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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30


to remark on the yellow streak. edged
to the leeward side of her chair Wnen ne peh'
toward her in debating a letter
He made the rounds of the office employees
asking whether they smelt egg but all peihs
too polite to tell him he had overlooked an I'M
portant point, declared they smelt no egg. Inc
odor stayed with him.
In desperation he fled to his private office, NUT
tering as he slammed the door: MY heavens
the whole world smells, and no one knows II put
me-"
But that is only minor point In the ADOPTION
of a new national food by Uncle Sam win
each year the production of the hens OF the conh-
try is becoming smaller in proportion TO the-oe
mand for eggs. As consequence the experts
declare that each succeeding year will see the
price soar beyond expectations. The last months
of winter and the first of early spring are the
hardest for the egg eaters, for then the cost
scars there are less of the precious morsels and
those which appear often followers from the
year previous, but even those bring prices rang
ing from 80 to 40 cents Dozen
The time is remembered by many when the
best eggs brought ~ cents a dozen in retail
stores and the wholesale price was below that
So steep has the conventional cost become that
thousands of farmers are yearly devoting their
land to the raising of fowls.
The industry has already become a mighty
factor in national life and within two decades II
the country continues to eat eggs at the present
rate of increase the business of growing eggs
may outweigh that of cattle and grain.
In the large Cities Chicago, for instance the
high price of meat compelled the poorer classes
to adopt the egg means of obtaining nourish-
ment The increased demand of course boosted
the price. but still the middle and upper classes
cling to the fowl product, foul or fair.
In the great marts of trade the egg industry is
perhaps the most interesting of all. One great
cold storage warehouse in Chicago during the
last egg famine, unloaded the market close
to 100000, and every one was sold to the local
retail merchants The eggs said to have
been in cold storage for nine months. pending an
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
cAHokwc EcCS

lcrease in price sufficient to yield spectators
profit They estimated the proceeds
fter all expenses had been met at four cents on the
ozen-$2O 900 the lot.
other great egg corners have been manipulated and
lie profits doubtless have been greater, but
ley seldom come to the public ear because OF the
nekels which raked in from the enterprise
In the egg corner mentioned above. scores of men
orked day and night for two days getting the prod
out of cold storage to place them on the market
lille the price held up
The workmen were where they could be called at
nce and the minute the word the tele-
get the great crates out of the cold storage
the toilers were set to work. Two days
later every egg had been sold. the money collect
ed and more than half of them eaten by the con-
1t was great coup and only of the
other enterprises of like nature where the pro-
ceeds have ranged into large figures, have been
told but the details seldom became public prop
erty. This, by reason of the fact that the egg
CORNER" is today a rather undeveloped science
But the monarchs of other branches of the pro-
ducing world have come to look upon move
ments of that sort of the money makers OF
the days to come.
Early this month when eggs Ceases returned),
were bringing only 10 cents dozen, wholesale,
the lover of them felt fairly jubilant and barn
yard prognosticators predict that this jublant
feeling shall prevail for the rest of the summer.
Extra quality eggs were then selling at % cents
dozen, while ordinary "irsts" brought 10 cents
and "frsts" cent more dozen, prime frsts"
selling at 81 cents.
So with the sway of the strawberry the price of
eggs dropped off, and before August it is said the
cost may go lower.
With the private producers, who sell only linn
tied quantities of eggs, 40 cents dozen Is not
unheard of figure for what known eggs
laid fresh to-day" OF course, the right to that IT,
tie must be undisputed, and often when eggs are
sold, backed by reputation for freshness, high
err prices paid for them by the epicures.
However, frauds in eggs frequent al
swindles in other industries and fastdious per
sons, who hate cold storage eggs worse than the!
do paying fancy prices, are often taken in by thu
farmer" who rides into the city the nterurban
buys up large cargo of eggs in the open market
a muddier better,
ceeds to distribute cold storage eggs for the prod
uct he claims is laid fresh to-day"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
Here's a Good One.

A friend of mine told me of Curl
Gus experience. He was carefully
stalking big bull elephant in a large
herd, when they got his wind, and a
big COW elephant charged him. He
jumped behind large tree as the
elephant reached him, and, being I'M
able to stop herself in time, the ele-
plant drove her tusks with such force
into the tree that they snapped off
close to her head. The elephant was
stunned for a moment, but luckily
turned and galloped after the fast re-
treating herd, leaving him the posses.
sor Of some 80 pounds of ivory, valued
at about $250.-Circle Magazine.
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HANDS RAW AND SCALY.
ltched and Burned Tcrribly-could
Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh
Cracking-SIeep Impossible.
cutlcura soon cured His Eczema.

IAN itching humor covered both my
hands and got up over my wrists and
even up to the elbows. The itching
and burning were terrible. My hands
got all scaly and when scratched. the
surface would be covered with blis-
ters and then get raw. The eczema
got so bad that l could not move my
thumbs without deep cracks appearing.
/ went to my doctor, but his medicine
could only stop the itching. At night
suffered so fearfully that could not
sleep. I could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for
three months and I was fairly worn
out. At last got the Cuticura Rene
dies and in a month was cured. Wal
ter H. Cox, 16 Somerset St., Boston
Mass, Sept. rs, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
cheerinn Him Up.

BILL" said the inyalid's friend, I've
come to cheer you up bit like. I've
brought yer a few fairs, Bill. I
fought If I was too late they'd come in
andy for a wreaf, yer know Don't
get down-'earted, Bill Lummy, don't
you look gashly! But there, keep up
yer spirits, ole sport; I've come to
see yer an cheer yer up bit. Nice
little room you ave ere, but as / seq
to meself when l was a-comin' up:
'Wot orkard staircase to get coffin
dahni London Globe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
HELPING the Halt.

certain informed bachelor, of those the
Gateway succeeded in getting on the list during
leap year, tells of one of the boys who after at
tending a farewell bachelor supper meandered
home In muddled state late one Saturday night
or rather Sunday morning, and, getting as far as
the entrance of his rooming house, he sat down on
the stone steps, his hat fell off his knees and
with head bowed down he slumbered peacefully.
He awoke about nine o'clock and found "a cents in
his hat Charitably inclined early churehgoers had
mistaken him for beggar and dropped their pen
MES into his upturned hat.-Bremen (Ga) Gateway.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30

ache, rheumatism, dizzy and fainting
spells, urinary disorders, dreadful
bloating of dropsy and finally a COM
plete prostration that defied medical
skill and caused her to be given up.
Through the use of Doan's Kidney
Pills Mrs. Kessler is a we'll woman
and is willing to tell about her case
to anyone who cares to inquire.
Sold by all dealers. so cts. box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
Like an Hour Glass.

Nelle-Is that fellow of yours ever
going to get up the courage to pro-
pose?
Belief guess not-he's like an
hour glass.
Mclean hour glass?
Believes; the more time he gets
the less sand he has.-Cleveland
Leader.
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600 a year
Every man. woman child in the country con-
sumes little over egg and a half each day. IL
you personally dislike eggs there is one
else in some part of America who puts three as
q foundation his her breakfast coffee.
Easter week, the biggest occasion the year
round consumption of about two billion eggs
violet pink, crimson, purple yellow and some green
That the egg will dspace all others the national
is the representation of those who earn
their lvngs by raising chickens Chicago, alone with
loss than million population. Easter week last put
away 600O0O00 eggs. So greedy was the Windy city
about this diet that lots of other portions of
the United States which tL~- allotment of hen
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30

were endured by
Mrs. Caroline Kess-
Ter of w. Main St.,
Paw Paw, Mich. Well
and strong again,
her case is thought
a miracle by her
friends. What Mrs.
X e S sler W e n t
through makes a
long story - back
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
should TAKE His Medicine.

"a Teller shouldn't stand in the mid
die of the street to talk pessimism,"
declared the Plunkville philosopher.
"Why not?"
Gust he says life amt worth living,
and then jumps when he hears an au-
tomobile honk."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
Nobleman, Probably.

HOWELL see that the heiress has
put her money into the lumber bust
ness.
Powell-That so?
Howell-Yes, she has married
wooden man.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
EMT1NBE@BS by the G7.,{ I
BIuL[LlWIN q M4AAo0MGA@aSo~ ISL

UNCLE SAM is the heaviest egg eat
er in the world. In fact. so fond is
the old U. s. A. of the hen product
that another century may see the
deposition of the bald-headed eagle
and the crowning of another feath-
cred monarch.
These United States eat 100000
eggs each day $50 900. 900 week
a 500 100000 a month-56, 160, O0O,-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-07-30
HER FRIENDS WONDER
How Mrs. kessIer Was Rescued from
Almost Certain Death.

Few have lived through such trials
and suffering from kidney disease as
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
"SWEATEp LABOR"
AfICHTC.AS

Our Zurich correspondent informs
Us that an interesting exhibition has
been opened there demonstrating the
conditions under which the Swiss
poorer classes work and the wages
they earn, with special reference to
the sweating" at home. says the
London Globe. These people. who
work in their own homes. number $780,.
BOO, three-fourths OF whom are WON
en- and children. Their earnings are
shockingly low-in some cases as lit
tie as four centimes an hour are paid
to straw workers, while the average
pay in other industries is: Silk weav-
ers, seven centimes an hour; linen
weavers, IL confines; glove makers,
IL confines; wood carving, 81 CEN
times; watch-makers, SO confines.
The exhibition also contains models
of the homes in which these people
work, showing the unhealthy condi-
lions and overcrowding. The pro-
moters confidently expect that the ex'
hibition will stop the sweating and
put the law in motion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
OPENING OF CHEYENNE RIVER
INDIAN RESERVATION.

The General Land Office at Wash
ington has designated lie Beau and
Aberdeen, So. Oak, on the Minneapo-
lis & st. Louis II. r. as registration
points.
There will be about 1000 quarter sec.
tions allotted to settlers.
Who May Secure a Homestead.
Under the homestead laws of the
United States any person, male of fe-
male, who is not the owner of more
than 100 acres of land in any state
or territory, who is a native born
citizen of the United States or has
been naturalized, or declared his in.
tention to become naturalized citizen
OF the United States q. e.. one who
has taken out his first papers of citi-
zenship), who is over the age of 81
years or the head Of a family. may
make a homestead entry of not exceed
ing 160 acres of any of the unoccu-
pied public lands of the United
States.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
VALUE PAINTED ON.

Well painted is value added wheth.
er the house be built for one thousand
dollars or ten thousand. Well painted
means higher selling value, and high.
err occupying value = for there's an
additional pleasure in living in the
house that is well dressed.
National Lead Company assist in
making the right use of the right
paint by sending free upon request to
all who ask for it, their "Houseown-
ers' Painting Outfit No. 49," This
outfit includes book of color schemes
for either exterior or interior paint
ing, a book of specifications and an
instrument for detecting adulteration
in paint materials. Address National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Build
ing, New York City, and the outfit
will be promptly sent to you.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
DANGER NOT CLOSE AT HAND
Men Will Run Things Few Years
Yet Is the Prophecy Of the OBJ
servant Drummer.

A group of men were discussing the
possibilities and dangers of woman
suffrage. All but one expressed the
fear that the movement was gaining
such momentum that in compare
lively short time this fair land would
be transformed and man no longer
would be master. The exception,
commercial traveller, with years of
experience in studying human nature,
scoffed at their alarm.
Don't worry" he said. We'll be
safe for good many years yet. In all
my trips about the country find that
two-thirds of the women travellers.
even those who are self-reliant enough
to gallivant about alone, can't go to
bed even in sleeping car without
first looking under the berth TO see
if there is a man there. So long as
that primitive feminine instinct sur
wives our institutions are safe"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
Care In Preparing Food.

IN recent years scientists have
proved that the value of food is meas.
ured largely by its purity; the re.
suit is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi-
nently as a perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment of these laws as il
could possibly be is Quaker Oats:
conceded by the experts to be the ideal
food for making strength of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest of
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
is the only manufacturer of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the husks and black
specks which are so annoying when
other brands are eaten. II you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages; il not near the
store, buy the large size family pack.
ages !
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
A Question of Grammar.

Hetty's uncle. who was a school
teacher, met her on the street one
beautiful May day and asked her if
she was going out with the Maying
party.
mo, amt going"
''Oh, my little dear" said her uncle
you must not say L amt going" and
he proceeded to give her little lesson
in grammar. you are not going. He
is not going We are not going. You
are not going. They are not going
Now, can you say all that, Hetty?"
Sure ! can" she replied, making a
courtesy. There amt nobody going
Lutheran
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
LOW COLONIST FARES TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST.

Union Pacific Passenger Depart
ment announces that Colonist Fares
will be in effect from Sept. Is to Oct.
Is, 1909, to all points in the West and
Northwest.
This year the West looks more
promising than ever. Now is the time
to secure land at low prices, and, at
the same time, to visit the many inter
esting points in the West and North
west, at which liberal stopover ar
rangements may be made.
A better estimate of raw lands can
be made now than formerly, because
these lands are In proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderful
crops.
For descriptive literature, write
to E. l.. Lomax, G. p A, U. p. r. r.,
Omaha. Nek.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
WAS THE WOMAN
A MURDER VICTIM
A SUPPOSED CRIME STlRS UP
THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF
ECORSE.
BODY FOUND IN CREEK
II Was a Gruesome and Very Mysteri
Gus Find Which Now Puzzles the
Authorities.

The headless. armless and legless
body of an unidentified woman, in
closed in a coarse coffee sack. was
found In Ecorse creek, about 20 feet
from the bridge, early Monday morn
ing The body was badly decomposed
but is judged to be that of woman
about 20 years. The torso was naked.
Inside the sack were two red bricks
and several other bricks were on top
of the sack holding ii and its contents
down. The head and limbs had been
hacked off, precluding the likelihood
of amputation by physician. The
body had lain among the rushes in
shallow water within sight of the pas
sengers Of passing Wyandotte cars
evidently for several days. 1t was
noticed two days ago by employees of
Raupp's lumber mill and given a push
with a pike pole.
There is absolutely nothing about
the torso or bag by which the body
may be identified The bag was an
ordinary one. The top was we'll
sewed. In the vicinity in which the
murder was discovered many other
bodies have been found, especially in
the spring Of the year. In fact,
Raupp's mill boom is noted in Ecorse
as a place for the finding of river
"foaters." Ecorse creek is just south
of the mill and marks the southerly
limits of the village of Ecorse and the
northerly limits of the village of Ford
City.
A large colony Of foreigners, princi-
pally Poles. live in the vicinity of the
Carbon works. Murderous rows have
often occurred in this colony.
The morbid curiosity which usual
ly attends the discovery of a murder.
took hold OF the entire village of
Ecorse. All morning long people
visited the scene AS the day ad-
vanced the crowd grew in proportion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
SENSE ABOUT FOOD
Facts About Food Worth Knowing

1t is a serious question sometimes to
know just what to eat when per-
sons stomach is out of order and most
foods cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken at any
time with the certainty that it will
digest. Actual experience of people is
valuable to anyone interested in foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: 81
had suffered with indigestion for about
four years, ever since an attack of ty-
phoid fever, and at times could eat
nothing but the very lightest food,
and then suffer such agony with my
stomach would wish | never had to
eat anything.
Il was urged to try Grape-Nuts and
since using it / do not have to starve
myself any more, but l can eat it at
any time and feel nourished and salts
fed, dyspepsia is thing of the past,
and | am now strong and well.
MY husband also had an experience
with Grape-Nuts. He was very weak
and sickly in the spring Could not
attend to his work. He was under
the doctors care but medicine did not
seem to do him any good until he be-
gan to leave off ordinary food and use
Grape-Nuts. 1t was positively surpris-
ing to see the change in him. He grew
better right off, and naturally he had
none but words Of praise for Grape
Nuts
Our boy thinks he cannot eat
meal without Grape-Nuts, and he
learns so fast at school that his teach
er and other scholars comment on it.
] am satisfied that ii as because of
the great nourishing elements in
Grape-Nuts."
There's a Reason"
1t contains the phosphate OF potash
from wheat and barley which combine
with albumen to make the gray mat
ter to daily refill the brain and nerve
centers.
1t is a pity that people do not know
what to feed their children. There are
many mothers who give their young
sters almost any kind of food and
when they become sick begin to pour
the medicine down them. The real
way is to stick to proper food and
be healthy and get along without med
icine and expense
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, trnes and full Of human
interest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
consumptives Need Not Leave Home.

Consumption can be cured, or ar
rested, in any section of the United
States, and the percentage Of cures in
the east and the west is nearly the
same. Any physician, therefore, who
sends a person to the southwest with
out sufficient funds, or in an advanced
or dying stage of the disease, is guilty
of cruelty to his patient. Renewed
efforts are being made to stop this
practice, and to encourage the build
ing of small local hospitals in every
city and town in the country. At.
tempts are also being made in South.
ern California and in Texas 10 ex.
clude INDECENT consumptives or to
send them back to the east.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

To those lovers OF the good old
times who mourned the disappearance
of the venerable and highly respected
sea serpent from the news of the day
Il will come as q pleasant relief to
know that the real old sea serpent OF
their own and their fathers day is do
ing business again at the old stand.
He was seen the other dag off Cape
Hatteras, seemingly in good health
and spirits and with eight feet to his
credit and length. After all. the vi.
tally of the oldtime fish stories out
lasts the newer ones.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

The continental countries will soon
learn that the habit of permitting the
unfit to cross the ocean only to be re-
turned is not a sane economic policy
The trip over not only costs money but
represents loss of time to those wage
earners who are refused admission
here. The man who gives up his job
on the other side and is sent back dis
turbs labor conditions by his unex
pected temperance. Hence, 1t will
be wise for the nations across the At
lantic to do some inspecting before
opening the gates to would-be immi
grants.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
SisaI and the Warden.

At a meeting Of the prison board
of control Wednesday, the matter OF
purchasing sisal direct from the
grower instead OF through a broker
was discussed 1t is said that this is
being done by some of the manu-
facturers Of sisal binder twine, and
if the Jackson prison plant could do
the same, it would be a saving OF
about $4,000 a year in commissions
1t is understood that the broker gets
81 bale for handling sisal. The
board also discussed the question OF
making Manila Irvine, and while nc
resolutions were adopted along these
lines. the matter remains under con
sideration.
AS the governor was not present al
the meeting, the matter of appoint
ing q warden was not taken up. All
the other members of the board were
present Most of the time was con
sumed in auditing bills.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
Not Ambiguous at All.

The donkey is-or has been-asso.
ciated with party politics in other
countries besides our own.
In one of England's elections a can
didate for parliament, the late Lord
Bath, called attention to himself by
means of a donkey over whose back
two panniers were slung, bearing a
ribbon band on which was printed
Vote for Papa"
1t must be added however. that in
each pannier stood one of Lord Bath S
daughters.-Youth Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

The total trade of the United States
with non-contiguous territory under
control of the government has shown
a remarkable increase since 1898,
when the war with Spain took place.
The aggregate then was S50.000,OO0
Now it is $16O,0OO,000. Our non-con'
tiguous territory includes Alaska,
Porto Rico, Hawaii. the Philippines,
Guam, Midway and Tutuila. With the
exception OF Alaska and Hawaii these
regions came into American sovereign
ty as a result OF the conflict with
Spain, and in a material sense all OF
them find their connection with this
country profitable. The United States
Is good market for the dependencies.