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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
SCHOOL NOTES

Friday an indoors picnic was gwen
10 me pupils d che Meridian school
Resides pnpils those present wefs
Prof Caldwell. Miss spisher, MF
j j jones' Mrs !. r. Pfost, Ms T.
81. Hamburger. Mrs J N Mitchell
Mrs. W. Al Palmer. Mrs MARI Guy
man, Mrs il, {. Ballad, Miss Ollie
sIasst Mrs X {. PTanie
Tables were sci for The guests and
The pupils we're seated - their seats
The tables we're decorated with nor.
sn Cenefoas ianeh consisting Of
sslads. dsiasy sandwiches and pickles
and oranges we're served ard ~ kinds
~ dsleious eases
PROT csidwslI aspects y spend
part ~ his vacation IA the mountaias
stAiug ard also expects 10 10 With
his family 81 statile Iater % aad
sisa she expositicu
Misc Eitie spisher leaves Cor War.
fsn. Idaho, nhere us expests @ teach
sammef school
TIE Hiah school presented shs
graduates with beautiful gold class
pips FRIDAY morning They mffe
bard aade and rontainea the motto
~ the siaa and name "a graduate and
date II graduation
Tbe High school had ~ beaatis
fui peasants made u tte High school
eolen Pnrpie and goid. with she
tsner II II s upon them These
yiil IL kept 70 decorate Inc wallis n
tht school room 10 the future
'rhr slas Picture placed 10 the
High school II honor II the Senior
ei#ss Il beautiful picture d ths
calliseam IL Rome
tie High scbpal picnic ~ Eagle
lAland Tuesday Was enjoyed ~ ~
who attended
W. were sorry the repils were Dis.
appointed III the field sports Friday
81 account al lie rain 10 ihe after,
noon The business men had offered
some nice prizes u the victorious rn.
aiis II Inc different contests
Thirty seven pupils we're neither
,bseut nor tardy during the year. and
Miss Wilson the County superintend.
sni, gave each q them i nice cer.
iihsate q awafd for their punctuality
Almost every pupil who was ii
school regular was promoted a
few on account 81 sickness and other
causes we've not able 70 pass their
grades bot BY taking the same grade
another year viii be good and strong
u their work,
Our eighth grade took the county
examination beginning Tuesday and
Miss Wilson graded their papers and
their diplomas a cur High
School commencement
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
MORE SICK THAN USUAL.

Tas doctors fspoFt more illness
dariag me las, two months than Ter
any Two months durinE the ialt aud
winter season which i something IN
usual Az epidemic 81 the grippe
seems e b she cause The iuQuiry
a % whether the Drinking water had
anything u a. with i. was ansustsd
b ne doctor stating TIA, Il AID not
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
Don't GO to Boise to be Hunlbuggef
I'm come ID MeridIan

Bit to Meridian j,
The average person neglecs his teeth I'll ms neaui Z
bad then complains OF the size Of his doctor Dill
dentistry saves teeth and it matters little how active $50
on how poor in structure your teeth may Dc, goou
gold or silver stay in and preserve the teeth.
See Dickinson the Meridian Dentist. Charges very
reasonable. 30 8ftNe
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
IN TEACHING RoRcE

Miss Anna r Kels Of Los Angeles.
California, one oi the teachers select
Cd BY The school board of Meridian
for TIE nest term, has sent in her
w gnation, a. she viii be unable 70
come 10 Idaho The school board
By ready 70 receive applications y fil
the vacancy
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
NOTICE TO BREEDERS.

What Is known as the Celebrated
clydesdaie Stallion "Don" has had a
false report circulated about his con-
tinning IN business as billed out Will
stand At ! p Wilburn barn, east Of
the church, Meridian, the last three
days Of the week and at the VIM. J.
Hudson ranch the FIRST three days.
Season 1909. $40 for colt to stand
and suck; 50 to insure in foal; IS sim
gle leap, Usual care to prevent ac-
cident but will not be responsible.
J. w. HUDSON & SON.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28

Mont Oliver 81 Boise. was IN Me-
fidiau Tuesday,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
BREAK IN NEW YORK CANAL.

A his break near chs headgats oi
he Nsw Serk Canal last Saturday.
viii sssan several weeks q work BE-,
fore tbs water can Be turned bask
into ths canal again Several from
Meridian have responded 70 the sall
Ger nsn and teams Five dollars =
day i bsins paid
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
ADvxRrrsIMo RATES,

Display Ads. per soeh. per ISSUE 2ss
Display Ada. per inch. yFr monsh 7ss
Locale per HING, per issae ifls
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28

The village trustees win meet next
IN regular session., 70 allow
bills and transact other business
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28

TO LoAN--At once, one thousand
dollars on real estate. Inquire Peer
aud Frazier.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-28
THE TRAINS AND MAILS.

The following table 81 the schedule
time 81 trains passing Meridian on the
Oregon Short Lac railway is correct
ed as changes are made and can be
relied upon In each case the mail
az the Meridian postofFice IS made up
for dispatch one.half hour before train
passes station.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
Near Deaf i in Big Pond

Il was a thrilling experience TO
Mrs. Ida Soper to face death. 20"
years a severe lung trouble gave
me intense suffering" she writes,
"and several times nearly caused
my death. All remedies failed and
doctors said l was incurable. Then
DR.. Kings New Discovery brought
1uick relief and a cure so perma-
nent that / have not been troubled
in twelve years" Mrs. Soper lives
in Big Pond, Pa. 1t works Won
ders in Coughs and Colds, Sore
Lungs, Hemorrhages, LaGrippe,
Asthma, Group Whooping Cough
and ali Bronchial affections. soc
and 800. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by P. II. Franklin
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
ARROW ROCK

Huston Townsend, who is one of
our all around accommodating sort
of fellows seems to have gotten
some new ideas in his head OF late
and is beginning to look at things
in a more business like way. This.
might indicate several chilgs hut
he positively denies that he is
thinking OF getting married.
Born to the wife of w. j. Bennett -
Friday August 20, 1909 a girl Mr.
and Mrs. Bennett came here from
st. Louis and r stopping at the
Arrow Rock hotel. He is engaged
in canvassing in the interest of the
History of Saline Hounty.---June
Martin sold his boaS the first Of the
week to a man from Illinois. We
understand he got Si3A1 for it -
Louis Moehle also sold his new
barge to the same man but we did
not hear the price he got. Capt.
June Martin, Standard Shemwen,
Kit Thornton Dan Kuhn, Earl Mar
tin and the new owner Left here
Tuesday morning to take the boat
and barge to Peoria Ill.-States-
man.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
County News
From Our Exchanges
MALTA BEND

81 Miss Clara Stockman met with a
painful accident while playing GRO
,luet, Saturday evening with her
brother Will. The mallet flew off
the handle of Willis mallet striking
Miss Clara in the right eye caus-
ing it to swell to such extent in a
short time that DR.. A. F. Drown
was summoned who pronounced it
not dangerous.---Word from
s.. T. Wilson, while in Colorado,
states that he got in telephone con
munication with Miss Mabel Jami-
son sister of Mrs. A. Shepherd, who
informed him that she had been IN
a runaway and was hurt some and
the gentleman with her was killed.
Also that Mrs. Shepherd died a
year ago last July and Mary had
died last fall.---Robert Swift
and John Edward two prominan:
farmers of the county of Saline
north of Blackburn left last Tues
day for a return to the British
Isles. They will visit London and
Wales, which were thai: former
homes.-News.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
The Lurid Glow of Doom

was seen in the red face, hands and
body of the little son of H M Adam
of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight
from eczema had for five years de-
fled all remedies and baffled the
best doctors, who said the poison
ed blood had affected his lungs an
nothing could save him. But"
writes his mother, "seven bottles
of Electric Bitters completely cured
him." For Eruptions, Eczema, Salt
Rheum, Sores and all Blood Disor-
ders and Rheumatism Electric Bit
tiers is supreme. Only soc. Guar
anteed by p. H. Franklin
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
SWEET SPRINGS

l.. p. Wel5orn last week sold
his farm of 200 a2res near Camp
Branch. Forty acres were pur-
chased by E. G.. Cassidy of Sc
dalia for $500 or SIS per acre. The
remaining 100 acres purchas-
ed by H. NJ. Brown of Green Ridge
for $1,000, or $50 per acre, making
The total price received $500. Mr.
Welborn purchased he farm two
years ago for S7,40O or S37 per acre
and this fall will have cleared over
1000 in crops above all expenses.
Con Rhodes, the ~11-year-old
adopted son of Asbury Rhodes and
wife died Thursday morning at
$50 o'clock of appendicitis. The
child was operated on Wednesday
hoping 10 give him relief from that
dread disease. No funeral arrange
ments have been made as we go 90
press Thursday afternoon.-Her-
aid.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
MIAMI

Bids were opened at Kansas City
last week on about $4,000 worth
OF Government river work scatter
ed between Kansas City and the
mouth OF the Missouri river of
which Dewitt & Shobe We're low
est bidders on the following: 200
feet S-row pile dixie above Mis-
souri, City /; 500 feet S-row pile dixie
opposite New Frankfort; 200 feet
S-row pile dixie at foot OF Without
Bend; 1000 feet revetment just
above Lisbon. All work between
jefferson City and Gasconade will
be done by Government forces. All
rock, brush and poles required on
this work will be furnished by De-
Witt & Shobe, amounting to about
$4,000 worth OF material-Naws.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
RLACKWATER

Will H. Fenwick from ShackeE-
ford, Saline county, arrived here
Wednesday and went to Arrow
Rock partly on business and ALSO
10 see old friends.---Roy Fow--
Ter, 17-years Old, o OF j. t
Fowler living on the Harry Slap
les farm was quite seriously, thou
NOS dangerously hurt Monday
evening by a fall from the hand car
as the section men were coming in
for the night. He fell off the front
end of the car and the wheel struck
his RICH: foot, bending The toes to-
wards the ankle. A gasn was cut
in his head and n was otherwise
hure and bruised. After Il eatment
by Dr.. Quigg, he was saken home
News.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03

General Phil Sheridan was at one =
time asked what incident in his life
caused him the most amusement.
"Wen," he said, al always laugh
when ! think of the Irishman and
the army mule. l was riding down..
the line one day when 1 saw ans
Irishman mounted on a mule that
was kicking rather freely. The
mule finally got his foot caught in
the stirrup, when in the exeitements
Pat remarked: aWen II you're go-
ing to git on IN get OFF,
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
1t Saved His Leg

"Al thought I'd lose my leg"
writes j. A. Swenson, Watertown,
Wis, "Ten years of eczema that 10
doctors could not cure, had at last
laid me up. Then Bucklen's A'n'cl
Salve cured it sound and wei" In
fallible for skin Erupsions, Ecze-
ma, Salt Rheum, Boils, Feve" sores
Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Pies. IS:
at P. H. Franklins.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
GILLIAN

Mrs. Elizabeth Fritch died at the
home of her son-in-law, Joe Kap-
pellar, Thursday August 26, after
an illness OF several Months
VIM. Suppe OF New Frankfort was
in the Globe office Tuesday to
have his paper changed to Corder.
Mr.. Suppe stated that he had NOV
ed his family there where he has
a good position in a grocery store.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
To Be Happy

you must have good health. Yow
can't have good health if your hv-
er is not doing it's duty-slow but
sure poisoning is going on all the.
time under such circumstances. Bal
lard's Herbine makes a perfectly
healthy liver-keeps the stomachA.
and bowels right and acts as a
tonic for the entire system. Sold
by p. Fl. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03

nave been expected to love-" | blum
dered, not knowing how to find my
way beneath her eyes. DO you love
him? II you tell me that you do, I
will not distress you further"
Are you intimating, with other
kind friends, that I am marrying him
for reasons other than those of af-
lection, that-oh, It is unthinkable!
And from you!"
Barbara. listen to me-" I cried.
mo, not a word. You have said too
much now. Can't you see that It
makes mi rise in a kind Of vicious
protest to have my happiness In,
spected on every side as II Il we're.
some wretched vagrant seeking shell
ter where nobody had any faith in it?"
Have you faith in It YOURSELF" I
asked.
She lifted her head and faced me.
"All the faith in the world" she, de-
clared.
And then she saw Ankony. who had
ONE at the moment searching for
her, and held out her hand to him. AS
ne approached and took 1t, she leaned
for an instant against his arm with an
ndcscribable movement that had moth.
ing of defiance in il, 1t seemed to me.
out only affection.
81 have been telling Mr.. Twinirg
10Y happy ! am" she said to him. in
4 soft voice that must have moved
l wooden man to alteration. II hope
you don't mind my being so foolish,
10 you?"
Still boldirg her hand. AnkoYy ben,
and touched Ecr hair with his lips.
81 should mind If you were urhap.
~ and told him that" he said with a
'augh. They want YOU in there. win
rou come? promised TO bring you"
She stood Up and laid hcr fingers on
lis arm.
viii you come along, Mr., Twin.
ing?" she asked.
Thank you. not now" I replied.
I watched them as they moved
away. At the window he stood aside
for her to enter, and I 4 her smile
into his face in the way women have
with the men they love.
AS soon as 7 could find Mrs. Ankony
| said goodnight.
Dan was waiting for me.
"Well?" he questioned eagerly, as
I went in.
You were right" ! said duly; she
loves him."
He looked at me pityingly and said
nothing.
After n while he come over and
stood by the mantcl, staring down at
the hearth.
II suppose might as well get back
to Jack Ankony," he said; "he needs
me, II I'm going to stay with them;
and there doesn't seem to be anything
else for IT Just now"
! nodded absently.
There's nothing I can do, I guess"
he muttered hopelessly.
mo, there's nothing"
IT'S a ~confounGcd shame, Tom" he
declared, and I read the sympathy in
his eyes.
I'VE won't talk about it," said l..
Il know . Talking's no good"
lit a cigar, and he found one to
suit him in the box on the table.
"Sit down." I said.
He threw himself down opposite me,
and we finished two cigars in silence,
he on his side OF the hearth, I on mine.
"I1l be off in the morning" he said,
at the end of his second
(To Be Continued)
------
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
A Burglar in Town

his name is "bad cough" He does
not care for gold or silver but he
will steal your health away. If he
appears in your house arrest him
at once with Billiards. Horehound
Syrup, it may mean consumption
If you don't. A cure for all coughs
colds and chest troubles.
Price Csc, soc and $500 per bottle.
Sold by p. II. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
SLATER

Col. G. G. Jenkins has purchased
the last of the properly owned in
Slater by the Anheuser-Buch brew
cry, of st. Louis. 1t was the lot
southeast of the Rock barn on
which a barn is located belonging
10 June Smith.---Albert Horner
left WEDNESDAY to look TO: a toca-
ton in the west. A few years ago
he owned 40 acres of rich bottom
land all of which with the .Xcep-
ton OF about IS acres has been
washed away by the Missouri river.
-Rustler.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03

Give myself UP or Not"
be done; but" with a queer settling
of his face, 81 guess there's only one
thing to do"
Don't do 1t till you've seen me-"
! said hastily; II haven't given up
hope yet. Come to me before you go
to Ankony. I'll turn heaven and earth
to find something"
Don't bother. It's no use. Honest.
ry him."
He went, leaving me to reflect anew
on how much easier it is to tangle
things that to untangle them.
l had scarcely reached the office be.
fore he came. He looked bewildered
and uncertain, and, sitting down on
the other side Of the table in my priv.
ate room, stretched out his arms
across It and leaned over to me. she
says she loves him." he said.
r"Of course she says that" I ex-
claimed.
Then you don't believe re-"
do your"
II don't know what to believe. I
didn't think 1t possible before, and
I can't conceive 1t now; but she
swears she does, and she looks-she
actually looks as II she means it DO
you thlnk she's pretending so a. to
make it easier for me?"
Don't ask me, Hemingway"
Its Just what you might expect heI
to do, isn't 1t? ~T>accused her of 1t,
but she only laughed at me and said
was silly to imagine such a thing,
She says she refused him the night
before because she was piqued al
something he did and wanted to make
him suffer, but that she has cared for
him all the time. You can make
what you like out of It."
] drummed on the table. l had
nothing to say. Things were dim and
vague and hateful to me in that acute
moment. ! did o know what l be-
heyed-what | wanted to believe. ]
was remembering all that had passed
between her and me pertaining to her
engagement. trying to make some
thing definite and convincing out of 1t
>Sbut / decided that much of what ] had
deemed convincing had been based
merely on my own conclusions and
not upon anything she had actually
said or conveyed.
"She says she'll marry him whether
] give myself up or not" he went on
that it won't make a particle of diff
ference except that it will stir up an
unnecessary fuss. Ankony won't dc
anything, of course, when she's going
to marry him, and she says she is 60
Ing to-"
Then | don't see anything for u
but for you to leave things as they
are | admitted.
He was not satisfied, however, to dc
that on his own judgment,
III l could only be sure she isn't
playing a part" he mused.
Then you're not sure?"
"One minute I think l am and the
next ] think I'm not. II there wasn'i
80 much at stake. I'd risk my own
opinion more readily. AS 1t is, I'm
afraid to do It," He looked at me
with a sudden usefulness. "Twining
do you-you do care a little for her
don't your" he asked frankly.
Not a little" said l grimly.
~Then will you help me to make
Eure9"
How"
go to her and find OUT
took a turn or two up and down
the room.
"rJl co." I said.
Maybe you'n be able to make her
out better than !. I don't deny II
seems to me she loves him. But pin
her down. Don't let her wriggle away,
whatever you do. You know she'll
try to. And see here. Twining. I don't
want her to know that you know
about-about the money. She thinks
nobody knows but Ankony, and it'd
Nil her to find out that he'd told 1t,
even 70 you--or rather, TO you OF a.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
NELSON

Monday morning Mack Haedson
of Arrow Rock caught the largest
catfish reported this season, The
fish was caught in the Missouri
river and tipped the scales at a
little over one hundred pounds. Mr.
Headson sold the fish to Mr.. Muir
ply the popular restauranteur of
Blackwater later in the same day
Advance.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
Have You 9 Baby?

Then watch it close.y. And above.
all things don't let it suffer for any
length of time with worms-that isl
fatal. If It's complexion gets yellow :
and pasty, if it is listless, cross. or
peevish, gets thin, suffers with
flatulence give it Whites Cream
Vermifuge. The only cure thatnev
er fails and has no bad effects. Sold
by P. H. Franklin.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
K

August Stoll received a letter
Thursday saying Henry Zweigart
died Tuesday August Il, 1909. We
extend him and family our SYM
pathy.---Mrs. Lewis Gray and
son Robert, who have been the
guests of her mother Mrs. Robert
Swift, for a month, departed Tues
day morning for her home at Mesa
Arizona.-Record.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03

Dan was awake, and leaving the
next morning when I awoke and, hear
Ing him, looked out on the apartment.
Stay for breakfast, can't your ]
sailed.
mo, thank you; I've got to get
home, but I'll come back after I've
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03
HousToNIA

The baby daughter of Louis But
terwick and wife sustained a brok-
en- arm Sunday. Mrs. Butterwick
started to pick the child up by the
arm when the little one threw her
self backward the strain breaking
the arm at the wrist and dislocat-
Ing the shoulder.-Houstonian.
The Marshall republican., 1909-09-03

John carp and family were shop
ping in Marshall one day last week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Notice 10 Contractors

Notice is hereby gwen that sealed
bids will be received at the Office of
the Clerk of the town of Friday Har-
Dor. Washington, UP to IL a. M,
Saturday. July "a. 1909, for the plat
ting of the Town of Friday Harbor,
and for setting up of permanent mon
uments at the intersection Of streets.
Bids must be accompanied by certi-
fed check of $4,000. Successful bid
der must enter into contract and fur
nish hoEd payable to Town condition
al upon performance of contract.
Plans and specifications on file in
office of Clerk of Town of Friday
Harbor.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
By order of the Council of the town
of Friday Harbor. Wash, June 8,
1909. A. +. Carter,
Town Clerk.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09

1t is to be regretted that Governor
Hay could not retain the services OF
A P. Sawyer as regent of the Wash
Ington State University at Seattle.
Mr. Sawyer. being a college man. has
a first hand knowledge of large educa
tional affairs and be was an import
ant factor in bringing the university
to its present high state of efficiency.
But the State is to be congratulated
that NJ f. Backus has agreed to take
up the vacated regency. AS president
of the National Bank of Commerce.
of Seattle, Mr.. Backus has made a
name for himself. He is public spir-
tied in the free school system. of
which the university is the highest
Although he has never
sought any Office before. Mr.. Backus
has agreed to assume the respons: bill
ity of regent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
PROGRESS In Cuba

With the beginning of the present
fiscal year the Republic of Cuba es-
tablished a Bureau of Information.
President Gomez appointing Leon j..
Canova, an American newspaper man,
who has resided in Cuba eleven years
and has a wide acquaintance with the
Island, as its director.
Parties wishing information of any
nature concerning Cuba can obtain
same free of charge. by writing to
Leon j. Canova, U. and l. Bureau,
utility and Information Bureau. )De
partment of Agriculture, Commerce
and Labor. Havana. Cuba.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09

When any one says that he has been
overcharged in Seattle for rooms or
meals, it is just as we'll to inquire
fnr. particulars. Where did he sleep
ana wbete did he eat? For months,
the Chamber of Commerce Bureau
has been listing rooms in various
parts of the city and is prepared to
give directions and to place visitors
according to their tastes. OF course.
one may 90 to the downtown hotels
and pay down town prices. But many
visitors do not want to live in the
business district. preferring to get
up on the hills. where the hotels are
just as good and in every way more
moderate in terms. Given the high,
fresh air of Queen Anne Hill, for in
stance. with a widespread view over
the harbor and Puget Sound, and
beautiful Kinnear Park at the door.
and sucn places as the Chelsea and
others in the neighborhood will at
tract and hold many visitors People
going to Seattle want to see the Elk
position but at the same time they
want to be comfortably and reason
ably taken care of and to be within
easy distance of the grounds. There
are ample Accommodations for all such
and any one who has been guest at
one of these residence district hotels
will confirm the assertion that the
visitor will find modest prices with
the best sort of surroundings and SER
vice.