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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
REPUBLICAN BODY
ENDS Seat Strife
MORE TAFT DELEGATIONS ARE
SEATED By THE NATIONAL
.. COMMITTEE. ~.. 81,
ANTj-MACHlNE CLIQUE |
WINS FIRST CONTEST
Plans for Making Nomination Of Cab
met Official Unanimous Are Set on
Foot by His Friends-'AlIies" Hold
Meeting and Keep Up Fight.

Chicago, June 13.-The Republican
national committee Friday finished
the hearings of contests.
The contests called. up were several
districts in Texas, those from Virginia,
Oklahoma and from Arizona and
Alaska. The national committee de-
cided in favor Of the Lyon delegates
in all of the seven Texas districts con-
sidered Friday. This gives the Taft
people clean sweep of the state on
the temporary roll CALL The argu-
ments for the anti-Taft people in the
First. Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh dis.
tricts were made by Thomas Bailey.
In the Second, Fifth and Twelfth dis
tricts the anti-Taft people were rep.
resented by A. j. Macauley. Ma
tional Committeeman c. A. Lyon rep.
resented the Taft delegates in all the
contests. The state of Virginia was
called Immediately following the deci-
sion in Texas. The contests here
were for delegates-at-large and in the
First and Eighth districts, inclusive.
The at-large contest was first taken up.
Discuss Voting Qualifications.
1t was asserted that only about 5000
negroes were entitled to vote under
the laws of Virginia, and that of these.
only between 5000 and 1000 have
properly qualified. Maj. F. c. Bryan
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
!. a. I Dr,y,'':eully Fence.

pass from one field to another through
the dry gully. tits Pretty hard to;run
"a fence across la.smRll stream as the
first heavy rain is aliable to carry it
away: Here, says the Farmer, is a
Suggestion for overcoming this diff
ficntty;; By hanging a frame from two
supports placed on efther bank of the
gully:a swinging. gate can soon be
made that viii. tiirn stock. When:.the
gully. Is dry the gate sffectually closes
the opening while in times of fresh
cts .ittswings out with the increasing
volume of water. The frame can be
spiked together in a very short time.
although it may be framed together If
a more. elaborate gate is desired. BY
placing the rails CLOSE together near
the bottom such ,gats can be made. to
turn any Kind Of stock. a..
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17

had heard noises which they were un-
able to account for.
The previous night the prisoners say
was the most narrowing. An evil
spirit appeared and swung to and fro
along the iron grating of the cages
from midnight until two or three
o'clock in the morning. Bob Boone
and Will Miller two of the prison
ers, tainted. The others hid under
the bedclothes. ..
Rev" w. G. Whitaker, charged
with forgery, says it was a demon"
and it grinned at them through the
iron bars. 1t moved its lips, but could
not speak. 1t poked hand through
the iron grating and every time it
swung to the cage it would grin in a
most diabolical manner, while the
negroes moaned and prayed.
The prisoners say that every night
they hear the trap fall, meaning by
this the trap of the gallows on which
a negro was recently hanged. Sheriff
Hunter promised the prisoners that
they will be moved to the new Jail
building as soon as it is completed.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
OBITUARY..

William Davis Ely, the oldest alum.
nus of Yale university and member
of the class of 1886, died at his
home in Providence, r. |. He was SO
years old.
A. J. Burt, for many years auditor of
the Michigan Central railroad, died
suddenly from heart disease at his
home in Detroit, Mich. 80 -
William Emory Quinby, for many
years editor and proprietor of. the De
troit Free Press, and former United
States minister to the Netherlands.
died in Detroit. ...
William Smith King, one of the ia.
nous pony express riders, died : at
Amazonia, Mo.
Peter White, one of the leading citi.
zens of Marquette, Mich, fell dead in
Detroit.
Oliver H. P. Belmont, the we'll.
known banker and politician, died of
appendicitis at his home in Hemp.
stead, l.. ].
Young Steve Brodie, son of the
bridge jumper, died in New York
hospital after being found unconscious
on the Bowery. where he had passed
his time since losing the fortune his
father made.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
manager Of Taft Boom Who Has
brought 1t to Victory.)

of Ohio made the argument for the
anti-Taft delegates. He said before
entering the committee room that he
did not regard the case of his clients,
who favor Senator Foraker for the
presidency, as being particularly
strong Maj. Bryan on his appear
ance before the national committee in
the Virginia cases announced that he
would withdraw the contest against
the Taft delegates-at-large, there be-
ing no evidence, and none of the pro-
testing delegates having put in an
appearance. The First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Sixth and Eighth district con-
test were then consolidated, 20 min
utes being given to each side for ar
gument. Mr.. Groner opened for the
Taft delegates.
Anti-Taft Men Seated.
At the expiration of the arguments
In the consolidated Virginia case, the
committee decided in favor of the
Taft delegates, seating those from the
First, Second. Third, Fourth, Sixth
and Eighth districts. The contest in
the Fifth Virginia district resulted in
the seating of an anti-Taft delegation,
the first since the hearing of the con-
tests began. Compromises had been
reached in two other cases, but the re-
suit in this district was direct defeat
for Taft The Fifth Virginia district
includes Danville, and when the call
was issued for the convention at that
place it read: For white Republi.
cans" On this one point, the Taft
delegation was overthrow. The mo-
ton to seat the Wilson.Russell dele
gates, who are for Senator Foraker,
was carried by vote of 10 to It,
The contest in the Seventh Virginia
district was decided in favor of the
Taft delegates.
Hughes Not a drumming Mate"
Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford and State
Senator Alfred r. Page of New York,
active managers of the Hughes presi-
Dental campaign, arrived in Chicago
Friday and Immediately held a brief
conference with A. B. Humphreys,
who is in charge of the Hughes head
quarters. 1t was agreed between them
that another and more important con-
ference should be held later in the
day. 1t was gossip around the hotel
that Gen. Woodford and his two col
leagues had discussed the question of
whether or not the name of Gov.
Hughes should be considered in con-
nection with the vice-presidency. The
accuracy of this was denied by Man
ager Humphreys, who said I'VE
simply met to discuss the general sit.
uation. Hughes is in the race to
stick. He will neither withdraw or ac-
cept second place"
"Stand Patters" Hold On.
The following stand pat" statement
was given out Friday at the headquar-
tiers of the allies
"A conference was held Friday be-
tween Representatives of all the can
didates for the presidency except Taft.
1t was unanimously decided to con.
TIME the fight all along the line until
the convention shall have made q
nomination.. - ,.,.-,.-..-...--.-.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
NEWS OF A WEEK
TOLD IN BRIEF.
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS GATH.
Erred FROM ALI POINTS OF
THE GLOBE. .....
GIVEN IN TENTED FORM
Notable Happenings Prepared for the
PerusaI of the Busy Man-Sum.
mary of the Latest Home and For.
eign Notes.
PERSONAL.

Representative A. A. Wiley of Ala.
hama. a member of the past four con
crosses. was reported critically i'll at
Hot Springs. Va. ....t
Miss Annie S. Peck. well known
mountain climber. is going to Peru to
make a second attempt to reach the
summit of Mount Huascaran, which she
believes is the Hottest peak in the
western hemisphere.
Raymond Hitchcock. the actor ac-
cused of mistreating young girls, was
acquitted by jury in New York.
The empress of Germany fell from
her horse while out riding, but was
uninjured
]. L. Barnes. president of the in
solvent Minnesota Title Insurance and
Trust company. was found guilty OF
grand larceny at Minneapolis.
The state board Of pardons of Hi
nos refused to pardon Herman Billick
of Chicago, convicted of the murder of
Mary Vrzal.
George W. Wood. Levin A. Wood
and Forest b. Wood pleaded guilty
in St Paul to conspiracy to defraud
and were fined s. 500 each.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
POTASH IN CLAY.
Experiment in Indiana, In Application
Of Clay to Swamp Land.

In Indiana some experiments have
been made in which reclaimed swamp
land was treated with a dressing OF
clay known to be very rich in potash.
1t was expected that the potash in the
clay would be made available by hav-
ing 1t cultivated in. For two years
crops were grown on soil SO treated
and showed practically no results.
Land SO treated produced about the
same as check plots of the same soil
on which no clay had been put.
The reclaimed swamp soil was also
very rich in; organic matter, which in
Its decay might be supposed to act
advantageously on the potash locked
up in the clay. To what extent such
potash is available is a matter not
fully determined.
The above may have some bearing
on the practice of blowing worn out
land little deeper than usual to get
an inch or two of soil in which the
potash has not been exhausted. If the
clay spread on the reclaimed swamp
land did not yield up it's potash what
may be expected of the potash in the
inch or two of soil just below the
level on which the pillow has been
wont to run in worn out lands?
1t has been assumed that when the
surface soil has been rendered de-
ficient in potash by long cropping, and
there was potash-rich soil just be-
low, blowing little deeper would
make it unnecessary to purchase COM
mercial potash. Has this claim, asks
the Farmers Review, been sufficiently
established? 1t is problem worthy
of extended study.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
= : > ~
Girls and IhroWinQ.

The assertion that when a girl
wishes to throw stone or bail at
something in front of her she is more
likely 70 hit the object she aims at in
the opposite direction is a rather stale
joke. We have seen girls who could
throw quite as straight as boys. At
the same time there is a medical rea-
son why girls are more awkward
than the opposite sex at times when
throwing a ball. The collar-bone in
the feminine anatomy is some inches
longer and set some inches lower down
than in the masculine frame. The
long, crooked, awkward bone inter.
feres with the full and free use OF
the arm. and thus prevents a. straight
throw.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
Objected to- Diet Of Rats.

= The wife of a Lincolnshire iaborer
and ratcatcher was granted separa-
ton recently on the ground, amongst
others, that her husband neglected 20
provide proper food. He brought
home rats to feed himself, the family,
and the dog and cat upon. He skinned
the rats and had them roasted for din.
ner,. making his wife stuff them with
sage, and onions. =. She refused to. eat
them, but Hodgson. and the children
did: She had, however, helped to eat
pieiwhich she made by his orders with
rats brought home for the purpose
Pail Mall Gazette. -: ~
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
AGAIN DECLINED WITH THANKS.
WouId-Be Contributor "Up Against"
the Misanthropic Editor.

The editor looked up as the caller
came forward, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Sir" said the latter, you Oh
jected to the meter of the spring
poem submitted to you the other
day. Because of this l have for the
present dropped poetry and turned
my attention to the art of the essay.
list. Here, sir, is . paper on Woman
and Her Defects which trust you
will find to your liking"
The editor stared hard at the title
Of the essay.
Woman and Her Defects" he
repeated. Are you q married man.
sir?" 9,....-
NO." replied the caller, II am not
married"
The editor laughed harshly.
"You should choose subjects" no
said, with which you have had an
opportunity to become familiar"
And he handed back the essay on
woman And Her Defects"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
Loss in Flooded Fields.

H. During the recent heavy rains we
have noted the large loss OF fertility
through flooding of fields. In one large
field where the water was standing
some inches deep, hundreds of piles
OF manure We're to be seen. The
water in the field had slight current,
which was carrying. off the manure
from the piles and was. also carrying
off other fertility washed out of the
plowed soil. Lack; of'Eproper outlet
for the water was the; cause OF this
great waste. ''.,' '''''' ="
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
Preserve EGGS.

To one part water glass silicate of
sodium add nine parts boiling water
and stir until thoroughly dissolved.
Put 1t into one large or two small
stone jars and when cool place therein
strictly fresh eggs. Be sure to have
sufficient liquid to cover the eggs.
Place the jar in a dark, cool place,
where they will not freeze. This will
keep eggs in good condition for six to
eight months. When yon wish to use
the eggs wash in warm water TO ~
move the liquid. % '''','' ~ Z
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17

ingly say, as he heard some particu-
pira' 80. ... .....-4.
":To do justice to these people one
must forget the impressions of trop-
ical forests which he got from school
Biographies. Along the outskirts: of
the streams birds, butterflies :. and
flowers are everywhere, and there is
an incessant chatter and chirptr ;of
small birds. Go but a short distal ce
and all is changed.
"One may walk for hours without
seeing living creature, and the
silence is only broken by the harsh
cries of macaws and parrots as they
fly over or feed on the surface of the
canopy of green, nearly 200 feet over.
head. The forest is like deserted ca
thedral and until sunset the silence is
oppressive. ...-:
But the moment the sun drops this
silence is broken by sounds like the
crash Of great orchestra. Even an
educated man will feel that hidden all
about him are creatures of which he
can form no conception save by their
frightful cries.
I'm these soltudes, when the light
is beginning to fall, and remembering
the nightly pandemonium, it is not so
hard to understand the origin and in
fluence of the most absurd stories one
has heard. For instance, a lost In
dian hunter who had shot a large
monkey lay down to rest and fell
asleep. He was awakened by
strange creature, who proved to be
a cucupira.
"'What is the matter, brother? the
cucupira asked, and sitting down be:
side him added: I am hungry, give
me piece of your heart to eat?
Secretly reaching behind him, the
hunter gave him the monkeys heart.
THAT is good, noI your liver said
the hungry demon.
This was eaten also. Then the
hunter said:
81, too, am hungry; give me your
heart and liver
THE cucupira, seeing that the man
was uninjured, and not wishing to be
outdone, took the hunters knife and
slashed out his two organs and fell
down. dead.
Another hunter found a curious
skeleton at the foot of "a hollow tree.
From the skull he removed one of, the
teeth, which were green, for SOU.
yenir" ~. ~ = = ,.'t':.::f.., I;:.i ~
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
FENCING DRY GULLIES.
How Barrier Can Be Put Up That
Will Not Wash Away.

AS the system of grain farming
changes to one of general farming
including stock, the subject of fenc-
ing is naturally very important one.
With the various fencing now manu-
featured to be used where wood is
scarce, or in the timber sections
where material for building post-and-
rail fences is plentiful, the matter of
constructing suitable fences for turn
ing stock is comparatively simple. In
either case, however, there are al.
ways. .gullies. to be-; crossed in which
there is running Watert.part Of, the
year but in the summer they are COM
,pletely dried up and, the stock free to
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
PRISONERS SWEAR that .
THIS JAIL IS HAUNTED
GRiNNiNG GOBLIN SWINGS TO
AND FRO NIGHTLY ALONG
GRATING OF CELLS.

Asheville, N. CA petition signed
by all the prisoners, white and black,
in the county Jail, has been sent to
the jailer and the sheriff appealing
for protection from EVIL spirits, .:
which the prisoners declare haunt the
Jail. :. -
In the morning when Jailer Mitchell
unlocked the Jail doors he was met by
wild-eyed bunch of prisoners beg.
ging to be removed. They declare
that evil spirits pay nightly visits to
Both Sheriff Hunter and Jailer
Mitchell admit that the prisoners had
grounds for their appeal. as they, too,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
TERROR OF GREEN
TO0THED MONSTER
THE .CUcUPiRA OF AMAZON
WOODS is BULLET PROOF,
BUT NOT INTELLIGENT.
IS FOND OF HUMAN HEARTS
Brazilian Explorer Of WiIds Tells Of
PecuIiarities Of Demon Of Wilder
ness Of Which Natives Are
Deathiy Afraid.

Washington.-"I had not been in
Brazil "a hours before heard of the
cucupira,". says man who has been
in out-of-the-way parts of Brazil. AT
Para you can enter the primeval for
ests in three minutes' walk from
your hotel. and SO 1t happens that one
may lie in bed and hear the prowling
denizens of the woods giving their
nightly concert. was told, even
while there, that any particularly
frightful cry was made by the cucu-
pira. .. =. =. = -. .-.:: -
(. Just what the cucupira was no one
pretended to know. was going. up
the. river. 900 miles to visit, an old
friend, and before going read up
about it..
prof. G. F. HART Of Cornell, in The
Mythology of BRAZIL wrote: :'Dne
of the most important among the
myths of the Indians of Brazil is
called in the Tupi language the cucu-
pira. In all parts of the country one
hears of this evil spirit of the woods,
but no good and exact description of
it exists
&c. B. F. De Souza, in Vale de Am
azonas,' wrote in 1873: I believe it
is certain that the Indians believe in
the existence of spirit or demon
which appears in the woods and is
called the cucupira.'
"Mr. Bates, the naturalist, is quoted
as saying: The cucupira are of both
sexes and have Children
AT the plantation of my friend,
Capt. Manuel Valdez, l heard the same
vague accounts Of the creature: AZ
most every night at sunset; when the
nightly concert begins, some. Dre:
among his 30 employees would smil.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
! Peruna is not q nervine nor a
I stinuIant. 1t benefits the nerves
! by benefifinQ Digestion. !


Peruna frees the stomach of ca
tarrhal COMPOSITIONS and normal diges-
ton is the result.
In other words, Peruna goes to the
bottom of the whole difficulty, when
the disagreeable symptoms disappear.
Mrs. J. G. Jamison. Wallace, Cal,
writes:
Il was troubled with my stomach
for six years. Was treated by three
doctors. They said that had nervous
dyspepsia. l was put on liquid diet
for three months.
Il improved under the treatment,
but as soon as l stopped taking the
medicine, got bad again.
Il saw testimonial of man whose
case was similar to mine being cured
by Peruna, so thought would give it
trial.
Il procured bottle at once and
commenced taking it. I have taken
several bottles and am entirely cured"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17

RED in at one trip to last day or
two The outside bars may be four
or six feet long, the ends rounded for
handles. Small stakes hold the wood
from rolling off the ends and when
loaded it may be conveniently handled
by two persons.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17
A WOOD CARRIER.
Rack Which Will Aid One In Carry.
ing a Big Load.

Carrying in wood is a chore that the
boys do not like and older folks be-
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17

81 am glad to write my ENDORSE
n7enf of the great remedy, Peruna. !
do so most heartily. "--JuIia Marl0we.
Any remedy that benefits digestion
strengthens the nerves.
The nerve centers require nutrition.
If the digestion is impaired, the nerve
centerS BECOME anenic, and nervous
debility is the result
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17

grudge the time.
By making a rack
with four legs, as
shown in the illus
tration. enough
wood may be car
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-17

ingly say, as he heard some particu-
larly unearthly cry: That is a cucu-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
News of a Week That Shows
Evidence of Better Times

The United States Steel Corpora
ton decided to erect $3,000,000
plant at Monessen, Pa, in the Mo-
nongahela Valley
The Schoen Steel Company, of
Pittsburg, announced that 1t would
take on 500 more men and spend ST.
100000 in improvements.
The National Tube Works, of Nc
Keesport, Pa, placed its plant on full
time
The Westinghouse Electric Company
put all its departments on full time.
The Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Pittsburg, ordered every one
of its furnaces run to full capacity.
Every spindle in the cotton mills of
Midham and New London counties,
Conn, has been started up, and the
mills are rushed with orders.
The American Wooden Company's
mills at Moosup, Conn, are prepar-
ing to run full time, after bad PEI
riod in which less than half time was
worked. s
The Michigan Lake Superior Power
Company, of Chicagos which suspend
ed because of the financial conditions,
started to reorganize, and it is expect
ed to resume within a few weeks.
Mills of the International Paper
Company, at Berlin, N. H., idle for
three months, reopened with re-
duced force.
j. D. Farrell. of Seattle, Wash.
representative of e. H. Hartman, in
the Pacific Northwest, has been called
to New York. Financiers and con-
tractors say that railroad construc-
ton work on scale heretofore un-
known is about to be inaugurated in
the Pacific Northwest. The North
Coast, Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul and Hartman system are the
three factors in the spending of mill
ions for a dominant position in Pu-
get Sound and Northwest Coast.
Officials of the Lackawanna Rail-
road announced that improvements
costing $25,000,000 will be begun
soon. Plans have been drawn for the
extension of the road to Chicago. The
eIectrification of the suburban lines is
contemplated.
Generally, the shipment of curren-
cy, gold and silver to financial insti-
tutions in rural districts begins to de-
cline in November, in accgrd with the
slackening of trade and the receipt OF
money from abroad on grain and cot
ton expectations. But confidential re-
ports of the St. Louis reserve agents
show that the shipments to all CEN
tres in the South and West are al
most as large as last month. To the
growing trade and invigorating in
dustry is attributed the activity.
Conditions in the whole South show
remarkable improvement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-04
A Modern pearl Farm.

In the Gulf of Lower California
there is in operation the largest pearl
farm in the world, where the Guilt
walton of pearls has been taken up
as practical industry. To harvest
the annual crop of pearls raised on
This farm requires the labor of a
thousand persons, including the mod
ern pearl divers, whose methods have
been completely revolutionized by the
up-to-date appliances employed in
this new industry Pearl fas ming,
as originated by the Mexican company
which owns the big Lower California
farm, is the result CT the discovery
of a very simple fact concerning
pearl-bearing moiiusks. After twenty
five years Of study and experiment it
was discovered that the shell loses
its gem after it is two years old
and unless opened at the proper time
there will be no pearl within. Fol-
lowing this discovery the system
whereby the shells are cultivated uu-
til the proper time and then opened
was devised. From the time of plant
ing the eggs to the harvesting of the
crop two years must elapse. as that
length of time is required for the
growth Of an ordinary shell.-Chica-
go News.