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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20

Doors, windows and window
glass at FL. T. Raney's.
Telephone Raymond's grocery
when needing anything to eat.
Goods delivered free.
Grayson billiard, of Cherry
Valley, is spending the week with
his sister, Mrs. W. A. Smith.
DeWitt,s Little Early Risers,
safe, easy, pleasant, sure, little
liver pills. Sold by Howell Drug
Co.
Miss Charlie Holder returned
Monday from Eva, Tenn, where
she has been for the past two
months, with her sister, Mrs. V.
81. Hamer.
There are many limitations of
DeWitt's Carbolized With Hazel
Salve but just one original. Moth
ing else is just as good. Insist
on DeWitt's. 1t is cleansing,
cooling and soothing. Sold by
Howell Drug Co.
W. o. Scales is now receiving
bids for the erection of his nine
room residence which will be built
on beautiful site south of town.
The building will cost between So,
10000 and 100000 and will be
one of the prettiest homes in this
section.
After weeks stay with friends
and relatives here, Onnie Powell
and Miss Sue Purdom returned,
Wednesday, to their home at 1905
W. 9Th. St., Little Rock. They
were accompanied to Augusta by
Misses Ruth Powell, Myrtle Wood
and Hanie Barber.
We have recently installed a
telephone and free delivery for
the convenience of the public in
buying groceries. Give us trial
order and let us show you the
rapid manner in which we will
fill the same. A portion, at least,
of your trade respectfully solicited.
Raymond's Grocery.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20
NOTICE To BUILD BRIDGE.

Notice is hereby given that we,
the undersigned commissioners,
by virtue Of the authority contain
ed in an order of the Woodruff
County court, made at its July
term, 1908, will On the 5th., day
of September, 1908, at Up. m. at
the west door of the court house
in Augusta, Arkansas, let at pub
lie cutlery to the lowest and best
bidder a contract to build and con-
struct a bridge across Bayou
slough on the Pumpkin Bend
road west of White lake bridge or
Bayou DeView, said bridge to be
of the following dimensions ~ano
material:
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20
Window glass for sale at FL. T

Window glass for sale at FL. T.
Raney's.
Telephone Raymonds for fresh
groceries of all kinds.
G. W. Warner, and family, are
here on a 10 days visit to relatives.
Jap Brooks, and family, of Au-
gusta, were visitors to our city,
this week.
Mr.. Sandy Futrell, of Vann-
dale, is the guest of relatives in
this city.
About 80 of our citizens went
to Augusta, Monday, to attend
circuit court.
Just received, carload of
lumber and shingles.
HACKNEY & RAYMOND.
Company G left Sunday for a
weeks target practice at Camp x.
o. Pindall, near Little Rock.
Raymond delivers the goods
free at your door. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Give us a trial order.
Miss Annie billiard and her
friend, Carson Futrell spent Satllr'
day with the formers sister, Mrs.
W. A. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Angus, of
Vanndale, spent several days here,
this week, with relatives. They
went home Friday.
Misses Bessie and Mary Jones
and Mollie Williams, of River
side, were the pleasant guests of
Miss Annie Sue Wilder, Sunday.
L. E. Williams, of Tampa, Fla,
arrived here, Wednesday morning
and is the the guest of his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. FL. T.
Raney.
After spending several weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Cant, at Har-
rlsburg, Miss Grace Lewis came
home Wednesday to be with her
parents, and other relatives the
remainder of her vacation.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20

168 feet long to be known as a
bent bridge. Bents to be II feet
apart and to be made Of one mud
sill 1Oxl0 inches, one cap sill 10x
10 inches and three posts or pill
lows 10x10 inches. Mud and cap
stills to be IL feet long. Outside
pillows to be set straight one foot
from the end of stills. Mud and
cap stills to be drift bolted to pill
lows, said bolts to be &x20 inches.
Pillows to be sway braced on each
side, braces to be 2x10 inches and
to be bolted with I in bolts and
nuts, two bolts at each end of
braces, one through pillows and
one through sill, and one bolt
through center pillow and both
braces. Said bents are to be four
feet high except the first one at
each end of bridge which shall be
three feet high, said bents to be
furnished with five stringers 4x1O
inches; outside stringers to be
set flush with outside pillows,
other stringers to be set equal
distances. Said bridge shall be
foored with 2 inch flooring not
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20

less than 8 inches wide and IL
feet long, except one plank over
/ each cap sill which shall be 16 feet
long and used for the support of
banister post and braces. Bridge
to be banistered with posts Aka
inches, 2 feet high, with brace on
outside to be 2x4 inches. A 2x4
inch piece to be placed on top end
of banister posts with a Ike inch
piece securely mailed on the inside
of banister post, top edge of same
to be flush with the upper side of
2x4 banister rail. A 1x10 in hub
board to be securely nailed to ban
lister posts and to Aka inch posts
which shall be placed equal dis
lance between banister posts; cen
ter posts to be without braces.
Said flooring to be nailed with two
60 penny nails to each stringer
through each flooring plank. All
timber used in the construction of
the said bridge to be of good sound
white oak.
R. A. JONES,
A. E. RIDGEwAY,
Gnr,n
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20

Miss Rubye Harris, who ha
been teaching subscription
school here, closed her school las
Friday, and left, yesterday
Wednesday, for her home at Tupe
10, where she will begin teaching
again.
DR.. James and Miss Mollie
Booth, of Searcy, were here last
Friday in response to call to at
tend the bedside of their relative,
Little Miss Edith Scales, whose
death took place Friday night at
1000 o'clock.
Geo. Fl. Prolllx, our leading
restaurant man, who has been in
Hot Springs the past few weeks
afflicted with rheumatism returned
home Sunday. His many friends
will learn with pleasure of his i'm
proved condition.
Does your back achei Do you
have sharp pains in the side and
small of the back7 This is due,
usually, to kidney trouble. Take
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pill.
They will promptly relieve weak
back, backache, rheumatic pains
and all Kidney and Bladder dis
orders. Sold and recommended
by Howell Drug Co.
While Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup is especially recon-
mended for children, it Is, of
course, just as good for adults.
Children like to take it because it
tastes nearly as good as maple SUI
gar. Its laxative principle drives
the cold from the system by a
gentle, natural, yet copious action
of the bowels. Sold by Howell
Drug Go.
| DIED: Edith aged eight years,
the oldest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Scales near DeVieW, Fri
day, Aug, IA, 1908, of congestion.
The remains were shipped to
Searcy Saturday and laid to rest in
the Booth family cemetery that
evening. Owing to the severe ILL.,
ness of their little son, Robert,
Mrs. Scales was not permitted to
accompany the remains to its last
resting place. The NEWS joins
the many friends in extending
their heartfelt sympathies. Messrs
W. o. Scales, Ed Taylor and the
father accompanied the body.
Ed aartin, a prominent clerk of
Grays, went to Searcy Tuesday
where he was married that night
at 9: 100 o'clock to Miss Mamie
Morris at the home of the BRIDES
parents. The newly weds left
Immediately for two weeks stay
at Eureka Springs, after which
time they will be at home to their
friends, in Grays. The bride is a
sister of DIR. j. w. Morris, of De-
View, one of Woodruff County's
most prominent physicians. May
their life be ever full of pleasures
and sunshine is the wish of their
friends who are numbered by the
scores, among whom the NEWS de-
sires to be included.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20
DENTIST.

DR.. E. L. Chaplin, of Helena,
will be at the City Drug Store for
a few days longer. All work
guaranteed and at prices within
the reach of all. Full set of
teeth, upper or lower, $3.50; gold
crowns, $500; porcelain crown So.
90 to $500; gold filings, $1.O0
and up; amalgam filings $1.0O
bridgework $500 per tooth. Teeth
extracted without pain. Twenty
years experience.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-08-20

l have known DR.. Chaplin for
eighteen years and can RECON-
mend him as first. class dentist.
DIR. FL. P. HARGIS. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23

lpage 22sl. suffice: "A form OF Penn
mican' that was considered a great
delicacy was prepared by the Indian
women by melting the fat OF the buf-
falo and mixing In II shreds of the
buffalo meat, pounded soft, and guam
titles Of the wild cranberries. This
was poured into buffalog paunches and
kept until 1t became hard and cold.
I'm the absence OF bread, the priests
who came from Minnesota and Canada
before the establishment OF missions
on this side of the line, to accompany
the half breeds and natives on their
annual hunts, used this species Of
pemmican as a substance for bread In
the administration of the sacrament
OF holy communion while out in the
prairies." '
such silly stuff, with very muchmore
OF the same kind, costs this state 1880
annually, and we priests with our peo-
pie feel justified IN protesting against
such an expense. which makes us
rfdiculous
We ask you as bishop of this do
cese, to forward this, our complaint,
to the governor of this state, and we
remain, your obedient servants.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
EAST slL MOTIF.

Justice MalIoy made a North Da-
kota couple happy yesterday when he
tied tSS. nuptial knot for Ed. s. Gilr
berfson cf Sargent county and Miss
Gsna Oiscis Of Cass county. The pair
Eeft for Polk county to spend Christ
mas. will friends. -as .-... Z
Obsequies for Miss Clara Strate,
whose demise. was reported a day or
two ago, were held yesterday afternoon
at Trinity Norwegian Lutheran
church, the Rev. John Peterson, pas
tor officiating. Many school and coll
lege friends of, Miss Strate attended
the services and contributed. beauti-
full floral tributes. b.
r. A., Thompson, register. of deeds
elect at Crookston has announced that
ne will, appoint Miss Louise Mossefin
an experienced abstracter, as his de-
putty and she will assume here duties
the first OF the year, Miss Mossefin
has many friends in this part of the
Rc5> river valley. .,.-. .,I-
The congregational church at Fer
gus Falls has extended a call to the
Rev. Harris S. Wiley OF Spring Valley
Mimi, to the pastorate Of the church
at the former place. He is young
man OF remarkable pulpit eloquence
Manager Brown of the Utreet rail
way company is being highly COM
mended for his eye for business in put
ting the short line car on a few hours
earlier for the accommodation of the
Christmas, shoppers. ~-. ,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
Moorhead Department

barley, In competitions open to the
world. l.. Lamberson has won the
first prize Of st00 on the best half
hushel of wheat, in competition open
to Minnesota only. Said wheat was
raised on the Riverside farm. He also
won the fourth Sweepstakes prize OF
S25 on what. In competition open to
northern states. A. ID. Van Sickle has
won the first prize of 500 on oats, in
competition open TO Minnesota only,
FL. J. Beardmore getting the third
prize OF ss and Munger & SON. the
fourth of 81. Mr.. Van Sickle y also
carried OFF the Sweepstakes prize Of
$50 on oats, in competition OF northern
states. Reports OF many OF the con-
tests In which Warren farmers had
made entries had not yet been re-
ceived, and 1t is confidently expected
that these will be even more credit
able. Nothing has been heard con-
cerning the oat club exhibit open to
the world in which there were Ave
entries from this city. The first
prise In this contest is valued at $780,
In the wheat milling specials, open to
the world. best half hushel for 4 light
bread -four, and best half bushel for
pastry -four, Warren farmers also ex-
pect to score" Yie ss= N
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
GREAT CONNECTION
IN THEATRE FIRE
ACTORS AND CHORUS FORCED TO
LEAVE HERALD SQUARE
THEATRE IN sCANT
COSTUMES.

New York, Dec. 23.-Fire broke out
in the Herald Square theatre at Thir-
ty-fifth street and broadway last
night, ten minutes before the close Of
the performance of The Three Twins.
and before II was brought under CON
troll had done considerable damage to
the building had driven the actors
and chorus into the streets in their
seant costumes, and had caused great
.comtnotion among the theatre crowds
on Broadway. There was no panic
and no one was injured, the audience
remaining in ignorance of the fire un-
til most of them had passed into the
streets. The fire caught from a large
electric sign on the front of the theatre
building and spread to the executive
Offices which are opposite the second
gallery of the auditorium. The dam
age done, was about $4,000.
|. Iva. d Miles Stardlsh. sr
Finest and mildest 10-cent cigar.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
Objections AnsNered.

One OF the most proclaimed objec-,
tioris to the proposed charter amend
ment, providing for the paving OF
Front street and other streets, next
spring, is the paving OF the block on
Front street between Eighth and
Ninth streets, the objectors claiming
that there was an item OF $4,000 back
taxes long past due for former, paw
Ing assessments. -~t-@
At the commercial club meeting
Monday night this and other objections
were explained. 1t was explained that
Of the twenty four lots i, between
Eighth and Ninth streets, nine had
signed to pay cash when the paving
was done. Upon three others there
were no delinquent taxes and they
are owned by parties, who, itarwas
declared, would pay. Six lots are
owned by: the. Great Northern railway,
and the general opinion was that they
would pay the $1,000 or $500 requir-
ed, considering the fact that the Nor
thern Pacific was putting up about
$4,000. Five lots were shown to have
delinquent taxes against them, and
four to have assessments for the old
paving unpaid. The total Of these,
without penalty and interest. was fig
lured to amount to $1,S15, from the
auditors statement submitted. and as
to the interest and penalties the city
loses nothing, since the penalty and in
terest on deliquent taxes goes to the
county. 1t was further stated that OF
the original tax, the county and state
are Interested in a rortion of 1t, so
that the loss to the city would figure
about $500, as against $4,000 which
was represented to be the loss Nj ~
Il AS to another objection, that the
passage of the amendment would re-
ard ails other public improvements
such as the building OF lateral sewers
ETC., 1T was stated that this provision
was put in by the charter commission
TO protect the owners Of small homes
as well as larger ones, by keeping the
city debt within the legal limit. II
was also figured that 1t would delay
Improvements for but onesyear. s.s~ssssss'a
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
JAG FARM IS LOCATED
State Board of Control Makes ss-
lection. on Foote Lake Near
WiIImar.

The farm for inebriates, decided up
on BY the legislature two years ago,
viii be located on Foote Lake about
two miles from Wfllmar, IN Kandiyoh
county y:
A resolution to this effect was pas
sed by the board of control yesterday
but the definite location is
subject TO adequate water supply and
sewage disposal, and the construction
OF spur track from the Great North
ern tracks. Subject to these require
ments the new state institution will
be located upon a tract. of S43 acres,
which has been offered to the board
for $40 an acre. The land lies on the
northwest shore Of Faote Lake, a
small body of water and will provide
an ideal location for the farm.
The expenses OF the location, and
building Is to be borne by a 2 per cent
tax upon all liquor licenses issued by
and counties. The fund
from this tox has been growing for
several years and now amounts to
nearly $4,000. at, @.. .-5
Law Held Constitutions.
Several months ago the supreme
court decided in a test case that the
law by which the tax was ordered is
constitutional This suit delaped the
location Of the institution but several
weeks ago the board OF control def
nitely set limit when all proposals
for the location of the farm should be
before the board 'ts' y, te'1Ai'a ESft
Y There were SIX bids for the home,
and the site near Willnar was deter
ratud ,,nor In a resnItTfiOn8 inf3+od,iced
by r. M. Ringdal of the board of con-
trol. ~
1t Is claimed that the water supply
is excellent, but no analysis has yet
been made by tha bo~rd, IL the water
proves satisfactory and the spur track
can be constructed the institution will
go to Willmar. There Is now no state
institution in that district.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
TO ride NIAGARA
IN RUBBER BALL
r. LEACH PLANS HAZARDOUS
TRIP OVER THUNpERIN6 #
WATERWAY.

ottawa, Ont, Dec. 23.-A' Niagara
Falls (Ont) dispatch announces that
Robert Leach intends to so over Ni-
agara Falls In June in a rubber ball.
There will be two balls, one within
the other. The outer ball VIII be thir-
teen feet in diameter and the inner
one, in which Leach viii hazard his
life, eleven feet in diameter. The In
ner ball will be beId in position by
four spiral steel springs and sufficient
oxygen will be pumped into 1t to give
the man a bare chance for life IL
anything goes wrong.
The ball will be placed in the Nj
agara river at Chippewa, and will float
through the upper rapids down over
the mighty cataract. tts
Leach has been through the whirl-
pool rapids twice In eight days. He
went over the Cohoes falls, Albany
twice, and took a seventy-five foot
dive off bridge at Ellington, ~. y.
He is prepared to wager $1,000 to $500
that his June descent over the falls
will be successful.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
VALLEY FARMERS WIN
Red River Valley TilIers Capture First
Prizes at National Corn
Exposition

AZ the National Corn exposition re-
Gently held at Omaha Neb,. Red river
valley farmers were considerably in
the limelight and they won first prizes
for clover, wheat and oats in competi-
tion open to Minnesota. Referring
to offlcial reports OF the exposition
The Crookston Times makes the fol-
lowing brief summary:
Reports have just been received of
some Of the awards Of prizes made at
the great National Corn exposition at
Oniaha.and according to these reports
the farmers In the vicinity of Warren,
Mimi, who sent exhibits OF grain to
said exposition. have Jared exceedingly
well, In fact leading the world on
clover seed and barley. The March
farm captured the first prize on clover,
and J. w. Thomas. the third prize on
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
AMONG.
". U. OPERATORS.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 23.-Investiga-
tion by the auditing department OF the
Western Union Telegraph Co., aided
by private detectives sent out along
the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern railroads from the Pacific coast to
Minneapolis, has resulted in the arrest
OF the, agent at Ritzville, Wash, the
discharge OF twenty telegraph opera
tors at various other stations, and the
uneovering of what is believed by the
officials OF the company to be con-
spiracy systematically to rob the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. OF toll receipts
on messages filed by passengers on
trains. ..t
Superintendent Reed of the Western
Union Telegraph Co said today:
About year ago our bookkeeping
and auditing department began to ex-
perience difficulty In tracing messages
OF which they had no record In check
ing accounts, but upon which com =
plant had been received or monde
livery and delay.
nAs high 90 As. per cent of these
messages were never reported in the
monthly statements to our checking de-
.partment and further Investigation re-
suited in positive proof that this. pro-
ceeding held good on many messages
slled with. operators at railroad sta
tions ass,. II
/ .'.The man arrested at RitzviIle has
confessed and hts trial il set for the
early part OF the year we cannot say
yet what our losses az q result OF these
i pecuiations may amount to-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
MARSHALL OIL co;
DODGES NO FEES
STORY PUBLISHED lN MORNING
PAPER IN FARGO TO EFFECT
THAT MARSHALL COMPANY
HAD BEEN CAUGHT TRYING TO
EvADE FEES 10 MissTATEMENT

Under startling caption this morn
Ing. the democratic morning paper
prints a story about the alleged eva
sion OF fees due in Minnesota, by the
Marshall OH Co, Fargo. for the in
spection OF oils in the former state
and that $71s had been wrung out OF
the Marshall people by the aIertness
of a Moorhead deputy inspector.
Manager McCaw of the Marshall Oil
Co. Of Fargo informs The Forum that
there Is not am atom ofstruth In the
report and that the paper ffl question
has badly crossed wires on the SUBJ
ject, that his company meets all de-
mands OF the Minnesota oil inspector
promptly and there has never been
disposition to dodge fees and liz there
has been any oversights they are ig-
norant OF the fact.
The Moorhead deputy is Editor Me-
lander OF The Citizen and to The For
uln this afternoon. he said:
"The story In that Fargo morning
paper is all Greek to me and have
not been wise or 'unwise.' AS far as
] know the Marshall people have not
subjected themselves to- any COM
plains by State Inspector McEwen.
Somebody has evidently been dream
ing, or else has been imposed upon. /
know nothing whatever of 7s7 barrels
OF oil slipping into Minnesota for sale
in this disrinct. j inspect certain
tanks belonging to, the Marshall Oil
Co. once month and up to date |
have. been paid my tees through the
regular source promptly"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23
STATE MILITIA
SUPPORTS POOLE
ADJuTANT GENERAL OF N. o. N.
c. SPENDS DAY IN FARGO ON
GUARD MATTERS - OFFICERS
AND ENLISTED MEN WANT Him
RETAINED ANOTHER TERM.

When asked today who lie thought
would be adjutant general during the
next two. years. Thos. III. Poole. the
present adjutant general. said, 4 DO
not know who"
How about the endorsement Of the
national guard of this state2' was
asked, and General Poole replied that
there was no doub. tbut that he, has
the support of the entire organiza-
tion, both commissioned and enlisted
'T have been informed by officers III
the guard" said General Poole, fthat
at the encappment at American }aks
practically all the commissioned efstc-
ers of the organizations signed an en-
dorsement OF me asking that ] be re-
tanned as the adJUtGnt general tH th@
state have also been tEformst that
a similar endorsement has been passsd
recently by the enlisted mon OF the
guard and that practically the entlre
guard has unanimously endorsed me-.
This is very gratifying TO rle as
some of the officers who are now. my
heartiest supporters did not vote 20
endorse me at the time of my appoint
! ment, feeling that would bring poll
tics into the guard In the administra~
tion of my Office and all those inter-
ested are not unanimously in favor
OF my retention In office which Is a
fattering compliment. The first and
unanimous endorsement OF my ad-
ministratlon came from Company @ of
Valley City. E>s q.
II wish also to state that whether
| am retained in Office or not viii
continue to do what can for the good
of the guard Of the state and viii be
on hand at the next session of the
legislature TO boost for the orgarliza-
! tion."
Adjutant General Poole came inflast
night from Bismarck and spent today
In the city on militia matters. He Is
stopping at the Metropole.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-12-23

a Visit from 3l1eTf son. sifred Ii. Mark.
M. D., Spokane, Wash.
~ Professor ana MRS, Bopthroyi left
,*his morning for Northcoate Mimi, to
pend Chrlstmaatiie H@s
PreshyteriaH Church Tonight.
The Christmas tired exercises of the
PRESBYTERIAN church Sunday school.
Moorhead, win be held this evening. A
number of the children will participate
In seasonable and well arranged pro-
gramme and they will be assisted by
the choir of the church, and the pas
tor. tes
Miss HiIda A, Strom, formerly Of the
state hospital at Fergus Falls, but now
professional nurse at Minot, ". d.
stopped over In the city between trains
on her way TO her old home at Pelicaa
Rapids, where she will spend the hoii-
DAYS with, her mother and family