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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

Dudley and Mr.. Paul Sexton, / be-
!ieve; d. Withersbee is at your serv-
ice"
Whe2 I awoke to consciousness
some oAe was alternately swapping his
fingers in my face and roughly shak-
ing me. l was in pitchy darkness, and
the air vas chill and clammy.
Sexton, I'm ashamed of you," said
Clarkes voice through the gloom.
you are particularly easy subject.
/ should have given you some lessons
in resistance"
Where are we? What has hap
pened? Where is Dudley?" asked, in
a breath.
Dudley Is here. He recovered be-
fore you did," answered Clarke, fact
which Dudley's voice confirmed. "We
seem to be in some sort of an oubli-
cite, of that dear DR.. Withersbee."
In single file we made the round of
our dungeon. We found 1t to be about
IL feet square, walled with masonry
which dripped dampness, and fioored
with cement. Onon side we came upon
door the height of my head, l
being tie tallest of the party. From
the rivet heads we judged 1t to be OF
plate steel and it closed into a steel
frame get into the masonry In man
ner which offered no entrance for the
! point OF pick had we had one at
hand. The absence of any keyhole,
bolt or lever showed that 1t was never
intended to be opened from the In
side.
At last. after a walt which seemed
an eternity, heard a soft football
outside Of the door. Then iron bars
clanked and grated. heard the
hinges creak and the door swing slow
ly open. A dark form framed In the
doorway was outlined through the
gloom. Then 1t stepped into our
midst. My hands shot to his throat,
which was cold and clammy as that
OF corpse. There was no resistance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

family too high. Better say nothing
until We know more"
was more than surprised when
Clarke, after Dudley's departure. APP
parently dismissed the matter from
his mind entirely and suggested that
we go out to the county morgue.
When we reached the little low red
building whose every brick numbered
tale of tragedy, the inquest was al
ready in progress. Strange as 1t
seemed, two claimants had already
arisen out Of the restless sea Of hui
mainly and were fighting for the
CHASTITY bit of wreckage 1t had cast up.
One party, two men in f1ashy garments
and displaying huge watch seals, were
put out of court forthwith. Their
missing friend had disappeared from
Salt Lake City. They had not read
the newspaper reports carefully. He
was two inches taller than the body
in the trunk. Their eye for measure
ment was bad. In fact, their entire
course savored of longing for a good
museum attraction.
The other claimants, middle class
family from a northern suburb, pre-
scented a remarkable case: remark
able as one OF the strange condolences
which occasionally arise in police
work In a great city. Despite the
length of time, the difficulty of &C
curate Identification and all other
probabilities to the contrary, they de
scribed the body most exactly, even tt
the filings of the teeth. His name
they said, was Oliver Dixie; he hat
disappeared three years and hal
before from Etteso whence he hal
gone to take a position as attendan
in an asylum.
For the want of third and bette
claimant the body was turned owe
to them. Here, for the suburban famil,
at least, the case ended. The boy wa
but a second cousin and an orphan
Their grief was long since assuaged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

Small Wonder That the Little Mother
Was Really Alarmed.

Little Mary was really very III.
Mother said she was SURE 1t was an
attack of appendicitis. but Grandma
was equally sure the little one was
threatened with commissions.
The argument waxed warm In
Mary's presence, and appropriate RENE
dies were used, and the next day she
was better.
Coming into her mothers room dur
ing her play she said:
Mamma, two of my dollies are very
sick this morning"
lind .sd, dear, am very sorry. What
is the matter with them?"
"Well | don't really know, mamma,
but think Gwendolyn has "a pint
o'spiders' and Marguerite is going to
have 'envulsions.'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
The Unhappy Pianist.

Mark Hamburg says that the pro
fessional pianist has enemies al
through life. First, his family ane
neighbors when, as child, he begins
to practice; next, as he succeeds
every yaanist who is less successful;
next all the piano makers except the
one he patronizes; next. all musica
agents except his own; next. organists
in general; next, patriotic critics wher
he is In a foreign land; and last the
conductor of the orchestra, who want
all the credit for himself.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
meteors Add to Earth,s weiuht.

earth in vast numbers every year add
their weight to the earth. Thus the
earth is increasing minute quantity
in weight each year, but not enough
to be perceptible in thousands
of years. Except for the escape OF
light gases from the atmosphere there
is no known way in which The earth
can lose weight.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
Taking No Chances.

Sir, our paper is going to publish
a series of articles about the worlds
beautiful women and | have been sent
to ask you whom you consider the
most beautiful woman in the world?"
as my name to be published along
with my opinion?"
Certainly, sir; it will be given
most prominent position"
Then you'd better write me down
as saying that it's my wife's mother"
Houston Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

mercury win surely destroy the serse OF smell
lnd completely derange the whole system WheE
elterlg ~ through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles 5houll never he used except prescrp
tiols from reputable physicians the damage they
will do is ten fold TO the good you can possibly de
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
by f. j, Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer
curry. and Is taken Internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. 1D
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be you get the
genuine. IL Is taken internally and made in Toledo
ONO. by L. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonia.s free
Sold by Druggists Price, 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
Reflected GLORY

Say. what do you Think" cried De
Ripper.
Give us the answer" said young
Van Dippy.
I've just found out" cried DeRip-
per, that wear the same sized shoe
as the chap who kicked out victory
for Harvard. don't you knowl"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm.
pc-tance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as a stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result OF
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
Too Much for Mamma.

What's the matter with your eye
Tommie?"
THE boy next door struck me-,
mamma.
What for. prsy?"
''He said / struck him first"
"And did you?"
mo; honest, didn't, mammal"
swell. why didn't your"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fneness of the fabric Is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou.
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can he applied
much more thinly because of its great.
cr strength than other makes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
HORRORS!
His Assent.piinSed View.

They were engaged in purchasing
shoes for the children. The husband
was former teacher, but the wife
was very intelligent and practical
person, relates the Chicago News.
For school purposes | don't want
and dull kids for they roughen up so
easily" said the wife to the sales
woman, adding: What do you think
of it, Gear?"
We'll" he said absent-m indedly. 81
have. known a good many dull kids at
school, but / never REGARDED them as
any rougher than other children"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Granted STAY OF Execution

CARSON CITY, New. !. July 81. =
On the petition of Attorney C..
C. Ward of Goldfield, the Su-
preme Court granted a stay of
execution in the case of George
Williams, sentenced to die on
the gallows in the Carson peni-
tentiary on August 9th for the
murder of two prospectors man,
ed Connors and Griffin at Stimler
near Coldfeld, about year ago.
Ward declared that the confes-
sion of Williams should not have
been granted at the trial in Gold
field and it was on this showing
that the stay of execusion was
granted. Ward will now have
time to appeal the case of Will
liams to the Supreme Court.
Williams was placed in the
death cell several days ago but
when the stay of execution was
granted he was taken from the
death cell and the death watch
was removed.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Mid Summer Wedding

A pretty wedding occurred al
the residence of Mrs. r. T. For
tune in this city, Monday after
noon, August 3, 1908, the con-
tracing parties being Mr.. o. E.
Baker and Miss Marie Ottenstein
of Fairview, Nevada. The bride
formerly residing in Quincy, Ill.
and the groom from Reno and
Ely. Mr.. Baker is a prominent
mining man at Fairview, and
will make that city their future
home. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. J. F. Price, of
Fallon, and the wedding supper
was served at A o'clock, both at
tended by a few friends.
The STANDARD wishes them
all kinds Of future happiness and
that all their troubles may be
little ones.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Terrible Cloud Brust

A cloud burst in Dog Valley,
about ID miles above Verdi Sum-
day afternoon that caused the
death of Miss Eta Pixley, the
beautiful daughter of the fore
man of a lumber camp located
there. After the cloud burst a
wall of water and debris ten feet
high came pouring down the wide
canyon and struck the house in
which Miss Pixley and her friend
Miss Souchereau were, destroy
ing the house and drowning Miss
Pixley, while her friend was saw
ed with difficulty.
1t was reported that others
had lost their lives and many
head of stock. This cloud burst
will go down in history as being
the most terrible in the north
west.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Goes to Lake Tahoe and the Coast

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Steinheimer of
Fairview and Rswhide, have been in
Falon for number of days enjoying
the salabrious climate of the Sink,
while all the surrounding country is
sweltering in the heat of not over
cool summer. Mr.. Steinheimer svsiled
himself of the excellent advantages
Fallon affords for repairs of automo-
biles, and at the garage gave his pow
erful Thomas Flyer a complete over
hauling, departing Saturday morning
for Lake Tahoe and the Coast where
they will enjoy themselves for time.
Mr.. Steinheimer is one of the progress
sive men of Churchill County who
knows a good thing when he sees it.
He was with his brother Otto one of
the earliest men in Fairview, erecting
a substantial two story building the
first in that city, and always in the
front of any movement along the lines
of the development Of his town and min
ing district, He WAS one of the first
to see the great value of Fairview
Eagle stock, and by his enterprise and
foresight and courage gathered up a
bunch of it in time to reap a $500 pro-
fit in about two weeks.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Crusade Against the Fly

As the national crusade against the
house fly is now in progress, supplant-
ing temporarily the international issue
against mosquitoes and rats, Prof. Un-
derwood of Massachusetts,, declares that
one fly killed this month may prevent
the existence $4,000. 900 by mid-sum-
mer. Such is the prolific nature of the
common Ay. Such, too, is the ignorance
of the past that when Roman emper-
or was killing flies as habit he was
not hailed as benefactor' but was fin
ally dethroned as too trivial to be toler-
ated as Roman despot. Still it ap-
pears in the light of history as a whole
that this is good time to invest as
much as ten cents in first installment
of fly paper.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Georee WINFIELD Married

Last Thursday at the home of
the bride in San Francisco Geo.
Wingfeld one of the best known
man in Nevada was united in
marriage to Miss Maude Azile
Murdoch, a daughter of R. B.
Murdock, cashier of the United
States national bank at San
Francisco. The couple will leave
Immediately for a tour of Europe
and an automobile having already
been shipped from New York to
Paris to make the continental
trip in. They expect to return
to America the first of the year
and reside at Goldfeld and San
Francisco, a home at the Nevada
town now being constructed for
the bride.
The groom is well known to
local people and has great hold
ings in Goldfeld and also every
other mining camp in the state
of Nevada.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
A Rancher Talks

Mr.. Louis Hardy was in town
Monday from his ranch south of
town. He has a fine first crop
and a good start for a second,
but explains that owing to a
limited amount of water this sea-
son it is impossible to supply
every one with all that is needed
and the preference is rightly CIV
en- to those who have new gain
and alfalfa, which without water
to keep it alive would surely die.
The Government seems to be
pursuing a policy of conserving
as far as possible the life of new
plant growth in the case of the
old settlers and new comers alike
and that seems the right thing
to do. Mr.. Hardy illustrated the
disadvantages under which the
new conner sometimes finds him.
self with hardly enough ready
cash to see his place self support
ing, and the Government has
wisely arranged to allow the
settlers to work out their water
tax on Government work on
bitches, and to permit this script
received in payment to be trans
ferred SO that any water user can
buy it of the settler, making it
equivalent to cash to him. 1t is
much to the credit and to the
kindness of the old settlers that
wherever possible they buy this
script from their new brethren
for cash thus helping when help
is needed. Their own exper.
fences on sage brush ranches
gives them a fellow telling, that
sort which makes them ''wondr.
GUS kind" and which creates a
brotherly feeling which will
grow as che years go by.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
The COMMERCIAL CLUB
Will Open Their Club Rooms
on Carson Street this Evening.

Fallon Commercial Club will
give its housewarming in its club
quarters this evening, and the
event promises to be out of the
ordinary.
The board of directors has
leased the Woodliff building op-
posite the Churchill Hotel for one
year and has fitted up for the
occasion. The band of sixteen
pieces which has been organized
under the direction of the enter
tainment committee, has been
busy practising for the occasion
and will give the public a gen.
uine treat.
At 6:55 this evening there will
be firing of anvils and at 7 the
band will strike up on Aud
Lang Syne." This part of the
program can be enjoyed by every
one, as seats are to be arranged
on the vacant lot near by, so the
ladies' and children can enjoy the
concert. The open air concert
will continue until 9 O'Clock when
the committees will take charge
inside to entertain the club mem
bers and their invited guests.
The orchestra will play and their
will be addresses by members of
the club.
The members of the club are
at liberty to invite their friends
and 1t Is the desire of those in
charge to make this initial event
one long to be remembered an
event that will create goodfellow-
ship in the community and tend
to promote the commercial inter-
ersts of the community.
The following was appointed
on the reception committee and
it is a certainty that the men,
bers and invited guests will be
properly cared for in the OPEN
ing the club; N. r. Fitzpatrick,
Harvey Burchell, Mark Wildes,
F. J. Mattison, DR.. c. A. Has
call, Paul Groth, Fred Wight
man, A. P. Bettersworth, D. E.
Williams and c. E. Bailey. Of
course J. w. Ferguson, the presi-
dent of the club, will do his share
of entertaining, as will the ball
ance of the members.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Very Sad Death

Word was received here in Fal-
lon on last Thursday afternoon,
July Both, announcing the death
of Mrs. J. w. Danielson at Mo-
desto, CAL, from childbirth.
The child was borned on July
10Th and died the following day,
and the mother followed her
babe to the great beyond in IL
days. Mrs. Danielson was TAX
en- to Reno in which city she will
be buried today.
The STANDARD join with the
large circle of friends here in
the Sink in extending their deep
est sympathy to the husband in
his sad bereavement.
Meet me at Smith s. anniversary sale.
Frank Smith, Jeweler, 0ptician.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04

management of the paper, conec,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04

Meet me at Smiths, anniversary sale
Frank Smith, Jeweler, Optician.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Struck Il Rich

Old Jim McCulloch of Comstock fame
has struck 1t rich in his shaft IL miles
east of Mill City in Humboldt County.
At depth of 385 feet he cross cut a
ledge which to the time the report had
been sent out, he had penetrated 8
feet, and found it SO rich that some
values went above $40, 900 per ton with
seeming average values across the pay
streak approximating $40 to sl2 per
pound. And Nevada is hardly scratch
ed vet either.
Meet me at Smiths anniversary sale.
Frank Smith, Jeweler. Optician.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Chalk Mountain


is locally known at Dutch Fred"
was mining at Chalk Mountain,
in this county. He found an
iron stain which looked promis-
ing and within a few feet OF the
surface shovelled out about ten
tons of silver-lead carbonate ore
which brought him $50 per ton,
silver being at $1.15 an ounce.
He also placed several tons of
silver-lead ore on the dump. too
low grade to haul 80 miles to the
railroad. He was followed, in
that ground, by the late George
Weichman, who in sinking along
a pipe of silver-lead ore found
galena running over 5000 ounces
silver to the ton and who died in
the effort to locate the larger
bodies from which the pipe came
This work was taken up about
1902 by John Burt of Saltwater,
who looked closer into the rock
than did his predecessor and he
found seams leading into pockets
of ore valued around 500 per
ton. and made handsome pro-
fit, although freight and hauling
charges and the lead and silver
markets were all adverse.
In 1906 J. H. Wilson of Hazen,
and others relocated the ground
and Incorporated a company to
work it, and sunk the shaft 40
feet deeper or i30 feet in all,
recovering ore placements with
a value of about 500 per ton,
and with an 8 inch vein Of that
grade in the bottom Of the shaft
and in place. The property has
Just passed into the hands of the
Minnesota-Nevada Investment
Co. of st. Paul, Mimi, a strong
company, of mining men, who
have acquired a large holding of
valuable mining ground at Chalk
Mountain. Within the past two
years the discoveries at Chalk
Mountain along this silver-lead
vein system, includes high grade
galena with 78 per cent lead and
600 OF. silver per ton, and aver.
ages of 55 to go per cent lead
with 65 to 140 OF. silver per ton,
both galena and carbonate ores.
The smelter trust officials have
examined this lead ore and have
encouraged it's mining on a lar.
ger scale, owing to its graf value
as a flux. 1t is of interest to
learn that the St. Paul Company
are now arranging to prosecute
the work of sinking on this high
grade vein as rapidly as possible.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
One Weeks Production

Goldfield produced tls7. TOO last week
which is going some." When you
figure up what that means in q year
and then consider that Rawhide, Yer
ington, Tonopah, Fairview. Wonder
and about two dozen other live up-to-
date Nevada Camps are producing pre-
cious metals each week.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04
Warning to Public.

l hereby warn all persons against
shooting into my fields from the county
road. This practice must stop, and all
persons caught in the act will be prose-
cuted to the full extent Of the law.
o, ], LsETf.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-08-04

Warren w. Williams returned yester-
day from his Gold Greek ranch where
he and his family have been spending =
few weeks in the mountains. He ex-
poets to return in few days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-26
LUMBER PRICES
STILL INACTIVE
Better Market is Expected After the Election,
Hence Few Orders Are Now
Being Booked

Information
the TIatsburg district indicate
cent in the total cut and corresponding
employed This will be materially
Esne
mill had daily a
700 Three small
while with capacity
mills of a
will November /.
Improvement Inquiries have
been but
and few booked
before the presidential election just they
election
Balkan a apparently
active condition Of the the mills
little effected
mill men are now
looking satisfactory 1t
and umbemen who valuable
to sacrifice it just to keep their mills in operation.
mill authority the that full
of the timber being
sawed into lumber to prevent its destruction this
there discounng the fact that the
percentage of the present cut of the district.
of the
which pine
others will do market
of
will
holdings be seriously discounted thereby
believe
the election
henceorward This conviction the mill
Indifferent market complete
this district before the beginning another
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-26
ATTORNEY M'lNTYRE
IS DIRECTING CASES
Justice Garretson DisalIows Demurrer
Against Indictment of T. jenkins
Hains and the Two Men Are Sent to
Jail Under Heavy Guard.
Hearst News Service.

New York, October 26.-Captain
Peter c. Hams, Jr., was today ar
raigned on the charge Of numbering
William e Annis, and has entered
through his attorneys a plea OF not
guilty by reason of insanity.
T. Jenkins Hains, charged with
completely in the same crime, entered
plea of not guilty.
The pleas were entered by John f.
Mcintyre, senior counsel for the de-
fense, and the right to withdraw was
specifically reserved.
Justice Garretson disallowed the de-
murrer filed by Mcintyre to the indict-
ment against T. jenkins Hams.
Immediately after The pleas were
entered, the Two UaiHs brothers we're
returned TO their apartments in the
jail They were handcuffed together
ard closely guarded by a special de-
tachmont Of court officers en- route.
An requests for interviews were de-
MED by the counsel for the defense
and by the prison authorities.