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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

But 1t isn't microbes that make kissing dangerous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

Fortunate is the man whose wife Is his chum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Pre.pectinE in st. Clair.

The visit here during last week of Washington capitalists, means much for the future of Rag1and. These men were each most favorably impressed with our opportunities. and one of the leading among them did not hesitate to predict for this town 5000 popula- tion within four years. Think of what that means for this section of st Clairi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

Tet snndsy Aversee. November. Isos. .zs.s2S e Il Finixan Circulation Manager or Inc Montgomery Advertiser. being auis .aThe forxgoing statement of The Adver- ifsers circulation for the month ot novemoea, s. &Il returns from news boys. news asents spoiled and left over copies have been oe- ..Circuiation Manager" sworn to and subscribed before me this sS'A " RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

Elba Clipper.
 The practice of planting good big acreage in oats and fertilizing them so as to mako some oats. is growing in this county. Lots of farmers find it pays to plant oats with cotton to f0l. low. as early maturing cotton does well after oats and comes on to be chopped at a convenient time after the rush of cuitivating first time of early cotton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18

No true woman will stand for the way her husband arranges the rurni- ture in the room,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-18
Let Him Pay Tor Luxuries.

Selma Times.
 Down in Mobile. Sheriff Drago has asked the County Commissioners to purchase an automobile for his dee partment. Of course the petition .of the sheriff was refused. the Commfs- sioners declaring they had no law for such. expenditure. Why not ask Some criminal might be. in the audi. ence and could be seen and arrested by the sheriff's department.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
DEPARTMENT OF the Interior, w..
II & Land once. Wateryille, Nssn''

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
pepsrtment OF the Interior,
II s. Land once, Waterville, WASH
January 8, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
Henry H. Furman,
of Oroville, Wash who on Octo'
Der 7, 1907, made homestead entry
No $50 c. S., Serial No. oIoo2
for ri nw4, set nwt, nw4 net sec
Is, twp. SO n, r 27 ew m, has hleo
notice of intention to make ma
communication proof, to esta bilsh
claim to the land above described,
before Fred J. Fine, L. S. Com r.
at his Office at Oroville, on the "a
day oil February, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
J. A. McGinty of Nelson, and <
F. Sigrist, E. F. Steiner and john
B. Hunt all of Oroville, Wash.
W. F. HAYNES.
Register.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
THE rest is only suspicion.

INC TCSt u OItp euSptCtOt
nightfal. Harry had put the warning
elements under. When Prendergast re-
turned at supper time. the candle was
lighted in it's wall box. the dinted tea
fire and Harry was persplring over the
scouring'of the last utensil.
Prendergast looked the orderly inte-
rior over on the threshold with q
contemptuous amusement. Almost
thought | was in church." he said. he
took off his coat and lazily watched
the other cook the frugal evening meal.
Excuse my not volunteering" he OBJ
served You do 1t SO nicely I'm al
most afraid you'll have another attack
of that forgettery of yours and 60 back
to the old line"
Presently he looked at the bunk,
clean and springy with fresh out spruce
shoots, He went into 1t. knelt down
and thrust an arm into the empty
space beneath it. He got up hastily.
what have you done with that?' he
demanded. with an angry snarl.
with WHAT" Harry turned his head
as he set two tin plates on the bare
table.
with what was under here"
There was nothing there but an old
horse skin" said Harry. 1T Is hanging
on the side of the cabin"
With an oath Prendergast flung open
the door and went outside. He re-en-
tered quickly with the white hide in
his arms. wrapped it in blanket and
thrust it back under the bunk.
Has any one been here today since
you put it out there?" he asked quick
ly.
mo" said Harry. surprised. "WhyT'
Prendergast chuckled. The chuckle
grew to guffaw. and he sat down,
slapping his thigh. Presently he went
to the wall. took the channels skin bag
from its hiding place and poured some
of its yellow contents into his palm
That's why. Do you remember that
eh?"
Harry looked at it. Gold dust" he
said Il seem to recall that. I am
going to begin work in the trench to.
morrow. There should be more where
that came from
Prendergast poured the gold back
Into the bag with a cunning look The
other had asked for no share Of 1t.
At that moment he decided to say
nothing of the evening before. Of the
girl or the horseback journey. lest
Hugh. cudgeing his brains. might re
member he had been offered a half.
There's plenty more where that
came from, all right" he said. land
I'll teach you again how to get 1t one
Of these days"
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"rreyy one knew neon the street III
the hotel. They know me for what !
have been to them. Yet to me II Is al
a blank. What shameful deeds have
doner' He shrank from memory now.
"Ubat was | doing so far away, where
was I going, on the night when l was
picked up beside the railroad TRACK!
NAV be a drunkard," he said to him.
self. mo. In the past month ! have
drunk hard. but not for the taste OF the
liquor. may be a gambler. ! may De
q cheat, a thief. Yet how is 1t possible
for bad deeds to be blotted out ana
leave no trace? Actions breed habit II
they do not spring from 1t. and haplt
automatically repeated becomes cnar
acter. | feel no inherent propensity 10
rob or defraud. Shall II Will these
things come back to me If my memory
doesY'
In the battle that he fought now ne
turned, even in his weakness, to man
ual labor, striving to dull his thougnt
with mechanical movement. He clean
ed and put to rights both rooms anu
sorted their litter Of odds and ends.
But at times the inclination to escape
became we'll nigh insupportable. When
the conflict was fiercest. he would
think of a girls face once seen. and
the thought would restrain him. Who
was she? Why had her look pierced
through him? In that hateful career
that seemed so curiously alien could
she have had part?
He did not know that she Of whom
he wondered in the bitterest Of those
hours had been very near him; that on
her way up the mountain she had
stolen down to the Knob to look
through the parted bushes to the cabin
with the blue spiral rising from Its
chimney.
Though the homely task to which he
turned failed to allay his struggle by
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26

About ten years
er was held up"
health and happind
was believed to be
sumption. - writes \
comb, of Washington
took all kinds of n
treatment from sew
but found no help til
King s New Discovd
wholly cured by SKI
is a well man today.I
to relieve and the su
weak or sore lungs, |
Coughs and Colds, B
Grippe, Asthma and
affections. SOC and
bottle free. Guaran'
vile Pharmacy.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26

r. ~x~ N By HALLE
odvdll ERMINlE RIvES
+
SanderSOn |:::::: :; :; :,.:.

Claim" He saw the grass grown
gravel trenches. evidence Of abandon
ed work. He had been a miner. That
in itself was honest toll.
"The claim is good, them he said
over his shoulder I'VE found the
payr
Prendergast contemplated him mo-
ment in grim silence, with a scowl.
you're either really fuddled. Hugh, ''
he said then, cor else you're star
play actor and up to something deep.
Well, have IT your own way-it's all
the same to me. But you can't pull
the wool over my eyes long"
There were nockery and threat In
his tone: but, more than both. the evil
intimacy in his words gave Harry a
qualm Of disgust This man had been
his associate. That one hour in the
town had shown him what his own
life there had been.
What should he do? Forsake for
ever the neighborhood where he had
made his blistering mark? Fling all
aside and start again somewhere and
leave behind this disgraceful present,
with that face that had looked into
his from above the dusty street?
II fate intended that, why had it
turned him back? II such was the
bed he had made, he would lie in 1t.
He would drink the gall and vinegar
without whimpering. Whatever lay
behind he would live II down. This
man at least had befriended him.
He turned into the room. Perhaps
shall remember after awhile" He took
the saucepan from Prendergast's hand.
"Ill cook the breakfast" he said.
Prendergast filed his pipe and watch
ed him. II guess there are bats in your
belfry. sure enough, Hugh" he said at
length. you never offered to do your
stint before"
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significance of which she did not com
prehend. That kiss, she told herself
that night. had been given to her dead
ideal that had lain there in its purify
ing grave clothes Of forgetfulness Yet
1t burned on her lips, as that other kiss
in darkened room had burned after
ward. but with a sense Of pleasure, not
Of hurt. 1t took her back into crimson
meadows with her lost girlhood and its
opaled outlook-and Hugh.
But largest of all in her mind next
he Jared. In the open daylight she
could not approach the cabin. but she
reflected that the doctor had been
there and no doubt had carried some
report of him to the town. So as the
morning grew she rode down the
mountain ostensibly to get the cherry
cordial she had left behind her the day
before. really to satisfy her hunger for
news.
As 1t happened Mrs Hallwap's first
greeting set her anxiety at rest pm
dergast had bought some tobacco at
the general store an hour before while
she had been making her daily order.
and the storekeeper had questioned
him. To an interested audience he
had told of the finding of Hugh on
the mountain road In a sort of crazy
fever and enlarged upon ths part the
girl on horseback had played Hugh
was all right now, he said. exceD. that
he didn't remember him or the ca bin
or Smoky Mountain.
What Prendergast had said Mrs
Halloran told Jessica in a breath. Be
fore she finished she found that Jes-
sica had not heard Of the incident in
the saloon which had preclpitated the
fight with Devlin, and with sympa
thetic rhetoric Mrs. Halloran told this
too
Why does Smoky Mountain hate
him so? What has he done?' asked
Jessica.
Mrs. Hallcran shook her head. ri
never knew anything myself" she
said judiciously. II reckon the town
allus counted him just a general low
down. The rest Is only suspicion an
give the dog bad name"
There had been comfort for Jessica
In this interview. Mrs. Halloran's
story had materially increase d the
poignant force Of her pity. What had
seemed to her vulgar brawl had
been In reality courageous and IN
selfish championship of a defenseless
outcast Thinking of this, the self
blame and contrition which she had
felt when she listened to the violin
assailed her anew, till she seemed a
very part Of the guilt, an equal sinner
by omission.
Yet she rode homeward that day
With almost a light heart
As Harry stood ~ the cabin door
way looking after Prendergast toward
the town, glistenirg far below in the
morning sunlight, he thought bitterly
Of his reception there.
They al kcew ne" he thought
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The eyes opened, and a confused. trou
bled look crept TO them Then they
, closed again. and the look faded out
into a peace that remained.
A thrill ran through her, the sense
Of moral power of the weak over the
strong, of the feminine over the mas
culine.
A rising flush stained her cheeks.
With a sudden impulse and with
guilty backward glance she bent and
touched her lips to his forehead.
she drew back quickly, her face
flooded with color, caught her breath,
then, drawing her hood over her head,
went swiftly to the door and was lost
in the darkness.
When toward midnight the fever
ebbed, Sanderson had fallen into a
deep sleep of exhaustion, from which
| he opened his eyes next morning upon
| the figure of Prendergast sitting, pipe
| in mouth, in the sunny doorway.
He lifted himself on his elbow. That
crafty face had been inexpicably WOW
en- with the delirious fantasies Of his
| fever Where and when had he known
| it? Then in a great tide welled over
him the memory of his last conscious
| hours-the scene in the saloon, the
| fight, the music, the sudden appalling
discovery of his name and repute. He
remembered the sickening wave of self
disgust, the fierce agony of resentment
| that had beat in his every vein as he
| walked up the darkening street. He
rememb ered the thrown quartz. No
| doubt another missile had struck home
| or he had been set upon, kicked and
pommeled into insensibility. This old
mana miner probably. for there were
picks and shovels in the corner-had
| succored him He had been i'll, there
was lassitude in every limb, and shad-
| owy recollections tantalized him. He
| retained a dim consciousness of a wo-
| mans face-the face he had seen on
the balcony-leaning near him, bring
| ing into a painful disorder a sense Of
grateful GOODNESS, of fragrance and Of
rest.
| As he stared again at the seated fg
ure, the grim fact reared like grisly
specter, deriding, thrustins its haggard
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26


by what miracle had he been so altered
as to look upon himself with loath-
ing?
He lifted himself upright, dropping
his feet to the floor. At the movement
the man on the doorstep rose quicsly
and came forward.
You're better, Hugh" he said. Take
it easy though. Don't get up Just yet
I'm going TO cook ron some breakfast"
He turned to the hearth. kicked the
emoldertng log ends together and set
q saucepan on them. Youth be styon-
ger when you've got something b.
tween your ribs be added
How long have been lying herep
asked Harry.
Only since last night You've had a
fever"
Where is my dog"
Dog" said the other 81 never
knew you had one"
Harrys lips set bitterly. 1t had Jared
more hardly then. than he. 1t had
been a ready object for the crowd to
wreak their hatred upon because it
belonged TO him-because it was Hugh
Stires' dog,
is this your cabin. my friend?"
The figure bending over the hearth
stra ghtened itself with a jerk. and
the blinking yellow eyes looked hard
at him. Frendergast came close to the
bunk
That's the game you played in the
town." he said. with a surly sneer
It's all right for those that take 1t
in, but you needn't try to bamboozle
me, pretending you don't know your
own claim and cabin, I'm no such
FOOL
\ dull flush came TO Harry's brow
Here was a page from that Ubiquitous
past that faced him His own cabin!
And his own claim, Well, WHY not?
You are mistaken" he said calmly
Il am not pretending cannot re-
member YOU
frendergast laughed in an ugly. de
risive way. Il suppose you've for
gotten the half year we've lived here
together and the gold dust we've gath
cred In now and again-slipped it all,
have you?'
Harry stood Up. The motion brought
8 temporary dizziness, but it passed
Re walked to the door and gazed out
OF the pleasant green Of the hillside.
On tree near by vas nailed a rough.
weather beaten board en- which was
scrs-!ed, TIE Little Pavraster
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

D.p.r,ment Of the Interior. L. S. Land q c.
at waterville. Washington,
Nov. 80, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that
Linnie B. Hart.
OF Wehesville, Washington, who
on Nov. 49, 1908, made timber ano
stone entry, No. 1I.I2, (Serlal Nc
o1s15, for the Ell of the SEA, SEC
9, M Of the swA SEC 10, TIP Sc
n, rs, Z " NJ. has filed notice o
intention to make final proof to es
tablish claim to the land above de
scribed, before Fred J Fine, L :
Commissioner, at his Office at Orc
vile, Wash, on the 5th day o
March, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses
John F Samson, of Oroville
Wash; Frank Arnold, Fred G
Hart, w B Reilly, all of Wehes
vile, Washington.
w F HAYNES, r gistel
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
Serial No, o535s.


NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department the interi L. s Land Office
at Waterville. Wash, Fei ruary Is, 1909
Notice lie hereby given that
WALTER J. THRowER. of Oroville Wash
No: 95S &c s)s 0545s for swl1swl., sec l. nwl'
nw1. lot 2, sec p. nw4neL4, sec II, tip 40 n, p
mas MED notice oil Intention to make final five
year proof, to establish claim 10 the Ia I'd
above described, before Fred. J. Fine L, 5
Commissioner. at his ONCE at Oroville. Wash
on the Sd day OF April, 1909 ;
Claima Mt ames as witnesses:
FRANK Efcholtz. James r. Sswdon and Fred
81 Finsen. all OF Orovile, Wash and James
Weed. of Nelson, Wash.
VIZ. HAYNES, Register,
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
Serial No. 05234.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior. L. : Land OAsce
at Waterville. Wash. February ls, 1909.
Notice 10 hereby given that
GEORGE HiGHIowER. of Anglin. Wash
who, on February %. 1904. made homesteod
entry no. 80, &c 8 serial No. o5234 for swI.neI.
slanw!+; sec II. SCI +ne4. sec ls tpS7n, % sv n
mas hleo notice u intention to make final ave
year proof, Ito establish clam 10 the land
sbove described, before Fred J Fine I :
Commissioner. at hi office ct Oroville Wash
on the 5th day OF April, 1909
Claimant names IS witnesses
Newton Dawson, Ernest Starr Georue u;r
gins ana Abraham Starr, all of AusJiu Wa h
f. HAYNES. Register
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
BEEF WANTED.

Beef has reached the high
water mark in price, being con.
siderably higher new than for
several years past. and We will
pay the highest price going for
any beef for sale
EVANS 4 Co.
Oroville
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
Serial No 0523s

Department OF the Inter or. L land oeo,
at Watervilie, Wash February ls, 1909
Notice Is hereby given that
ABRAHAM j. STARR. of Anslin. Wash
who, on February "a, 1904, made home.,sed
entry No. sos &c - serial No. 052S3 Tor seI.nei|
niassH, sel4seMi sec II, tp 81 Y, % g. " N
mas hled notice OF intention TO make 6nalAr &c
year proof 70 establish claim to the iar5
above described, before Fred ] Fins
Com mss,orer, at his once At Orovile Wash
OF the 5th day OF April sOs
C!s.Mert names as witnesses.
NeWton oswso Ernest Starr, George His.
Wash. Vi 7Hshh
W. :. HAYNEs Register.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26

presence u Q o n
him. In { b I s
little communi-
ty, which appar-
emily he had for
s a K e n and to
which he had by
chance returned.
he stood a rogue
and a scoundrel,
a thing to point
the finger at and
to avoid. T h e
question that had
burned his brain
to FIRE famed I'D
a gain. The town
despised b N.
What had been
his career? How
kaI L& l.>1~~,r
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
FIRSTNAT
BAN
To The Electors d
The Town Of Ord

To The Electors O
The Town Of ORD
Notice is hereby |
electors or voters v
porate limits of theI
vile that the regist
for the municipal |
the year of 1909 are
All persons desir1
the said election d
in order to do so. |
desiring to register
the Office of the Clej
town Of Oroville, in
Oroville building, il
Dated January "a, |
E. S
As Clerk of the tow
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
DON II GET A DI

\ western judge g1
Vorce on account of ILL
bad breath. DR.. KING
Pills would have pr
They cure Constipatlo
bad breath and Livel
the lll-temper, dispel
lsh headaches. conquer
at Oroville Pharmacy.
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Los

Gold watch and fob between
my home and the school house
" a'ch case contained initials
j. NJ. s. Finder will be re.
"arded by returning same to
Miss Sigrist.
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SEED WHEAT.

l have for sale at my ranch OF
Cayuse mountain a quantity OF
hrst-class bluestem seed wheat
Call at the ranch or address me-
at Tonasket, Wash
j. NJ. SHARP
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You G

Many business ad
dealing with this
from the benefit q
checking account. 7
is connected with Z
tional in a b,
strengthens his I'd
community. He 81
dence Of the banke
valuable resource]
ways which we 3
to accommodate I
are prepared to ser
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26

ROM the moment her
kiss fell upon the fore
head Of the delirious
man in the cabin Jes-
sica began. to be a prey
tn new emotions. the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26
A HORRIBLE ]

As Clerk of the tow
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-02-26

z vas pitch dark when
Jeesica reached the san
itarium, though she went
like 4 .whirlwlnd, the
chill damp smell Of the
-A~~ $40
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As Harry stood ~ the cabin door
way looking after Prendergast toward
the town, s,tstening far below in the
morning sunlight, he thought bitterly
Of his reception there.
They a.! knev ne" be thought
Tanana leader., 1909-09-23
|NSURCENT SENATORS
NOT GOOD REPUBLICANS

Winona, Minn Sept 1SHeedless of the fact that he adj
dressing audience the majority whom composed of support
admirers Senator Neson President Taft his address here
today boldly asserted that the who had voted against the
Payne tariff bill be considered good Republicans
they had deliberately abandoned their plain that this
the address did take with the hearers but the speaker
fused take of the fact qualify his statement
The of the address enthusiastically appauded When the
free
the Middle West their fight for the adjustment of
duty lumber he interrupted frequently by
the clear that the final
commodity by uncenng
from the South from far Northwest and that the
which resulted the best that could be effected at the time
The President regarded the Payne tariff victory for the
contrary The
greater than they raised
There defeat and only for the revsonsts and that
this schedule
high and burden the who will be compelled
clothes Dingey With
this commodity the tariff law tile best the Pres
by United congress-
Tanana leader., 1909-09-23
G. K. SNOW
CENSUS TAKER

C. X. Snow, the well-known winter
mail carrier who was on the down
river run last winter and who has been
acting as guard at the federal Jail at
Nulato during the summer. has been
appointed census enumerator for M.
lato district by Assistant Commissioner
William I. Lopp.
Mr.. Snow is distributing dog feed
and other supplies preparatory to the
real work of his Office, which will
commence December l. His expert
ence as musher and familiarity with
the conditions in the district render
him a very fit man for the important
work to which he has been assigned.
Tanana leader., 1909-09-23
PRELIMINARY WORK
FOR CENSUS TAKING

The actual work of taking the
census i'll Alaska will begin De-
cember I, and will he finished by
the last of next March.
This is The calculation of w. A.
Mckenzie, special census agent for
Alaska, whose headquarters have
been established at Fairbanks. Mr..
Mckenzie is the directing head of
the census for all Alaska, although
he will con6ne his particular atten-
ton to the Fourth judicial division.
He will employ 80 census takers.
According to Fairbanks newspa
pers, the territory has been appor-
toned in quarters, with all assist
ant in charge of the work i'll each
of the other divisions, each assist
ant to employ about 80 men. The
assistants are: For the First divi
sion. including Southeastern Alaska,
A. N. Thompson; second division,
taking i'll Seward, Southern Alaska
and the Aleu'ian islands, DR.. J. H.
Romig; third division, Western
and Northe. IL Alaska, William +.
Lopp.
The census will cover several i'm
portant subjects. One of these is a
thorough and statistical report for
the territory, concerning deaths and
births. AS complete a record as
possible of manufactures, agricul-
ture, mining, schools, churches,
ETC., will be made.
Population. of matter of course,
is the chief object. III connection
with agriculture, all livestock will