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| have sales on the following
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March 4th. Phone me at st. Law
renee. B. F. Magness.
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Good Stock

Black Polled Bull, registered. for
service at my place; also two black
polled registered bull calves for sale.
Call or phone me me at Miller.
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Splint coal at the Mill. Same
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heat. no clinkers. 5-tf
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QEAyER q FLANAGAN
AUCTIONEERS

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stock sales. Sales in town every Saturday.
Bring In your property. Miller. S. ID.
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IILRIcK * MATTHEWS
BARBER SHOP

First-class work of all kinds guaranteed. Three
chair shop Your patronage solicited. West side
Broadway. Miller. S. ID.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01

fans oe t,,n cc'r--. ard I SIT 10
know him well! \ si.nnlcr minded,
gentler frontiersman never lived. He
was modesty and courtesy combined.
conspicuous mainly because of two or
three unusual traits for his class-he
never drank. never heard him swear,
and no man ever heard him lie
For years he had been Cody's faith
ful follower, half servant, half .pard-
ner.' He was Bills 'fdus Achates.'
Bill was his alteration. They had been
boys together, and the hero worship of
extreme youth was simply intensified
In the man. He copied Bills dress. his
gait, his carriage, his speech-every-
thing he could copy. ... .... .
Poor, honest hearted Chips" His
story was a brief one after we had
launched out from where Cody left US
to carry some dispatches for Terry.
Chips remained in his capacity as
scout, though he seemed sorely to miss
his 'pardner.'
lit was just two weeks after that we
struck the Sioux at Slim Butte. AS the
head Of our column logged in among
the lodges General Carr directed us to
keep on down to face the bluffs to the
south, and Mills pointed to a ravine
opening out into the village, with the
warning: Look out for that gully.
There are Indians hidden in there, and
they've knocked over some Of my men,.
Everybody was too busy just then
to pay much attention to two or three
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Canadian border. General Miles even
made application for permission from
the two governments to follow him TO
a finish, but for some reason the high
er authorities did not permit it. Sit
fing Bulls influence had always been
ably seconded by Gan as a fighter. and
here want to say that everybody in
the ''know" recognized GaIl as one of
the bravest and gamest Of fighting
men that history has produced, white
or red. On one occasion. in a fight
with the troops. he was shot down and
ridden over by the cavalry, and it Is
stated that an infantry soldier. in the
excitement Of the moment and to as
sure his death, drove his bayonet clean
through his body and left it there, ac-
tually pinning him to the ground. His
death seemed assured. Afterwara q
rainstorm came up. which revived
him, and he eventually crawled OF In
the darkness and lived to lead the fir
ing Hire in the Caister and Reno fights.
Years after I saw the evidence Of the
wound In bis stomach.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01

"Chtps" sprung convulsiuely In the air.
wounded Indians in a hole We were
sure of getting them when wanted. SO
placing n couple of sentinels where
they could warn stragglers away from
it's front, we formed line along the
south and west Of the captured village
and got everything ready to resist the
attack we knew they would soon make
in full force.
Half dozen soldiers got permission
to 60 over and join in, while the rest
Of us were hungrily hunting about for
something to eat The next thing we
heard was a volley from the ravine
and saw the scouts and packers scat
tering for cover One soldier held his
ground-shot dead. Another moment
and it became apparent that not one or
two but a dozen Indians were crouch
ing somewhere in that narrow gorge,
and the move to get them out assumed
eral Crooks staff sprang into the en-
trance, carbine in hand, and a score of
cavalrymen followed, while the scouts
and others went cautiously along either
bank, peering warily into the cave
like darkness at the head. A squad Of
newspaper correspondents, led by that
reckless Hibernian Finerty of the Chi
cago Times. came tearing over, pencil
in hand, all eagerness for items, just
as q second yolley came from the con-
cealed foe, and three more Of their as
sailants dropped bleeding in their
tracks. Now our people were fairly
aroused, and officers and men by doZ-
ems hurried to the scene. The misty
air rang with shots. and the chances
looked bad for those redskins. Just at
this moment as | was running over
from the western side ! caught sight
Of Chips Oh the opposite crest. Al
alone he was cautiously making his
way on hands and knees toward the
head Of the ravine, where he could
look down upon the Indians beneath
AS yet he was protected from their
fire by the bank itself. his lean form
distinctly outlined against the eastern
sky. He reached ,stunted tree that
grew Oh the very euSc Ol tUt gorge.
and there he halted, brought his rife
close under his shoulder IN readiness
to aim and then raised himself slowly
to his feet. lifted his head higher and
higher as he peered over. Suddenly a
suick, eager light shone in his face. a
sharp movement of his rife as though
he were about TO raise 1t to the
shoulder, when-bang-a puff of white
smoke fioated up from the head Of the
rarine. Chips sprang convulsively in
the air, clasping his hands to his
breast. and with one startled, agoniz-
In cry. oh. my God, boys-goodby.
Bill. plunged heavily forward on his
face down the slope. shot through the
heart.
Two minutes more what Indians
were left alive were prisoners and that
costly experience was at an end.
1--WE buried poor Chips in the deep
ravine with our other dead, and no
scout was more universally mourned
than Buffalo Bilrs' follower and de-
voted friend. Jim White"
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a FTER the Custer massacre Gen.
eral Miles was left In COM
mand on the Yellowstone and
. BUFEALO BILL



~ eral Miles was left in com.
VI mand on the Yellowstone and
erected huts for his troops and
stores, which were brought from the
Missouri river by wagon. He built two
posts, one on the Tongue river and one
on the Yellowstone near where Is now
the city of Glendive. As soon as these
were completed, instead Of waiting for
spring and summer, he Immediately
PLANNED to keep up activity against the
red foe.
The Indians greatly annoyed his sup
|Dly trains, and on one occasion the
train had to return Oh account Of the
[strength of the Indians. This reused
,ne generars Ire, ana instead or the
(demoralized teamsters he equipped it
with soldiers as such and fighting men
to accompany them. Sitting Bull him.
self notified Colonel Otis that he must
not travel that way, and Miles got aft
Or old Bull and overlook him at Cedar
creek. The willy chief sent flag of
truce, as he wished to pass the winter
comfortably and wanted permission
to hunt and trade on condition that he
did not attack the soldiers. But Miles
would not temporize. He sent word
that there was only one peace, and that
was by submission. During this flag
Of truce they tried to trap him in the
way in which General Canby lost his
life In the Modoc conference in '73, but
Miles "coppered" the game and told
Sitting Bull: I'll take no advantage Of
you under flag Of truce. You have
fifteen minutes to get back to your peo-
pie and fifteen minutes more to accept
my terms or I'll commence fighting.
Either you or I have got to be boss
Of this part Of the country"
Although the country swarmed with
Indians and no reply had come, Miles
attacked them with such vigor that
they left many of their dead on the
field, which they never liked to do, and
continued hot pursuit for over forty
miles, compelling them to abandon
food, lodge poles, camp equipage and
ponies. Eventually 400 lodges and
1000 Indians surrendered and were
sent to their agencies.
Sitting Bull and his hostile cronies
left the main body and escaped north
ward, where they were joirpd by Gail
and some other chiefs This bitter ex-
perience was an astonishmcnt to Sit
ting Bull and the Sioux, so that it left
that section free from their immediate
depredations. After a return to the
Tongue river post and short rest the
determined commander made up an
expedition to follow Sitting Bulls
trail northward. although it was oblit-
Grated by deep snow and the winter
had opened with great severity, even
for that region. The suffering of the
troops was intense. A month after
ward Frank Baldwin and the troops
under Miles overlook and hammered
old Bull on two occasions and made
It SO warm for him in such cold
climate that he took refuge over the
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01
Gle
Lincoln Centenary
Lincoln the Orator
By JAhES A. EDGERToN

Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso-
citation. aa
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great occasion.
1t has as its object the advancement
Of justice. truth or liberty. 1t is the
utterance of some friend of man in op-
position to tyranny or in favor of
forward step of the race. AS such it is
q divine instrument of good. There
will always be a place for this sort of
eloquence 1t will ever form a part Of
the literary treasures of the race
The Oratory of Abra ham Lincoln was
Of this character. 1t came from his
heart-aye, deeper, from his soul. Its
mainsprings were hatred Of slavery.
contempt of shams, love of country
and of mankind. No man can under
stand Lincoln who does not see his i'm
patience with empty forms. shows.
pretense and lip service. Only the real,
the basic. the fundamental and the
true made any appeal to his intellect
or heart. He knew nothing of mere
rhetoric. He was utterly logical. His
merciless ridicule stripped off every af-
fectation and sophistry. His simplicity
made him put every proposition in its
plainest terms. His democracy caused
him to phrase his arguments for the
understanding of the common mind.
His humor and good sense appealed at
once to the masses. But. despite the
were dressed, Lincoln's ideals were
ever lofty, and through his utterances
runs a moral undertone, a note of gen.
uine faith in God that has scarcely
been as conspicuous in any ruler since
Oliver Cromwell
The most famous addresses Of Mr..
Lincoln were perhaps the one at
Bloomington known as the lost
Speech" the debates with Douglas, the
Cooper Union speech, the two inaugu-
raj addresses and the Gettysburg ad-
dress. These efforts were scattered
over a period Of nearly ten years.
from the formation of the Republican
party almost to Lincoln's assassina-
tion. The last in point Of time was
the immortal second inaugural, the
malice toward none, charity for alf'
utterance which, considered from
every Stdhupolut, IS -hI. LluCOlu >
greatest. There has been nothing in
human speech quite like that second
inaugural since the golden words that
fell from the lips of the NaZarene
nineteen hundred years ago. The
divine justice. the moral quality. the
largeness of view and the lack of
bitterness, the forgiveness and the
providence for those left helpless by
the war, all these, coupled with the
occasion and the man, make the Sec
ond inaugural Of Lincoln transcend
any mere state paper. with the single
exception of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence. This may seem extrava-
CANT praise, but an examination Of
other state papers will reveal that it
is not. or course 1t must be under
stood that this estimate relates only,
to oratorical and literary quality.
The Gettysburg address ranks with
the second inaugural, and the two will
ever remain Abraham Lincoln's chief
contributions to literature.
Lincoln was like no other speaker in
history. His style is peculiarly his
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AB r A II A NJ
n Lin Lincoln had
a poet He loved
Shakespeare and
Burns, whom he
quoted by rote,
and had in his
memory many fu-
gitive pieces to
he brought forth
as s ite his
mood. The IA
vorfte Of all these
was one he him
self m a de IA
nous beginning,
"Oh, why should
the spirit of NOR
tai be prou d 2"
Holmes IL q S I
Lear was also
frequently on his
lips, q s were
many others In a
similar vein.
Frank B. Car
u
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! y y tHIHy WdS UcH-
mite, stated with an exactness that ad-
mitted Of but one Interpretation. Never
did an orator combine SO perfectly the
logical. the moral and the poetical.
His example proves once more that
at their highest these qualities coincide.
There was nothing Of the fiorid about
Lincoln. He talked In a conversational
way, and his most conspicuous quality
was common sense.
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own. Not only are
there no surplus
words. but no
surplus thoughts.
Throwing a side
every nonessen-
tial, he d row e
straight to the
heart Of his sub
ject. He was i'm
PEELED TO get at
the very center
of the thing, at
fits soul. But with
paiDstaking care,
even il In the
fewest possible
words, he made
every step of his
reasoning plain.
There was moth
ing loose or vague
in the thought
of Lincoln. He
was the severest
logician. Every
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01

W the e : ey : mic 1s
Id q y g q =.
neither real ora
tory nor real po
etry can ever
p q 8 e out OF
vogue. 1t is only
the second rate
varieties, the i'm
itations and the
counterhits that
come into disre-
pute. The high
est eloquence and
the greatest Tyr
les and epics are
the voices of the
immortal in man,
and to the i'm
mortal in man
they make their
appeal. Great or
atory is almost
always connect
ed with some
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01
By JAMES A. EDCERTON

Copyright 1905. by American Press Asso-
ciafton
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01

ID ECAUSE it
D has been as
sociated with
unscrupulousand
selfish men the
term politician"
has come into
undeserved con-
tempt. As used
origin ally it
meant simply O
political cti-
clan. a good gen
eral in the bat
ties Of the bal
lots. Since graft.
bosses and ballot
box stunng have
come into vogue
they have all
been ascribed to
t b e politician.
when, as q mat
ter of fact, they
should have been
charged to Grim
inalS who pre-
tended IN no mol.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-01
By JAMES A. EDCERToN

copyright. 1909 by American Press Asso-
ciatiOn.I
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
WHERE IS BOWERS?
HE ARRIVED D. K.
BUT NOW MISSING

Detectives Ryan and BTisbin were
busy Sunday afternoon looking for a
gentleman by the name of Frank ].
Bowers. Saturday evening a telegram
was received from a woman named Stull
in Chicago, asking the local police to
be on the lookout for Bowers, who was
then on his way to Canton. Mrs. Stull
is the mans sister and it was her in
tention to bring him to this city, where
he was to make his home. His mind
is slightly unbalanced and while at the
depot in Chicago he held her grip un-
til she arranged for checking her bag
gage. A train pulled into the depot
and he got aboard and started for
Canton, arriving here Sunday morning.
1t appears that he first went to the
Courtland, where he took his dinner
ana then registered and paid for his
room at the St. Edward hotel. He left
that place without saying where he
was going about 2:30 O'Clock, after
which the officers could find no trace
of him. Before leaving the hotel he
inquired for the location of the resi-
dence of some friends of his sister,
but he never called upon them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
YOUTH RANSACTS
SCHOOL ROOMS

Canton has had all kinds of burg
laries in the past few months, but the
novelty occurred Sunday morning,
when Ralph Sutter, a boy of about
fourteen years, entered the Liberty
street school building with the intent
of carrying away anything that
might be in sight. With the aid of
a large bunch of keys he had no trou-
BILE in getting into the place and once
inside he took his time to ransacking
the place.
He secured about 200 lead pencils,
some pens and penholders, a pair OF
heavy buckskin gloves and number
of trinkets. He tied them together
and placed them in box, containing
two boxes of cartridges.
He also had revolver at his home,
but seeing that he had been trapped by
Patrol Newell and Pitcher he threw
this away. He was sent to the city
prison, where he was locked up.
He is too young to be tried before
the mayor and he will be turned over
to the probate court Monday. He was
arrested at the home Of his grand
mother on Gonder avenue. He said
in the city prison that he was not sor-
ry for what he had done, but was just
as willing to be in the prison as out
side.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
SOCIAL EVIL GREATEST
PROBLEM OF THE NATION
Dr. Woods In Heart To Heart Talk To Men Urges
Training The Young Mind In The Right Cham
nels.

open doors to the immoral resort that
is found all too soon by the innocent
employe. He also referred to the
stage as the most prolific recruiting
grounds for the resorts of questionable
character, but interpolated high tri-
butte to the pure and noble women who
devote their time and talents to the
histronic art. On general lines, how
ever, he said the gaudy clothes or
lack of clothes, the glamor of lights
and tinsel, the laudations of the pub
lie and the general surroundings of
the stage are inimical to modesty and
virtue and in most cases, he said,
these soon vanish.
Passing from the moral to the hy-
benic phase of the question. DR..
Woods referred to the great number
of blind and others physically disabled
because of the indiscretions of the
parents, and to the social evil as the
greatest factor in the so-called race
suicide now receiving such serious
consideration in both the old and the
new world. Urging the inefflciency
of all corrective measures so far in
troduced, DR.. Woods appealed to the
men present to begin the reform by
early education in the home and
school to the end that the matured man
or woman would need no reform.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
REFORMATORY
viii Be the Address Of Five Prisoners
Sentenced by Judge Amber satur-
day-one Goes to the Works.

Seven Of the defendants indicted
by the January grand jury appeared
before Judge Amber Saturday morning
and entered pleas of guilty to their
respective charges. Five of this num-
Der were sentenced to the Mansfield
reformatory. Prosecutor Charles
Krichbaum and Assistant Prosecutor
Hubert Pontius represented the state.
Frank Snooks,, aged 19, who claims
youngstown as his home, charged with
grand larceny, acknowledged stealing
$174 from the cigar stand at the
Courtland hotel, in April, 1908. He
received a Mansfield reformatory SEN
tence.
Howard Bohall admitted the theft
of $3.50 from Maggie llangle, in ALI
ance, December 81, 1908. Bohall will
accompany Snooks to the reformatory.
He is 21 years of age.
Andrew Ford, aged 10 years, declar-
ed that he was guilty of the charge
of breaking into Baltimore & Ohio
railroad car on Dec. 13, 1908, stealing
two pairs of ladies' shoes and a brick
of cheese which were valued at So,
and he was given a sentence to the
Mansfield reformatory.
Mrs. Emma Johnson, colored, of
Massillon, who was charged with
threatening in a menacing manner to
strike and wound Price Holley in the
west end city, on October 81, 1908,
pleaded guilty and received a fine of
$50 and costs.
Harry Gray, of New Castle, Pa,
aged % years, pleaded guilty to a
charge of pocket picking at Alliance
during October, 1908, when he secured
$6.25 from Mike O'Conner. Gray will
go to the Mansfield reformatory.
Edward Mason, of Buffalo, N. Y,
aged II years, pleaded guilty to the
stealing of $175 diamond stud from
the home of ]. E. McCadden, in ALI
ance. He will serve time in the re-
formatory.
Charles Lamb, of Alliance, pleaded
guilty to an offense charged by an
Alliance girl. On account of having
been confined in the county Jail for
the past six months, Judge Amber
only gave him a six months term at
the county workhouse.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
.AGR|CULT TURAL SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS

The directors of the Stark County
Agricultural society held it's annual
meeting at the society's Office in the
court house Saturday, and elected the
following officers: President, j. ].
Snyder, Paris; vice president, Grant
Shrop, Marlboro; secretary, ]. H.
Lehman, Canton; treasurer, Henry
Wise, Canton; marshal, E. o. Engle.
A change in the society's constitu-
tion was adopted. Until year ago,
a director was allowed not only in
each township of the county, but also
one director from each of the cities,
Canton, Massillon and Alliance. A
change in the state law then confined
the representation to townships, the
city directors being dropped. A recent
law has now restored the older order
and the three cities will be represent
ed as well as the townships. The
elected directors have authority to
choose the city directors for terms ex-
piring at the date of the next election
At the meeting Saturday w. B. Shan
afelt was chosen to represent the city
OF Canton. Directors from Massillon
and Alliance will be elected at the
next meeting.
The next meeting of the society's
directors will be held in the society's
office Tuesday, February 9. At that
time, 1t is announced, the premium
list will be revised.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
SLOT MACHINES MUST
CO SAYS Chief SMITH

Chief of police Smith is now turning
his attention to another matter-that
of doing away with many of the slot
machines that have recently been plac-
ed in maEy of the saloons Of the city
These penny-devouring devices have
been multiplying within the past few
weeks and the chief has made up his
mind to have some OF them go. He
says he will instruct his men Mon
day and if the machines are not put
out of business that he will have
them hauled to a scrap pile and broken
up.