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Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
COURT REFUSES LICENSES
At TOWNSEND AND ODESSA
TEMPERANCE FOLKS ENTER WIG
OROUS PROTEST AND WIN DAY
Out of Four Applications Before New
Castle County Court Only One
Granted--"Dry'' Below Middletown

Of four applicants for license for
the sale of Intoxicating liquors heard
by General Sessions Court of New
Castle County, Saturday, but one
was granted. 1t was that of Alfred
C. Heck, who asked for license for
the Centreville Hotel. The appi-
cants refused were William T. Bran
bic, of Townsend; Calvin P. Std
ham, Odessa, and Mary A. Bell, No.
East Front street Wilmington.
The refusal of the court to license the
Townsend Hotel makes Townsend a
dry" town. The Law and Order
Society vigorously opposed the licens-
ing of the house and it was while
w. W. Knowles, for the remon-
strants, was questioning James L.
Dickerson, a former proprietor of the
house, regarding lease held by Mr..
Bramble that the court refused the
application. 1t was showing that
Mr.. Bramble, who was Mr. Dicker-
sons bartender, had applied for the
license as the tenant and occupant of
the house when the business was
being conducted in Mr.. Dickerson s
name. The house has been closed
since June IL when Mr.. Dickerson' s
license expired He admitted that
the hotel business had been conducted
by himself up until that day,
although he had leased his property
to Mr.. Bramble several weeks
previously. When the court announ-
ced a refusal to renew the license
privilege to Mr.. Stidham, of Odessa,
he wept. He was represented bv
J. Frank Biggs, who produced wit
nesses to show that the hotel was
necessary and had been conducted
properly despite testimony to the
contrary offered by the Law and
Order Society Rev r. H. Hallett,
a Presbyterian minister at Odessa,
was the principal witness against the
application. There is much rejoicing
at Townsend and Odessa. William
F. Kurtz, for Alfred C. Heck, fought
hard for a license for the Centrevillt
Hotel Mr.. Kurtz showed that the
district in which the hotel is situated
had voted "wet" at the recent Local
option; that license for the house haC
never been refused, and that the
hotel was necessary. The Law anC
Order Society opposed the licensing
of the house on the principal grounC
that it was not needed.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Robert II. Wilson Editor of The Dover
State News Passes Away-Other
Deaths of The Week Recorded

Robert H. Wilson, of near Dover.
who has been i'll for several weeks.
suffered a relapse Wednesday and
relatives and friends were summoned
to his bedside, seeing that life was
fast ebbing away. He died at 9
O'Clock that night. Mr.. Wilson had
for many years been one of the most
active citizens of this county-both
in the political and agricultural
development of the taste. He reared
and developed on one of his Kent
farms, probably the finest peach
orchards in Delaware, the trees
producing excellent peaches when
the crop elsewhere was a failure.
While he was always a producer of
material things he has also been
conspicuous as a newspaper man,
particularly an editorial writer, and
his virile pen has done much for The
Delaware State News of which he
was editor. Mr.. Wilson's only
service in office was during the
legislatures of 1897 and 1898 which
remOdeled laws to conform to the
new constitution and was an active
and valuable member of the House.
Always a Democrat and of late an
ardent admirer of William J. Bryan.
Mr.. Wilson was chosen by his party
as its candidate for state treasurer
at the beginning of the last cam
paign. Funeral took place Saturday
and was largely attended. Interment
was at Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.
Former Mddletown Man Dead.
Mr.. Lewis P. Mcdowell, father OF
DR.. Harris B. Mcdowell, at one time
one of Middletown's most prominent
citizens and active business men, dice
at New London, Pa, near Newark,
on Sunday, June 21st, quite suddenly,
in the 18th year of his age. Mr.
Mcdowell had been in failing health
for some years, and seldom left hi.
home. He however was on a visit
to a relative and was Frustrated by
apoplexy. His remains were brough
to Middletown the following Monday
Funeral services were held Wednes
day afternoon, at O'Clock, inter
ment being made in Forest Cemetery
R. F. H. Moore officiating at tn
services. He leaves a devotel
widow and two sons, DIR. H. B
Mcdowell, and Alvan Mcdowell, o
Philadelphia, to mourn his death.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
NEXT SUNDAY AT ASBURY
Holy Sacrament in The Morning And
The 9th Sermon Series at Evening

HOLY Sacrament in he Morning And
The 9th Sermon Series at Evening
The Holy Sacrament will be
administered at the morning service,
of Asbury M. E. Church Next Sunday
and those holding church letters are
requested to bring them as members
will be received by letter. The
pastor would be pleased to see a
large attendance at this service. In
the evening there will be special
music by the Junior Choir, Florence
Cummins singing the solo supported
bv the junior choir. The subject
of the sermon will be "The Hidden
Cup" the ninth instalment in the
story of the Hebrew Dreamer. 1t
deals with one of the strangest
phases of the story and incidentally
with one of the most difficult of
human experiences. The first
quarterly Love Feast will be held to
night in Asbury M. E. Church,
beginning at 7.45. The service will
last three quarters of an hour. It
Is hoped that there will be a full
attendance at this time-honored
service.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
TURFMEN WANT A RACE TRACK
Movement for a Track at Alley School
house West of Clayton.

At a preliminary meeting of local
horsemen at the store of Thomas
Wilson last evening a movement
was started toward oganizing a Race
Track Association by the horsemen of
Smyrna Clayton and vicinity. The
object of the association is to lease a
piece of land on the CDR. Tomlinson
Farm" tenanted by John E. Wilson,
directly back of the Alley school
house, and to lay out a track.
DIR. Frank Gardner, of Smyrna, E.
H. Donovan, of Brenford, Luther
Lapham, of Clayton, and Harry B.
Clark, of Kenton, were appointed a
special committee to get the
sentiment of the horsemen of their
respective localities, secure subscrip-
tions and report at meeting to be
held next Tuesday evening. Luther
Lapham and John E. Wilson were
appointed a committee to confer with
DR.. Tomlinson concerning the leasing
of the land for a certain number of
years by the Association. The meeting
at Wilson's store was well attended
and next Tuesday night it is to be
hoped that all interested will be
present to complete organization.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
NEW REHoBOTH TRAIN SERVICE
Citizens of Delaware Have Been Sue
csssful in Having Improvements Made

csssful in Having improvements Made
Efforts put forth by the several
towns of the state seems to have
borne fruit Superintendent A. j.
Whitney of the Delaware Railroad
has issued a schedule improving the
summer train service to and from
RehOboth. The new schedule went
into effect to-day, and will permit
the morning train to the resort to
make the trip without the annoying
delays heretofore experienced owing
to handling of freight and other
causes. Under the new arrangement
the train for Rehoboth will leave an
hour earlier in the morning and ar
rive at its destination an hour and
quarter sooner than under the old
card. The new schedule will place
an additional train service between
Georgetown and RehobOth, this max
ing the morning train connection,
leaving Georgetown at 8.36 and
arriving at Rehoboth at 1126,
clipping six minutes from the old
schedule. The connection now leav-
/ ing Wilmington at AS o'clock,
Smyrna 5.21, and arriving at RehO-
both at 8.31 o'clock after July /, will
leave Wilmington at 3.44 O'Clock,
Smyrna 4.53, and arrive at Rehoboth
at 7.12 o'clock This train will be
an express, after leaving Harrington,
stopping only for flag signals. 1t
has been decided by the railroad com
pany to hereafter use Rehoboth as a
terminus of instead Of Lewes. I'm
der the new arrangement all empty
freight and passenger equipment will
remain at RehOboth over night in
stead Of at Lewes, as has been the
custom heretofore.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
DELAWARE PEACHES PLENTIFUL
"June Drop" Now Over And a Big
Yield Expected Down The State

'June Drop" Now Over And a Big
Yield Expected Down The State
The June drop of peaches is over.
The dreaded ordeal through which
fruit orchards of the Delaware penin-
sula must pass after frosts, blights,
scales and "yellOws,' have been
overcome and the half-grown peach
hangs from every twig and branch of
the tree has ended. The fall has been
heavy and only q half crop is left.
That is, the peaches now remaining
upon the trees constitute only half
the maximum possibilities of those
trees to bear good fruit. The peach
crop remaining, however, is much
larger than any that has been har-
vested on the peninsula for years.
From a few thousand baskets it is
believed the possible yield this year
will jump to nearly 1900, 900 or at
least 1,5OO, 600. Basket factories
are working night and day to turn
out new strong-witred basket to
stand the strain of other baskets piled
upon it in the car, in default- of the
shelving of the cars. In four weeks
the peach crop will begin to go for
ward, and as shipment to distal t
points in refrigerator cars will bring
larger returns than the slower ship
ment by boat, it is probable that the
Pennsylvania lines will make a big
haul from two standpoints of that
term.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
DELAWARE MEN SEE BRYAN.
Then They Expressed the Opinion
Gray Will be Nominated at Denver

! uGi uSI ENpTGSSGu luS OpiIhOn
Gray Will be Nominated at Denver
Two of Judge Gray's managers,
Josiah Marvel and R. j. Beamish,
the former of Wilmington and the
latter of Philadelphia, called Monday
at Lincoln, Neb., to pay their
respects to Mr.. Bryan upon an
invitation extended by the latter
some months ago and recently
renewed. They say they will open
Gray headquarters at the Savoy
Hotel, at Denver, to-day, Wednesday,
and express a strong belief that the
Delaware man will be named.
They declare they have absolutely
trustworthy information that Bryan
will have but few votes over six
hundred on the first ballot, with the
"Allies" mastering four hundred.
That will be the limit of Bryan s
strength, they assert, and after that
it will be Gray. Their campaign
policy has been one of non-OppositiOn
to Bryan, and in return they expect
Bryan to work for Gray when he sees
his chances ended. L. l. Handy, of
I Wilmington, will nominate Judge
Gray. The seconding speech will be
made by Peter J. O'Boyce, of
Pittston, Pa. Some of the Delaware
delegates have gone and others will
leave this week.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
MAsoNs ELECT NEW OFFICERS

Harmony Lodge No. I3 A. F. & A. M.
Hold installation Services Tuesday
The new officers elected by Har-
mony Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M.
were installed last Thursday evening
as follows: w. M, Abel FAIRIES; S.
w, Charles Howell LeFevre; ]. W.,
James L. Book; Secretary, G. M.
Stevenson; Treasurer, Henry S. An
thony; S. D, Charles P. Thornley,; J..
D., Frank E. Postles; 6. S., Vernon
Lay Phillips; j. S., John w. Ford ;
Tyler, John P. Patterson. Past Mater
DR.. R. Hiron Clifton was presented
with handsome past masters jew
ell by the lodge
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
TEMPERANCE DAY AT ASBURY
Sunday School Gives Over Session
To An Interesting Program

Last Sunday the teaching of the
Temperance lesson, Ephesians 5:
6-21, by the teachers of classes at the
Asbury NJ. E. Sunday School, was
dispensed with, and the following
program arranged by Mrs. Robert
Watt, W. c. T. U. Superintendent
of Sunday School Work, was
rendered: Opening hymn, school;
prayer, offered by the superintendent,
L. NJ. Price; reading of lesson by
the school; recitation, Amanda
Truax; hymn, "What Are You
Doing?" school, recitation, RATHER
inc Price; duett, Messrs. w. o.
Hoffecker, L. M. Price; recitation,
William Jacobs; hymn, school;
"LessoH Story" Mrs. Bertha
Wilson; Golden Text, one of the
blames, and question answered by the
scholars of several classes; closing
hymn, "Yield Not to Temptation, -
by school.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
L. F. HILLYARD LOSES HORSE

Kenton Runaway Results in Accident
Valuable Horse Had to Be Killed
Kenton, June 3O-Lewis F. Hilyard
lost a valuable horse last Saturday
morning. Wallace Hilyard had the
team at the station loading milk cans
and the horse was eating grass when
it stepped on the rein and broke the
bride, causing it to start to run. In
turning at the station, the horse
threw itself and fell with such force
as to break one of it's hind legs.
DR.. Virden found it necessary to kill
the animal to put it out of its suffer-
ing. Wallace Hilyard escaped with
but slight injuries.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
PASTOR ENCOUNTERS A SKUNK
Did Not Have to Tell the Congregation
of Friendship, For They Knew.

Thoroughfare Neck, June 3O.-Our
worthy pastor on his way to his sane
tuary last Sabbath, met with an ad-
venture that he and his people will
not likely forget. Being an admirer
of Roosevelt's hunting feats, thought
he too would like to have a little
experience along that line, so seeing
a small animal along the wayside,
quickly alighted, gave chase and soon
brought him to bay. Instead of
Bruno, it proved to be skunk. Now
the pastor did not have to tell his
people of this wonderful exploit as
the news had proceeded him in the
form of the wellknown scent. Sue
cess to MIN every time he undertakes
such adventurous experiences
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
SMYRNA HORSE GETTING FAST
" Brownie" The PAGER Belonging to
Frank Boyer Stepped a Mile in 2.II,g

Brownie" The PAGER Belonging to
Frank Boyer Stepped a Mile in 2.Iig
Brownie" the PAGER belonging
to Frank Boyer of this town is inter
esting turfmen all over the country.
The PAGER is now in charge of Will
liam E. Smith of Coatsville, Pa, a
trainer. Last Sunday Brownie"
was given some trial speeds on
Belmont Track, Philadelphia, and
stepped a mile in 2.11{. At
Richmond last Fall, Brownie"
lowered his record to 2. 13f and the
announcement that it is even doing
better than this is particular pleas
ing to Mr. Boyer and turfmen
generally. Brownie" was bred
and raised by Frank Burchard of
Thoroughfare Neck. Three years
ago Mr.. Boyer purchased him from
L. M. Price of Smyrna and has had
him ever since. Mr.. Boyer
received an offer of $500 for him
Monday but he refused and is holding
out for his price of $780,
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
Stores to be Open on the Fourth.

AS Fourth of July comes on. Satur-
day this year. merchants of Smyrna
have decided to keep open all day.
They will, however, give their clerks
a holiday on Monday and already sew
eral outing parties are being ar
ranged.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
DIR. WATT GRANTED A VACATION

Officia! Board Give him Three Weeks
To Take At His Own Pleasure
The quarterly Conference of Asbury
M. E. Church Monday evening,
granted threeNweeks vacation to
Rev. Robert Watt j. D., their
popular pastor, to be taken at lis own
pleasure. DIR. Watt has not announ-
ced his vacation plans or where he
will spend it. The Trustees of the
Church has granted a two weeks
vacation to Mrs. Marion Coverdale,
the efficient organist.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01
Last of MiddIetown-odessa Trolle,

Last OF MlddIetoWn-Odessa Trolley
Workmen are now engaged in TAX
ing up the rails of the Odessa and
Middletown trolley line. The line
was recently sold, and the purchaser
will have all of the rails, copper
wire, cars, etc. shipped to other
points in short while.
Smyrna times., 1908-07-01

ooNTINUsD oN sleHTH 20
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21

land, IS head of cattle, one frame
house 5 rooms, one barn 1924,
100 tons of hay in 1906, 800 in
creamery, one cream separator,
one horse rake. 16 miles from
Bonners Ferry, 2 miles from
station.
$4,000. Best improved ranch in
Kootenai Valley, miles from viii
lage, fine orchard, good buildings,
meadow land.
$500. One lot on Main street
n with building. Rents for $40 per
month.
5000. 100 acres of good orchard
land two miles from village, sold
on installment plan.
$l650.OO. A Bargain. 100 acres
OF land three miles from Boomers
Ferry, well improved, good house,
barn. chicken house, well of fine
water. six acres cleared, ID mile
from church and school.
$4,000. An S0-acre tract of
fine land, well improved. 2 miles
from Copeland, Idaho, along the
line of K. " R. R. Good water.
This is bargain.
24O acres land, IL acres cleared,
good water, good house, part mea-
dow. $500 per acr e.
1877 acres of land, all meadow,
fenced, good house, stock and al
improvements. This is a first class
buy. Price $4,000.
100 acre ranch, / mile from
!, town acres cleared, good house
1900 M. it. saw timber. Price
$4,000.
$4,000. One quarter acre Of
land in clover, and fenced with q
4-room house. This is a bargain
800 each. so lots right in the
city, good location for residence
now is the time TO buv. These lot:
will advance in price insix months
% per cent. / will sell you these
lots on the installment plan, 1921
down and 80 per month. This i!
snap, don't miss the chance.
447 acres of meadow land, wei
improved and fenced, good build
ings and all farming utensils, ais
40 head of cattle. This land vii
be sold on terms. Price $50 pc
acre.
A.. KENT, Real EStat'
Deputy Mineral Recorder,
and Notary Public.
eONNERS FERRY, idaho
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
ANOTHER RAILWAY ROBBERY

lars VII he found in another
column. Boomers Ferry gets some
more undesirable advertising.
The truth of the matter is Bon
'ners Ferry has been remarkably
free from crime. There have been
no hold-ups here, and no murders,
or shooting scrapes. Men of disco
Lutte and criminal habits are made
to get out of town by the author
tiles. Bonners Ferry will compare
most favorably with any neighbor-
ing towns for a due enforcement OF
the laws. Still we get a lot of
credit in yellow Eastern journals
for these railway hod-ups.
The bandit who did the last trick
was probably from Spokane. He
came in on the Great Northern
Dinkey at 10 o'clock, took a turn
around town and then went back
to the West Hotel where he sat up
in the office until about time for
the Limited. j. II. Hoagland, the
landlord, observed the man, and
was suspicious of his actions, He
was not a hanger -on around these
parts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
Schweizer's Remains Sent East

The remains of John Schweizer,
~hose mangled body was found on
the G. N. track on Wednesday OF
last week, were sent to Buffalo, N.
Y, last Sunday. Schweizer was
an Oddfellow and his lodge in
Buffalo and the lodge in Boomers
Ferry arranged to have his body
sent to his former home where his
parents reside.
The remains were embalmed- by
undertaken Alexander and placed
in a nice casket and accompanied
to the depot by the local lodge in a
body. d. G. McColl was delegated
to accompany the body to Buffalo
and convey to the bereaved par
ents the particulars of the sad
affair. Schweizer will be buried
by the Oddfellows.
u lille little was known of the
deceased here, it has been ascer-
tanned that he con es of a highly
respected family in Buffalo.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
ORCHARDS FATE
Unless the Pardon Board Shows the
Noted Criminal Cemency.

Caldwell, idaho, March 49,
Compelled to pronounce sentence
of death upon Harry Orchard for
the murder of Governor Frank
Steunenberg, but recommending,
as an act of mercy, that the state
board of pardons commute the
sentence to imprisonment, Judge
Fremont Wood today delivered a
remarkable address, in which he
declared his belief that Orfhard's
confession was true in every detail.
Orchards confession directly charg,
ed Charles Meyer, the president,
William D. Haywood, the secre-
tary, and George Pettibone, a
member of the Western Federation
of Miners, with planning the
assassination of Steunenberg, also
atrocious wholesale murder and
dynamiting in Colorado.
In Judge Woods ruling he laid
SPECIAL stress upon the crimes in
Idaho.
Judge Wood, after reading his
ruling, formally sentenced Orchard
and fixed May Is as the date for
the execution. Orchard asked per-
mission to speak and his request
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
Bonners Ferry Gets too Much
Undeserved Noterity.

The frequency with ehich the
name of Boomers Ferry has been
coupled with train robberies in the
past few months will be sure to
give this town an undesired and
undeserved noteriety.
The daring bandits who held mp
the Oriental Limited at Rondo Sid
ing in Montana, and carried OF
$4,000, last summer, stopped in
Boomers Ferry several weeks later,
when they returned to the scene OF
the crime to raise the cache. They
cut such a swath here by reckless
expenditures that they were appre-
hended and captured and Boomers
Ferry secured a great amount oil
undesirable advertising.
Now comes a lone robber who
boards the mail car of the Orlen-
tai Limited at Boomers Ferry,
holds up the mail clerks, goes
through the registered mail, and
rides into Spokane The particu.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
REPUBLICANS ATTENTION!
Meeting OF Republican Central Com
mittee of Bonner County

The Republican Central Com
mittee of Bonner county, Idaho, is
hereby called to meet at the court
house at Standpoint, on Wednesday,
March 25, at O'Clock in the after.
room of said day, to transact the
following business:
To select the time and place for
holding County Republican con-
vention. which convention will
nominate candidates for the vari-
Gus county offices, members of the
Legislature, and select 10 delegates
to the State Republican Ccnven-
ton which meets at Boise on Sep
tember /.
To select 10 delegates to repre-
sent Bonner county at the Repub-
lican State convention which meets
at Wallace on May ~ to select
delegates to the National Republi-
can convention, or TO provide for
some other manner of selecting
said 10 delegates.
10 tlx the number of delegates
to which each Precinct shall be en-
titled in the County convention.
To transact such other business
as may properly come within the
jurisdiction of the committee.
Each Precinct Committeeman is
earnestly requested to be present in
person.
All Republicans of Bonner coun-
ty are cordially invited to be pres
ent for consultation.
Dated at Bonners Ferry, Idaho,
this 18th day of March, 1908.
S. d. TAYLOR, Chairman,
Republican Central Committee, OF
Bonner County, Idaho.
Attest: j. b. SOUTHMAYD, Sec.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
MILLINERY OPENING
Northrup Millinery Co. Have Magni-
fcent Display

The Millinery Parlors of the
Northrup Millinery Co. was the
Mecca of the ladies of Ronners Fer
ry last Tuesday, it being the day
OF the spring opening. The sales
room was crowded for space to dis
play the many beautiful creations
of the milliner's art, carried in
stock by Madam Northrup this
year. In fact there never was So
much millinery in Boomers Ferry
before and patrons were bewildered
with the many beautiful hats
offered for their selection. The
very latest in everything in the line
was to be seen. There were low
priced hats, moderate priced hats,
and hats the price of which would
give hubby that tired feeling. = Al
any rate no one will have to send
out of town to get something nice
enough. The Millinery opening
was very successful event.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-21
LOOK At THESE BARGAINS
Real Estate
FARM and CITY
p r O p E r T Y

$4,000. 1853 acres of meadow
land, IS head of cattle, one frame
house rooms, one barn 16x24,
100 tons of hay in 1906, 800 in
creamery, one cream separator,
one horse rake. 16 miles from
Bonners Ferry, 2 miles from
station.