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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

When a Greeley man who conducts
fruit stand purchased some tin jew
slry for 30 cents about two weeks ago
from Charles Williams. a negro from
Cheyenne, he did not know he was
receiving $3.50 worth of gold and
gems. This morning Lieutenant
George Mason OF Fort Russell ap-
peared. with Marshal Williams, and
laid claim to a diamond ring. stick
pin and some other jeweIry Williams
had been arrested in Cheyenne and
had confessed to the theft OF the val
uables. The negro was employed by
Lieutenant Mason and departed from
Fort Russell about two weeks ago. He
came to Greeley and while there sold
all of the articles for 80 cents. The
ring. valued at $l05, was sold for S
cents. Lieutenant Mason refunded
the 30 cents and got back his pos-
sessions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

o N4RDS 80 the cup.
This annu-
al contest grew out of merry Jest at Sea
Girt some years ago. Each year there gathers
at Sea Girt happy party of newspaper men,
who have been attending the New Jersey
matches for number of years. They have
Correspondents club, which holds annual
meetings and of which Leslie r. Fort son of
Governor Fort of New Jersey and publisher
of a Lakewood Journal is president. The
meetings held in the governors man.
sion at Sea Girt range. Some years ago
joke the correspondents decided to have
press match" AS they considerably
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

Mrs. Capitola Adams, married. di-
vorced. and remarked. though only
twenty-five years old. drank carboiic
acid at her summer home at Colum-
bine Lake, mile and half west OF
Grand Lake. She died without ex-
planning the reason for her act. Her
husband, Roy Adams. salesman and
former stamp clerk in the Denver
postoffice. Is said to have nearly lost
his mind, and attempted to take his
own life, when he saw his young wife
OF six months die in agony. Mrs. Ad-
ans Is said to have been In poor
health and to have brooded over the
death of relative In Chicago. But
this is not supposed to have been the
only cause.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

out of practice, they shot 1000 yard tar
get at 600 yards. Even at that majority of
the bullets were never located John Taylor
Humphrey. then editor of Shooting and Fish
ing, the contest and when the prizes
presented at the club house that year he
was handed battered tin cup by Gen. Bird
w. Spencer, who gravely complimented him
on his craftsmanship. Mr.. Humphrey made
suitable response and predicted that out Of
the match better things would come He also
filled the cup" according to time honored
custom. The following year Mr.. Humphrey
presented handsome silver loving cup for
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

lica becomes the property of the winner. As
the trophy is properly inscribed with the name
of the winner. the publication represented and
the score. 1t will in time be very interesting as
well as handsome affair In addition the Nation
al Rifle association gives life membership to
the second man, and there are number OF
cash prizes. While the N. r. A. matches fol-
low the national matches and have been shot
at Camp Perry for two years past and will be
this year. Sea Girt still keeps up the Press
match" for which Arms and the Man provides
a cup and the N. J. r. A. the cash prizes. Tho
Illinois State Rifle association and several
others have press rife matches
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

m and fror
10 nVe o'clock In the afternoon
During the matches of the National BOARD
for Promotion of Rifle Practice and the Ma
tlonal Rifle association the range was of,
cered and manned by the U. S. army and the
national guard Markers and scorers were fur
nished ny the army, regiment being detailed
ior duty at the range. Teams entering the
national match either subsisted themselves or
were subssted at the mess hall
Congress appropriated $4,000 for the
messing OF competitors during the national
matches.
Each competitor was entitled to cot and
mattress and necessary camp furniture such
as soool "ash-oasin, water-bucket, tin cup,
broom, etc.. and ample tentage was furnished
all through the courtesy of the state of Ohio
competitors supplied their own blankets and
bedding other than mattresses
careful estimate of the number of men
at Camp Perry for the matches included 100
regular army officers 1000 enlisted men,
Y. 3. A., team contestants and officers 9OO
national guardsmen not attached to teams
and civilian rifle club members, 300 to 500;
brigade. o. N. G.. 500
The prize list at the matches at Camp
Perry was very attractive to rifemen as the
money was largely in excess of any hereto
fore divided and the prize lists were much
larger. In the national team match the
prizes were follows: Class A $3.50 $3.50
5000; Class c, 5000, $780, $175 and $50 In
addition there was a trophy for each class
and every member of the twelve teams re-
ceived medal. In the national individual
match there were SO prizes amounting to
$500. with the same number of medals In
the du Pont tyro match, shot under the aus
pices of the o. s. r. A, the prize money
amounted to $400 divided into AZ prizes. The
Ohio matches carried from four to IL or more
prizes AS the matches Of the National Rifle
association were conducted on a percentage
basis great amount of money was divided
and the number Of the prizes in the big
matches was large. In some of the great in
dividual matches, like the Leech cup match
the total prize money Appropriated 5000 and
more. All the entrance fees less the actual
expense of operating the range were returned
to the contestants in the N. r. A. matches
For the national matches Congress furnished
the prize money.
With few exceptions the press champion
ship trophy for rife shooting, which is con-
tested for each year at the national rife
matches, is the only big trophy of its kind for
which newspaper men strive as representa-
tives of their publications and not personally
There are many working newspaper men who
are members or ex-members of the national
guard and not few have seen service in the
army or navy and in the Spanish war Among
them are some excellent shots, and while the
restrictions surrounding the Press cup are
from competing and thus the number of con-
keen and 1t tskes a good score to carry on
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

u. 5. H. A, numbered six. They
were confined to teams and citi-
zens from Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan and Ken
lucky, which states comprise the
Department of the Lakes.
Preliminary practice for the ma
tional matches began on Friday,
August 20, and continued on Sat
urday. Sunday the range was
closed. On Monday, August 23.
the national team match was
opened and was followed by the
national individual rife match and
the national individual pistol
match. These matches were com
pleted by Friday, when the Ma
tional Rifle association matches
began. They included II matches.
During the period from August
tqe20 the targets were manned
by Obrigade of the Ohio National
Guard and shooting was in pro-
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

William Benton. who is working the
Tom Rayburn farm near Greeley. lost
half OF his field OF eleven and one
half acres of oats in shock when a
spark from a Union Pacific engine
set 1t on fire. He managed to save
half his crop by the hardest kind OF
work. This means loss of $780,
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

Dorando. the footracsr. has bought
an italian villa with the money he
made in America. Evidently Make
hay while the sun shine" has been
translated into Italian.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

Booker Washington didn't reject
Pugiiist Jack" Johnson's $40 contri-
button as tainted. Evidently these
oolored pastors have q lot to learn
about sensationalism.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

The announcement that Alfred Aus
tins new book will be prose ought to
help its sale considerably.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

foM August to to-day the rife range at Camp
Perry. Ohio. has been in constant Five dis
tinct tournaments held with thousands of
marksmen, scorers and attendants in camp on
the range. The program included the seventh
annual matches under the National Board for
Promotion of Rifle Practice; the twenty-seventh
annual matches Of the National Rifle associa
ton; the sixth annual matches of the Ohio State
Rifle association; the first annual matches of the
Department of the Lakes Rifle association, and
the regular annual competition of the Ohio Ma
tional Guard
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02
S22 {. 0. D.

For every kind OF roof.
It's wster tight. Made on
y In Denver by TME
WESTERN Ell At
r RITE ROOFING
20. Hl Equitable Bldg.
phone Main B7k II your
dealer does not handle
write US.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

Ohio State Rifle
matches of the
a s S @ C | a t | o n,
which were open
only to its men,
bers and mem
bers of the Ohio
National Guard.
t3 matches in
all. Next in or
der were the
matches of the
Ohio State Rifle
a S S o C i a t / o n,
which were open
to all corners.
They numbered
s2S. making the
total number of
matches of the
o. S. R. A. Al.
The matches of
the Department
of the Lakes R.
A, which were
shot under the
direction of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

The Ohio National Guard matches members of
that organization exclusively They began August and
numbered five matches Immediately following the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-02

replaced by Arms and
the Man." the latter pub
lication gives for this
match a replica of the
Press trophy. The orig
inal goes to the publ
cation represented by
the winner. which keeps
1t for one year. The rep
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-18
Shoe III. & T F.. Store
Hagberg & harrington
f24 T.. Main

thing for its money; it demands of the
road boss that he shall fix the road SO
that it will know positively that he
has been at work, and when he finishes
fixing they know Ignorance of a bet
ter way figures as an important force,
and this letter would be a mere crit
icism il it did not show better way
before its close. Other lesser forces
are: (a) the inertia of the phrase -
we have always done thus (b) the
natural desire of the road boss and the
poll tax workers to earn their wages
easily; Co the commercial instince
which urges men to sell machinery for
the profit to be gained. All these i'm
peding forces must be met and over
thrown before we can obtain the most
perfect roads for our money. Knowl-
edge much come first. And usually it
must come to the public before the
actual builders of the roads can be
reached.
Time is Needed.
"The advocates of the present pro-
cess of road wrecking, declare such
roads as the one which caused our dis
comfort can be brought back into con-
dition by working them with the King
drag after the big machine has been
used. But this is false contention
because no amount of dragging will
Immediately produce the hard, smooth
-weather-resisting shell of
packed and puddled earth which is
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hidden a foot or more beneath the sur
face It takes time as well as the
King drag to make such a she'll, and
there is no known substitute for time.
But the work can be done in no
other way, say the road wreckers: and
in so saying they make plain their fail
ure to comprehend the King system.
How It Is Done.
Taking the piece Of road which has
been the basis of this communication
let us proceed to show the steps by
which it might have remained as good
as our host expected to find it. and by
which it might have grown continually
better, rather than worse as it did I'M
der the road wreckers' management
We have fine piece of road t6 be-
gin with, so fine that people travelled
out of their way to use it. The wreck
en- however, would tell us that the
bitches needed to be cleaned and that
at certain spots the crown was not at
proper height. Holding our peace We
build a King drag, and we are careful
to build it right. Since the road is in
such fine condition we remain master
fully inactive until rain has softened
and travel has roughened it's top sur
face. Then when the sail is moist but
not sticky we run the drag over it,
going twice over the spots where the
crown seems little low, as we come
to them. When we have finished the
round our road is smooth again. as
smooth as race track, and is raised
a few inches in the center All of the
next rain will leave the road center.
We repeat this simple operation after
each succeeding rain.
THE road wrecker eXclaims that
the plan will not work; or, he says,
even if it does finally do the work it is
too tediously slow. To these assertions
we retort-first, that it has been done
and is being done all over the United
States; and to the second criticism we
say-by this slower method we keep
good road good and constantly i'm
prove it, whereas by your method you
make a good road hideously bad just
as rapidly as your teams and ma,
chinery move over it. Moreover. by
your own admission you would use our
method to repair the damage done by
your quicker but destructive action
BY our slower but surer plan the labor
which You would use in trying to re-
pair the damage you did with your
big machine we would apply to care,
full building. You admit that the road
must in any case be dragged then
why not drag it at the beginning?"
Respectfully.
D. Ward King"
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ton rooms were opened Thursday for
the winter. Albert McGaughey has
been secured for secretary in charge
and will make a splendid official.
B. F. West, of Prineyille, Ore, has
purchased the J. D. Whistler barn and
has taken possession. Mr.. West is
moving his family to this city and
will occup,. the Funk property on
Main street.
Miss Alice Kelley of Cedar Rapids,
has returned ne after a visit with
her mother Mrs. W. :. Plymate.
Mrs. e. w. Wilson and little daugh-
ter of Rolfe are visiting in Charlton,
guests of the formers sister Mrs. H. II.
kestler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Fluke have re-
turned from a few days business and
pleasure trip to Des Moines.
Messrs. Harry Foulks, Earl Nichols
and Harry Moore gave dance at the
Pythian Temple Friday evening.
Mrs. Chas. Hobson and children of
Fontanelle, formerly of this city, are
spending few days here with old
| friends.
Mrs. Oliver owen of Trenton, New
| Jersey. visited in this city Thursday
with her niece Miss Ethel Smith, who
| teaches in the Charlton high school
| Mrs. Margaret Powell accompanied
| by her daughter Mrs. Mary McPhee o1
| this city and daughter-in- law, Mrs
Will Powell of Shenandoah, have gone
to Avery to visit her daughter, Mrs
Nina Goodwin.
c. J. Borrell has returned from y
| few days business trip to Fremont
| Nebr.
Mrs. Velnla Owens of TT. Dodge has
returned home after a weeks visit with
her aunt Mrs. L. NJ. f. Cow.
| Mrs. Halle Mccullough has return
| ed 30 her duties in Des Moines after q
few days visit with her mother Mrs
| c. w. Mccullough.
| Miss Grace Percell of iSon Du Lac
| Wis. is visiting in Charlton a guest
| Of her aunt. Mrs. Laurel Boss.
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ROAD WRECKERS
AND ROAD MAKERS
D. WARD KING WRITES OF MAN
NER IN WHICH THOROUGH
FARES ARE DESTROYED.
PUBLIC AT FAULT
Says Machine Work on Highways Re.
tards Rather Than Helps, by IN
doing the Good Condition In
stead of Helping.

The way in which good roads are
made bad and bad roads made good
forms the subject of very interesting
letter from d. Ward King, the in
ventor of the King Road Drag. Some
interesting thought matter for those
who think they know the road prob
lem, but do not, is given by Mr.. King
in manner that reaches home The
road wrecking crew with their road
! machine is the manner in which some
styled by the road enthusiast. The
letter in full follows:
The Road Wreckers.
Not long since. near the close of an
automobile tour of road inspection in
awarding series of prizes, the owner
of the car said: 1t will be little
farther if we go over to the blank
road but l am certain then of a
smooth track clear into the city;
know because it is but two days since
was over the road But on reaching
the blank road we found that the road
boss and his crew had passed that
way and had left the middle soft and
the sides rough, compelling us to trun-
die along at a four-mile-an-hour rate
of speed. Had this been anecessary
and merely temporary condition we
might have found a numerous side to
the incident, an excuse for poking sly
fun at our host. But the entire party
realized that a fine road had been de-
stroyed and that, even with the best
of care. twelvemonths must go by be-
fore we could hope to see it again in
proper shape. 1t is always a mistake
to pile eighteen inches of loose dirt
into the middle of the road at one
operation as was done here. The eff
ficiency of the best brick street, as
highway, can be destroyed by such
treatment, and 1t seems almost Grim
inal malpractice to heap up foot and
one half of travel-stopping-mat on
the hard smooth surfaces of an ex.
ceIlent earth road.
Public the Cause.
'Why then is it done? A careful
enumeration and weighing of the var.
ious forces which impel road bosses
to commit this objectionable sin
against the welfare of the community
will discover the public itself as the
first and most important. The public
can put an end to the practice in a
year. So much for the influence OF
the public from the negative side
From the positive side the public
again is the most important force be-
cause the public wants to see some
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BRENTWOOD ANNoYs.
Rise of River Causes Trouble at Mil
waukee Railroad Bridge
in West End.

Owing to the sudden and continued
rise in the river following the rain of
Monday night, the work of the Milwau-
kee bridge gang is being retarded.
Driftwood in large quantities is caus-
ing much trouble to the piling recent
~ driven for the false work of the new
bridge that is to replace the older
structure A gang of workmen have
had to work at night to shield the lat.
ly driven piling from being torn away
by the driftwood.
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100 TO TAKE DEGREES.

Sioux City. Nov 16.-The Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free
Masons will hold the sixth annual re-
union of the coordinate -odies in
Sioux City for three days, beginning
Nov. %. 1t will be the Thanksgiving
reunion Of t. S. Parvin consistory. No.
5, during which the consistory will
administer the degrees of Scottish
Rite Masonry to about 100 candidates.
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pou Eats Child at Fonda.

Fonda, Nov, 16.-Fonda is greatly
incensed over the horrible attack of
little eight-year-old Johnnie Downing.
who was literally chewed and eaten
in an almost unbelievable manner by
a vicious dog last week.
The dog is alleged to have belonged
to E. S. Sayr and the boys grand
mother, Louisa Barrett. will start suit
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Big Property Deal at Sioux city.

Sioux City, Nov. 16.-Between $685.
600 and $4,000 in cash has been paid
by Ben Davidson Of the Davidson
Bros. Co., to w. w. Mills, president
of the First National bank of Marietta,
O., for the quarter block excepting
one LOTT at the northwest corner of
9Th and Nebraska streets, today
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The best argument in favor of your
patronage is the new and varied stock
of Autumn Styles now displayed.
Well let goods and prices talk.
Mems we'll sewed Shoes in Gun
Metal and Patent Leathers, Button and
Bluceher Lace. all the new toes at
$500. $3.50 and $500.
Mems Wei Kid and Box Calf,
Leather Lined, Welt Sewed-a $500
proposition for $3.50.
Lots of dandy good Shoes at $500
and $3.50
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IO3-IO5 East Main Street
for recovery of damages against the

for recovery of damages against the
dogs owner.
The incident which has SO aroused
the community at Fonda, happened
when the little boy was Oh his way
home from school, the dog making for
him, according to the story, as soon as
he saw him and without any provo
cation. Though painfully injured, the
lad is doing very we'll and his recov-
cry is hoped for
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CHARLTON
e Observation-Disclosures

Chariton-Ear Prather has sold his
interest in the Prather and Hopkins
grocery to Vern Clark, who has taken
possession,
The Young Mems Christian associa-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13

the shouts of victims OF the accident,
and a moment later saw a man running
down the road toward the car line. He
reached the roadway just as the man,
who wore leather cap and gauntlets,
stamping his as the driver of the car,
halted q, woman in a light runabout,
whom he had overtaken, ordered her to
drive him to the car line and leaped
into the buggy.
Go Opposite Ways
Iomaso ran back toward the automo-
bile to find that the four other men
were hurrying toward the car line by a
short cut across the fields, two of them
partly supporting the other two, who
apparently were injured. The driver
reached the tracks first and boarded a
car bound toward Venice, and the 9TH
ers, arriving a few moments later,
boarded another car bound toward Los
Angeles. This feature gives emphasis
to the belief that a mystery lies behind
the affair, as apparently the only in
terest of the four men was TO escape as
quickly as possible.
1t is known that there are only two
cars of the type of the wrecked machine
in Los Angeles. One belongs to II. G.
Weyse of Santa Monica, who declared
that mis- machine was in the garage
yesterday and last evening. The other
is said to belong to a Mexican mining
investor, who could not be found last
night.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13
MAN AND FIVE CHILDREN
RESCUED BY POLICEMEN
San Francisco Mounted Officers Take
Lives In Hands and Save Entire
Family from Flames

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 12.-Observ-
ing flames bursting from a window OF
a ranchers house, 2003 San Bruno ave-
nue., last night, Mounted Policemen
G. II. Beisel and w. T. Moran charged
their horses along a railroad track,
plunged down a ten-foot embankment
into a duck pond, rushing into the
dwelling, rescued five children and
William Barry. the head of the house
hold, who, with his clothing in flames
was burning to death.
Barry, who had put the children to
bed, was carrying an oil lamp into his
own room, when it dropped from his
hands. In his efforts to extinguish
the blaze the burning oil spread to his
clothing, and in a moment the man
was enveloped in flames. He fought
in a frenzy of suffering, but without
avail. The flames, licking their way
around the room, were seen by the
policemen nearly half a mile away.
Barry was removed to the central
emergency hospital. but is not expect
ed. to live.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13
GRILLS
NINE. STEINHEIL
PROSECUTOR SEVERELY AR
RAIGNS WIDOW
WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
MAKES MUTE PROTEST
Advocate General Says Accused Lied
Regarding Deed and Could Not
"TeIl Truth Because She
Is Guilty"

PARIS, Nov. I2.-The entire session of
the steinheil murder trial today was
taken up with an impassioned plea of
Advocate General TrOuard RiOlle for the
conviction of the woman who Is charged
with having killed her husband and her
stepmother. AS Nine. SteinheiPs coun-
sci, NJ. AubIn, is yet to be heard, doubt
has arisen whether the case will go to
the jury tomorrow.
The prosecutor showed neither pity nor
mercy in his address to the jury. He
painted the accused woman in the black
est Of colors--as a born liar, and as one
whose whole life, before and after the
crime, justified the presumption OF guilt.
He developed the theory that after the
rich and generous sweetheart Chouanard
abandoned her in 1907, Nine. steinheii
realized she was almost at the end OF her
tether and that when she got Maurice
Borderet in her clutches she was deter
mined to hold him even at the price OF
naurHar