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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Getting Ready for Local on,ion.

The Anti.Saloon League Is ga,tiny
ready 10 enforce the county local or
Ooh law r. NJ. Barney, Superintend-
en- q the indianapolis district. said
mat the state will be divided into dis
iHcts OF dozen counties each and
special elections will be held in them
on the same day
Dry clubs will be organized ana
they viii have charge OF the local mis-.
sionary work.
Many counties are preparing TO take
advantage OF the law. but the league
VIII advise its followers not to at
tempt TO hold elections until after the
general election in November.
IL Is believed that so of the go conn
Ties VIII be made dry" within the
next six months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
T~entY.Three for lat.

The Dixon family. OF which one
member, John Dixon. lives in Clark
county. near CharlestOwn. saws It will
offset the twenty-vote effort OF the
Scott family Of southern Indiana when
the latter casts that number OF votes
Tor Bryan. Kern and the Democratic
State ticket The Dixon family ex-
pects TO cast twenty-three votes for
Taft
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Ray Lamphere's Trial Set.

In the Laporte Circuit Court Judge
Richter set down for trial Monday
Nov 9. the case Of Ray Lamphere
charged with the murder OF Mrs. Belle
Guinness and her three children. Lam
phere is also accused OF completely
with Mrs. Guinness In the murder o.
Andrew Helgelein.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

\ noticeable scarcity OF 81 bills in
South Bend during the last six months
Is fast fading Normal conditions will
probably be restored within another
month Local bank cashiers have
been unable to explain why there
should be a shortage OF bills Of this
denomination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
10 Inspeet An school Houses.

Reports Of unsatisfactory conditions
IN different parts Of the State have
caused W r Blakely. chief OF the In
diana department Of inspection. TO
issue orders 10 his deputies to take IN
Immediately the careful inspection 81
al school buildings more than one
story high. and 20 proceed with such
inspections as rapidly as poss BE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Awful Object Lesson for Scholars.
Under the direction OF the Rev.
Freeiand A. Hail pastor OF the Meth
odisi Church at Greentown the school
childre IN OF that place We're presented
an object lesson In temperance. as the
minister expressed H. Formed in
pairs the school children marched by
enc dead bodies OF William Lindley
and Charles Thresher. Both men were
found dead az Willet's gravel pit near
GreentoWn with an empty half gallon
whiskey jug az their side
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Prussia announces that il opens its
higher education 10 women because
they can't get married We doubt
Wheeler this will cause an immediate
rush o. girls - .he universlties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
NC sentenee for pastardIx crine.

Martin Gleason. the Lake Erie sec
ton foreman who killed Charles
Woods. one Of his crew. at Kempton.
by repeatedly striking him on the
head with heavy spade. was brought
into court and upon pleading guilty
io the charge was given life sen
tence by Judge Elliott.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Almost a "Fall cuy"

\. J. Brown and J. c. Jones. prcsl
dent and secretary OF NobIesyille
trust company refused TO loan Russell
sugart $4,000 for ten days. unless he
told what use the money was 10 be
put Their action saved Sugart from
losing $4,000 in a game with two cara
sharps. Sngart Is 20 years old. AMI
one Of the wealthiest farmers IN liam
ilton county.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Kansas contemporary prints an
editorial headed The Cat Is Out OF
the Bag. The trouble in this part OF
the country is that the cat is spending
too much time on the back fence.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

The young Turks want the Sultan to
give up his harem and live with one
wife We hope they will not be harsh
enough TO insist that he shall pick out
the homeliest one in the bunch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Station fer Homino pioeons

Columbus soon is TO be made a sub.
station by the American Homing
Pigeon Association. When this is
done hundreds OF pigeons will be
shipped there each week from all
parts OF the United States and iber-
ated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
VersImilitude.

I'VE ate our rubber boots"
provisions run out?"
NO. but the explorer thought II
might add interest to his lecture, you
know kansas City Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Pasquale Trotta al Marion was
found not guilty Of numbering Errig0
Quarron.a at Fowlerton. Aug. Is. The
jury was convinced he killed Quarron-
"a in self-defense The killing TOOK
place in a camp OF railway laborers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Among the pleasant souvenirs OF the
recent Quebec celebration viii be the
eight new postage Stamps engraved TO
marx the event Such issues become
valuable historical documents
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

A Seattle man promrsy accepted an
offer o. $4,000 for a meteorite in his
possession IT seems like reaching out
an the air and pulling in the money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

An authority asserts that carrots are
Tour times rs nutritious as cucumbers
And cucumters, we believe. are twice
As nutritious as japanese mating.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Catching her foot Ia a frog on the
Southern Railroad track near birds
eye. Mrs. Elmer Spurlock was held
last and killed BY freight train thar
came along a few minutes later.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

II We are bound % worry. let Us wor
ry about possible car shortages. That
viii not retard the coming OF prosper
ity. but rather herald ID
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Did His Chores First.

John clifford. a farmer near Rush
vile finished his morning chores and
sat down tn the kitchen 70 talk TO his
wife Five minutes later he was
corpse
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
kiIlea 81 EaIl d Three Eeet.

Daniel Rot aochs. Of Michigan City.
STEPPED on = porch and fen a dis.
tance Of three feet on a stone walk.
breaking his neck
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

A lady has written a popular song
entitled How 20 Keep a Husband" It
Is not likely 10 appeal very strongly 70
the members 81 Mex York's smart set
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Carpets should be beaten on the
wrong side first and then more gently
on the right Never put carpet down
on a damp floor. for this often results
in the carpet becoming widowed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

555. Forget Me-Not and Bow Knot
Design. for hem-stitched tray cloth or
bureau scarf
Fashion Editor, 400 Century Building.
Indianapolis Ind.
Enclosed please find ten cents
Please send Paris pattern No ......
Slle .................
Address ...................
Name NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

There are now seven presidential
candidates in the field. n 1906. there
we're eight. 50 d viii be seen that we
are bTeakins no records this year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
sahy eOy surned 70 peath.

The five-year-old son OF Luther
Grissby. living near Poseyville. was
burned 20 death. his clothes catching
IRE from gasoline stove
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Fighting Bob Evans drops his flag i"
Well no foeman ever made him do IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

That clergy man who preached 10 the
siokers on a liner in room where il
was $50 degrees had no need TO men
ticn hell fire.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Get After This lob. Girls.

The marriage of Miss Eunice Tracy
10 John Hagen makes the ninth depu-
~ posimistress of Petersburg TO mar.
ry within the past 10 months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
We sentenee for Nearo SLAYER.

Clinton Redman. colored. was sen.
tened 20 prison ior life for the muir.
der ot Mrs. Eva Biechlein. a white
woman al Evansville.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

Real happiness is when you are pref
y near certain YOU are going TO miss a
train and don't
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Big Sewerage system Started.

Work was started last week on
bloomington $4,000 sewerage sys-
tenn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Lease Much Oil and Cas- Land.

OH and gas men have obtained
leases on $4,000 acres OF land in Glib
son, Pike and Warrick counties
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

when a native of Quito sees a flash
of lightning he reverently removes his
hat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
sshoIars h eIoodx scar.

Delphi high school Juniors and
seniors had feise war over hoisting
class flags one boy was shot
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Five LARGEST Cities.

The five largest cities on earth are
in the order Of their size, London
New York. Paris. Chicago, Berlin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Nine Wolfs tor Taft.

George Wolf and bis eight sons. liz.
ing near Warsaw. viii all vote the Re.
publican ticket November 3
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Sells Wheat az 500.

The American Society OF Fouitv q,
n loon announces It has sold
10000 bushels OF wheat at ST.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09

GoFernor lianly has entered the Re
publican campaign and will continue
until the election.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Gold Coin.

Seventy per cent. OF the gold In the
possession of man is in the form OF
coin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
Met an Awful Death.

Mary Gettlesnser. lG. was killed
when her hair caught in the machin.
cry Of cream separator at Brandford
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
How About the Drug Stores ,

Remonstrance has shut an but three
saloons in Martinsville. and they will
close this week.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-09
"HOOSLERISMS"
Little Items of Interest
All over the Length and
Breadth of Indiana.

Hundred Acres Of Timber DESTROYED.
Fire has destroyed nearly q hundred
acres Of standing timber near Auburn.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16

merely main line, 1000 miles long,
from Omaha to Ogden. The syndi-
cate bought a group Of branches
called the Kansas Pacific for SIS, S0S,-
600. Altogether the syndicate was
called on to arrange for less than
SIS, 900, 900. Within three years the
syndicate received back, in profits,
every cent that had been put into the
property.
In all Wall Street history the Gre
alton of the present Union Pacific
system is the most marvellous chap
ter. Here is Harriman's own story
OF the reorganization, which, at one
stroke, caused him to be looked upon
as the best all-round practical rail-
road man in America.
Harriman's Story. of His Success.
When commenced to reorganize
the Union Pacific in 1898 there was
no reason why any one of a dozen
men should not have done it, but
nobody else seemed to have the
nerve. The road was practically a
wreck. 1t had been FIVE years in the
hands of a receiver, and the times
were so bad that it could not earn
cough to pay expenses. I%have since
made a new road of it. and to pro-
mote economy and convenience Of
management and to benefit the stock
holders and the public, placed it in
close traffic relations with the South
ern Pacific, the Oregon Short Line.
the Oregan Railway and Navigation
Company. the Pacific Mail steamship
lines and various other railway and
steamship lines Of less Importance.
II have practically rebuilt them
all, have opened up vast area of
valuable contributing territory by
building nearly 1000 miles of new
road, and have 1850 additional UNI
der construction or projected. !
have shortened distances, have re-
duced grades, cut out curves. relaid
the tracks with heavy steel rails,
have replaced the wooden bridges
with masonry, have double tracked a
considerable distance where the
traffic is the heaviest, have provided
additional terminals and facilities
for handling freight, have built eight
of the finest steamships on the ocean,
have bought or built 1418 locomo-
tives, 1850 passenger cars and A.
500 freight cars.
in these improvements I have
spent $257,760,70O to promote the
material development OF the States
and communities traversed by these
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16
eooOeoeoOUoe Do oaoo0o00t
Renlakin8 WORKOUT
Farms.
) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. eoeoa

A young farmer in Kansas is the
owner of a quarter section of land
upon which wheat has been grown
continuously for twenty-five years.
The production on this farm has de-
creased during the last few years,
and the farmer, knowing nothing OF
any crop but wheat, asked the advice
Of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, and was told that he
had exhausted his farm by the too
long continued growing Of one crop.
There was the need of the growing of
some crop that would put back into
the soil the qualities that the wheat
had taken from it. Even with the
best results from wheat there would
be a greater profit in the farm II
greater diversifcation were INDUCED
in. The farm was mapped out with
certain fields in alfalfa, certain in
corn followed by peas, certain in tim
othy, and SO on, the proportions be-
ing such as to provide for the given
number of hogs and cattle which were
known to bring added profit on such
farm. The exact results that would
be derived from following these d.
rections were twice any sum he had
ever produced on the farm before.
A farmer in Ohio wrote that he
had struggled for twenty years on an
eighty-acre farm, heavily mortgaged,
but had been unable to reduce his
debt or rise above poverty that
made the bringing up of his family a
humiliation because Of the lack Of
any advantages he was able to give
them. He asked If there was any
hope for him upon the farm, or If he
might as well give up the fight. The
department requested that he make
detailed report of his farm and its
soils, and upon this it based a plan
Of farming which he was recommend
ed to follow to the letter. There was
a profit the first year Of $4,000, and
the department believes that ulti-
mately the despised eighty acres can
be made to yield $4,000 year.-The
World To-day. -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16

transportation lines. They serve the
people living between the Mississippi
River and the Pacific Ocean"
That's what Hartman did. How
he did it shows the extraordinary
mental equipment which is his gift.
He knows the railroad business fun
damentally and absolutely, and it
didn't take much time for him to
convince the other members of the
syndicate that things were better left
in his hands.
He had big map prepared by his
engineers showing the line of the
Union Pacific on a large scale. This
he produced at the meeting of his
new board of directors Under each
proposed cut in distance, curvature
and grade was a typewriter slip tell
ing in figures the exact cost and what
would be gained by it.
1--WE must get ready to meet the
traffic, was his argument, and he
carried his point.
He not only rebuilt the Union Pa
cifc Railroad, but he put pride and
spirit into its staff. He got rid Of it's
president In peculiarly Hartman
esque way. 1t is said that he sum-
moned Horace Burt, the president,
to his Office in New York, to tell him
that his work in the future would be
merely to carry out the orders Of Mr..
Hartman. Burt came. He called
at Harriman's office and sent in his
name. He was told to wait He
waited all day. He waited all the
next day. On the third day he still
waited to see Mr.. Hartman. Clerks.
other visitors and Office boys came
and went Hartman still sent out
word that the chairman Of the execu-
tive committee was too busy to see
the president. Then Mr.. Burt re-
signed, and Hartman took the place
Of president himself and still holds
the Office.
In the ten years ending in Janu-
airy, 1908, the car capacity and the
engine capacity of the Union Pacific
were doubled In that time the Har-
riman policy has given to the West
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16
WISE WORDS.

All of life's down pillows are
stuffed with dough.
Lots of peoples dreams are spelled
d-o-l-l-a-r-s.
Nobody ever really believes that, a
red-headed girl is religious.
When a woman shops sometimes
it's to forget her poverty.
Give us the joy Of life and we can
jolly her out of the necessities.
But star by any other name
wouldn't be the whole show.
Give a man rope enough and he
will arrange his own tangle.
If Ananias were alive to-day
wouldn't he be the star press agent?
After the first Sunday school picnic
the dryads disappeared forever.
The trouble with burnt children is
that they are afraid to strike when
the iron is hot.
Contentment is a jewel that must
needs be kept away from curious
eyes If its lustre remains undimmed.
Esteem heated mansions have not
yet altogether displaced the old fash
toned love-in-a-cottage arrangement.
1t is better to live on desert ISL
and with one-eyed parrot that
swears than to live in pearly man
sion in Paradise with woman who
pouts.
A man falls in love with a girl
because she's such dear little tenn
peramental thing land falls out Of
love with her because she's got such
a temper. From "Eye's Epigrams,"
III the New York Telegram.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16

this salary, and at the end of that
time the church owed the rector
1914 for arrears of salary. He set
tied with the church for $3.50, pay
able in six months.
Young Harrimans only schooling,
aside from the district school, was
two years spent at church school.
The poverty of his family compelled
him to go to work in his early teens
He was first messenger boy in a
Wall Street Office. He studied the
Wall Street game to such purpose
that in 1870. when he was twenty
two years old, he was able to buy a
seat on the Stock Exchange and be-
come a professional trader.
In the beginning of his financial
career he had the opportunity to
study the methods of Jay Gould,
Commodore Vanderbilt, Daniel Drew,
Jim Fisk and the celebrities Of their
active day. He gained knowledge
of market conditions that is not sur
passed by any living expert. He be-
50A az InO UOIIOu uuu u0 has
climbed all the way to the very top
OF the Wall Street golden ladder.
He was cold blooded little cuss, I"
says a friend of his early days on
the Stock Exchange 1t was said of
him that he carried the railroad map
of the United States pasted in the
back of his head
Hartman always knew what stocks
were really worth. When securities
sold away below their value he
bought confidently, often risking his
entire fortune on the soundness of
his knowledge and the clearness of
his vision.
1t was through the influence of
Stuyvesant Fish, his associate on the
Stock Exchange, that he first took an
active interest in railroad manage
ment. In 1887 Fish became presi-
dent of the Illinois Central Railroad
and Hartman was made vice-presi-
dent, Hartman, then forty years
old, started in to acquire solid
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16
GROWING TOMATOES.

There are some attractive features
in tomato growing, such as selling
the crop before 1t is planted, and the
possibility of large yield. But to
obtain a large yield one must apply
q liberal quantity of plant food.
either in the way of farm manure.
commercial fertilizer, or both. 1t
must be borne in mind that there are
certain expenses incurred, whether
the yield Is five or fifteen tons to the
acre, and the grower is justified in
investing as much in plant food as
experience teaches will be profitable.
To go beyond that point would mean
an increased cSst of production, and
net profit is the'business side OF farm
ing. American Cultiyator.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16
PYRETHRuMs TRoM SEED.

Very few who grow Pyrethrums
think Of raising fresh plants other
than by division Of roots, and so the
practice of seed sowing is not gem
eral, but plants may be raised very
easily in this way This is a suitable
time for sowing in the open border.
but it is perhaps better to use a spare
frame. Plants raised from seed soWn
now will bloom another year, and
those who are fond of the single vari-
cites will obtain from a packet of
seed interesting results --Indianap-
oils News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16
llarrlman's Life at a Glance.

Born February %, 1S4S, one of
six children of country clergy
man, whose salary was only 5000
a year, or 81 a week.
Poverty cut short his school
days, after two years spent in a
church school.
1 At fourteen he became an err
rand boy in Wall Street brok-
er's office.
3 AT eighteen he was a clerk,
with share in the profits.
AT twenty-five he bought
seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change with money he made in
specializing with his savings.
AT forty he became vice-presi-
dent of the Illinois Central.
At fifty he undertook the reor-
ganization Of the Union Pacific.
At sixty he realizes his dream
OF an ocean to ocean railroad
system under his absolute control.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16

knowledge of practical details of rail-
reading. Before he finished he
knew all that was to be known down
to the prices of the most insignificant
supplies used by any department of a
railroad.
Now that Hartman has acquired
control of the Erie, it is interesting
to look back fifteen years to the time
when the Erie Railroad was in pro-
cess of reorganization by ]. P. Nor
gan. Hartman wanted to reorgan-
ize the Erie himself, but he lacked
sufficient capital to do it alone, and
he was not well enough. known then
to secure allies for the work.
He lacked weapons then for fight
with Morgan, but he went on max
ing money in Wall Street, quietly
and unostentatiously. When his big
opportunity came in 1898, he was
still comparatively unknown, though
he was fifty years of age. The pub
lished accounts of the undertaking
at that time make Harriman's name
subordinate to that of his financial
hackers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. In fact,
he was known at the time in Wall
Street as "Kuhn-Loebs man"
This opportunity was the reorgan-
ization of the badly wrecked Union
Pacific Railroad. It's wreck was one
of the worst ever known to railroad
history. 1t had been in the hands Of
receivers for five years. One plan
after another had been taken up and
abandoned. ]. P. Morgan headed
syndicate to rehabilitate the road,
and then gave up the task in disgust.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the wealthy
Wall Street banking house, repre-
senting syndicate, finally made an
offer for the property, which was ac-
cepted, and on the last day of jan
uary, 1898, the road was turned over
to this syndicate, which included, be-
sides E. H. Hartman, two members
of the Vanderbilt family, two of the
Goulds, and several Independent car-
italists. Hartman was looked upoE
as the most humble of the group.
The Union Pacific at that time Nas