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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-10-08
COUNCIL BUSY MONDAY NIGHT
AutomobiIists Given Final Notice to
Quit Fast Driving.

AutomobiIists Given Final Notice to
Quit Fast Driving.
City council met Monday night, Mayor
Lippitt in the chair. Present: Council
men Dreifus, Barrol, Easum, Plummer,
Tiff and Stravens.
Martin j. Maloney was granted liquor
license.
Local option petition was presented.
1t having more than the number sigma
lures required by law the election was
ordered held November 80.
Bills allowed as follows: Current ex-
pense fund, $1254 As water fund,
$5S2 90.
Ordinance $50, in regard to fire limits,
and ordinances $50 and 361, regarding
tax, were passed. These ordinances
appear in full elsewhere in this paper.
Ordinance in regard to cement side
walks was read first and second times
and referred.
City treasurer's report for the third
quarter was received and filed.
City health officer reported that there
had been IL cases OF diphtheria since
September 1, there being now four cases
in quarantine. None of the cases were
serious, as many adults as children
having the disease.
Water committee recommended the
installation of water meters, and the
city attorney was directed to draw an
ordinance covering the matter.
The city attorney was instructed to
notify automobilsts that they would
receive no further notice in regard to
fast driving, but hereafter would be
prosecuted when found exceeding the
speed limit.
C. W. Hickman, city policeman, was
granted leave of absence from the 18th
to the 25th.
Visit The Novelty store, Garfield, and
compare, COMPARE, COMPARE, and
you'll come again.
II will pay you 20 read Gazette Ads.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-10-08
HOW THE PRESIDENT
TRAVELLED IN 1877
President James Monroe First
to Introduce Custom.
Travelled Horseback and by Stage
Coach Three and a Half Months
to Cover 5000 Miles, National
Defenses the Theme Then.

The present trip of President Taft
across the continent brings to mind that
President James Monroe was the first to
introduce The custom of touring the
country soon after his Inauguration in
1917. 1t was during his administration
that the ''era OF good feeling" prevailed,
an expression that has become classic
in our political literature Monroe was
re elected president with only one dis
senting vote in the electoral college, an
eIectOr from Missouri voting for John
Quincy Adams, not that he had any
thing against Monroe, but he was
opposed to electing president by unan-
imOus vote. Such are some OF the whims
'e1n in every day life.
Think Of the difference Of q Journey by
a president in 1917 and that Of 1909.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer summar-
ICES as follows:
President Monroe's journey was not
long, as measured by present day stand
ards, but considering the methods of
travel and the difficulties under which
the trip was made it was something of a
jaunt. President Monroe traversed
5000 miles in 31a months, while President
Taft will cover 1900 miles in eight
weeks
When President Monroe was elected
the war Of 1912 had closed only two
years before, and the national defenses
and the country's needs were the big
questions.
President Monroe made public ad-
dresses, attended receptions and ban
quets just as President Taft is doing. He
reviewed troops, was escorted by militia
and listened to addresses OF welcome.
His pilgrimage in 1917 did much to add
to his popularity.
While President Taft is travelling in
magniicently appointed railway car,
President Monroe went from place to
place by stage coach and on horseback.
He WAS accompanied only by General
Joseph G. Swift, chief engineer of the
army, and by his private secretary.
Leaving Washington June l 1917, the
party made 45 miles by stage, arriving
at Baltimore in time to attend church.
There was some criticism by church peo.
pie because the president had begun his
journey oD the Sabbath, but despite this
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the record of the trip says that bis
approach to the place called forth every
demonstration Of respect and attach
ment from the citizens"
The next day President Monroe visited
the battlefield where the British general,
Ross. was killed in the war OF 1912 and
inspected the defenses At noon he
visited Fort McHenry and reviewed a
military parade. On the morning of
June t be was escorted to steamboat
and started for Philadelphia. According
to the record, he lodged" that night at
New Castle and was received with great
civility' by the people
AT Philadelphia the president declined
several wel-meant invitations for his
entertainment and kept at the work Of
inspecting defenses. He visited the navy
yard and made a careful examination of
the ship Franklin "A.
The next stage of the journey was the
visit to Trenton, N. j. He Travelled on
horseback. He went on to New York,
where he remained 10 days, and con
tinued the journey by horse and boat to
New Haven, Springfield, Mass, Buffalo
and Detroit. Ii was at Detroit, which
was then the frontier, that President
Monroe turned his face eastward. He
passed along the outposts of civilization
in Ohio, visiting CirceviIln, Columbus,
ChilIicOthe and Zlnesville. He crossed
into Pennsylvania and visited Jefferson
College at Cannburg.
Avoiding as much as possible the loss
OF time occasioned by public receptions,
President Monroe went to Pittsburg and
then to Fredericktown, Md Upon his
arrival at HagerstOwn the people cele-
brated the occasion by firing guns, a
military parade and public speeches.
1t was Wednesday, September II, that
the president again reached the White
House, 39 months after his start on the
tour. At the limits of the District of
Columbia he was met by the mayor of
Washington and a troop of mounted
men, who escorted him into the capital.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-10-08
Wheat Lands Sold.

G. W. Larue & Co. and Clyde Shoup
have sold to Frank d. Garrett Of Spo-
kane 706 acres of land known as the Jay
r. Lee place, owned by Thomas White
and G. W. Larue, for $45 per acre, or
$31, 1,77O; 40 acres owned by F. W. Ertel
at $50 per acre, or $4,000; 722 acres
owned by C. j. Engle for $28, 800, a
total of 1468 acres for $62, $50. The
land is all adjoining, lays well, and the
deal is one OF the largest in wheat lands
ever made in Whitman county. Mr..
Garrett already owned several thousand
acres Of land in the PalOuse, is well ac-
quainted with conditions here, and shows
his faith by adding to his large holdings.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-10-08
TAFT FAvORS CONSER-
vAT|ON OF RESOURCES
Is Evidenced i'm Addresses in
Pacific Coast States.
A.-Y.-P. E. Now Being Studied as a
Model by the Projectors of Other
Similar Enterprises -CompIetion
Of Panama Canal Next on Tap.

Seattle, Oct. 6-That President Taft
is in sympathy with the crying demands
of the North west was evidenced in each
one of the addresses that he made in
Idaho, Montana, Washington and Ore
gon. At Spokane he pledged himself to
recommend to congress the issuance of
bonds to the amount of 100000 for
the completion of irrigation projects. On
the subject of cons servatiOn President
Taft declared himself most emphatically
AS favOring the saving of the natural
resources legitimately, without retarding
local development. The protection of
water supply were also recognized as
urgent needs
The Northern Pacific railway has
agreed to lower grain rates, beginning
November l. The change comes as the
result OF conference with the Washing
ton Railroad Commission At first the
railway wanted the cut to apply from
interior points of the state to Seattle
and Tacoma only but it was finally
settled that corresponding reduction
should be made to all points west of the
mountains. The cut on various classifi-
cations amounts to from l to 2h cents a
hundred pounds. Enough time was
allowed so that the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Co. can meet the reduction.
The Northwestern baseball league has
closed it's most successful season, with
Seattle as the pennant winner and Spo-
kane a close second.
So much attention has the A.-Y.-P,
Exposition attracted that it is now being
studied as a model by the projectors of
other similar enterprises. Representa-
tives of San Diego, Cal, where big ex-
position is to be held in 1915 to celebrate
the completion Of the Panama canal,
have opened headquarters in Seattle to
get line on how a successful lair is
organized and operated.
Did you ever see a newspaper made?
Then you'll have the opportunity if you
should visit the exposition after October
l, for students in the journalism depart
ment OF the Washington University will
be publishing a daily in the educational
building. This exhibit is made possible
by the appropriation Of the legislature
last year. The department OF journal
ism now has fully equipped printing
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-10-08

'utlonary war, however, 80 it's age is
over l35 years, 1t belongs to Mrs ".
Ii Merose.
a wedding shawl as worn in We olden
t'me aud second day shawl, known to
be l35 years DID, are in good state Of
preservation and are viewed with inter
est. The two shawIs belong to Mrs.
John Beck
That which attracts interest il an
ancient lamp OF peculiar shape, with
home made wick, in which lard was used
Tor oil. Another relic is a pair of candle
molds, which tell of the days when the
ancient danes made their own candles.
spun and wOve the fabrics they wore and
lived the simple life. A lax hacker. used
for separating the tibers in flax while bt ING
prepared for the spinning wheel-a home
made affair of rough cOnstruction-is
handled with intense curiosity. These
last named articles belong to Mrs. ". H
Melrose. They were brought by her from
the ancestral home in Iowa, which she
visited last year. They, with scores OF
ancient relics, were stored in the attic Of
the log house built by her father in 1914
and still in use They are known to be
over 100 years old, and placed alongside
so many things OF modern make, form
an ohi'ct lesson to study with profit.
The flower department is in charge of
Mrs. John Ii. Ellis and Mrs. J G. Wicks
Great punches of flowers are to be seen.
showing the wealth OF Towering plants
az we'll as the variety growing in the Pa
louise. These are arranged as only deft
fingers and an artistic mind can conceive,
The exhibit OF the b. O. b. Club Of Col
Tax calls for mention. The club is com
posed exclusively Of young misses, who
have display Of needle work of all de
signs and patterns that is artistic and
beautiful, besides other features showing
labor and thought, which tell that their
meetings are not devoted wholly to che
rounds of pleasure.
Mrs. Henry Troub has charge of the
domestic department. Here are jars OF
fruit, glasses Of Jelly, and sweets galore
OF every kind and description. 1t is
pleasing to note that the danes Of the
Palouse have not forgotten how to make
bread, which some crusty old bachelors
frequently declare is lost art. In the
pavilion is to be seen genuine home made
bread, lots of it, too, not from any do
mestic science school, but from the bake
ovens of our homes.
But what is the use. To tell all TO be
seen in the pavilion would fill volume
The wealth of fruit, vegetable, grains
and all the products of the farm are
here, and must be seen to be appreciated.
Frize Winners in Poultry.
The poultry exhibit at the fair is the
finest and largest in the history of Whit
man county. Not only the coOps along
the east side OF the pavilion, which usu-
ally hold the exhibit of poultry, but
line of cOOps OF temporary nature are
pidIeu opposl z, hotuihS eCoIes VI DiIus,
many OF them prize winners The exhibit
this year is under the auspices Of the
Whitman County Poultry & Pet Stock
Association, which probably accounts
for the unusually large exhibit In this
connection it may be stated that the
association will hold the poultry show in
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Young Peoples Union.

The next meeting of the Young Peo-
ple's Union will be held at the COngrega-
tiOnal church on the evening of October
II, with MIR. Juhnke OF the League as
leader. A splendid program is being
arranged.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-10-08

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MEET.
Vermont Association Held Annual
Gathering at Burlington.

Burlington, Nov. 1S.-The Vermont
Alumni Association of Dartmouth Col
lege held its annual meeting and
banquet at the Van Ness House this
evening, there being about forty-five
members present. Fred A. Howland,
of Montpelier, acted as POSTMASTER.
Among those present were DR..
Nichols, president of Dartmouth
College, and several members of the
Dartmouth Glee Club. The follow
ing officers were elected
President, D. G. S. Caverly, of
Rutland; vice president, o. D. Ma
thewson, of Barre; secretary, c. M.
Smith, of Rutland; treasurer, F. L..
Laird, of Montpelier.
Informal remarks were made by
President M. Fl, Buchanan, of the
University of Vermont, j. w. Cor
don, of Barre, and Ex-Governor Pin
gree. A stereopticon lecture on
Dartmouth College was given by E.
NJ. Hopkins, secretary of that college.
There are about 235 members of
the~ Dartmouth Alumni Association
living in Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
NEWSPAPER WOMAN ASSAULTED
Widow of British Army Captain Tells
Story to Police.

New York, Nov. 24.---Mrs. Mary
Ada Penfield Hadow, widow of Capt.
P. F, Hodaw, of the British Army,
who was killed in the Boer War, told
the police today that she had been
lured to garage by taxicab chauf-
feur, had been assaulted by four men
Or possibly even more until she was
unconscious, and then when she re-
covered consciousness had been
kicked out into the street. Mrs.
Hadow is a newspaper writer who
has done considerable work in this
city and in London.
When the police heard Mrs. Ho-
dow's story a detective went to the
garage and brought to the station
three men. One of these, Thomas
Ahearn, the woman picked out posi-
lively as the man who lured her to
the garage and one of those who had
assaulted her. The detectives are
now looking for three other men
whose descriptions were furnished
by Mrs. Hadow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
STATE AUDITOR LOSES.
Supreme Court Decides in Favor Of
Justice of the Peace.

Burlington, Nov. pa decision of
the Supreme Court was received to-
day in the case of j. Stearns as JUS
tice of the Peace, against State Au-
ditor Horace F. Graham The case
was a petition for a writ of manda-
mus brought to determine the mean
ing and scope of the Public Statutes,
Section 453, which reads that no fee
shall be paid to a, Justice who has
not filed with the county clerk on or
before the first day of term of
county court all returns required by
law and all his bills of cost for al
lowance at such term.
The point at stake was Does the
section mentioned work the forfeit
ure of any thing more than Justices
fees for making his report of prose-
cutions. The Attorney Generals
claim was that the penalty for failure
to comply with the provisions of the
section, should work in cases of both
the semi-annual report and the bills
of costs, which was the way the au-
ditor decided in auditing twelve bills
of costs of Mr.. Stearns. The Supreme
Court thought otherwise.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
ODD WILL CONTESTED.
Last Instrument of Late John Van
Ornam Said to Have Been Made
Under Undue influence.

Springfield, Nov. 24.-The will OF
the late John Van Ornam is being
offered for probate today before
Judge Walker, of Ludlow Objection
to the allowances are made by rela-
tives on the ground of alleged un-
due influence and insanity. George
A. Wheeler, of Bellows Falls, E. E.
Leighton, of Claremont, and e. B.
Finn, of Springfield, appear fol-
certain of the contestants while the
executor, w. H. H. Putnam, is repre-
seDted by William Batchelder, OF
W1ite River Junction.
The will offered for probate is
dat ! August II, 1909 witnessed by
Ansel O. Coburn, William Walker
ana Maude E. Burke. Messrs. Co.
burn and Walker testified to the form
al execution of the will but in the alb
sence of Miss Burke's testimony the
hearing was continued to later date
ne lllSlrulHeut plOFiuco loi MS
brothers as follows: Jerome B. Van
Ornam, one dollar; Eugene B. Van
Ornam, four hundred dollars; ELS
worth E. Van Ornam, three hundred
dollars; sister, Mrs. Kate Batch
elder, two hundred dollars; a nephew,
William Hersey, two hundred dollars;
sster-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Whit
comb, is given one hundred dollars,
and the Universalist church is grant
ed one thousand dollars. One thous-
and dollars is given to the town OF
Springfield, one half of which is to
be used for decorating the soldiers
graves and the income from the other
half for the care of his burial lot.
The income from the balance if there
is any left after paying all expenses
to be used in the care of the graves
of soldiers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
RED CROSS SOCIETY MEETS.
On Account of Railroad Wreck, Prin-
cipal Speaker Was Unable to Be
Present and Session Adjourned I'm
til December LIST.

Brattleboro, Nov. 24.-The annual
meeting of the Vermont Branch of
the American Red Cross Association
was held here this afternoon. The
Branch reorganized into a State chap
ter in accordance with the recommen-
dations of the national committee,
the officers being elected as follows:
Chairman, Dr., H. D. Holton, of Brat
tleboro; vice chairman, Col. F. A.
Billings, of Woodstock secretary,
Col. c. S. Forbes, of St. Albans
treasurer, H. S. Howard, of Burling-
ton.
The chapter nominated the follow
ing men to serve as a State Board for
emergency work; President, Gov.
George H. Prouty; vice president,
DR.. H. d. Holton; treasurer, H. S.
Howard; secretary, Charles S.
Forbes. E. c. Smith, of st. Albans,
c. H. Darling, of Burlington, ex-
Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor, of Proctor,
c. S. Emery, of Newport, H. M. Tur-
ner, of st. Johnsbury, and A. M.
Fletcher, of Proctorsville, were elect
ed members of the New England
Agency.
Or. Holton and Col. Billings were
elected delegates to the national con-
vention at Washington on Dec. Z,
while Senators w. P. Dillingham; and
Carroll S. Page were selected as al
ternates. On account of a freight
Satterwhite, who was to deliver an
address this evening, was unable to
be present and the meeting was post
poned to Dec. l.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY.
Autopsy Performed on Body Of Man
Found Dead.

Rutland, Nov. 24.--The body of Will
liam Mcpherson, sixty-seven years
old, was found in an alley on West
street about o'clock this morning.
1t was at first suspected that he had
met with foul play but an autopsy
performed by DR.. G. F. Dalton, of
Burlington, this afternoon, disclosed
the fact the man undoubtedly died of
alcoholism. He had been drinking
heavily Tuesday.
His home was near Glasgow, Scot
land, and he had a large family
there. He had a daughter living in
Dalton, Mass, and came to America
about two months ago, for the pur-
pose of taking her back with him.
She became sick with pneumonia
about the time he arrived and died,
her sickness reducing the man to
poverty. He arrived in Rutland on
Monday looking for work at his trade
as plumber.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
WINDSOR.

Gov. George H. Prouty, with the
prison directors, made a visit to the
State prison Friday.
Three valuable horses belonging to
John Anderson, got out of pasture
near the Connecticut river railroad
bridge, and were injured so that they
had to be killed.
There was a wreck in the railroad
yard Friday, heavily loaded freight
train running into the rear of another
standing on the main line. The en-
CINE of the moving train was damaged
slightly; also the caboose and several
cars of the standing train.
During a quarrel between ]. Shack
ford and an Italian in the Windsor
machine shop, the latter struck
Shackford over the head with a shov-
ell, cutting a cash above five inches
long, but not inflicting a serious
wound. The Italian fled to the hills
and has not been seen since.
Frank w. Flint, an old time Gen.
trail Vermont passenger conductor,
died at his home on State street Sat
urday afternoon, aged 6S years. He
was born in Williamstown, Vt, and
worked for the railroad company for
forty years, most of the time as con-
ductor and will be remembered by the
old time patrons of the road. Mr..
Flint was Civil War veteran, serv-
ing in the 4th VT. Vol. Inf, under Col.
E. H. Stoughton. He has been Com
mander of VIM. c. Tracy Post, G. A,
r. of Windsor, and was prominent in
fraternal circles. His second wife
survives him, brother from Nebras-
ka, now here, and two sisters in Will
| Jamestown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
SOUTH WOODBURY..

Word has been received of the death
of one of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ash, of Concord. Mrs. Ash
was Miss Helen Haskell. of this town.
Mrs. Frank Batchelder has been
spending a few days in Barre,
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Strong went to
Boston last Saturday to spend the
winter with their daughter, Mrs. Har-
vey Goodell.
George Guyette cut his foot badly
one day last week, while chopping in
the lumber woods on Arthur Benja-
Minis place
E. e. Ball is failing in health.
Gladys Goodell is at home from
Burlington for a weeks stay with her
parents.
Bernard Wallace Cate, of Green's
boro, and Miss Valma Belle Wilbur,
Of this place, were married at East
Hardwick recently by Rev. George III.
Chambers.
DR.. Hall has returned from Ash
burnham, Mass, where he went to at,
tend the funeral of his mother.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-25
MAY ASK NEW TRIAL.
Attorney for Charles w. Morse,
Convicted Banker, May Apply to
Circuit Court for New Hearing.

New York, Nov. 23.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals
granted today motion made by Mar
tin Littleton. counsel for Charles w.
Morse, on Monday for leave to apply
to the Circuit Court, in which Morse
was originally convicted, to hear a
motion for a new trial.
Littleton said he would speedily
make the application to the court be-
low, If the United States Supreme
Court took up next Monday his ap-
plication for a writ-of-certiorari, as
it might do ON reconvening the mo-
ton for new trial, 1t would not be
made before then, but If there is a
delay on the part of the highest tri-
bunal, the motion might be made in
advance of the Supreme Courts ac-
tion.