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The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

IT, u inquiry be convened to pass upon his conduct.
blameless ~ e euoe anu iounu nini
a.er IN his army life Reno, of tried courage,
w., i.eo lndlscretions which resulted in courtmar
~ anu sentence of dismissal from the army which
~ nau served In peace and in for years.
mere was an incident in connection with Reno's
hI Wth the reds nearly 80 ago concerning which
'ne oly 1acs set down in army history that for
specihc act OF gaantry that field battle Sergt
nlchard r. Hanley was awarded a medal of honor The
nohcommlss1oned officer received his decoration rid
ing mule, dangerous proceeding at almost any time
put proceeding that day of battle precarious
that neither Haney his believed when the
rlde began that it could end in anything but death.
Keno found himself confronted by tremendous
force OF Indians. The fight ensued was one of the
hercest ever fought on the plains charge made by
part OF Renos command, charge literally led the
troopers into the jaws of death, turned de-
feat though score Of officers men gave up their
lives that victory might come.
The men in Reno's command knew that they were
match for five times their number savages but they
were short of ammunition and every that the Sioux
were driven away they returned again to the assault
and assault cost the troopers powder
lead.
Finally all the ammunition in outfit with the ex
ception of that which the carried in belts
the back of huge bad-tempered Missouri mule
chosen for the job of cartridge carrier because
prodgious proportions and his unfagging energy
Daring Deed of Trooper.
The mule with the pack train to the right and
of the squadron, which lying along the edge
of wood with its face toward the enemy. Sioux
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
FOOD QUESTION
Settled with Perfect Satisfaction by
Dyspeptic.

It's not an easy matter to satisfy all
the members Of the family at meal
time as every housewife knows.
And when the husband has dyspep-
sia and can't eat the simplest ordinary
food without causing trouble, the food
question becomes doubly annoying.
An Illinois woman writes:
my husbands health was poor, he
had no appetite for anything 1 could
get for him, it seemed.
'He was hardly able to work, was
taking medicine continually, and as
soon as he would feel better would go
to work again only to give up in
few weeks. He suffered severely with
stomach trouble.
Tired of everything I had been able
to get for him to eat, one day seeing
got some and tried it for breakfast the
next morning.
1--WE all thought it was pretty good
although we had no idea of using it
regularly. But when my husband came
home at night he asked for Grape
Nuts.
'It was the same next day and I
had to get it right along, because when
we would get to the table the question.
Have you any Grape-Nuts' was a reg
ular thing. So 1 began to buy it by
the dozen pkgs.
my husbands health began to i'm
prove right along. I sometimes felt
offended when I'd make something I
thought he would like for change.
and still hear the same old question,
Have you any Grape-Nuts?'
He got so well that for the last
two years he has hardly lost day
from his work, and we are still using
Grape-Nuts." Read the book, "The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. There's
a reason"
Evss read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. Thev
are genuine. true and full Of humaa
interest.
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

l.. dotach himself from the main DOdy lor
~ oao ~ making a reconnaissance into part OF
tho oo,ntr,, that was all rock and sand WnHe nd
n uth b;s mon across the sandy waste beyond Wnlcn
rose tho rocks crashing volley met his command Inc
dutv sergeant was shot through both hips and ne 1e
from his horse to the grouno. . ,.
Clarke knew that another voey would crash alnosI
instantly and he knew that he was greatly outnun
hered Furthermore a mounted charge was Impossible
Clarke ordered his to fall back TO sneter DuI Dc
staved on the field He jumped from his horse TO the
ground and attempted lift the wounded trooper VINO
was heavy man. to the saddle. His strength was equai
to the task but the so injured ne could not
retain his seat his condition Clarke found that
would be impossible hold him the back OF his mount
He struck his horse the flank with the palm OF
his hand him trotng back to the troopers who
under orders had retreated Then the lieutenant put
himself between the Indians and the wounded sergeant
prepared effort and raised the black man to his
shoulder. The Apaches broke loose with another vol
Clarks blouse pierced twice and the sand was
kicked up spitefuy about his knees but he unhur
He staggered back the yielding sand while the
bullets spat about him.
Back through the deathbeset way Clarke carried the
black sergeant shielding him much it was in his
power with his body while he toed along. Finally
he reached shelter and with his he made detour
attacked the Apaches flank and sent them scattering
The black sergeant is still living but the white lieu
tenant who saved him is dead
He lost his life while swimming in the Snake river
country. He had struck rock in diving The blow in
itself might not have killed him, but he drowned
while the bank stood the troopers for of whose
black comrades Powhatan H. Clarke had once dared
death in the Arizona desert.
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
True Representative of Race.

DR.. Bethmann-Hollweg may claim
this distinction. that he is the first
German chancellor to wear a beard.
Bismarck fastened to shave his off
when he entered upon diplomacy, and
showed his rivals and enemies a
massive jaw and clear-cut chin; and
he shaved to the end, with an inter
val enforced by neuralgia in the early
SOS. AS soldier, too Caprivi shaved,
all but his mustache, and so did
Hohenlohe and Bulow. But Beth
mann-Hollweg is gaunt, rugged, hir-
suite, pan-Germanic.
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
HunbLed the Suffragette

crowd. Questions had been replied to
amid applause. Imbecile young men
making remarks about minding babies
and mending socks had been silenced.
Then, just as there was temporary
lull before the putting of the resolu-
tion, great bucolic Scotch voice from
the back of the crowd rasped slowly
in with the inquiry, obviously the re-
suit of prolonged rumination, 'Wha
made mess of Adam?s
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

ly have killed the deer the morning
after the animals devoured the corn,
bus he did not molest them. A big
dear recently created havoc with the
irrigation scheme Mr.. Lotcon has car
riSd out on his farm. Wallowing in
the spring from which the water is
dTarn, the deer squeezed mud into
the outlet pipe. stopping it up. and
the crops suffered before the cause Of
the trouble was discovered.
Taking all these things into ac-
count. Oregon may claim to have the
kipdest man.
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
OREGON HAS KINDEST MAN

Panjab river in the Blue mountains,
in Oregon, thinks it wrong to kill wild
animals and they bully him unmerci-
fully.
Although for years he has lived in
district where all sorts of wild ami
mails are numerous, he has never
killed one yet. '"They frequently cause
me much trouble" he says, "but it is
wrong to kill them"
A few days ago he awakened In the
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

Tonight 1 saw suffragette ac-
quaintance just back from the seaside
campaign" writes the London CORE
spondent of the Bristol Daily Mercury.
"She had had a successful time ap-
parently, especially in Scotland. But
she Informed me that at one meeting
at Grantown, in the Highlands-an
argument was advanced to which she
was unable to find an answer
Speeches had been made to large
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

morning to see two large cougars
glaring at him through the windows
of his cabin. The mountaineer could
easily have killed both of them. but
he said he had no objection to have
them inspect the interior Of his house.
After watching him for several min
utes the wildcats skunk away into the
timber.
A field of corn, planted and cnlti-
waited by Lotcon with great care, was
destroyed recently by a herd Of deer
Several acres of the corn was eaten
to the ground. Mr.. Lotcon could east.
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
Hermit Refuses to Kill the Wild Ami
mails That PersistentIy De-
stroy His Crops.

If you lived in the woods where
bear, deer and cougars actually in
terfered with your farming operations
and devoured your crops. would you
have any hesitation about killing the
offending varmints? Frank Lotcon, a
German hermit living alone o. the
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
Decentralization,

What makes the parrot so pro-
fane?"
'Well, num-" answered the sailor
man, Il s-pose it's part my fault.
Every time l hear him speak a bad
word it makes me so mad that he gets
a chance to learn a lot of new ones.'
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
CAREER OF "sABE" CLARKE.

In the year 1880 there reported at
the United States Military Academy as
a candidate for admission Louisiana
boy, who was just II years old, but
who looked to be three years younger.
His name was Powhatan II. Clarke. NO
cadet is admitted to the academy who
has not rounded out II years of life.
Clarke was called Babe" by his
classmates because he was the young
est among them. The Oldest member
of the class is dubbed Dad" This
has been the custom of the class from
time immemorial and the saddling OF
the word of infancy upon the cadet I'M
plies nothing of weakness Of body or
of character.
One day at Sunday morning inspec-
ton the tactical officer told Babe"
that he must shave and the boy
blushed like holly berry. There was
fun in camp that day, for with the adj
vent of the razor into his kit Babe"
had passed from childhood.
There was a cadet at the academy
who had some grievance against
Babe" 1t must have been imaginary,
for the Louisiana boy was in demeanor
peace and good nature to all the
world. Clarke was challenged to a
fight: the challenger outweighed him
20 pounds, but the boy refused to let
one of his classmates take the burden
of battle on himself and he fought the
heavier cadet and thrashed him beau
tifully.
Young Clarke proved his pluck on
that day. Later he gave an exhibition
of heroism. He was southerner. with
a southerners prejudice against the
negroes, but upon graduation from the
academy in 1884 he went into black
regiment, the Tenth cavalry. He was
lust 21 years of age, the youngest sec
ond lieutenant in the army OF the Unit
cd States. He was ordered to Arizona
and before he had been at his post
month he was sent into the field
against hostile Apaches. With squad
of men he was directed by his troop
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

nCnO . Sditdfle
Fight.
While Sitting
Bull with his
5000 warriors
was engaged in
the annihilation
of Gen. Custer
and his devot-
ed following of
troopers, in
June, 1876, Maj.
Reno's squad
ron of the Sew
enth cavalry
was battling
with a band of
Sioux not many
miles away in
the country of
the Little Big
Horn.
The Custer
massacre" over
shadowed all
the other Indi-
an fights which
took place in
that red month,
and thus it is
that but little is
known outside
the circles of
the army about
the g all a n t
fight which the
unfortunate Re
no and his men
put up that day
a 6 a i n s t tn e
S W a r m / n &
hordes of saw
ages.
After It was
known that Gus
ter and his
command had
b e e n kille d
there was criti-
cism of Major
Reno for not
p u S b i n 6 for
ward to Gus
ter's assistance.
The major had
been given or
ders to take an
other trail, and
when he felt
the shaft of
criticism he de-
manded that a
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
ORANGE LANDS
free

WE are going to give 400 of our best
w ten-acre tracts of Orange grow
ing lands in the artesian watered belt
of New California, Southwest Texas, to
an equal number of live, energetic,
ruStling men and women; real estate
agents, bank clerks and others who will
represent us in the towns and cities of
the Middle West. These lands are
selling at from $50 to 500 per acre,
and have been set aside as our adver-
tising fund. This proposition is original
and genuine. We want only responsible
people, as we make our name stand for
Reliability. You must write today.
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15

taken one chance in a thousand and
had won out.
The army mule lived but it did not
escape unscathed, as did Hanley. AS
a man in the fight said afterward:
"That mule came back with as much
lead in his hide as he had in his pack"
The Ely miner., 1909-10-15
EED CLOUD
SSSSS SSSS?e

ASHINGTON. - r e d
Cloud was a Sioux
warrior more terrible
than Sitting Bull. 1t
it true that the chief
who met and killed to
the last man the force
of Gen. Custer is ac-
counted in the east
the greatest brave, but
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Navarro Resident Says
Big Fortune Is His

was asked If 1t was just joke or the
truth. His prompt reply was: you
bet 1t is the truth, and 1t was GER
tainly an agreeable surprise to me
when l received that letter from the
manufacturing company offering me
$50, 700 for one of my fathers pat
ents which thought amounted to
nothing. When l get the money l am
going to take trip to Australia. l
have always had a desire to go to
that country and / am very curious
to see what the country looks like"
He still goes about Navarro in his
overalls, which are spattered with
paint. soft shirt and soft hat. He
would better put a paddock on his
heart az he undoubtedly will receive
many letters from fair damsels, old
maids and chorus girls.
Hutchinson is unmarried, about
thirty years old, five feet and five
inches In height, black hair, smooth
shaven face, rather slender.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

Navarro, Aug. 10.-T. P. Hutch
inson, a painter here and a former
resident of Abilene has received news
that property whose value he had
considered small is worth many thou
sand dollars. His father was a ply
sician and had several patents which
he registered in the patent office in
washington, D. G. Mr.. Hutchinson
knew this but thought the patents
worthless until few days ago when
he received a letter from manufac-
turing company that $4,000 would
be given him for one of his fathers
patents. a perpendicular wire stretch
er. The letter started this heir to
thinking and he will go to Wash
ington, D. C. in a short time to in
vestigate. Mr., Hutchinson's father
also left him his estates in Ken
lucky, Missouri and Washington, D.
G. which are worth considerable
amount Of money.
Mr.. Hutchinson In an interview
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
NEW LINCOLN PENNIES HERE.
Abilene National Bank Received the
Coins To-day.

The Abilene National bank today
received the first new Lincoln pen.
niles brought to town. In size and
color the new coins are mot unlike
the other, but there the resemblance
ends. On one side is a portrait Of
Lincoln, surmounted by the motto,
I'm God We Trust" On the one
side of the portrait is the word Lib
erty" and on the other the date 1909.
The reverse side bears the words,
Il pluribus unum, one cent, United
States of America" and at the bot
tom, SO small as to be scarcely, dis
the letters v. D. B.,
which are the initials of Victor D.
Brenner, who designed the coin. Two
bearded heads Of wheat form the
decorative design for this side of the
penny. 1t is reported that no more
Of these coins will be made SO that
those coined will be interesting SOU
yenirs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

Navarro, q busy village Of 15O
Inhabitants, is situated in the south
east part Of Dickinson county. It
has two general merchandise stores,
lumber and coal yard, hardware
store, blacksmith and repair shop,
3 branch creamery stations, an ele-
vator, a barber shop, an ice cream
parlor. a physicians once and livery
stSble, the majority Of which have
opened up within the last two years
and each firm is doing a good busi-
ness a
This thriving village is not a
Gay" town but is In o way some
what Gifted. Cement sidewalks have
substituted the many paths and trails
Of two years ago. The automobile
has taken the place Of the lumber
wagOn bedded with hay and blankets.
The people o. Navarro not only are
supplied with the more modern con-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Wn1 oEHnR srREETs PAvE7
Cedar, BEDadwAy and Spruce WMl
Look Queer II They DOn't.

Since the council has ordered paw
ing on Third, Second and Buckeye
the property owners on Broadway
Spruce and Cedar are wishing they
had not kicked quite so hard. Those
streets will look queer after the new
paving is In.
West Third from Cedar to the
bridge is waking up to paving and
win probably want It a. will North
Buckeye which is usually In bad
condition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

! S-Se-b ~ NAAS NeAO gAAAo ouys &IJ VI
L would be devoted to a county d.
irectory, profusely illustrated. PIc-
lures of every family that ordered
q copy of the book would be con-
tained therein grouped on the porch
Of handsome dwellings.
| It was easy to make sales. Al
man who had been told that he was
in danger Of losing his mail servIee
was only too glad to insratiate him
self with the inspectors by order
Ing . copy ofthe book The bogus
inspector produced q cameras the
family grouped itself and looked
pleasant, and after pressing the but
tn the pair drove en- to the NEXT
place along the route.
They told Chief Seaver that the
idea Of working this kind Of game
was suggested BY the success OF two
young fellows they met IN the west
ern part Of the state. who were
making lots Of money with similar
scheme. Whore they made their
mistake was in coming to the eastern
part OF the state, whtre the country
Is criss-crossed with telephone wires.
This was what led to their un-
doing here. Their victims called up
persons In Chanute that the young
men had referred to, and found that
the stories they had been told were
false.
Webb was here last winter buying
horses and shipping them to En-
pOria. Chief seaver says Webb gave
him as references the name OF q
physician in Burlington, banker in
Wichita and told him he might in
quire Of the county attorney or the
sheriff Of Lyon county In Emporia
as to his character and standing.
II wanted to give the young fel
low a fair show" said the chief,
"and chance to hear from his
friends. called up the Burlington
doctor. He SAID that Webb had dis
posed OF an estate that had been left
in his charge and gotten away with
the proceeds, e'
II asked for the county attorney Il
at Emporia and the sheriff answered
the phone, He said he had two war
rant sagainst Webb. The Wichita
banker also gave him a.bad name.
when | told Webb what the men
had said he was all ready with an
He said that the Bur-
Iington doctor was vexed because OF
4 horse trade they had made, that
the Lyon county attorney was still
sore because Webb had opposed him
in a political campaign, and that
the Wichita banker didn't li6e him
because he had been competitor
of his"
Webb was in business in wichita
Ior a time as proprietor Of . store.
The two are nice looking young men
of good address, and appear capable
Of doing well and amounting TO
something II they would let illeglti-
mate schemes alone. The desire to
have a good time without doing any
work seems to have caused their un-
doing. Pawn tickets found in their
possession show that they pledged
valuable watches and jewelry in
Kansas City just before coming In
ChAnute. Back Of that papers found
on them indicate that they were In
Hope and Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Fake Directory Agents
Are Sentenced to Jail
Special to the Reflector:

| 0POStaA w thC tNCAAOSbVAs
Chanute, Kan, Aug. 9.--Two mer
| who worked the farmers of DiclEin'
son county out Of $1,000 or more
and sang songs for the enjoyment
Of the population OF Hope as re-
Taxation from inspecting" rural
routes have been sent to jail for q
year on a charge Of obtaining money
under false pretences on the same
game as tnat worked in Dickinson,
Jauntiis waving his hand IN fare
well 70 Chief Of Police Seaver, ]. ].
Webb started to the Erie jail with the
air Of a man who was about to close
up deal and make $1,000 profit In
stead Of being d prisoner whom the
constable was taking TO the county
Jail to serve . years imprisonment
L. r. Pinkerton, Wehb's companion
and partner in the rural route direc-
tory swindllng scheme, carried him
self imperturbably. He did not seem
much dashed down by his plight, but
he lacked the happy-go-lucky atti-
tude Of HIS companion.
y The men were taken to Erie by
Constable T. q. Hall. There they
were placed in the county jail on
commitments issued by Justice OF
the Peace Groome directing that
they be kept in prison a year for
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. They were taken down on
the motor car, and had more the
appearance of starting on an outing
than OF going to jail. Va
The camera with which they
took photographs of farmers, FARM
ers' wives, farmers children, dwell
ings, barns, chickens, herds or any
thing else that would help them sell
their celebrated rural route d.
rectory, ls In the hands OF J. N.
Purdy, proprietor of the Oriental
livery stable, who Is holding 1t as
security.
The young men defrauded him out
Of $40 BY q worthless check! They
got the rig that they used for maxi
Ing their trips into the country from
Mr.. Purdy. They had contracted to
use It six weeks. In payment they
gave him check for $40. Mr..
purdy endorsed 1t and 1t was cashed
BY business house. When 1t was
sent to the bank the cashier turned
Il down because the young men had
no deposit.
This would probably have got the
men In trouble even II their directory
victims had not found them out, for
Mr.. Purdy fully intended to go after
hem yesterday morning and, II they
lailed to make good the $40, to prose-
,ute them. When he inquired at the
police station about them, however
he found the youths we're in jail
Their scheme was a very plausible
,ne. They represented themselves to
be rural route inspectors, sent out
BY the government. Driving up to
a farmhouse, they would critlcise
the condition of the road and tell
the man Of the house that improve
ments must be made or the service
would be discontinued.
Then they would mentlon-inci-
ientally, Of cOurse-that they we're
getting out q book that would be
Of great value to all persons that
live on rural routes. 1t would con-
tain NOT only much information, but
pther features too numerous to mem
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
HAS NO sETTLEslENT.
Brakeman Collins Lost Both Feet In
Accident.

lterington. Aug. 9.--Brakenan HI.
@. Collins, whose feet were 30 badly
injured by his train at Enterprise
last spring that amputation Just
above the ankles was necessary, has
been in the hospital ever since the
accident occurred but he is again
able to walk with comparative ease.
He has artificial feet and the manu-
factprer got a good do on them. SO
far Mr.. Collins has not effected .
settlement with the railroad.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Thelr Eldeat soa TAken.

Vrom lola.JI D.Iy.I "a ,ov
Lawrence, the four year OLD son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse winsler. died
Sunday morning at the family home
four miles east Of Abilene Of spinal
mengetIs. The little fellow was sick
about ten days. Much sympathy WI
be extended the bereaved parents
Funeral will be held at the house
wednesday morning at . o'clock.
Burial in Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Navarro: "A Hustling
Business Center Now

eral merchandise store with $4,000
stock Of goods and doing a big busi-
ness. Next spring he expects to have
a 40 foot addition built TO the back
Of his present store in which he will
install an up to date furniture de-
paEtment. Mr.. Lembke carries COM
plete line Of dry goods, groceries,
shoes, etc., the majority Of which is
nearly new.
Mr.. Lembke Is young married
man and is a hustler. He owns his
own store and residence and undoubt-
edly wtll make life successful.
me Village Repair Shop.
B. H. Issitt. a middle aged, am
bitous man, is the village smith,
mechanic and repair man. He has a
shop in which he has his fire and
forge, repair bsAsh and office. Mr.,
Issitt mot only shoes horses. sharpens
the p1ow, repairs the automobile and