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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-06-11
Local BTeVitlcS.
Some Of The DOlngs Of Some
Of Your Friends Told Briefly,

City Sunday.
Claud Brown has returned to
Columbis.
Chas. Logan was up from Ne
vada Sunday.
J. S. Hager went to ElDorado
Springs Monday.
Yancy Combs, Of Butler, was a
Rich Hill visitor Saturday.
Rich Hills two electric theatre
are doing a good business.
Miss Julia Connolly is visiting
relatives in Carthage.
Rev. W. H. HargrOve preached
at Appleton City Sunday.
Oscar King, of Nevada, attend
ed the Alumni banquet Friday
night.
Al. Pickett is building an adj
dition to his house on West
Cedar.
If you owe she Tribune for
subscription please call and set
tie at once.
DR.. Claude Allen made his reg
ular twice-a-veek visit to Butler
Saturday.
Mrs. Lon Frost of Kansas City
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Lawson.
Mrs. ]. n. Utterson of Webb
City is the guest of her daughter
Mrs. b, D. Olsen.
The Ball Medicine show which
has been here a week past is in
Adrian this week.
E. A. Humphrey, manager of
the Peoples Elevator, was a But
Ter visitor Sunday.
Mayor B. F. Moore and wife,
of Butler, visited H. P. James
and family Sunday.
Atty. T. ". Silvers and j. F..
Kern, of Butler, were business
visitors here Saturday.
A new base ball team will be
lput in the field in Rich Hill soon,
called the Beasley Clothiers.
Ben Butler and son Jesse, of
Kansas City, were in Rich Hill
Tuesday on their way home from
Hume.
]. G. Hanley and wife spent
last week visiting in Kansas City
and on their way home Mrs. H.
stopped of at Adrian to visit her
son Fred.
Rich Hill has quite a gypsy"
camp south of town. A large
number camped there the first
Of last week and Sunday they
were reinforced by about thirty
more.
II will pay you 10 trade with
the advertisers whose names
appear in the columns Of the
Tribune. They are reliable and
energetic, two traits essential to
good business men.
Frank l. Gench, manager Of
the Gench Bros. hardware store,
has purchased of Arthur Duyall
the fine home on High street,
which Mr.. Gench and family
have been occupying since their
residence in this .city. - Butler
Dem.
Miss Edna Jones, Of Rich Hill,
a vocalist of no mean ability,
sang Sunday at the Christian
church at both the morning and
evening services. Miss Jones
nas a pleasing and well trained
voice, and the congregation
heartily enjoyed her selection.
Sheldon Enterprise.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12

dltion Of the country was never better.
Our treasury has splendid working
surplus. In spite of the temporary
deficit. there is capital enough to meet
all needs. and money is being loaned
throughout the entire country at fair
rate.
The fact that the $4O.OOO.000 bond
issue of the Pennsylvania Railway
company was subscribed to ten times
over shows that there Is still the ut
most confidence in American securities
both at home and abroad. and when
this amount is put in circulation 1t will
help not only along the lines of the
Pennsylvania railroad itself. but
throughout the entire country. The re-
turn of prosperity will not come sud
denly; 1t will come very gradually. but
in spite Of its being presidential year
there is every prospect of constant
gain in business matters. which will
undoubtedly bring us back by another
year to the high water mark Of year
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12

improved the past two months, and
that the metal market in Colorado is
becoming better. Silver will, in the
course of time, be again selling for 60
to 65 cents an ounce. Lead, which
sold during the financial troubles of
last October for $3.50 hundred
pounds, now brings $4 30.
Crawford Chronicle.
Quite number of young people from
Crawford went out to the home of Lee
Artman Monday night and proceeded to
serenade them. They were invited in
to the house where Lee set them up to
candy, nuts and cigars, when they de-
parted all wishing the newly married
couple many years of happiness and
prosperity.
The Farmers Institute and picnic
will be held in Crawford Saturday,
June goth, 1908. We would suggest
that the committee get together and
make arrangements for the program,
picnic dinner, etc. Let US make this a
success.
(Cedaredge Champion.)
VIM. Balm moved his family from
Delta to his ranch north of Cedaredge
last Monday for the summer.
j. j. January is putting some much
needed improvements on his house at
Cedaredge. He is raising the roof and
adding another room.
o. ]. McReynolds went to Delta
yesterday to meet his brother, b. B.
and family who arrived from Luray,
Kan, to look over the country with a
view of locating.
Harry Richardson and Tom Edwards
are inspecting the orchards in this sec
tion this week. Harry says he finds
the orchards in excellent shape both as
regards to fruit and and pests.
N. Parker arrived Wednesday even
ing from the eastern slope and will
visit short time with his son, Fred,
at Coalby. From here he expects to
go to Idaho to look after some mining
interests.
Several cars of cattle were shipped
Tuesday from this valley. The shippers
are Tom Mostyn six cars, ]. B. Killian
two cars, and Jas. McHugh one car
These cattle will go to Kansas City
markets. They were accompanied by
Jas. McHugh. Tom Mostyn, Tom
Mower and j. B. Ratekin. Some of
them are the finest cattle ever shipped
from this valley.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12
Sleep Takers.

1t is curious fact that people when
talking In their sleep are always truth
fu. and never eyasive, but " their
feelings are played upon by their ques.
toner they will betray great anger
Their eyes nre always tightly closed,
and tho Intonation Of the voice is very
different from the tones used when
the person is fully awake. Sleep talk
ers may by conversation be brought to
remember dream within dream.
and they will recollect what happened
In preceding dreams. Very often men,
tal anxiety will make people talk In
their sleep when under other conditions
they would never do It.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12
STILL FOR SILVER.
Bryan Says That He Is More Radical
Than In 1896.

Than In 1896.
The following is from an interview
with William J. Bryan in London
July ~, 1906:
81 notice that l am now described
by some as conservative, and in order
that there may be no misunderstand-
Ing on that subject permit me to say
that in one 5ense l always have been
n conservative The Democratic poll
cies are conservative in that they ein-
Dody old principles applied to new con-
ditions. There was nothing new In
principle in either of the platforms on
which ! stood.
"if, however. by the word conserva
tive they mean that | have changed
my position ON any public question or
moderated my opposition to corporate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, they have a surprise
waiting for them. l am more radical
than ] was In 1896 and have nothing
TO withdraw on economic questions
which have been under discussion.
The only question we discussed In
1896 upon which there has been any
apparent change is the silver ques-
ton, and that has not been change
in the advocates of bimetallism, but In
conditions.
I'VE contended for more money and
urged the free coinage of silver as the
only means then in sight of securing
1t. The increased production Of gold
has brought in part the benefit we ex-
pected to secure from the restoration
of silver. The per capita volume of
money In the United States Is almost
so per cent greater now than 1t was In
1896, and the benefits brought by this
increase have not only vindicated the
quantitative theory of money, but
have proved the benefits of the larger
amount of money. No advocate of the
gold standard can claim the triumph
of his logic.
81 believe in bimetallism, and ! be-
lleve that the restoration OF silver
would bring still further prosperity,
besides restoring par In exchange be-
tween gold and silver using countries.
But recognize, as do all other bi-
metallists whom / have met abroad,
that the unexpected and unprecedent-
ed increase I'm gold production has for
the present removed the silver ques-
tion as an issue"
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12
AN ISLAND OF MAssAcREs.
Over Five Million People Have Been
Assassinated In Haiti.


Haiti has been the scene OF more
rnassacrcs than any other place on
earth
They began with the coming of Co
lumbus and the rabble rout that fol-
lowed him. In a few years its 3.OOO,-
600 gentle. brown skinned Inhabitants
had perished utterly, exterminated by
fire and sword and by forced labor In
the mines. to which they were utterly
unsuited. In all history Is no tragedy
more colossal and more pitiful than
this one
Next the buccaneers seized the un.
happy island and wreaked vengeance
on the Spaniards In such manner
that even the old chroniclers tell Of the
worst Of the atrocities only In the Latin
tongue.
Presently came the French. and for n
brief space there was some sembance
of peace. But in 1913 the negroes re.
volted and murdered practically all the
whites, the scenes enacted resembling
those that took place at Cawnpore and
elsewhere during the Indian mutiny
but magnified thousandfold
On account of these atrocities fright
full reprisals took place when France
In due course reconquered the Island.
But the negroes bided their time and
presently rose again under ruffian
named Dessalimes.
This time they did the thing thor,
oughly. Not only were all the Euro
peans put to death, but all having any
admixture OF white blood In their veins
suffered like fate. Many OF the vic.
tins were burned alive after having
been first tortured.
In all 1t is computed that over 5000.-
900 men, women and children have
met with violent deaths on this island
of massacres since the intruding white
man first set foot on Its palm fringed
strand.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12
PROGRESS OF DEATH.
Sensations of One Overtaken by the
"SIeep of Snow"


"SIeep of Snow"
Pastor Bertrand was climbing a
mountain with party of students.
Feeling tired, he lay down TO rest
while the others proceeded and was
overtaken by the 'sleep of snow" He
felt himself as il struck by apoplexy.
His head was perfectly clear. but his
body was powerless. He tells his story
thus:
"A kind of prayer was sent up. and
then l resolved to study quietly the
progress of death. The sensation was
not painful, but at last my head be-
came unbearably cold. and 1t seemed
to me that concave pinchers squeezed
my heart so as TO extract my life. l
never felt such pain. but it lasted only
for a minute, and my life went out.
Well thought /, Il am what they call
a dead man. and here l am. a captive
balloon attached to the earth by a kind
of elastic spring and going up and al
ways up! When my companions re-
turn they will say, "The professors
dead" They do not know never was
so alive as ! am. The proof is see
them now-the guide is stealing leg
of my chicken. go on, old fellowl Eat
the whole If you choose, for hope my
corpse will never eat again" Hello!
There is my wife going TO Lucerne.
well, wife. goodbyT'' | confess ! did
not call dear the one that has always
been very dear to me. | felt neither
regret nor joy at leaving her. My only
regret was that | could not cut the
string. Suddenly shock stopped my
ascension. | felt that somebody was
pulling the balloon down. My grief
was measureless. When | reached my
body | had last hope. The balloon
seemed much too big for the mouth.
Suddenly uttered the awful roar of d
wild beast. The corpse swallowed the
balloon-and Bertrand was Bertrand
AGAIN.
In other words, the eXertions OF his
friends were successful in resuscitat-
ing him.-Leon Landsberg In Boston
Post.
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12
A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
Balance. of Trade In Our Favor the
largest In History.

Balances Of Trade In Our Favor the
Largest In History.
Although there will he very largo
deficit at the end of the fiscal year,
amounting TO between fifty and sixty
millions of dollars. yet even the most
rabid Democrat does not claim that II
is the result Of Republican Legislation.
The falling Off of imports and the de.
crease in the consumption of domestic
products account for the decline in
dulles and in the internal revenue,
while there has been normal increase
IN expenses. which we should expect
with our constantly growing nation.
To offset the deficit. however, there
will be favorable balance of trade
for the fiscal year largely In excess of
any previous year. IT Is possible II
may amount to as much as $T5OOOO,-
900. and of course ultimately the coun-
try must feel the advantage OF this In
directly. If indeed II Is not visible by
the further imports of gold The fact
Of the matter u that the financial con-
The Delta independent., 1908-06-12
lJsuallv the wav.

"A man likes to hear hissc'f talk SO
WELL" said Uncle Eben. "dat mos con-
versation looks jes' like two people i'm.
patiently waitin' delr turns to sny sum-
pin."-W Washington Star.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
MEETING Of FARMERS
AND R. R. OFFICIALS
Make Each Others ACquaint-
anCe and Talk Over Rates
for Fruit Shipments.
Another Meeting Will Be Held in
Coifax Monday. September %
Large Attendance Asked.

The meeting Of farmers and railroad
officials held Tuesday afternoon at the
court house was not largely attended,
owing in part to the presence Of Buffalo
Bills show in town and the general de-
sire to see it, but results are likely to
flow from it in the near future We we're
taught in the school books Of the olden
days that tall oaks from little acOrns
grow, large streams from little fountains
tlOw, 80 from the preliminary meeting
held Tuesday much good is expected to
come. The idea was first suggested bv
Charles N. Hinchliff for the farmers and
gether, make each others acquaintance
and come to a better understanding OF
the obligations they owe to each other
in the matter of freight, transportation,
products and kindred subjects Circu-
lar letters were sent to the different rail
way lines entering this territory, which
received prompt response, as well as
public notice given to farmers and
oiCndlui5lS " De pIeSeHG. lie attend
ance was not large, and at the request
of the railway officials present another
meeting was called for Monday, Septem-
ber %, at ! o'clock p. m, at which time
larger number may be expected to be
on hand.
At the meeting Tuesday there were
present A. McCorquodaIe, district freight
agent for the o. II 4 NJ, with headquart
ers at Spokane, and J. Ii. Lothrop, gen
eral freight agent of the Inland, living at
Spokane. c. b. Kegley was elected
chairman and William L. LaFolette
secretary. An informal talk followed,
participated in by most of those present
The advanced rates on shipments of fruit
TO local points az we'll as points east
brought out the statement that it would
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
and let me know If the plan meets your
approval"
To NJ axe All Welcome,

Manager HinchIiff has enlisted the SER
vices Of the ladies Of Colfax in receiving
the school children who will attend the
fair on children's day. A reception com
mlttee made up Of the membership Of the
Athenaeum Club will be at the trains to
welcome Young America and their teach
ers and do what they can to make the
day pleasant for them They will be the
guests Of honor Of the town az well as OF
the lair managers, and the freedom of
the place will be theirs.
Mr.. Hinchliff requests that citizens
having lawns available for the purpose
will ask the children to use them for pie
ME purposes, it having been requested
that they bring their lunch baskets. If
those desiring to welcome the young
folks to their grounds will send their
names to the newspapers they will be
published, and signs inviting to the
grounds should also be displayed. Col
fax will keep open house on that day,
and this hOspitable spirit will do more
than all else TO give genuine enjoyment.
The fair management will leave no stone
unturned in the matter and the city will
do it's part to assist.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
SHOWS THAT ROOT IS
ELECTED TO BENCH
TabuIation by Morning 0Iympi-
an Indicates the Defeat of
John E. Humphries.
Figures That Have Been Accepted
by Those People Following Up
and Checking the Returns.

The Morning Olympian Of Wednesday
in n-ists that Chadwick, Root and Crow are
elected to the supreme bench and that
Humphries is defeated. Returns from Sc
attic indicated that the latter was elect
ed, defeating Root. The Olympian fig
ures it out this way:
"a compilation OF the returns of the re-
cent primaries on the vote for supreme
judges prepared for the Morning Olym-
plan from comparison OF the votes given
in the leading newspapers and from a
number OF private kilograms supplement
ing the newspaper returns show the nom
ination Of Judges Chadwick, Root and
Crow, and the defeat Of Judge Humphries
THE totals are as follows: Crow, 33 3,-
III; Root, 80, $50; Hnmphries, 3O.422
1.-The latest newspaper figures indicated
the nomination OF Judge Humphries and
the defeat Of Root. While there is no
means OF checking up these figures, they
have been accepted by those who have
been following the returns as probably
accurate, or at least of showing that the
election is still an open question"
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
CH|LDREN'S DAY At
THE COUNTY FAIR
Friday, October z, Is the Date
Named School Children
Admitted Free to Fair.
Manager HinchIiff Has Enlisted the
Services of the Ladies Of Colfax
in Receiving Young Visitors.

In view OF the fact that Friday, Octo-
Der :, has been set apart as "Children's
Day at the approaching Whitman Coun-
ty Fair, every effort is being made to
make it an event of interest to the chill
dren. Teachers, of course, are expected
to be there and parents as well, and al
together the day promises to be attended
as no other day Of fair week. County
School Superintendent Showalter has il
sued a circular and sent to every teacher
IN the county urging attendance on O,to-
ber :. Following is the contents Of the
circular, dated September -:
"lt il generally conceded that our plan
Of education should be more practical.
and It il common belief that lasting i'm
pressions are made by coming in contact
with real things. 1t is the proper appli-
cation OF knowledge that makes the indi-
vidual valuable citizen, and it il i'm
pOrtant that our children be brought in
contact with the problems with which
they are likely to have to deal.
"This year special effort is being made
to make our county fair an educational
affair, and Friday, October ?, has been
set aside as School Children's Day,'
There will be special attractions for this
occasion and only half of the regular fare
charged. IL school children will be given
a free ticket to the fair, but will be re-
quired to march in the grand procession
Immediately after their trains arrive.
There will be special attractions for the
children's benefit, and believe it will be
OF greater value to them than a day's
schooling. Hence | recommend that
plans be made for each school in the
county to attend in body and bring
suitable banners.
"Please consult with your directors
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18

injure, if not completely destroy, the
fruit industry here if persisted in. Five
hundred cars Of winter apples would not
be gathered, 40 it was said, if present
freight rates prevail 1t will also de-
stroy the future Of the young orchard,
as those planted will be neglected with
no incentive to plant new ones. The
information was given out that several
farmers had already put wire fencing
around their orchards and placed hogs
therein to eat and grow fat also that
many contemplated digging up fruit
trees and putting the ground to other
uses.
The railway officials listened atten-
lively and said they would report to the
higher officials. 1t was at their request
as stated above, that the meeting was
called for the 2Sth The utmost good
feeling prevailed. It is to be hoped that
more farmers as we'll as railway officials
will be present at the next meeting, and
it is believed there will be
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
Northern Lie hts.

People Of the Inland Empire had an
exhibition of the aurora borealis or
northern lights last Friday night. The
northern lights seldom appear in this
latitude. The display Friday night,
while beautiful in changing aspect, was
a tame affair compared with the sights
seen in the far north, where the aurora
is frequently in evidence and the whole
heavens is lighted up with glow Of
colOrs once seen never to be forgotten.
These exhibitions frequently last for
hours, the heavens seemingly hung with
curtains, folding and unfolding, moving
with spiritual Ioveliness to something
beyond. The northern lights are a
phenomenon supposed to be of electrical
origin.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
OLD TIMERS LEAVE COLFAX
Called to Other Fields of Usefulness
in Other Places

Coltax Chapter No. s, Eastern Star.
rendered farewell reception Saturday
night to MIR. and Mrs. Stephen J. Chad
wick, Mrs. Louise Michaelspn and Miss
Josephine Hoeppner Refreshments
we're served and the evening was enjoy
ably spent. Judge Chadwick will not
take up his permanent abode in OLYMPIA
until after the lst Of January. when he
assumes his place on the supreme bench.
Mrs. Chadwick, however, goes in ad-
vance, 50 as to place the children in
school and be with them. Mrs. Michael
sen goes to Pullman to live, where her
daughter can have the educational ad-
vantages OF the State College. Miss
hoeppner, as previously announced in
these columns, has accepted position
as teacher in the Washington State Col
lege at Pullman, which she goes to FIJI.
She will teach German and other studies.
Miss HOeppner was until recently prin-
clpal Of the Colfax High school. Colfax
Is sorry to lose these people, but they
are still within the realm Of the state.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Roads and Bridges Received a Fair
Share of Attention.


An order for examination was made in
the change in the William Mackie road.
For other roads orders for hearing were
made as follows:
Lynd and kamm road, October 10.
Cache Greek and Maiden road, October
10.
Jones and Peterson road, October 30
Dudacek road, October 20.
Adam Weitz road, November 5.
Turner road, November II.
Petition for kammersell road was re
jected.
The petition for the Etherington road
was rejected.
The petition to vacate part OF the
Doty road was rejected
An order was made directing Charles
g. Shelley to raise the bridge across the
Palouse river near the POtlatch saw mill
at PalOuse.
A petition asking the board to reduce
in width a part Of the f. Il Huntley road
to 30 feet was rejected.
Permission was granted to Virgil Nc
Croskey to set his fence into the road
not to exceed ten feet, along the north
side Of section Q, 17-44, for the purpose
of protecting trees to be planted along
the road, said fence to be replaced when
the trees are out OF danger from stock.
An order was made fixing the license of
bowling alleys situated outside Of incOr
porat ted towns at $25 per year per alley
and requiring a bond in the sum Of 5000
TO guarantee the lawful conducting Of
the same.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
M. G. PuIpits Supplied.

The Nj. L. Conference in session at We,
natchee closed its business Monday. It
made the following appointments for
Whitman county: U. F. Hawk, district
superintendent. Albion, P E. Bartlett;
Colfax, j. F. Barker; Cotton, L. G. Well
ington; Elberton, to be supplied; Endi-
colt, Hazen Oaks; Garfield, H. c. kohr;
La Crosse, E. J. Smell; Oakesdale, c. A.
Hodshire; Palouse, ". B. Young; Pull
man, NJ H. Marvin; st. John, j. l. Hess !;
Thornton, Nj. l.. Anderson; Waverly, w.
Fl. Rogers. Rev. II. B. Elworthy, who
formerly supplied the pulpit here, has
been returned for another year at Hill
ward.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-09-18
How a CoIfax Boy Does 1t.

The small boy had just started to
school for the first time, when a friend
asked him what he was learning. "Oh, |
can spell and write "What can Won
write?' qneried the grown-up. al can
write dog and cat" "WelI. how do you
write dOg2" II make three round O's and
put straight mark up from the first
one and down from the last ONE Try it.