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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17
CUSTOMERS PAY THIS EXCESS
FREIGHT.

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pzd t--o rhiz c5u-E ms pay --z4
rz-e Al 5e5 d -EE c1z--u0zz c-z----s
Gz-l9 rz-s 20 E1-
For Izz-z-ce- IL FRS -lzss -z-=
from Po--z-5 % E| Is Sl@s q
h--z-e5 4 us-ehz-t Z J1sspE Nus
pey -Ez- ard Il at5i-i1u IS cents 4
Kindred f1- -Ez - niles 1zu-s- ron
EEfr 70 rs Town The merchant d
Wzl1Es -us- p4v 81 cents E31i--2-l
% L.= EEi1 rare t0- TIE - u=
hzu. t-uu E.zz- % Wa-l1Ez- In=s=
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disc sztgpe5 through trOZ Po----- {
(0r sl5sEEs-sf and lEz- = no- u
Ioz5sd O. even Dc a-e1 a. EEiE-
50 q v-se--- Ez5s- this UIGsr z-r
Unfair system OF rz-ss. Ire ers-111s-5
Of TIE wzIlo-wa s7d Joseph merchants
uusr pay -Es soIoEEg rs-ss u
z-rirlss 5-OzgEc from Portland
EZ0Ez- sIss pe- hundred
joseph. s1EI psr hUE-e1
SoE re rz1s pe- lille from Port
Izzd 70 E-z- Is three and 1Vs-ls- rs
zIIs Per Kindred ponds In he
CONTINUOUS distance -z--1f tE5 rate
- u5le decreases with TIE increase
Of distance. Th=rHt0-s he rz-s from
Portland 20 Wal-ovE p@- nile should
b I=zz Lhzu Ihe rae per nile from
Portland 1l E-gin. and Jbe Portland
Joseph rate per nile should BE- s-I-L
less BIZ under the present unfair
system bo-h rates per nile are more
than the E-gtl rate. -he Wallowa
people NUS pa one mill more Per
nile and Chs Joseph people one and
rEo-reDths mills more per mile. The
farther you 20 the higher the ra-e
Per miI=
As We don't know the ezac- ratio
Of decrease OF rate 10 increase Of
distance il the continuous distance
tariff, We will apply the Portland
Elgin rate pe- mile 10 the above TWO
points in this county. Bear IN mind
this is more than an absolutely fair
ra-e would Be. Applying the ElgiI
rate, three and five-tenths mills pc.
hundred pounds per mile. we find The
customers would pay a. follows Oh
goods from Portland:
WaliOwa. sI-51 PEI hundred.
Joseph, s1.57 pe- hundred.
4 saving ID the customer o. Is
cents On every hundred pounds ship
ped into WaIIOwa- and - cents or
every hundred pounds Of first class
frs ght g ip- ed !1-c Joseph
The foregoing comparison is base
OF first class ra-ez. Second. third
fourth and tiiCh classes. and car I02d
lots, show p-oDo--i1na-s differences
We can understand why the rail
road company opposes -ne correction
of This injustice. bur are Joseph. Los
rine and WgIowa correctly represent
cd as being lined up sgzins- ths
reduction
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17

FIG. XVIII CLOVER PASTURE IS Az w
cELLE.FT PoOD FOR SHEEP.
A lack of ash is the chief fau,t tba,
can be found with the corn bvnrod. /.
ucts, such as germ oil meal and CLINTON
iced For this reason these feeds ora
not SO valuable for milk cows aud
young stock, although they are All
right for fattening animals. OH and
cottOnseed meals contain morn aeL
than the corn products. but NOT 60
mncn as taukage. They are usuaIlv
z cheap source of protein. oiImeai is
especially valuable for keeping tho
system In tone, the bowels Ioosa ana
tne coat sleek and glossy. Cottonsaat
i.ieai should never be fed to hogs as
tney Often die from eating il
There Is nothing be.tpr .hsr
pasture to balance the ration Of far.
Eening swine Glover pasture With
perhaps a small allowance Of Grain 3
an ideal feed for milk cowq ,.,I,-a-
and colts The little pigs will le.,rn -
eat 1t also. but VIII need considarahyo
gram ais skimmilk in addition ~
tney are 10 make rapid gains. Glover
nay ana corn Is a ration for fatteniDg
Cattle and sheep that cannot he heat
en- Glover hay and sllage with a M.
ue corn and oilmeal added Is ers,
class winter feed for dairy cattle
Even Tor horses clover hay. IL NOT
dusty, Is the best of rouehaee I,s
liberal use for all classes of s,oct,
VIII reduce the cost Of feeding ana
add 10 the profits So it is evident that
the wise farmer viii not neglect to
provide q clover pasture that Is annie
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17
Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
NV.-SOrne Points on Stock Feeding
By c. V. GREGORY.
ASrfeaTfuroI DfvfEfon. Iova SfaFe college
~ Azs5e.n Press A.sOsl.sson
By c. V. GREGORY,
a srfeaIfuroT DfvfEfon. Iopa Stare

cooyr1Ght- 1903 American Association
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17
w. 3. APPLEGATE.
Notary Public .

Collections made. Real Estate
bought and sold and all business
matters attended 10. Call on OF
write me.
PARADISE. OREGON.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLcATEoN-ISo-
LATED TRACT
Public Land Sale.
Ds5a-Jnent o; the INTERIOR

Ds5z-Jmelt o. the INTERIOR
5 Land Office at La Grande,
OREGON. Nay 18th, 1903.
Notice Is hereby given that as d.
-ac,ed bv rhe Commissioner OF the
General Land Office, under provisions
Of Congress approved June ~
aas (s4 stats. 517l, We viii ofer
z, public sale. 70 the highest oidner'
n 10 O'Clock an on the sth- day
5s July. 1899. az this office. the fol-
l7xirgdescribed land: s1 NWh
section l. and Lo, l and sen NEA
section > T. Is R. AZ E W. b.
Serial No. 02134-
Anv persons claiming adversely the
above described land ere advised 70
rrs their claims. or objections. on OF
before the time designated for sale
F. c. Bramwen, Register
tae5 Colon r. Eberhard. Receiver
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17

Fresh Fish every Friday and Sat
-r5ay al Cray & Willett's City Mar
ksC
Elgfn Flour al ". ]. Fu-.k & COS
Patent $50 & sack, straight grade,
SI.4g a sack.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-17

m W A EAGLE CAMP. Ma. l4r. \
iu. Nm. W. A Meets first and a.,
Thursdays In each month. in new Fn.
ternai hall Visiting Neighbors slxsy
welcome.
j. W. RODGERS copsa
T. NJ DILL, Clerk
ANEROID CAMP. No. 3542, R N.dA
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
LOS ANGELES
VISITORS SPEND A
FEW HOURS HERE
Sierra Madre Club, Numbering Over SO
People Spend Sunday Morning
Inspecting Tonopah Mines.

7. A. Johnson, Johnnie Mining
and Milling Co.
A. B. Jones, First National Bank.
j. f. Lime, Boyer & Lane, oil
]. F. Lucey, president and mana
ger j. f. Lucey & Co., oil.
H. D. MacKinon, F. w. Braun Co.
G. w. MCGEE, Santa Fe.
E. A. Montgomery, skidoo mine.
Chas. E. Morton, Redondo Floral
Co.
Sidney Norman, Mining Review.
H. e. Needham, T. & T.
L. F. Parsons, secretary Los An
ge1es Stock Exchange.
H. Il. Percy, president Magistra-
Ameca Co
r. A. Perez, assayer.
Charles F. Spilman, Los Angeles
Herald.
Henry schaefer, mine operator.
L. L. Robinson.
E. Martin THORNLEY,, NJ. e., Pho
neer.
F. o. Wayman, Summit Lime Co.
r. F. White, Parmelee-Dohrman
Co.
Mano A. Fan, Meese-Gottfried Co.
w. T. Wheatley, president Consol-
idated Lumber Co.
j. E. Krepps, Pittsburg Mines Co
F. M. Couch, Blake, Moffit &
Towne.
Carl Anderson, M. E.
F. G. Tyrill, attorney.
]. M. Blythe, o-Blythe-Whit
ney Co.
F. R. Feitshans, Los Angeles Desl
4 Co.
John Ryan, manager Tonopah ant
Tidewater.
Felix Chenard, Sierra Madre club
F. M. Jenifer, assistant passenge
agent, Tonopah and Tidewater.
n Joseph Bell, mining.
j. H. Smailes. Cudahy Packin
Co.
w. G. Luckhardt, M. E., Tonopa
and Tidewater railway.
F.. A. Reinerth, secretary, job
: Ryan.
G.. A. Maryland, Union Tool Co.
: j. Ross Clark, president Las "
gas and Tonopah.
l w. P. Whytock, NJ e.
w. w. Cahill, superintendent T,
nopah and Tidewater.
Douglas White.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
TEAM
WANTED GUARANTEE
TO PLAY BALL

There was no ball game Sunday
owing to the fact that the Goldfield'
team would not leave their happy
homes until they received a guar
antee Of SIS. When the Tonopah
team played in Goldfeld on the pre-
yious Sunday, a guarantee was not
mentioned for the boys from this
camp and all they were allowed was
expenses. From appearances it is
evident that the Goldfeld team have
conceived the idea that their playing
is OF the sort that people should pay
extra to see. That may be so, but
when the percentage of the teams
is footed up, it shows that Tonopah
has secured the pennant of south
ern Nevada.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
PIONEER MAN
Held IN. CONTEMPT
OF COURT
EDWIN GILES, FAILS To OBEY
ORDER ISSUED BY THE
DISTRICT COURT

Edwin. S. Giles of Pioneer ap-
peared before Judge Averill of the
district court yesterday to show
cause why he should not be pun
ished for contempt of court. Some
months ago Giles was ordered by
the court. to pay certain monies inLc
the estate of Herman c. Kan. Giles
failed to obey the order and sew
esal days ago he was summoned to
appear on the contempt proceedings,
He was found guilty of contempt b.
the court but sentence was suspend
ed for 80 days, the postponement
/, being granted in order to allow him
to comply with the courts first or
der.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
NYE COUNTY
Brings SUIT
FOR S66,6SO.36
WILL ENDEAVoR TO RECOVER
FROM BONDSMEN OF FOR
sIER TREASURER

IN an EFFORT to recover the sum OF
$66, 6S9.96 which was on deposit in
the Nye and Ormsby County bank
at the time that institution became
defunct, Nye county yesterday be-
gan suit against former County
Treasurer r. F. Gilbert and his
hondsmen.
The defendants in the suit are r..
T. Gilbert, A. G. Raycraft T. w.
Kendall, w. J. Douglass, J. ]. Nc
Quillan, Henry c. Schmidt, Grant
Crumley, R. P. Stenson. c. A. Won
acott, w. w. Booth, George S. Hall,
receiver of the Nye and Ornsby
County bank, the Tonopah Midway
Mining company and w. j. Doug
lass as trustee.
The complaint states that w. J.
4 Douglass as trustee for the Tonopah
/ Midway Mining company holds q
deed for the First National bank
building at Goldfield, which is in
tended as security for the money de-
posted in the bank, and asks that
the building be sold and the pro
ceeds over $4,000 be turned over
Ito the county treasurer, as $4,000
lis the amount of the Midway Min
ing company's claim.
The bondsmen who are suet
qualified as follows: A. G. Ray
craft, $4,000; T. w. Kendall, $15,
900; w. J. Douglass, SIS, 700; J. J
McQuillan, $4,000; w. w. Booth
McQuillan, $4,000; Henry {
Schmidt, $4,000; R. P. Stenson
SIS, 900; w. w. Booth, $4,000; c
A. Wonacott, $4,000. Gilbert, a
principal, is also sued for $4,000
The suit will be conducted by At
torney Key Pittman, who has bee
secured as special counsel. Their
appears to be some doubt as to tn
county recovering the amounts Sc
opposite the names of the bonds
men, as the Nye and Ormsby Cour
ty bank was used as depository b
: order of the county commissioners.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05


Sixty business men, mining men
and capitalists composed the Los
Angeles delegation which arrived in
Tonopah Sunday morning. The par
ty were better known as the repre-
sentatives from the Sierra Madre
club. They spent a day in Goldfield
visiting the business men there and
also taking in the last days session
of the mining congress. The mem
bers of the party established head
quarters at the Mizpah hotel yester-
day after their arrival. From this
point the delegation was escorted to
the different mines and mills, where
a thorough inspection was made.
At the Montana smelling plant
the party witnessed the bi-monthly
melt of the precipitates. During
their stay, here several silver bricks
valued at $500 each, were turned
out.
About II o'clock the entire dele
cation congregated at the Mizpah
hotel, where an informal reception
was held at which the business men
Of this city were given an opportun-
ity of greeting the arrivals. The
object of the trip was mainly foc
the establishing of more pleasant
business relations between southern
Navajo oAd 7 &c ApUo1oc Tho tuo
special cars carrying the delegation
were attached to the 11:15 O'Clock
train. The party will go direct to
Los Angeles.
Prominent among the visitors
were the following:
Emile R. Abadie, M. E.
j. r. Bryan, Pioneer.
w. H. Bolin.
H. L. Brill.
B. s. Bedillion, Smith, Bootl
Usher Co.
Mr.. Crosier, Southern California
Lumber Co.
F. B. Close, Ids Gas Poker Co.
H. H. Dyer, M. e.
H. H. Francisco, Santa Fe R.
e. o. Gerberding.
w. P. Garrison, Garrison Invest
ment Co., Pasadena.
L, c. Haynes, President Manhat
tan Securities Co.
T. A. Hayes, Western Pipe an
Steel Co.
G. ]. O'Reilley, w. H. Hoegee
ro
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
VALLEY VIEW
OF PIONEER Will
CONSOLIDATE
THIS ACTION is DECIDED YES
TERDAY AT MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Valley View Mining
company of Pioneer was held in this
city yesterday Considerable dis
cussion ensaled regarding the policy
of the company and also relating to-
the several ElaW EshitS now pending
iii the courts la tentative agree
ment was finally adopted whereby
the company viii consolidate with
what is known Jas the Gold Hill Min
ing company. This latter company
owns the Gold Hill and Conserva-.
tive claims, over which several suits
have been brought. This consolida-
ton, it is thought, will prove of
benefit to the stockholders. and it is
probable that the suits will be dis
missed. Under the terms of the
coalition the stock will be exchanged
on a basis of five shares of Valley
View for one of the Consolidated.
III The stockholders decided on the
the following for directors: Cap
tain George w. Thatcher, George B.
Thatcher, Malcolm L. Macdonald,
F., G, Warehouse, R. G, Moore, j.
R. Bryan and w. H. Bryant. X
Malcolm L. Macdonald was re-
elected president, w. H. Bryant was
chosen as vice-president, while ]. H.
Monteath was elected secretary for
the ensuing year.
Among those in attendance at the
meeting were ]. w. Fraser, w. F.
Tobin. r. T. Tobin, e. A. Herkel-
rath and ]. R. Bryan of Pioneer
]. Tenbrook of Los Angeles, George
Wingfield and w. H. Bryant Of
Goldfield.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
BIDS WANTED.

Bids will be received for the pur-
chase of the Eagles Pavilion from
Tonopah Aerie No. 271, F. o. E.
For particulars apply to A. A. De-
war, A. j. Griffin, o. Perry AMI e. E.
Walker. Bids will be opened Fri
day evening, Oct. s, 1909. The
Aerie reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. Bids to be adj
dressed to w. L. MOORE, Secy.
1915 At
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
Wittenberg Warehouse &
Transfer Company
Coal! Coal! Coal!
BUILDING PAPER, ROOFING Pa
PER FOR YOUR OWN PRICE
PHONE 1862
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION;
CO-PARTNERSHTP

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership, heretofore existing,
between G. W.. Summerfield & w. S.
Johnson, under the firm name and
style of Summerfeld & Johnson and
w. s. Johnson Company, has this
day been mutually dissolved and no
longer exists for the transaction of
any business, except the winding up
of its affairs. w. S. johnson will
continue the business.
Dated this first day of September,
1909.
G. w, SUMMERFIELD,
a w. S. JOHNSON.
9-3-3Ot
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
HONORABLE BOARD
OF COUNTY DADS
Are IN Session
CONVENE YESTERDAY AT THE
MONTHLY MEETING-ALLOW I
BILLS TODAY

Very little business was Transact
ed by the honorable board Of county
commissioners, wiioT convened, yes
terdays morning for the transaction
of business relating to the affairs of
the county. SA number of petitions
were received from different sec
tions of the county, asking for APP
preparations with which to repair
the roads, but no final action was
taken. The county and town bills
viii be taken up at ,today's session.
Advertise in the Daily Bonanza
the paper with the circulation.
~
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR sSALE--One new two-horse
power Wagner s0-cycle, single
phase, electric motor; starter and
q fixtures complete Address b.
Bonanza office. ueI tt r-
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
ATTENTION ELKS.

There will be regular meeting
of Tonopah Lodge No. 1862 tonight,
of Tonopah Lodge No. 1862 B. P, o.
e. tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 5th. All
members are requested to be pres
ent.
H. c. SCHMIDT, E. r.,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05

The prizes for the musicians mas
querade ball, Friday, Oct. Sth, are
now on exhibition in the windows
of the Tonopah Drug Co. and Du-
browsky's jewelry store. 1915 1t
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05
BABY SHOW

No entrance fee will be charged
al the baby show. The mothers adj
mission ticket entities the baby to
an entry erd Children under five
wears mrs Eligible. Every mother
in Tonanah IS requested to bring
her habg "a help along the cause.
1875 q
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05

Baby Show, Miners Union hall,
October 18th. The doors will open
at / o'clock. The baby show will
commence promptly at 2 O'Clock.
General admission 25 cents. Tick
cts on sale at Piercy's drug store.
1912 to IL
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-05

Don't fail to gather bouquet of
flowers at the enchanted flower bed.
1913 st
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11
Saint Sasns and Warner.

Camille Saint-Saens has been I'M
questionablY the foremost musician in
France since the death of Gounod.
Like so many other musicians. he be-
gan to play the piano when quite
child and was only seventeen when
he composed his first symphony. He
was friend of Wagner. List and
Gounod. and apropos of his first meet
ing with Wagner an interesting story
is told Saint SaenS was sent to the
house of the great German with Il let
ter of Introduction from a friend On
being shown into an anterOom to wait
the arrival Of his host he saw a part
of the manuscript score of one of Wag-
ner'S operas lying on the piano. Sitting
down at the instrument, Saint-SaenS
began to play the music, and so mas
terly was his rendering that Wagner.
who was in the next room. rushed in
and jOyfully embraced him. NJ. Saint
Saens is still as brilliant a pianist as
he is a composer.-London NJ. A. P.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11
Waterloo Battlefield.

The battlefield at Waterloo, writes
an American tourist from Brussels, is
rapidly being Invested of all its inter
esting features. The houses which
sheltered men who helped to make his
tory there are being torn down, the
roads and paths are being obliterated,
and soon there will be nothing left to
remind one Of Napoleons last stand
but the great mound capped by the
Waterloo lion. The museum, where
all the battlefield trophies are on view,
uniforms. arms. drawings and pic
lures, was never preteutious institu-
ton, but no visitor failed to look with
interest at the many exhibits behind
the glass doors. This also is to be dis
mantled, and the articles which have
been carefully kept for years will be
distributed among the provincial mu-
seums of Belgium, where as individual
exhibits they will lose much in value,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11

In many towns and counties now
white painted stone post gives in clear
black letters at every fork in the roads
a list Of towns hardly less formidabl
than those on the train bulletins of a
railroad terminal At a glance the
traveller may see his way along for
fifty miles. Sometimes the automobile
associations are themselves reSpon-
sible for Information disseminating
guideboards of different construction.
but equally useful The necessity of
providing a new class of travellers with
Il new sort Of facts has been back OF
the movement for guideboard rehabI-
itation. The contrast in this respect
makes it easy to distinguish the re-
giCns Of horse drawn vehicles content
with a next town direction and those
places which have felt the era of the
automobile. y lesson in local geog-
raphy is carried in every such guide
board Perhaps this revival of the
guideboard is but a return to condi-
lions that prevailed before the days OF
the railroad.-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
The Grange Active In an Intelligent
and Abrasive Way.

The second annual good roads con
yeution was held Sept u to % at
Cleveland, o.. under the auspices Of
the American Automobile association
the national grange United States
office Of public roads. the American
Roadmakcrs' association ana several
automobile organizations. The high
way problem was considered from all
angles, and the varied interests of the
participants brought out a presenta-
ton of all the modern phases OF the
subject
The grange has been very active In
an intelligent and aggressive way in
the stimulation of thought and action
on improved highways and represents
well the farmers view, says the
Breeders Gazette. The prejudice
against motors on the highways is
wearing away and will the more rap
idly disappear as farmers come in
larger numbers to the use Of these ma
chimes. Undoubtedly at present many
farmers are influenced against road
betterment because it brings increased
use by autos Time was when many
farmers fought road improvement be
cause bicyCiStS advocated it, and their
attitude toward the subject is the
same now that motorists are interest
ed in movement for better highways.
II is idle to fight the trend of the
times road suitable for an auto
- a 4.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11
By
HAROLD
MAC GRATH
Copyright. 1908. by the Bobbs-
Merrill Co


7Imp0sSibIe. Why. I'm mn but
broke"
"I'n take you as companion. I'm a
sick man. Dan. I'm likely 70 ilmr
overheard if some one isn't watching
me every minute"
I'D like to 20. Jack. Heaven and
earth but l should! But | can't posi-.
bly, 20 to Italy with letter Of credi,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11
Automobiles In Nova Scotia.

Some Brockton people who have
been making automobile tours in Nova
Scotia have run up against some
strange regulations Of the provincial
character which have tended to con
siderably abridge their convenience
and comfort.
1t appears that the Nova Scotia reg
ulations forbid cars from using the
highways in certain sections on the
market day in each week, when the
country folk flock into the town to do
their trading They discovered. too
late for their convenience, that the
market days do not occur on the same
day of the week in every town, so that
while they steered clear Of that in one
town they brought up with bang
against the bars IN another town IN
the line OF the routes they had plan
Acknowledgment News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-11
OLDEST WEDDING FACT.
An Interesting Contract Which Was
Drawn Up Centuries ga.

An Interesting Contract Which Was
Drawn Up Centuries &-o.
Out Of the mass OF So Il!pd "ele-
phantine" papyruS in the 1ya. muse
um at Berlin Oh which u u4mner of
scholars have been at wcrk several
months have come some Of the most
curious finds the scientific world has
been presented with ia years
One Of these is the most ancient mar
riase contract in the world. accord ing
to Professor Leopold Wruger. an eIni-
nent HellenisJ. Written in excellent
classical Greek. from lis context evi-
IDENTIFY composed about 81 Il. c.. the
document begins. In the seventh year
of the reign of Alexander. the son Of
Alexander, in the fourteenth year of
the satrapy Of Ptolemaos in the month
of Dios."
The contract sets forth that Hrra-
kleides has agreed to take as his wife
Demetria of Kos. the lawful daughter
of her father. Leprines. and of her
mother. Philetis. Then it acknowI-
edges the receipt of clothing and jew
els, valued at a thousand drachmas.
which Demetria has laid at his feet
in recognition OF the honor he is about
to beStOw upon her. Even the newly
welded couples place of residence is
given in the agreement The rest Of
the contract deals with the possibility
Of the husbands uufaithtuness and