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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
ABERDEEN,

The third meeting of the Bannock
Literary Society was held at the school
house at Aberdeen Friday evening.
November the Goth. 1t was decided
that the second and fourth meetings of
each month be held at the tabernacle.
The following program was announced
for the next meeting, which will be
held at the tabernacle Friday evening.
December 4th:
l. Roll call.
2. Music-Paul Wenger.
3. Essay-F. J. Wedel.
4. Duet.
5. Recitation-H Helen Becker.
6. Debate.
Z. Election of officers for the ensu-
ing month.
A. C. Cooney has been busy this week
hauling wheat TO American Falls.
Frank Wedel will leave this week for
his former home in Newton, Kansas.
Mrs A. C. Cooney called on Mrs. w.
D. Morton Tuesday afternoon.
c. w. Brown was in American Falls
Tuesday.
w. D. Morton has begun the erection
of house for E. W. Harold on his
Carey land south of here.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
Quantity

Included IN the Item or other products
.g9 classed minerals Of varions charac-
ters or antimony, clay products, mica,
mineral waters, phosphate rock and
sandlime brick,
The total mineral product of Alaska
is estimated at 500, 200, 552. Gold is the
richest metal mined In the year 1907
1874, 424 ounces of gold Troy weight was
mined The valuation of this amount is
estimated at s18, 489, 499.
The total mineral valuation for the
same year for the state of Washington
was S11, GIT 706. Coal proved to be the
richest mineral mined. The amount in
tons of the black diamonds was $780,
532, valued at 81, 7,679.sO1.
The state of Oregon is credited with
obtaining its largest mineral asset from
gold, there being SO, 124 ounces, Troy
weight, mined, valued at 81, ,222, 200
The total valuation of all minerals
mined is estimated at 81, SIS, ,5S7.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
New Tailor Shop.

Lee Cummins has opened tailoring
establishment in the Hager building
Mr. Cummins came here from Chicago,
has filed on a homestead and will be-
come permanent resident. He will
send for his family and his father at
once. His father is also tailor, and
upon his arrival it is the intention to
erect building exclusively for their
use, and install the latest electrical dry
cleaning machinery.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
HOMESTEAD GOSSIP.

Frank F. Wedel took Sunday dinner
at the home of Samuel Hunsinger.
Miss Mary Becker spent Saturday
and Sunday at the home of her parents.
Monday and Tuesday Andrew Rosan-
der was hauling hay from town for the
winter.
Abe Becker took Sunday dinner at
the home of his brother-in-law, Frank
kliever.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Rosan-
der and their children spent the day. at
the home of MIR. John L;ndstrom.
Frank F. Wedel will leave for Kansas
soon to spend mid-winter with his sister
who is attending college at Newton.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Bergstrom, ac-
companied by their children, were en-
tertained at the home of Mr.. John
Sande.
Mrs. Frank Ems, accompanied by her
children and her nephew, Peter Neu-
falt, spent Sunday evening at the home
of Mr.. j. Cooper.
John Chilier, of Illinois, accompanied
by his daughter, Ellen, arrived Wednes-
day to begin permanent residence on
his homestead.
The desks for the Homestead"
school house have arrived to take the
place of the chairs and the improvised
benches which have been used.
Saturday evening there will be held
in the school house mass meeting of
those interested in organizing Metho-
dist Sunday School. The meeting will
be led by Rev. Jas. Leitch, Of Ameri-
can Falls, and by Rev. R. D. Osterhout,
the M. E. Sunday School missionary
for the Boise conference.
Last Friday night Tobias Wedel,
while bringing Twin Falls" grubber
to his homestead, narrowly missed Sc
rious if not fatal injury Mr.. Wedel,
driving team of heavy mules with the
grubber tied to the wagon, was going
along the top of the ditch bank close to
Livingstone's fill when the grubber
blades became hooked in the bank. The
mules became unmanageable and plung-
ing down into the ditch overturned the
wagon an1 gTubber. Mr.. Wedel was
thrown heavily to the ground but
clung to the lines until he regained con-
troll of the team He escaped with
slight bruises and friends are congratu-
lating him that his accident did not re-
suit seriously.
1t is reasonable to believe that every
homesteader who has sown wheat for
dry farming has been anxiously watch
ing his future grain field, for, with the
majority of homesteaders the next sum-
mer's crop will be the first trial of dry
land farming. Although we have had
no rain for more than a month the
wheat, moistened by almost nightly
frosts, is now in many places high
enough for pasturing and in other
places where sown later it has been
making its appearance in a most prom
ising way. All in all the dry land
wheat is giving the homesteaders a JOY
full assurances of bountiful crop.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
Married.

Ray Baugh and Miss Florence Carlyle
were married at Pocatello Tuesday.
The young couple are we'll known here,
and have the respect and we'll wishes of
large circle of friends. The groom is
the son of Sam Baugh, one of the pio-
neers of this section. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Car
lyle, and is a charming young lady.
She has lived here for about two years.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
Building a Warehouse.

W. M. Davie is building warehouse,
25x6O, west of the Fall Greek Sheep
company, to be used in connection with
his transfer business. Mr.. Davie ex-
poets to handle and store hay and feed.
The building adjoins the second hand
store of his brother.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
Fine Wheat Coming In.

Manager Bennion, of the American
Falls Milling Company. says the finest
wheat he ever saw is now being deliv-
cred at the mill from the dry farming
sections near town. Dry land wheat
makes better flour than the irrigated
product, and this in measure accounts
for the reputation the American Falls
Milling Company has built up. Ameri-
can Falls flour is shipped as far as Los
Angeles, and is in demand wherever
known.
Roy Burrell and Miss Staples were
married at Shelly, the brides home,
Sunday thu 2fh
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21
Alfalfa HAY For Sale.

Twenty tons of first-class alfalfa for
sale. Call on Mary c. Neeley, Neeley.
Idaho
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-21

The churches will conduct union SER
vices next Thursday afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
ClustWAY FOR ROGERS STREET
Traffic Demands Better Facilities Tor
Crossing Railroad Tracks. :.

While the people of Waxahachie
are discussing propositions of paw
ing the square and constructing side
walks there is another matter of
public Improvement of supreme i'm
portance which demands serious con-
sideration, and that is the building
of a causeway or viaduct over the
railroad tracks on South Rogers
street This is the principal thorough
fare between the city proper and
the gins and mills on the south side
of the creek, and almost every day
during the busy season there is a
constant stream of farm wagons and
other vehicles on this street. This
street is also used principally by the
school children and other pedestrians
who live in Bullard Heights. Not only
do the main tracks of the Katy and
Brazos Valley cross this street, but
it is crossed by a number OF side
tracks and when trains are switching
in the yards the street Is blocked
some times as much as one hour. ! ne
blocking of the street does not only
delay and congest traffic, but there
is danger of serious accidents. The
railroad traffic across this street has
been more than double by the COM
ling of the Trinity and Brazos Valley
| During forty-eight hours last week
,ninety-six trains were operated be-
tween this point and Dallas by the
| two roads, and for the first two days
! this week the number of trains ex-
ceeded one hundred. The Trinity and
| Brazos Valley now has about thirty
! r,,a. ..rL {,.at TN, ort
Dallas to come over this line just
as soon as locomotives can be secur-
| ed to move them.
A steel causeway could be con
structed over the railroads and across
Waxahachie creek for few thousand
dollars, and there is every reason to
| believe the two roads would joiT
with the city in its construction
and it should be built before the be-
ginning of another busy season.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
Oil Maenate Plans TO Appear
Before the State Court
November 9.
THE PENALTY AND CUSTER
Indications Are That Case viii Not
Be Taken Up Before Friday.
Are Preparing Tor
Final Effort.

Washington, Oct. 28.-H c.
Pierce will be, in Austin Nov 8 to
face trial. Such 4 his plan at pres
ant. He II still N Massachusetts re-
cuperAting from an operation, but
expects to leave for Texas In eight
or ten days.
J. L. Thorndike and Moorfield
Storey Of Boston, Judge e. B. Per-
kins Of Dallas and Judge H. 8. Priest
OF st. Louis are here preparing for
the Anal effort to save the Waters
Pierce OIL company from paying the
big Texas hne. TIE indications are
that the custer and penalty case Will
not be reached before Friday.
These four attorneys have just
returned from New York, where they
conferred about fighting the Grimm
al charge against Pierce in Texas.
They declined to throw any light on
the course they will pursue, except
to say that Mr.. Pierce will 60 to Tex
az voluntarily as soon as his health
permits him to travel.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
LUMBER DEALER
HELD BY ROBBER
Was Compelled to Sign a Letter
Asking that Money Be
Sent at Once.
BREAKS BINDING ROPES
Edward English Has Nerve-Rackinq
Experience with Desperate Thug
Who kidnaps Him-Demands
Five Thousand Dollars.

Mount Vernon. H., Oct. 2S.-
While driving to Mount Vernon late
Monday night from a lumber camp.
Edward English, a wealthy lumber
man of Mount Vernon, was held up
and kidnapped by lone robber about
three miles from town The robber
forced English to make note for
$4,000, and write the following let
ter to his wife:
Il am held up and kidnapped for
$1,000, and am threatened with hav-
ing my ears cut off If the money is
not forthcoming by tomorrow noon
For Gods sake make all haste. Show
this to Mr.. Hannay and solicit this
sum.
Hannay As connected with the
Mount Vernon bank.
The missive was sent to Mrs. Eng
lish
The bandit left his victim tied to
a tree, evidently intending to return
was forthcoming.
English managed to break loose
from the ropes which bound him
and made his way to the home of
Henry Day, about two miles from
Mount Vernon, where he telephoned
his wife and the sheriff of Skagit
county.
The sheriff ct once sent deputies
to the scene with the hope of secur-
ing the kidnaper.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
GRAND JURY FINOs MANY BILLS
In Session Four Weeks and Returns
More than 100 Indictments.

The grand jury caught up with its
work Tuesday afternoon and took a
recess until November 23. at which
time the inquisitorial board Will re-
assemble. for a session of two weeks
The grand jury was in session a
little more than four weeks and re-
turned about 109 Indictments, sixty
nine of this number being turned in
Tuesday afternoon. The total num-
ber of bills exceeds the number re-
turned BY the grand Jury at the Feb
ruary term of court by twenty-one.
There were six felony. indict ments
in the batch turned in Tuesday after
noon Henry Dickerson and ]. W.
Owens were each indicted on charges
of incest. Dickerson was arrested in
Van zandt county a few days ago
and brought here and placed in jail,
Owens was arrested a few miles
west 'of town Monday and jailed.
A daughter is the prosecutrix in
each case. The penalty for incest is
a term in the penitentiary of not
less than two nor more than ten
years
John Potts, who broke Jail at
ed for burglary.
He was recaptured by Corsicans
tonlcers at Palmer, where he burglar
ixeA the residence of A. J. Stacks.
6f the misdemeanor siAdietment,
returned the majority were for gam
ing
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
SLOWLY DIED IN A DESERT.
Pages of Dead Mans Diary Tell of
His Struggle.

MS struggle.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 2S.-Dy-
ing of thirst in a desert west of
Death Valley, B. F. Pratt, a pros
pector in the Grapevine district,
whose body was found in the Argus
mountains by another miner, left a
record of his sufferings on the pages
of diary found by his side.
Pratt. after being warned that the
trip was dangerous one, started
for Mojave, and for several days
succeeded in finding water. He final
ly entered region entirely destitute
of moisture and lost his way. Here
the pages of his diary contain entries
fast becoming illegible. reading as
follows:
mo water today. Must get over
the next range and find my trail
back. Things ahead OF me look bad.
Cant find my trail. No water
now for two days. About all in. Be
able to hold out through tomorrow.
Il can't stand the pace. Have left
my grub and blankets. Am going
blind with this sun and headache ];
lips and tongue cracked and bleed
ing.
Must get water today or I'll cash
in"
This was the last legible entry,
although Pratt previously had fore
seen his fate and left request that
noa4fieation Of his death be sent to
his brothers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28

a northern hospital. who was in the
south to minister to the sick follow
ing the yellow fever epidemic. She
mad occasion to nurse young Brock
way, who was suffering from anoth-
er ailnent; she brought him success
fully through the Illness, and he
asked her to marry him She accept
ed. Broekway soon after became in
noculated with the western fever
and came to Spokane, going thence
to Rosalia, south of here, where he
opened store. Gradually he and the
nurse drifted apart, and a few years
later he gave another woman his
name. Mrs. Brockway died two years
ago, leaving her husband and a A.
year-odl child.
Through friends at Vicksburg
Brockway learned that Miss Oswalt
was still single, and after obtaining
her address he opened correspond
ence. The old attachment, begun 20
years before, reasserted itself, and
Brockway did not have much difficult
ty In persuading Miss Oswalt then
living in Chicago, to come west, and
the wedding followed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
A Member Of the Reelfoot Lake
Band Tells Of Captain
Rankins S Murder.
.|MPL|cATEs OTHER MEN
Statement May Result in Bringing a
Lawless Tennessee Band to JUS
tice--Other Arrests Have
Been Made.

! Tiptonville, Tenn. Oct 28-A
self-confessed night rider, told re-
markable story yesterday of night
rider depredations in the vicinity of
Reelfoot lake, confessing to the part
he played In the outrages, which
reached elimination in the putting
| to death of Captain Quentin Rankin
u prominent attorney of Trenton,
Tenn. on the banks of the lake a
week ago, implicated men promin-
ent in this section of the state. OF
the number, he declared, who had a
part in the killing OF Captain Ran
KIN, more than half are now in the
custody of the militia at Camp Ne
mo, the military base near Samburg.
The confession was made at the 5ail
here te Sheriff Haines of this coun
ty. Judge Harris, owner of large
| tract of land in the Reelfoot lake
district who has suffered much at
| the hands OF the night riders, and
Mayor Cleveland Donelson OF Tip
| tonville.
| The confession was made freely
! and voluntarily with no offers OF les
sened punishment or threats, and ap-
ipreseftly without a qualm of con-
science, he glibly unfolded his story.
! While the night rider prisoner
denies that he was present when
Captain Rankin was put to death, he
admits that it was through informa-
tton given by him that the band con-
gregated and secured the attorney
while he slept at the hotel at Walnut
Log.
(, According to the confession. two
FIfen, AAder arrest. and - duf under
bond In connection with another raid
were the leaders of the Reelfoot
! lake band.
! He declares that the first part he
played as member of the night ri
1 der band was when he aided in the
burning of a fish dock at Samburg,
and several weeks later was one of
party which crossed the county
/ line from the Reelfoot lake district
into the adjoining county of Lake,
and whipped Justice of the Peace
Winn, an aged man.
Coming to the killing of Captain
Rankin, he declared that on the
night before the lynching he went
to Walnut Log and there met the
attorney of Union City, at whose So
licitation Rankin and Judge R. u
Taylor, his associate in the West
Tennessee Land company, the own
ers of the land on which the lake is
situated, came to the lake. 1t was
stated that the visit of the two men
was to arrange a timber deal with
the attorney. After this conversation
he states, he communicated with the
night rider leaders and told them OF
the intended visit of the representa-
tives of the land company. On the
a AfolloWinEs night he. saw Two men al
supper at the hotel, but declares thai
he left Walnut Log early in the night
and went out into the lake to fish
He states that he was fishing wher
he heard the shots which ended the
life of Captain Rankin, but did MOI
return to the shore for some time.
In the course of his confession the
man gave the names of no less thar
forty members of the night riders.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
ROMANCE REVIVED.
After Separation OF Twenty Year
Lovers Meet and Wed,

Spokane, Wash, Oct 28.-This Is
one Of those rare stories of wom-
ans heart remaining true to her first
love and of the thoughts of widow
er, wealthy but lonely, turning back
to the object of his youthful affec-
tion. The result was the marriage OF
Miss Mary Oswalt of Chicago and l..
A. Brockway of Rosalie, WASH, at
the home of the groom. The ceremo-
ny was performed by Rev F. r.
Smith of. the Congregational church.
Brockway was learning the furni-
ture business at Vicksburg, Miss,
late In the sos. when he met Miss
Oswalt graduate nurse, fresh from
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
IMPROVEMENTS AT ENNIS.
Houston and Texas Central to Erect
Office Building in Railroad Yards.

NDulN0 III NdtHEONo az NS.
The Houston and Texas Central
management is erecting large two
!story Office building in the railroad
yards near the roundhouse at Ennis,
and it is announced that the dispat-
chers Office and the Office of Super
intendent Sugrue will be located In
the new building. These Offices and
the engineering department have
been in the Union Depot buildin|
down town ever since the depot v
built several years ago, but the e.
| gineering department has grown so
large that more room is needed. Be-
sides this. the compXAy has had to
keep a force of disl IL gers at the
yard Office, and 1t ieytra aerstood that
with the chief disfaAehe and his
force located near he yards three
Operators can be Dispensed with
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
South Texas Fruit.

T. A. Simons and L. Peyton of
Beevflle, South Texas representa-
tives of the Waxahachie Nursery
company, spent Tuesday night In the
city en- route to the Dallas Fair.
They called at this Office Wednes-
day morning to exhibit fine display
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
FREE ELECTION RETURNS.
Bulletins Will BE Read Tuesday
Night on North Side Square.

Arrangements have been complet-
ed with the Western Union Tele-
graph company to furnish the cleo
ton returns Tuesday night, Novem-
ber 3. The bulletins will be read
aloud on the north side of the square
in front of the Adelphian club. OF
course you are interested in the ma
tional election which will decide who
shall be our next president. Bryan,
we hope, will be elected. SO be on
hand Tuesday night to help celebrate
should our hopes come true. The
ladies are especially invited to be
present. Remember. it's free too
Everybody.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28

of fruit raised in the Beeville coun-
try They had a large basket filled
with seedless and Satsuma oranges,
Pondarosa lemons and grape fruit.
One twig from a seedless orange
tree contained a cluster of thirteen
oranges. The different varieties of
the fruit were well matured.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
!. a. Roeers killed by Train.

Whitewright, Texas, Oct. Isl
A. Rogers OF Mckinney was run ov-
er by freight train last night about
TAO O'Clock ald instantly killed
Examination of papers found on him
showed that he had charge of an
emigrant car en- route from Mckin-
ney, Texas. to Muskogee, Okla.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
Two Trainmen Injured.

A northbound freight train on the
Central was wrecked at 2:30 Tues
day afternoon two miles north of
Garrett. Two coal cars and one oil
car wer derailed. Conductor John
Stuart and Brakeman Boudreau
were painfully. though not seriously,
hurt by jarring and bruising. The
injured men were taken to the hos
pital at Ennis for treatment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
Man Killed Near Alvarado

Alvarado, Texas, Oct. 2s.-Wi-
liam Fickey, whose home is said to
have been at Warrensburg, Mo-, was
killed by a train on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway four miles
north of this place yesterday morn
ing, @
The Washington herald., 1908-03-20
LEON SOON TO FACE TRIAL
Physician Must Meet Charge of
Illegal Operation.
Case Is set for Next Week-GrRnd
Jury May Indict Him Once More.
Ill, but Likely 10 Appear.

Edward Leon Thompson. better known.
or. to be more accurate. otherwise known.
as Or. Leon, will be placed on trial We'd
nesday. March .. on the indictment
which charges him with performing an
Illegal operation on Sadie VoIks, a young
white woman, in October, 1906, and with
performing a similar operation on Lille
Bryan. negro woman. in January, 1907
Leon was tried on this indictment last
fall and convicted. His attorneys. MeSsrs.
Taylor & Simmons. appealed the case and
secured q new trial
The Court of Appeals ruled that Leon
had been compelled to answer certain
questions pTopounded by the district at
torney, the effect of which might have
tended TO prejudice the jury against him.
These questions related 10 former con-
victions for performing Illegal operations.
2 1t is expected that the grand jury VIII
shortly return an additional indictment
against Leon. charging him with the
death OF Miss Lille Petit, in performing
an operation on her on March II.
The girl died at the Emergency Hospital
several days ago. Before she expired. in
the course of an ante-mortem statement
made 70 Assistant District Attorney Ba-
ker, she named Leon as responsible for
her condition.
Leon is III az his home with rheumatic
gout. and is under surveillance by the po-
lice. 1t is thought his condition will be
such in day or two that he can be ar
raigned on the new indictment which
Will be returned against him.
He is now at liberty. under 5000 bond.
1t is understood the district attorney Will
ask Sl5eo0 additional bail for his release
pending trial