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Superior Court.

Van Dudeck and Charles Fricke, charged with theft. were acquitted by the jury. The verdict met with general approval, as it was felt by those who heard the evidence that they established a strong defense and an alibi. After being out about an hour and half the jury brought in verdict for acQuittal The jury con. sisted of Andrew J. McCormi' k. Will liam Fl Bliss. Fred A. Warren, Will liam N Pinney. Charles H Hatha- way. ROswell Cham berlAin, Fr, q Chadwick, Ernest s Fuller, Bert Eaton. George W. ThAyer and George Nichols.
 The caaes of Rosella Nj Wendhiser against William O. Gehhardt nf Rockville for bastardy D k ther Cleveland against the Nex York N,w Haven and Hartford railr, ad com. pany; Rosetta F. A. Phillips against the New York, New Haven sn Hart ford railroad company have been settled and the case of Genital Yer mont railroad company against Fla by an Woolen company was stricken from the docket.
 The civil suit of Edward 4. Stiles of Columbia against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Go is on trial before Judge George w. Wheeler and jury The plaintiff was represented by Attorney Caleb B. Morse, and Hon. Charles Phelps of Rockville appeared for the railroad company. The plaintiff claims that he owns property located in the town of Columbia, near the Chestnut Hill railroad station. He claims a rantsl of $10O per year.
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sAB1N sAYLEs RUSSELL.

Is Candidate for Assistant Clerkship
 of the House of Representatives.
 Sabin Sayles Russell was born in Killingly, Oct. 23, 1883. He is a son of the late Hon. Charles A Rus sell, long 8 beloved congi essman from 3d district, and of Ella Sayles Rus, sell He still esides with his mother at Dayyille.
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A Trick With Numbers.

Choose any four consecutive mum bers, as 30, 51. g and B. Multiply them together and the product may be divided by 24. This will be found to hold true for any four consecutive numbers we may choose unless one of the numbers is 24 or a multiple of "A. such as AS. P. 96. etc In the same way any five consecutive numbers mul. tiplied together may be divided by 120 unless one of the numbers is 12O or multiple of 12O.-St. Louis Repub- 1o
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Worse Than Waitinn.

Are you waiting for me. dearY' she said. coming downstairs at last, fixing her hat.
 "Waiting" exclaimed the impatient man. "No; not waittng-sojourning. 1" -Xonkorv Statesman.
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Art In the Soup
Forced Economu.

Poor Tom, 1t cost him a terrible lot to give up his sweetheart"
 '"Then why did heY'
 Because it would have cost him a great deal more if he hadn't. .''-London Tatler.
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GEND in your orders for Hard Wood to kC w E. DEMOND.

nTSTRICT OF HOLLAND, ss. Pro- bate Court, December 3d, A D. 1908.
 Estate of Lurena Eaton late of Holland, in said district, d+ceased ! Upon the application of Mary M Rider, praying that an inst rument in writing purport- ing to be he last will and testament of said de ceased. may be proved approved, allowed and admitted to probate, as per application on file fully appears. 1t is Ordered-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Holland. in said district. on the 14th day of Dec, A. 19OS be given of the pendency Of said application and time and place of hearing thereon by publishing this order once in some newspaper having circulation in said district, aud Ov posting copy thereof on the public sign post in he town of Holland. in said district, at least i've day S before said hearing.
 EDWIN $. AGARD, Judge
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Of Good Ms+sr;.,

Briggs-Hcw do you like these ci. gaFSf Grggs-First rate. What are they made of?-Life.
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In Nineteen sore+h;no E,e.

The dead man found on the fifty nve story building is believed to have tailen from neighboring roof He was terribly crushed Success Maga- zine
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NOTICE

I he legal voters Of the Borough of stafford springs are hereby notified and warned 10 meel at Bo' ough Hal in Said borough Mondav. De C. mber 14th. 19GS ai 10 o'clock in ihe forenoon for he following purposes lsr. Toelect Officers for the ensuing year and term.
 2i. To hear he annual report of the Court Of BuIgesses and treasurer and acG on the same. 3d To see If they will vote to lay tax to de. Indeb, ednesS.
 4'h To do any ether business proper 10 be done at said meeting
 Articles 2, 3. will he acted upon at 8 o'clock p. m, at which time the polls close.
 DAVID BIS EFT, Warden.
 H. F. WISE. C. F. BECKwITH,
 q. E. BROWN RW SMITH FRANK SILK, C. II. NEYkRS. SR. Burg sses. r Dated at Stafford Springs, Conn.,, this 1sU day of December 1918
 Attest: VIM. H. HEALD. Clerk.
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He was educated in the public schools of Killingly and Washington D.. O., in Worcester academy aud il the Hopkins school at New Haven. From the latter institution he gradu ated.
 He studied law in the Yale law school. He successfully passed the state bar examination at Hartford, Dec. 28 and 29, 1907 He took the oath of a member of the bar at the superior court of Windham county at Willimantic, Jan 21, 1908
 In temperament, disposition, man ners and mental characteristics, he re. minds one of his late genial father.
 When Victoria Laughed. One day during Queen victoria's reign three children were walking along the road between Windsor and Stoke Poges. They heard the sound of carriage wheels It was the queens carriage. and she was in 1t.
 The oldest child. little boy. had been reading stories of eastern life and fairy tales. He knew what was due a queen and cried to the others:
 "Get down fat in the dust before the carriage, and we'll all call out to- gether. oh. queen. live foreverv"
 Down went the three little bodies nat In the dust, much to the astonish ment of the coachman. who refined up pharply
 ! The queen leaned forward and asked: What in the world is the mat ter, children? Are you frightenedY
 Three voices came out of the dust fin . smothered treble:
 "YeS. O 0neenr'
 Then there was a pause, and one reproachfui voice said. There. we for got the live forever part"
 The queen understood at once and laughed aloud. as her coachman after ward said. more heartily than she had laughed for years. ."-London Queen.
 Art In the Soup.
 The artists wife leaned over and looked at her husbands soup after she had handed it to him. "Oh." she cried. Hook at the scroll the Tat has made ln your soup. Isn't It artistic? Don't eat 1t. It is so beau. tiful."
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D. Robertson ' Co.'S
 STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN. Making Room for Holiday Goods.

In order to make for shipments of Holiday Goods daily offering the best values Blankets Comfortabes and Bath Robe Patterns
 10 Gray Blankets at 49c per pair . .ass
 10-4 Gray and White Blankets at 59c per pair IA Gray and White Blankets at 75c Ssc and sl pair II Gray and White Blankets $I % per pair 12 Gray and White Blankets at $l 75 per pair ComfortabesAn excellent choose froS % to $3 % each.
 Boys heavy feeced Shirts and Drawers per garment Mems heavy heeced Shirts and Drawers garment ly sold at 5Oc
 Very Special-Chids outing flannel dresses, to at 20c and 25c each.
 Misses fannelette and plaid dresses fit years at 49c, 95c, $1 %, $1.25 and $1 50 each
 Horse Blankets-A good Stable Blanket $5o S75 and $2OO each '.@#' Street Blankets $9S $2 5O $295 $8 5O $45O and $500 each.
 Agents for ButterIcE'a
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EOR SAi E.-Jersey Cow. 4 years old II Price, $2S % PAUL GTNHOLT. Orcuttvtlle
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A UCTIoN SALE of T. W. Williams ~ Hou ehnld Furnture, B East Main Street Saturday, Dec. 18th, at 2p m
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MARGARET B. HANLEY, stenog- M ranher. Typewriter al d Duplcator, 2e
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EOUND.-A Gold Plated Bracelet. h.
 -A quire at The Press Office.
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kNOR SALE or Exchange. Pair oi
 extra heavy Work Horses Price. $2OO 1alI or write BOVINE BROS. North Ashford and sawed.
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! ton at the point which it has reached
| by the time the guards get down to work.
\ If broken up at that time the general
scrimmage goes on and the plays, at least
those given up TO this time, are out of
| the question until some one has scored
and the ball again is tossed up in the
center
I have laid stress upon the fact that
guard plays are dangerous. for they
necessarily leaves one of the opposing
! forwards uncovered for a short period
of time and the possibility always exists
| that the ball may find its way into his
possession and. being unguarded, points
are almost certain to be added to the
| total, which your men like to see kept at
| low point
| When using these formations every pre-
caution involved in the principle of de-
| Tense during the maneuvers of the ball
must be eXerted. The guard must not
show over ambition in centering his eff
/ forts to score too long. for he alone can
| best keep his opposing forward from
! scoring. and the center knows his indi-
vidual opponent better than does the
guard. Therefore / would advise a guard
! TO make ii a point when taking part in
| signaled plays TO get back to his place
| sphere is about to be relayed back to
dangerous territory.
! The practice of sprintng starts is one
/ of the best plans. if known. for develop
/ ing the guards speed in journeying from
| his position to one under the basket. You
! will note that he must be Just twice as
I fast in his movements as his forward,
! who is to take the sphere from the cen
ter. For. while No l (as in diagram TO
the left is moving to a point opposite
| the center, No 5 traverses practically the
| entire length of the floor. To accom-
plish that feat / have coached guards To
I start for the objective point the instant
the referee losses the sphere up in the
F, center. Even then the guard having
reached the position from which he losses
for the goal has no time to turn to re-
ceive the ball He must take ii over
his left shoulder. unless. of course. he
| Is entirely free from interference on the
part of his opponents. In that case plenty
of time may perhaps be taken TO gauge
the distance to the goal and throw the
ball accordingly.
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Never were the banks of Salt Lake
City and Utah more firmly established
i'm the confidence of their patrons than
now in the closing months of 1908. The
figures presented below may show a
shrinkage in some particulars; there
may be smaller total of deposits; the
loans may be less than in some other
years. but never were the banking in
situations of the city and state fixed
upon firmer foundation.
In speaking of banks, it is proper to
speak of the banks of this city and the
whole state in the same connection, be-
cause il is well known in financial cir
cles that many of the small banks scat
tered over the state are but little more
than branches of the larger Salt Lake
City institutions. They are so closely
identified that the prosperity Of the
mother bank in the metropolis means
the prosperity of number of smaller
institutions in the thriving little cities
and towns from end to end of the state.
Not Bank Failure.
Without exception the banks of the
state came through the panic and the
depression without a scar. One small
bank, that at Green River. a bank with
SIS, 600 capital. was placed in the hands
of receiver during the year by order
of the secretary OF state, but this was
due to the fact that the officers Of the
bank undertook to buy up Grand
county and some adjoining tracts
through the $4,000 capital OF the bank.
This institution was reorganized and
placed on a good footing with a capital
of SIS. 0O0 with new officers throughout.
and the depositors did not lose a cent.
Another banking episode of the year
was the robbery of the Utah National
bank of this city of si06.250 The re-
sponsibility for this has not yet been
definitely located. and the culprit has
not been brought to justice, but the
patrons of the bank have suffered no
loss.
The fact that the banking fraternity
of the community came through the
panic in such fine style, that there were
no failures and that now the banks are
closing the bad year in splendid condi-
ton, speaks volumes for the ability of
the Utah bankers; for the care with
which the banks were supervised: to
the value of the Salt Lake clearing
house. through which the local banks
cooperate to the common advantage of
ALL and above all to the sound condi-
ton of the business of the community.
The clearings of the Salt Lake City
banks show falling off, compared
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Mondays Oakland Entries.

Oakland Dec. 26.-Entries for Monday
races.
First race. futurity course. selling-De-
neen. 101: Black Domino; Mike Asheim;
Lady Hildreth: Dovalta: Long Ball, 106
Talentosa; Boloman; Berryessa; Anona
Gaiean: Cholk Hedrick. Ill.
Second race six fur.ongs. selling, q
year-olds-Be Brief. los; Figent. los,
Hoyle. Jos; Rosevale. 107; Semproni, 10s;
Stroke. los: Cowen. 1oS; Argonaut I1a;
Joerose. 1l3; Minalto, los
Third race. futurity course. selling-Lord
Provost. LOG; Adent. los; Marise. los; Gala
log; Boas, l0s: Savon. l0S: Belle Kinney
III seven Full. III: Andoche. III: Marion
Rose. Ill; Gypsy King. III; Sir Brillar, ia
Fourth race. one mile and twenty yards
selling-Carmelina. los: Silver Sue. 107
Paladini, 1G7; Keep Moving. 109; Ackerley
100; Gargantua, 100; Cloverland, 10; Dare
ington. 112.
Fifth race. one mile and twenty yards
Selling-Huapala. 10S; Phil 1gce. 102; En-
and EN-. 100; Melar, 107: Miss May Bow.
dish. 107; Midmont. le7; Royal Red, 1Ss
Steel Blue. 107: Eckersall. 10; Kamsack
10
Sixth race. six furlongs. purse-Twinghi
Queen. 90: CopperS. IS, DESTROYS. IS; Grace
c.. i07; Creation, Ill; F. Neugent, 112
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Basket Ball
Strategy
By. DIR. JAMES NAISMITH

copyright. isos. hy josenh 3. BovIe.,
GUARD A T HANkLESS JOB.

from shooting az the basket. he may eth
er toss the ball to No. on the other SIDE
of the goal. or No. l coming down the
floor TO cover his place in front OF the
goal No. may secure the leather ana
find himself blocked from try AT the
net, in which case No. l is adopted as a
resource. Or the guard may again lind
himself free. in which instance he IS CIV
en- the ball for the postponed effort
In the diagram to the right, the LETT
guard is given an opportunity TO show
his sprinting and basket-tossing ABILITY.
In this case the right forward runs up
to point opposite the center. receives
the ball and passes it diagonally across
the floor to the left guard under the
goal. The center drops back TO cover
the right forward of the opposing team.
while the left forward of the five repre-
scented as the aggressor crosses the floor
and No takes his stand in front of
the goal 10 Intercept a possible carom
of the sphere AS I have stated before
the bulk Of the effort for the success
of these plays depends on the jumping
of your center. IL he cannot outjump
his opponent ii is up to the guards to Sc
cure the ball and continue the forma-
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Occupying the position of guard upon
a basket ball team is usually a thankless
job. What honors there are to be divided
are split among the forwards and center.
The guard, unless a marvel, rarely scores
goals because he must DEFEND the basket
at the opposite end of the field. Conse-
quently he works valiantly keeping the
sphere from entering the net of the op-
posing five and plays throughout the
game unnoticed-unless he happens to
err. His is much like that of the position
of lineman on a football team, who. IL
slow. is unceremoniously bumped from
behind by his own backs. and IL fast his
opponents center their efforts to ''get his
goat"
But we can't all be forwards and CEN
tiers and in consequence the development
of guards is far harder a proposition than
that of training men for other positions
on basket ball quintet. The guard s
entire theme is defense. except when par
ticipating in signaled play. Therefore
because there are few honors for the
guard. his work in breaking up the forma-
tons of the opposing team and his stick
ing" qualities should be encouraged by
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day. Oberon. Lady Kitty, Teobeach.
Lcrd Stanhope and Elizabeth also ran
Second race. five and one-half furlongs,
selling-San Nicholas. 1o7. (Shifling). to
5, won; Ravaria. IO2. CWilson), 3 to ,.
second; Bemay. 104, (Howsrd). L to /.
third. Time-l;06 Gossiper II. Taxer.
Belle Strome. Old DOminick, Runaway.
Work and Play and Free Knight the
Bear also ran.
Third race. five and one-half furlongs.
purse-Chapultepec. l07. (Powersl, 4 to 5.
won; Meelick. 107. page. 3 to 8. second
Goilyding. 1N. (Shilling). TO :. third.
Time-1:05. Ed B. and Grey also ran
Fourth race, one mile. Citrus Belt han
dicap-WoOdcraft. l07. (ShiIling), 10 to 5,
won; Tony Bonero. 197, tCullen). to l.
second: Neva Lee. &C. page. I to /.
third. Time-I:3S 10 Ethel Day also ran.
Centreshot bled and was pulled up.
Fifth race, mile and three-sixeenths-
AniTnus. 1Gs. powers. 3 to ]. won: Gold
Way. 1903. fShiilingl, to 8. second: Still
ario, los. fRice). Il to /. third Time
IS 1-5. Alma DufOur. Beauclere and
Henry o. also ran.
Sixth race, five and one-half furlongs.
selling-MOllie Nfont-ose. 90 tKennedy). s
to !, won; Escalante, 107, tShilling), to !.
second; Amigo. 1oe (Archibaic) to J.
third Time-l.0s Is. Wogglebug. AL
leviator, Godfather. Arago. Town Topics.
Shirley Rossmore. Feminine Columbia
Girl. Light Comedy. Buto Our Annie and
Eelma g. also ran.
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TURF RESULTS
At Oakland.


Oakland, Dec. 26.-Light Wool scored his
second victory Of the week at Emery
Vile today when he won the Hunter han
dicap from Collector Jessup and hand
bridge The Thomas horse was the favor
lite throughout and led practically all the
way. Miss Highland, a 70 TO l shot, upset
calculations by winning the third race.
Gambrinus was the favorite, but failed to
snow much. Saracinesca, the second
choice, none too well handled. closed fast.
bot could not catch the leader.
Colonel White. well ridden by Miller
came in with a rush in the final sixteenth
OF the fifth and won from Captain Ken
nedy, who was at one time six lengths in
front. Summary:
First race. six furlongs, selling-Knight
Deck, 100, Sullivan. II TO 10, won: Prosper,
100. c. H. Miller. 10 TO l. second; En- and
En-. 202, Miller, 10 to l. third Time-1:l6 2-5.
Miss Bootless, Harry Rogers, Mitre. Caro-
mia. Hampton Beauty. Hand Maiden, Sid
Silver. Mabel Fountai nand Ell Paso fin
ished as named.
Second race, five furIongs, selling-Little
Sis. 81 Upton. tn ). won: GOldina. 100.
Goldstein, Z to ,, second; Rosevale, %.
Sullivan. TO 2. third Time-1:O1 Ass. Al
lamar. Micaela and Lucky Mate finished
as named.
Third race six furlongs, selling-Miss
Highland. 105. Butler. 20 to /. won; Sara
cinesca. 122, Mccarthy, II to 8. second;
i rs AS. Paladini. Apto Orc Gambrinus
Mike Asheim and Knight OF the Grip fin
ished as named.
Fourth race, mile. Hunter handicap
Light Wool. ia. Notter, to 3. won: Col
iector Jessup. 9S. Taplin. Is to s. second
cambridge. lis, Butler. S to 5, third. Time
-1:42 Fantastic Okenite and Taskmas-
ter finished as named.
Fifth race. one mile and seventy yards
selling-Colonel White ITO. Miller TO /
won: Captain Kennedy. los, Walsh, 2 to /
second: Billy Pullman, 106. Keogh, 2 TO l
third. Time-1:46 3-5- Be Thankful Gar
gantua and Kelowna finished as named
Sixth race. five furlongs. selling-BiI
Eaton, 1o3, Butler. 9 to ?. won: Hampass
III. Notter. 16 to 3. second; Banthel, 100
Goldstein, 30 TO /. third. Time-1 .G2 Is
Erbet, Traffic. Toll Box and Glib c. fin
ished as named
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WALKER EQUALS
FAMOUS RECORD
South African Splinter Report
ed to Have Again Run in
Nine and TW0-FifthS.

Johannesburg. South Africa. Dec Or
<. Walker. the South African runner. did
some excellent work and broke a record
here today in short sprints at the Wan
derers Sports. He made 100 yards in 2-5
seconds. This equals the time made in
England last August and ii is one-fifth If
a second less than the previous record
made BY Dan J. Kelly OF Spokane. Wash,
June % 1906
Walker also made the l2s-yard dash in
II rs seconds This is new record. Thu
record for l20 yards is II AS seconds and
was held by B. j. Wefers. made at Trav-
ers Island. Sept. 20, 1906 These records
are foi amateurs.
Walker won the final In the 100-meter
cash at the Olympic games held in Lon
don last summer
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Mondays Los Angeles Entries.

First race. three-fourths miie-Funda-
mental l06; Joe Gaitens. 100: Roy T.. log:
J. F. Crowley. 100; Stringency. 106. John
A, Ioe: Steel 1os; Anderson. l06: Enfield.
106: Nasturia. lOS; Jane Laurel 10S: Tea
Set. lO3; Dredkin, l03
Second race. seven-eighths mile. selling
-Milpitas. 10; Mary F.. ZOE: Pal. 107:
Oberon. los; Lord OF the Forest, los; Mon
vina- i03: Hsensel. los.
Third race. three-fourths mile purse
King James. III; Chapultepec. u2: Hasty
Agnes. 100. Calves 1ol.
Fourth race. seven-eighths mile selling
Catalina. loe: Teller. lo5: Lord Stanhope
104: Ed Ball. ita: Niblick. l04: Rather
Royal. 104; sam Bernard. i04: Janeta. 100;
skye. lO3; Benton, 100.
Fifth race. mile and One-fOurth. selling
king of the Mist. 100; Paul I. 100: War