden, and no hope remains but v
grave. We hope this may not :"
the case with any who weekly
d this column, but all must adj M
that it is often a true history as
woman's hopes. C,
- 90
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18

J. E. Kent, the coal dealer, has
coal on hand now all the time and
is prepared to fill orders on short
notice. Phone 128.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
NEWS AND COMMENTS

The Brookfeld Budget was
greatly improved in appearance
last week when it came out in a
handsome new dress.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18
HUMANITY ON THE MOVE
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come and GO
During the Week

Mrs. G. G. Bigger was in Lime
us last Monday.
F. M. Connor was in Iowa on
business the first part of the week.
Ward Mouser came up from Ok
lahoma City Wednesday night to
spend few days with relatives
here.
Richard Miller and j. D. Bryant
have been in Kansas this week
looking after some real estate
deals.
| Bert Shirey, of St. Joseph, was
in Laclede Wednesday and spent a
few hours with Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Standby.
Mrs. Ella Stone and little daugh-
ter, of Mattoon, ILL.,, are here visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. Jane
Wilson.
D. G. Dagger, Of Liberty, Neb.,
visited over last Sunday with his
brother, G. B. Dagger, and wife on
route three.
V. E. Harter and Ernest Marsh
attended the installation of Odd
Fellow officers at Brookfield last
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl R. Smith, of
route two, came home Wednesday
from a three weeks visit with rel
atives in Illinois.
V. E. Harter and Frank Weaver
went to Brookfeld Wednesday
night to see the Yankee Doodle
Boy' at the DeGraw.
While in st. Joseph last week
j. T. Billings bought car of
young cattle to place on his farm
northwest of Laclede.
Chairman r. W. Burke and a. e.
j. Caywood attended a meeting of
the republican county central COM
mittee held at Linneus last Mon
day.
Marcus Englehart is in a serious
from blood poisoning
starting from a small sore on his
lip and spreading over his face and
head.
Sheriff Anderson was in Laclede
Monday on his rounds summoning
jurors for the February term of
circuit court. B. S. Rankin is
drawn from this township.
Miss Matte Reeder, formerly of
Laclede, but who has been living
n Chicago for the past few years,
S visiting her brother, J. A. Reed
,r, and family at Lees Summit,
Mo.
Miss Jennie Carothers, who has
been here from California visiting
guest of the family of
Nm. Mize, left this week to visit
Ter niece, Mrs. Anna Myers, at
Gastonville, Colo.
Mrs. A. T. Jasperson and her
rother, John Mize, returned home
sunday from Tulsa, Okla. Mrs.
asperson will remain at home
nth her father, Mr.. VIM. Mize, un-
il Mrs. Mize returns home from
colorado.
Mrs. VIM. Mize and little grand
Hilga Jasperson, John
LIE and Miss Jennie Carothers left
Wednesday morning for Denver,
olo., to visit relatives. Mrs.
LIE will so by the way of Easton-
lille, Colo, to visit her daughter,
RS. Anna Meyer.
Subjects of the sermons at the
ethodist church next Sunday are
follows: IL a. m, "Christ's.
onstraining Loves" 7:30 p. M,
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18

6ASsAJ AhPAOSOA Al NPPSoA"ho'
last week when it came out in {
handsome new dress.
X x X
] Missouri as q corn state takes
first rank. If the crop of last year
was loaded into wagons, it would
require $4,000, 900 wagons to haul
it. Who says Missouri is not
great?
James T. Smith has filed suit
against lodge of Modern Wood
men of America at Nevada, for
500, 900 damages. He alleges that
his leg was broken while being ini-
tiated into the lodge.
Xxx
The city dads of Maryville passed
an ordinance last week requiring
all grocery stores and meat markets
to be kept closed On Sunday be-
tween November l and April l of
each year, and the penalty for viol-
alton of the ordinance was fixed at
not less than S. nor more than $50.
d.
The county court of Lincoln
county possibly did a thing that has
never been done by any other court
in north Missouri. It paid one
man a bounty of So each on nine
wolf scalps, besides he received S.
from a club of citizens for each
wolf killed. He received $72 for the
nine scalps.
X * X
When forty acres of farming
land sells for 81, 100 cash, that is
going some" for Livingston or
any other county in Missouri. That
is what occurred recently when
Frank E. Drury closed a deal for
,he sale of his forty-acre farm east
If Chillicothe at $177.5O per acre.
The purchaser was John F. Leinin-
ger.
The union station annex, on
Union avenue, adjoining the union
ailway station in Kansas City, was
destroyed by fire early Monday.
rhe union station proper, one of
Kansas City's landmarks, was saw
d by the firemen after a hard fight.
'he burned building contained the
Offices of the Adams,
Vells- Fargo and Pacific Express
branch mailing room ,,
f the postofice, the offices of the ,
red Harvey eating house company,
he Pullman palace car company's =
men room and the Railway Mems
?. M. G. A. rooms. The loss is es-
mated at close to a quarter of Il
million dollars. t
XXX a
The railroad commissioners have o
rdered the railroads of the state to e.
lie with the board by February 10, n
ext, amendments to their tariffs, "
ltting into effect the maximum y
eight rate on shipments of fruits, o
9TH in carload lots and less. The m
der of the board directs TIE rail re
ads to put the rate into effect not CT
ter than February %, next. The OF
st legislature passed the maxi m
um fruit rate statute, but failed 81
put on. the emergency clause. 81
ne law, therefore, would not have th
come effective until the last years 1t
Dp was marketed, but the fruit eo
overs took the matter up with th
board and asked that they be mi
ven the benefit of the rate on yo
eir present crops. ne
lot
The railroad tank hnnse at the M
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18

Missouri as a corn state takes
first rank. If the crop of last year
was loaded into wagons, it would
require $4,000, 900 wagons to haul
it. Who says Missouri is not
great?
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18

The greatest glory is not in new
er falling but in rising every time
we fall.
The Laclede blade., 1908-01-18

James T. Smith has filed suit
against a lodge of Modern Wood
men of America at Nevada, for
500, 900 damages. He alleges that
his leg was broken while being ini-
tiated into the lodge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
A DESERT SANDSTONE.
Experlenee of Woman Traveller
While Crossing Sahara.

Experlence of Woman Traveller
While Crossing Sahara.
What It means to encounter sand
storm In the desert OF Sahana is de-
scribed by Mrs. Palmer Thomas: Few
things bring such sense Of utter
powerlessness as a desert sandstorm,
and I shall never forget my experience
Of one. Our dragoman one day sudden
ly called our attention to darkening
horizon line. 'See.' he said; 'sandstorm
comes. No man will ride in SUCH We
had barely time to dismount and make
the camels kneel In circle on the
sand before the storm was upon us.
Each man threw his kaftan over the
peaks Of his saddle and crouched with
In the shelter 1t afforded and that
formed by the animals body behind
him, while nestled In the hollow
formed by my camel's neck and shoul-
der, drawing the folds of the blanket
like stuff tightly over me. The wise
beast, knowing what was coming,
turned her long neck right round and
laid her head on my knees, seeking the
protection of my cloak for her eyes
against the sand, which, driven by the
fury of the wind. struck the face like
powdered glass.
"But I looked out upon the scene as
long as could, watching what appear
al 70 ha n paoo of hrouu Oau1o ynfla
streaming up across the sky, darkening
the sunlight and gradually blotting out
everything from our sight. An Icy
wind preceded the cloud. increasing In
intensity every minute until the sound
of its roaring made ones own voice
inaudible, while the darkness became
that OF densest night. And so we sat
silent in the noise and the blackness
until the hurricane abated. Then, look
ing out again, I saw the brownish
mass of cloud flying before the wind
away toward the Nile, some forty
miles distant, and the cloudless blue Of
q March sky In Egypt once more over
spread above us.
"But the legs Of our beasts were all
covered with the sand that had fallen,
and Notwithstanding my sheltered po-
sition the sand was lying on my dress
and hat and was thick upon us. For
some time we watched the brown,
cloud losing itself in the immensity Of
the desert, where the whitening bones
Of animals tell with sad frequency of
the overwhelming fury of these sud-
den tempests; then we mounted and
rode away."-Chicago News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
WHALES AS RAMS.
Cases Where These Marine Monsters
Have Attacked Vessels.

Cases Whore These Marine Monsters
Have Attacked vessels.
While cruising In the south seas the
whaler Essex on Nov. 20, 1920, was fu-
riouSly attacked by cow sperm whale
supposed to have been the mother Of
calf which had just been harpooned.
The whale had not been wounded her
self, and her attack was very deter
mined. At her first rush she passed
under the Essex and carried away a
great length Of her false keel. Then,
coming to the surface considerable
distance away. she appeared to take
bearings and deliberately charged the
vessel again, ramming her with such
violence that she stove in the bows,
while the ship rolled so heavily that
the captain thought she must be dis
mantled. The case is memorable be-
cause the crew had to abandon the
vessel, and one boat was never heard
of again.
A more singular instance of a whale
attacking a vessel occurred In 1895.
The singularity lies in the fact that In
the case of the Handa Isle the attack
was entirely unprovoked. This vessel,
a brigantine Of 260 tons, was on her
way to Sydney with cargo Of timber.
On Aug. "a, about noon, a couple of
sperm whales rose very. close to the
vessel and, while the crew watched
them sporting" across her bows, the
pair suddenly slued around and came
straight for her. One thought better
of 1t and dived below the Handa Isle.
The other struck her fair and square
on the beam, crushing in her timbers.
Having rammed the ship in this reso-
lutte fashion it sheered of, terribly
damaged about the head, and present
ly sank tail first.
Fortunately there were some pack
ages of rawhides on board, and the
crew were able to keep the vessel
afloat with the pumps until rough
and ready collision mat had been fash
toned out of these and drawn over the
leak.-Bailey's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
BAKER CITY GR|LLED
Ministerial Association In Criticizing
officials Allege "Stink-Pot
of Corruption.

A sensation such as has not been in
eastern Oregon since the assassination
Of Harvey Brown, was sprung at Ba-
ker City late Sunday forenoon when a
dodger issued by the Ministerial asso-
citation of that city was circulated,
bitterly crlticising officials of city and
county.
The circular charged Baker City
with being "stink- pot of corruption. "
Among the specific charges are
these: That Judge Smith of the cir
cult court and Mayor Johns were seen
drinking before a saloon bar four and
one-half minutes prior to the opening
of the Harvey Brown memorial SER
vices.
That a prisoner in the county Jail
accuses Judge Smith of being intoxi-
Gated during the progress of mis- trial.
That boys and girls are allowed to
wander about the city at all hours of
the night.
That the skating Kinks are allowed
to open on Sundays.
That one of the members of the civic
purity committee once found police
man in a gambling den gambling.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
Growing SeedIess Pears.

Not suspeoting that a seedless pear
was anything out of the ordinary, X.
l.. Oliver. a prominent fruit-raiser two
miles west of Pendleton, has teen
growing pears of that nature for two
decades. Much publicity has been
given during tho past three months to
a seedless pear discovered by A. /.
Mason, an orchardist of Spokane, Ac-
counts of seedless pear tree began
to flow in from Hood river and North
Yakima about the same time. The
Mason pear, however, has attracted
the most attention. Eastern papers
have exploited il and the Michigan
Advocate is the authority for the state
ment that genealogical experts and
nurserymen in various parts of the
United States and Canada will be in-
vited to trace the variety and history
of the pear found by Mason. 1t states
samples of the pear have been sent to
Luther Burbank.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
WATER COVERS MANY ACRES
Hudson Bay Ditch Will Soon Have
Accomplished Its Purpose.

The Freewater- Milton Hudson Bay
Ditch company is nearing its fifth
annual meeting, says the Walla Walla
Union. This company started with
the intention of irrigating eight thou
sand acres of land and now has over
five thousand acres under water right.
The remaining three thousand acres
will be watered this season, there being
two large laterals under construction
at the present time.
President W. NJ. Shaw has been in
charge of the ditch from the start and
is now seeing it carried to successful
completion. This land which is Gov
cred 10y this ditch is directly west of
here and supplies water to that now
prosperous country known as the Hud-
son Bay.
Five years ago this country was very
thinly settled aud produced practically
nothing, Today it is thickly settled
and raises alfalfa, wheat, apples and
all kinds of fruit and is one of the
most prosperous communities iu the
Walla Walla valley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
IN OTHER TOWNS
WESTON.

Mrs. Nellie Nesvlg. a daughter Of
Ole Thompson, died Saturday at the
Fountain Square Inn, of tuberculosis.
Mrs. Nesvig came from North Dakota
during holiday season to visit her father
on Weston mountain, in the vain hope
of recovering health. Her husband
and children were summoned when it
became apparent that the end was
drawing near, after her removal to
town, and they arrived in time to see
the dying woman before her last breath.
In the basketball game of Saturday
night at the opera house between the
Waitsburg, WASH. high school team
and the Normal pedagogues, the score
read 80 to 12 in favor of the home
boys.
Mrs. Felix Beathe, who was taken
with a sudden dangerous illness Fri
day evening, is now improving.
Jessie Somerville lies iu very crit
ical condition with pneumonia. Her
father has been summoned from AL
berta and will arrive as soon as pos
sible.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-01-31
,EREEWATER.

Miss Lizzie Perkins is fully recov-
cred and able to get around again.
The Peacock Mill company is build
ing new chute in their warehouse
for the purpose of loading Northern
Pacific cars which the Traction COM
pany set in. The mill company pro-
pose commencing to ship on large
scale, the first of next month.
The Peacock Mill company took ad-
vantage of the rise in wheat last week
and shipped three carloads of wheat.
This is the first time in great many
years for this mill to ship out wheat.
The revival services being carried on
at Vincent by the Presbyterian church,
will close this evening after, two weeks
of serious meetings. A good work has
been accomplished in the neighbor-
hood. The Revs. Harper and Milligan
have been conducting the meetings.