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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13
Piano Tuning.

Mr.. Gerd Eilers of Ellers Piano
House, Portland, who is an expert
tuner and tone regulator Of both
pianos and pipe organs, is in town
for a few days looking after the in
terests of his house. Any one desir-
ing expert piano tuning should tele-
phone the order at once to our store.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE,
S13 Main Street
Phone Main 515.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13
Observation-Disclosures Sleeping Ser.
vipa

Standard sleepers will be carried
on east bound o. r. n. train No. 6
and west bound train No. between
Portland and Pocatello also on the
Yellowstone SpeciaP' No. Is and 16
between Pocatello and Yellowstone
Park
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13

The East Oregonian is Eastern Ore
gon's representative paper. It leads
and the people appreciate It and show
II by their liberal patronage. 1t u
the advertising medium Of the section
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13
SAYS TIMBER IS
|NEXHAUST|BLE
LUMBERMEN SCOUT AT IDEAS
OF THE FORESTRY SERVICE

Lumber King of the Nation Says
There is no Warrant for the Asser-
tons of Pinchot-Says the Timber
Supply of tie Nation VIII Hold out
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the Lumber
Outlook ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS an
Interest in the Forestry Problem.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13

We can supply you in any quan
tity cheap.
OREGON LUMBER YARD.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-30

OF ELK or a tlcky COW ~oul3 average
a quart day Take tho Louisville
Ky. market. for example. aud you
not orly get cent a pound lcna tor
ucky cattle IS iona on an o0-pound
animal but there il considerable
loss even on ucky hides Again. com.
pare an Idaho or Wyoming calf With
southern calf-a Teuncaaeo calf.
ter example The Wcatrru calf ~ill
bring sl2 or ia. = hcrcan one OF the
hrrubby calves In tick -lntcatcd terri.
tor,. at the nAne age and With the
aene attention ~ill bring only s.
Md vet the south has the advantage
Of tao or three months longer graz
lnE period Another intercnting thlnE
( md Is that land values increase
very rapidly whenever any commani.
y 81 cleared OF ticks.
This is the biggest work be
fore the southern agricultural inter
cstn right noe. and every body In the
South ought to get behind II.
Altogether. let me say again. ]
am positively enthusiastic about the
great opportunities for farming and
rfock raising In the South. and l
shall watch with great interest the
btg development that in bound TO
come Your tremendous advantage
in climate Is an opportunity which
II once improved Is bound 10 make
the South one OF the wealthiest sec
lions Of America
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-30
] LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY
S5O,OOO,OOO Year Lost By Cattle
Ticks.

81 Animal Industry Yearly p,u,..
th" south This Amoun-.iggcst
Agricultural Progrcstreat stock RAISING
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-10-30

\ INTERESTING visitor TO
The southern Farmer Gazette
or.cc tie other day VAS James
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION
Tone up the Liver. Regulate the Bowels and
be Healthy and Happy.

There are thousands and thousands
of red blooded healthy. happy people
in America to-day that will praise the
merits of Booths Laxative Pills
These people knew what it was TO
suffer from constipation with its con-
sequences. and they know that the one
remedy that removed the cause and
and made them happy. was Booth 5
Laxative Pills.
Results are sure and delightful, and
You'll never go back to the old slam
bang cathartics after once using
Booths Laxative Pills.
Booths Laxative Pills were used
by me. and | found that / gained
strength from them. AS a tonic for
the liver. stomach and bowels | would
not ask for a better remedy Henry
Van Alta. Albion Mich.
Charles Rhodes sells Booths Laxa-
tive Pills for % cents a large box Be
sure and try them to regulate the
liver and cure constipation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
PINE RIVER TOWNSHIP
Will Held Special Election Monday.
August 9Th, at Town Hall.
VOTE ON ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
Chippewa River Power Go. Wants Right-Of.
WAY Through Township.
PAGE FOUR

In respose to a petition signed = by
sixteen of the prominent residents of
Piue River township. the TOWNSHIP D
board met at the town hall Wednesday
morning at eight o clock and consider
ed the request of the petitioners pray-
ing that special election be called to
permit the voters of the township to
give expression to their views relative
tc granting franchise for the use of
the township highways to the Chip
pewa River Power Co. G. G.
Field of Shepherd, was present at the
meeting and explained the plans of the
company. after which. by unanimous
vote of all members of the board an
election was ordered held Monday
August 9th. and registration SATURDAY..
August 7th
The full action of the board together
with a copy of the franchise requested
is published elsewhere in this issue OF
The Record and should be read by
every Pine River taxpayer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Lester Thomas and family left We'd
nesday for Rochester, n. Y, where they
may locate in the near future.
The w. G. L. u. will meet with
Mrs. E. G. Crandell. 30 Superior
street, Saturday afternoon at $3.50.
Miriam and Martha Tinker are
spending their summer vacation at the
home of their uncle near Fresland
Mrs. E. A. Moore of Coldwater, &C
companied by her daughter, Edna, and
son, Franklin, are guests of c. j. Brown
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Miller will leave
Sunday for Toledo, and from there they
will go to Dayton, to visit Mrs. Miller $
parents. They expect to be gone a
couple of weeks.
The Misses Velma and Mary Sharp re-
turned to their home in Alma last Thurs
day evening. They expect to resume
their studies in Vienna after spending
their vacation with their parents here.
Adelbert Thum and family of Union
CITY. are the guests of their numerous
friens Ia this city. Mr.. Thum will
return to Union City Monday. while
Mrs. Tbum and children will remain
in Alma for two or three weeks
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
LATE STATE NEWS.

Seventy per cent OF the divorce
suits heard and pending in Washte-
nav county circuit court have come
from Ypsilanti. IL appears that the at
mosphere of Ypsilant is not conducive
to domestic happiness, as almost
every conceivable cause for applica-
tion for freedom, from incompat bility
TO extreme cruelty. is advanced by the
contestants.
A party of Grand Rapids capitalists,
who for several weeks have been 60
ing over the wilds along the Board
man river, near Traverse City. have
announced that they were Investigate
ing the tract with a view of locating
a mammoth hotel and bathhouse. The
numerous springs n that region are
said to possess mineral qualities which
will cure rheumatism.
Louis Sanderhoof. trustee for the
bankrupt Dudley Butter Co. OF Owos-
so. and f. F. Dudley. will make his
sem final report in the case in the
United States court in Bay City. but
il is probable that a suit will be
necessary before the matter can be
settled Dudley carries a large life in
surance and this Sanderhoof is trying
to secure for the creditors
The streets Of Ionia are being
sprinkled With a beer solution, rather
weak, perhaps, but stu beer. Over
400 barrels of the fluid the leftover
stock of the Grand River Valley brew
cry, which was put out of business oy
the dry" election, was dumped into
the creek where the city sprinklers
secure their loads. Some of the old
time "topers" now taxi great pleasure
in standing on the streets and sniff
ing the hop-scented atmosphere.
AS a result of the war raging at
Traverse City between the commits.
son fruit men and the Pere Marquette
road on one side and the steamboat
line and Manistee & Northeastern
railroad on the other, a pile driver
sank two big hemlock ties between
the rails of a Pere Marquette spur
near the dock. and fruit coming in by
boat has to be carried nearly a block
to reach the cars.
Because of the illness of the scuip-
tor, an extension has been granted
for the completion of the monument
to Gen. Custer for Monroe, and the
dedication has been postponed to May
/ 1910
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
Sees Mother Grow Young.

"It would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitters. writes
Mrs. wv. L. Gilpatr lex of Danforth, Me.
although past seventy she seems to be
growing young again. She suffered UNI
told misery from dyspepsia for 20 years.
At last she could neither eat drink nor
sleep. Doctors gave her up and all re-
needles failed till Electric Bitters worked
such wonders for her health. They in
viporate all vital organs, cure Liver and
Kidney troubles, induce sleep. impart
strength vnd appetite. Only SOC at CT.
Browns Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
LOCAL MARKETS.

The following market quotations ARE
corrected every Thursday morning:
GRAIN.
Wheat-No. white, sl30; No. red
$3.50.
Oats--45c.
Shelled corn-10c.
Beans-Hand picked, per bu. - 90.
Rye-70c
No. Timothy-slo.oO.
Mixed $1,000.
Clover-No. /, 500 per ton.
Straw-S5.00
CLOVER SEED.
June-S5.0 90 @$5.75 per bushel.
Alsyke-S7.0O per bushel
Mammoth-S5.oO a S5.75 per bushel
Timothy-l.75 per bushel.
LIVE STOCK.
Corrected by p. 7. Banghart
Hogs-S7 50 per cwt
Beef Cattle-S31s@A 90 per cwt.
Sheep-s2.5 "a 800 per cwt.
Lambs-s5 a. 900 per cwt
Veal Calves SO a. s6la per cwt.
DRESSED MEATS.
Beef-7c a. nc per pound.
Hogs--l0 a. 1850 per cwt.
Mutton-Sc per pound.
Veal Calves &c per pound
POULTRY, HIDES, ETC.
Young Chickens, large-l2c.
Hens, large fat-ec per pound.
Ducks, young-9c per pound.
Geese, alive-SHc per pound.
Fat Turkeys, alive-l2c a. lac per Id.
Beef Hides-7c per pound.
Horse Hides-S2 a. ? 80.
Deacon Skins-25c.
Calf Skins-9c per pound.
Tallow-4c per pound.
VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC.
Corrected by Miller Bros.
Potatoes-5Octs per bushel.
PRODUCE
Butter-22 per pound.
Eggs-22c a zoe per dozen.
Lard-13c per pound
Honey-14c per pound.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

You are hereby notified that an ordi-
nance prohibiting riding bicycles on the
sidewalks Of this city is on the statute
boobs and the same will be enforced
Take warning and keep off the walks
with your bicycles.-By Order of the
Mayor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

Johnny" said the teacher. "can you
give us a definition of the word specu.
lation? Let us suppose, for example,
that your father has $500 and that he
decides TO buy several thousand BUSH
els of what he never expects to really
see or possess. What does be, do?"
He loses bis $500"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
The Sultan Was Rich.

Jewelry to the amount Of several
millions OF dollars, according to re-
ports, was discovered at Yildiz Kiosk.
the home Of the late sultan of Tur.
key, in addition to the ten millions OF
dollars either In cash or negotiable
securities found there. This statement
is contained in long communication
TO the state department from the am
Dassador IN Constantinopls. who says
conditions in Turkev continue to
improve"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

An arrangement of ships lights In
a definite triangle on a known plan is
urged as a safeguard against collision.
The lights would then show an OBJ
server on another ship the vessels
course. her distance from the OBJ
server, @nd her approximate speed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
Make Use OF the PASSING Momen.

The mill cannot grind with the wa
ter that is past. AS little can it grind
with what is to come. II can grind
only with what is passing through it,
We can make no use of time past AS
little use can we make OF time to
come. We can make use only of the
passing moment-Eam's Horn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

$50 you have bought a horse?"
Yes. The doctor said riding would
give me an appetite" Does it?"
Certainly. But what's the use? BY
the time I get through feeding the
horse I can't afford to eat"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION.
Thursday. August 9Th,

The Ann Arbor railroad will run its
annural excursion to Niagara Falls.
Toronto, Montreal Alexander Bay and
Quebec. Thursday August 5th Special
trian will leave Alma at 1925 a. M.
Fare for round trim to Niagara Falls
IS. 25. To Toronto the fare will he
S1.75, to Alexander Bav S7.35. to
Montraeal S1175 TO Quebec Sl6 10
higher than to Niagara Falls. X
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

1t is proposed that the punishment
for those who cultivate Poppy without
license will be between light and
heavy bamboo and Punishment in ac-
cordance with the area OF the ground
of cultivation.-Shanghai Mercury.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
Furniture For Sale.

A handsome oak dining room set, but
little used, also other pieces of furniture,
will be sod very cheap. Inquire of
II, ward Willard or Mrs. Bart Miller
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

Before the spring blowing in the
Hebrides, pillow and harness are three
times sprinkled with salt and water.
then little of the solution is poured
into the mystified ears of the horses
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
Gbureto notes.
ST. JOHNS cH~RcH.

St Johns Guild will i.-et on Thurs
day evening in the parisb>iall at $50.
The Altar Guild will meet on July
21st at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday. July 25th, mathis and litany
at 10 a. III. Sunday school at 1915 a.
m. Strangers welcome.
CHAs. RYAN, Rector.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
THE MARKETS.

Detroit.-Cattle-T was active
from start to finish at last. weeks
which was dull and 10 TO 20 cents
lower. Extra dry-fed steers and heif-
ers. $3.50 80; steers and heifers, 1000
500 to 1000, s4.50a5; grass steers and
heifers that are fat, 500 10 1000, $3.50
40 grass steers and heifers that are
cows. $4q4.25 good fat cows. $500
3:75; common cows. s30S.25; Gamers,
81 a $50; choice heavy bulls, S3.75@4;
S.75; stock bulls, S8q3.25; choice feed
feeding steers 500 to 1000, $4@425;
fair stockers. 500 TO 700. So So stock
heifers, 1925; mixers large, young,
medium age. $40q so; common mixers,
The veal calf trade was active and
- cents snts, higher. and the quality was
Sheep-The, run of sheep and lambs
was light and the quality badly mixed.
The general market was full steady
Best lambs. ssqs.25 fair to good
lambs. s7Q 7.75; light to common lambs.
sS46.75 yearlings, 50 $50; fair 10
G sUGn s s2.SoRSs. '''O~ f0O 'uii' and COM
Hogs-The quality coming to market
at present is very common; Range OF
pigs, ss75@75O; light yorkers. SO
$50; stays, Ia off.
and io@i5c higher on ali desirable
kinds; best export steers. ss.5O@7; best
100 TO l.SOo-lb shipping, steers. s6.25 a
s Oe SG light is bateRer 'h seseTs
gc O cows 'a' SOT ss tri@m fals
S faS TO s sood ST. esfsgs eS sS6SS
helfsrs $780,. best feeding steers.
s4.25 $50; best stocksrs. $3.50 @s.75;
SAYS 945O; bologna bulls. ss.50dS.75:
medium cows $500 %; Common COWS cows.
aOss. 4 70 ears % Layer:
best workers.. ss.15Qs.25; light, $3.50
s.S5; pigs, 81 7587s6; roughs. sT.1o@
Sheep and lambs.Reeelpts. 20 cars;
steady best lambs. $50 Qs.75; fair to
ss.5997;,, wethers. s5.2595sO; ewes
csives.stsady; best. ss.75es; fair
to good. sos; heavy. s49s.
Grnin, Etc.
oit.-Wheat-Cash No 2 red
$40; July opened with an advance OF
september opened at si1$& and de-
clined TO slll1s; No. red. s1.S7; No.
cornGcash No. ?, 75ci No. yellow.
oatsEcash No. ? white. 1 car at 55c:
standard ! car at 541ac; September
RyeDcash No. .. SIC.
Beans-Cash 81 As; October S2.14
asked
Cioverseed-Prime spot. sos: March.
100 bags at 1920: August alsike, IS
Feed--In 100-lb sacks jobbing lots:
Bran. S2S; coarse middlings. 500: fine
middlings. S31; cracked corn. $32;
coarse cornmeal. $31 corn and oat
Flour-Best Michigan patent, $40:
ordinary patent S6.95 straight. $6S5:
clear. S6.l5; pure rye, IS per Dbl in
wood. jobbing lots
A chemical analysis by Prof George
A. Ferguson. of Columbia university,
has determined the presence of traces
Of poison in the vital organs of Elsie
Sigel, who was murdered in the room
of Leon Ling and whosqndead body
was packed in Llng's trunk. Further
tests are TO be made to determine the
nature OF the poison.
The total attendance for the first
AZ days OF the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition passed the million mark,
the grand total being 1,015,272. This
surpasses the record of the Lewis and
Clark exposition and also the James
town exposition.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
CATHOLIC CHURCH NOTES.

CATHOLIC CHURCH NOTES.
st. Louis; Low Mass and sermon at s
o'clock Sunday, July 25th.
Alma. High Mass and sermon at 1920
a. III. July 25th.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
PfT-ONA
Cures INDIGESTION

Il relieves stomach misery, sour stom-
ac.a, b lching, and cures all stomach dis
easo or Money back. Large box of tab
let's 30 cents. Druggists in all towns.
Charles Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22

Miss Knickerbocker of Mt Pleasant
was an Alma visitor last evening.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-11
BAND TO FORM YOUNG
MEMS HEBREW ASSN.
Delegates of Eleven Societies
Accept Federation Plan.

The plan proffered by Professor Max
F. Herzberg for the formation of a
federation of Hebrew clubs, alike in
purpose and organization to the Y. M.
G. A., was last night accepted by dele
gates from eleven Hebrew societies at
Synagogue in Prince street. The plan
for the formation of the federation was
left over to a central committee, which
Is to be made up of one member from
each society in the federation. The
delegates present at last nights meet
ing represented 1000 members of the
federated clubs. In regard to the gov
eminent of the federation it was de-
cided that 1t be in the main in the
hands of a board of trustees, half for
life and half elective.
The societies represented are the
Plaut Memorial School, the Newark
Zouaves, the Central Zionist commit
tee, the Dauphian Society, the Aron-
son Cadets, the Sterling Social Society,
the Constitution Athletic Association,
the US Club, the Jewish Endeavor So
ciety, the Ben Hur Social Society and
the Unknowns.
Among the speakers Of the evening
were Rabbi Charles Hoffman, Professor
Hertzberger, William j. McKiernan,
supervisor of city Fairgrounds; Victor
Deutsch and Harry Collins. both of the
Young Mems Hebrew Association of
New York.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-11
LIFE OF A PIMPLE
Compilations Are Cleared and PfmpIes
Disappear Overnight without Trouble.

Compilations Are Cleared and PfmpIes
Disappear Overnight without cub
The dispensers of poslam, a new skin
discovery, ask that notice be given that
no one is urged to purchase it without
first obtaining an experimental pack
age. Everyone who has tried it knows
that the ffty-cent box, on sale at
Petty's, Smiths, and all drug stores.
Is sufficient to cure the worst cases of
eczema, where the surface affected is
not too large. The itching ceases on
first application. It will also cure acne.
letter, blotches. scaly scalp, hives, bar
ber's and every other form of itch, in
GLIDING itching feet. Being fesh-col-
ored and containing no grease, the pres
ence Of Doslam on exposed surfaces,
such as the face and hands. is not per-
ceptible. Water and soap cannot be
used in connection with it, as these fri
tate n prolong skin troubles. some
times eve causing them.
AS to the experimental package of
poslam, it can be had free of charge
by mail of the Emergency Laboratories,
80 West Twenty-ffth street, New York.
1t alone Is sufficient to clear the COM
plexion overnight. and to rid the face
of pimples in t~wenty-four hours.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-11
FORTY YEARS MARRIED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rowe CeIe-
brate at FairYieW.

FAIRVIEW, June 11.-Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Rowe, formerly of Newark, and
later of Jersey City, celebrated the
fortieth anniversary OF their wedding
at their home, near here. yesterday.
Among those present-were Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Rowe, the Misses Eliza
beth and Minnie Rowe, Mrs. James
Rowe, Miss Alice Rowe. George Rowe,
Mrs. George Lewis, Miss Ada Lewis,
Frank Lewis, Mrs. Clarence Lantz. Miss
Ada Lantz. George Lantz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Palmer, the Misses Lucille and
Agnes Palmer, Of Newark; Mrs. Henry
Rowe, the Misses Esther and Alice
Rowe, James Rowe, Mrs. George Rup-
pert, Miss Gertrude Rupert. Miss
Laura Gibbons, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Rowe, Mrs. William Burroughs, Miss
Helen Burroughs, Mrs. James Reynolds,
of Jersey City; Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN.
Rowe. Miss Ella Rowe, Mrs. James
Huntington. Miss Huntington, of Eliza
beth; Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rowe, of
Montclair; Mr.. and Mrs. William Rowe,
of Plainfield.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-11
"FREEHOLOERS HALT
SALARY INCREASES
Republican Caucus Action APP
proved, as Is Award of
$4,000 Bond Issue.
INSPECT OVERLOOK TODAY
Verona and Montclair People
Object to Change in Fifth
Avenues Name.
INSPECT OVERLOOK TODAY

The whole board will inspect the big
Hospital for the Insane at Overlook
today, and Director Wallace Oughel-
tree reminded his colleagues of that
fact.
After sustaining Supervisor Frederick
Baldwin's veto of the proposed raises
in salaries in minor offices. according to
the caucus program of the Republican
majority, the Board of Freeholders at
its June meeting, late yesterday after
noon, unanimously approved the, action
of the finance committee on the $780,
900 hospital extension bond issue, which
went to N. w. Halsey, of New York,
last week at $102.6 SS. Then the board
approved various road improvements
under the supervision Of the commit
tee on roads and assessments, and
agreed to confer with the city authori-
ties on the paving of Bloomfield ave-
nue. with granite block.
Hurd & Sutton, architects. were then
instructed to draw plans and specifca-
tions for he proposed laundry at the
Isolation Hospital, and an application
Tor the Mountain Railway Company
for permission to run an electric rail-
way in Mortified avenue, West Or
ange. was read. 1t was agreed to have
h interested parties at next months
meeting. July s. The company has al
ready received the sanction of the West
Orange authorities for the work.
In a petition from property-owners
of Verona and Montclair there was an
objection raised to calling that part of
Fifth avenue in Montclair Normal We
nue., and the protest will be looked
after by the committee on roads and
assessments. A communication from
George B. Wight, head of the State
Commission of Charities and Correc-
lions, stating that in Essex County, as
In other counties, there may be patients
classed as fndigents whose relatives
are able to pay, went to the committee
on county hospitals for investigation.
Before the board met the finance
committee had a session, at which it
was decided to reconsider it's action In
naming Stephen H. Conant, of East
Orange, expert accountant to go over
the county's books for the last five
years. He had been recommended by
the sub-committee~of the finance COM
mittee, but Supervisor Baldwin said
that the matter had not been suffi-
GENTLY considered and that the stenog-
rapher's report of the subcommittee
meeting should be gone over before
formal action is taken. To this the
committee agreed. The amount ap-
propriated for the job is $4,000.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-11
TO ENTER
RACE FOR SENATE
Announcement Made by Editor
of Commemorative Burkett's
Seat--Victory Predicted.


OMAHA, Neb., June 11.-William
Jennings Bryan will be a candidate for
the United States Senate to succeed
Elmer j. Burkett, whose term expires
in March. 1911. This announcement
was made by Richard L. Met
calf, editor of The Commoner, and is
considered official.
Bryan will make the race under the
direct primary modelled after the Ore
gon law. Nebraska will elect a Legis-
lature in November, 1910, and the pri-
mary will be in September of that
year.
This Is the first authoritative an
nouncement of Bryan's candidacy, and
local politicians predict a walkaway
for him.