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The Ward County independent., 1909-06-10

STATE OF NORTH DAhOTA ~ w
Once OF Commissioner Of Insurance
lie G. Cooper. Commissioner OF Insurance
of the State Of North Dakota do hereby certl'
~ that the foregoing is q true abstract OF tho
original statement now on file In this office.
In Testimony Whereof. have hereunto set
nv h and and afhxed the seal Of this Once At
Bismarck the 1st day OF April A: D: 1893:
Commissioner OF Insurance.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
Once Of Commissioner OF Insurance J
COMPANY's CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHORITY ..
Whereas. The Mutual Benefit Life !ns. GO.
Newark, Nj, a corporation organized under
tie laws OF New Jersey, has filed In this once
a sworn statement exhibtingits condition and
business for the year ending December 81, 1905.
con :0rmable to the requirements VI the laws
OF this state. regulating the business OF lnsur-
ance, and.
Whereas, The said Company has fled in this
Office duly certified copy OF its charter with
The Ward County independent., 1909-06-10
DlSBURSEM

Losses paid during the vear------
Dividends paid during the year
Paid for commission and broker
Paid for salaries, fees and other
charGeS--.---
Paid for taxes
Amount of all other disburse-
ments:
Misc ellaneous agency expenses,
rents. advertising, printing
and sta ionery, postage, tele-
grams. tele ephones and express,
legal expenses. furniture and
fixtures, maps and correct tions,
boards Of survey and inspection
firepatrols and salvage corps,
repairs and expenses on r. F.
gross loss and stocks and bonds
and all other disbursements,
The Ward County independent., 1909-06-10

Deduct Premiums paid for Reinsurance.
Total Premium Income---.$ 1894 898. 80
Interest and dividends received. 5,28l 1906
Rents received 1888 20
Consideration for supplement-
ary contracts not involving
life contingencieS------- 1.l72.0l0 49,
Income from all other sources. 20610.44
r.,I g 40 ok. nIo ,r
Arizona republican., 1909-02-22

as some of the shearers are much more expert than others the amount earned differs. One man last year made over s20 on a certain day. Like the sheep, these shearers are nomads. They be- gin the season in Arizona and work their way north, finishing up in June or July near the Canadian border.
 The wool buyer does the same. He comes to Arizona in January and he finishes his season at Great Falls, Montana, in August. He is away from his brown bread and beans all that time. A jolly chap is this wool buyer, hail fellow well met with every one, prolific in story and reminiscence, and he has a keen acquaintance with the standing of every sheepman in the west Their business makes them sharp witted, careful to size up gos- sip and find Out truth. They have more or less time on their hands and they. worm into things and are walk ing encyclopedias of credit and stand ing. One of them remarked in our travels that the Arizona sheepmen are better fixed, have a more stable busi- ness, than any other part of the Union and are freer-handed in money matters.
 The system of handling sheep is as
Arizona republican., 1909-02-22

lir,hs The cactus is pushing out fresh shoots. and all over the barren, paKeu soil there is a tinge of green. Give us another rain says one Of our com panions and guides, and you Will see q sheep herders paradise. All over will be shooting grass and yellow pop pies." Here with a decent rainfall sheen get fat and many good lamp from this arid sun-beaten land finds its way to the tables of the eplcures in our eastern cities. It is a land or plenty when the dropping rain turns the dust into plastic mud
 Less than an hour of this and we are at the pens. What busy scene it Is As YOU approach you hear the "thud' thiId" of the gasoline engine. no muf- fer on the exhaust; under rough shed thirty shearers are handling pat ent clippers; every man Is busy. the perspiration standing on their brows- They pay no attention to the stran- ger. It is steady, progressive work. As one sheep is shorn they grasp for another and commence work. again; gradually the whitey-brown coat comes off and the eve Cfor It was this class they were shearing) takes her. place in the band that have been denuded of their fleeces. Then they 20 to the branding pen and in another hour or two find their way once more to their grazing. with this difference, that they have given up crop to their owner Another six months and a lamb will also add to this store or wealth, for this year with feed Tn abundance the path of the sheepman Is easy and thornless.
 The wool we saw taken off nas been sold for 20 cents per pound, a rise of about 6 cents since a year ago. As 1t came off the sheeD's back it was being packed, rolled to the railroad siding. and after being weighed by A c. McQueen. the general live stock agent of the Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix railroad, it is hoisted by horse power and placed in cars and soon will be rolling eastward. It seems as easy as water rolling off ducks back. We scarcely have time to think of the weary hours the herder has had with his flock, the days of thought and anxiety the owner puts in until he reaches this grand consummation.
 The day before we were there 2,4OO head had been shorn. Dut. as one owner remarked, the shearers are not broke in yet. They are only starting the season, the weather is cool. the wool cuts had, as the grease does not run freely. These thirty machines one day last year turned off $500 head, and as the shearers are paid about 71s cents per head, it meant an aver age wage of s14 per day. Every man keps his own tally, or at least it is marked down by the bookkeeper, and
Arizona republican., 1909-02-22

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Arizona republican., 1909-02-22
Sale Of Ingroin Squares Monds

Size 9x1O-6, sS.75 value
 Size 9x12, ss.OO value Size 12x12, $16.5O value Size 12x15, s1S.50 value
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
CRANK WOULD BLOW
UP THE u. S. SENATE
&c. Hodges" Gives Authorities Some
thing to DO With Published
Threat.

Chicago. Dec. 31.-A letter TO the
Tribune from writer signing the
name &C. Hodges" threatening to
blow up the United States senate
with nitroglycerin, aroused the federal
authorities last night and caused a
hurried search throughout the city for
the author
&c. Hodges" wrote that physicians
had given him but six months to live
and that at first he had intended TAX
ing morphine to end his existence
quickly. He changed his plans, he
said. when he read an article charging
that corruption existed in the senate,
and he determined to blow up the body
with nitroglycerin and kill himself II
the same time.
The letter was turned over 10
United States District Attorney Edwin
w. Sims, soon after it was received,
and he called in General James f.
Stuart, chief postoffice inspector in
Chicago After a conference it was
decided that prompt action be taken
to discover the writer.
General Stuart detailed two of his
assistants on the case and by midnight
they had assured themselves that the
&C H. Hodges in the city directory
all were without knowledge of the let
ter writer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
FILTER CONTRACT
SIGNED; EARLY START
Pittsburg Company Accepts Terms
Nominated by the City COun-
Gil On New Plant.

CITY Clerk VI. T. Rudgrea today
received d telegram from T. e Lou
pold. gentId manager of tie Fits
burg Filter manufacturing company.
Pittsburg, Pa, stating that the con-
tract with The city of Rock island
for the installation of the new me-
chanical filtration plant here had
been accepted and signed by the Of
ficers of his company and that it had
been mailed.
Accompanying the signed contract
is a bond executed in the sum OF
$4,000 as security for the compile
tion Of the work according TO the
terms of the contract. 1t is the pur-
pose of the Pittsburg company TO
begin operations on the new plant in
Reservoir park as soon as the wealth
er conditions will warrant.
The filter. which h&s been describ-
ed in detail in these columns. viii
have guaranteed daily capacity OF
100000 gallons. 1t will cost the
city approximately $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31

to be presented will be as follows:
Song by audience.
Prayer.
Scripture reading.
Song-Ruth Hussey.
Recitation, Boys Make Mem
Charles Larson.
Christmas Bells"-Infant class.
Recitation-Leslie Atkinson.
Song-Evilina Darlington.
Miss Dunlavy.
Recitation, why Can't Girls
Whisele"-Ruel Pitcher.
Dialogue, Father Xmas and His
Friends
Song-Miss Leona Hussey.
Recitation-HaZel Wall
Recitation-Leota Edwards.
Dialogue, 1.-The Sick Baby''-Ethel
Wall, Leslie Atkinson.
RecTation-Glen Atkinson.
Recitation, mo Place for Boys to
Go'-Garnot Valentine.
German medley.
Recitation-PearI Hussey.
Recitation, 1.-The Bravest Battle
Ever Fought''-Grace Wall.
Days of the Week Infant class.
Distribution of Toys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
CONDUCTOR DIES
IN A COLLISION
Two Cars, One Dark, and James
Hayes Is the Vic
tim.
WAS REPLACING TROLLEY
Motorman Coming Up at Rear, I'm
able to Control Owing to Slip
perry Tracks, So He Claims.

James Hayes. aged 80, a conduc-
tor on the Moline, East Moline & Wa
tertown railway, was killed at 6:3
o'clock last evening when two cars
crashed together between First and
Second streets, East Moline. Both
his hips were crushed and he was
injured internally. He lived only a
few minutes after the accident.
Both cars were extras put into SER
vice to accommodate the men en-
ployed in the factories to reach their
homes after the days work. Both
cars were westbound towards the city
of Moline They were moving at a
rate of about 10 miles an hour. when
No. S, which was in the lead, was
brought to a standstill through the
trolley arm slipping the feeder wire,
leaving the car in darkness. Howard
Tint was motorman on this car and
Hayes was his conductor Follow
ing at a distance of 500 feet behind
was No 6, with Theodore Pratt as
motorman and E. j. EastOn as con-
ductor.
slippery Rails; Car Uncomfortable.
Hayes. stepped off his car to re-
place the trolley Pratt stated after
the accident that he noticed a flash
of light and he supposed that the
trolley was off the car that he was
following. He claimed that he slow
ed up to investigate, and when he
was within 100 feet of the car pre-
ceding him his suspicious were con-
firmed. He claimed that he applied
the brakes and reversed the control
Ter, but, owing to the slippery con-
dition of the tracks and the lack of
a supply of sand on his car. he was
helpless to prevent the collision. He
claimed that he footed the whistle
as a warning to anyone that might
have been on the track, but that he
did not see Hayes until the car was
upon him. Hayes did not utter
word after the collision. Pratt said
if there had been sand on the car he
might have averted the fatality. The
cars were damaged slightly only.
Leaves Wife and Child.
Hayes home was at 23191z Fifth
and-a-half avenue, Moline. He leaves
his wife and a 6-months-old child.
Hayes had been with the railway
company three years. coming to Mo-
line from MuscaIIne.
Coroner John Rose is conducting
an inquest over the body this after
noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31

ment of which is retarded because the
owners of establishments that look
with favor upon that district as loca-
ton for their factories will not go
there without competitive railroad
facilities. That is the simple situation.
Get I'm the Band Wagon.
If you want your city to advance.
and you certainly do, or you are not
a loyal Rock Islander, get in the band
wagon, and help the belt along. Don't
have 1t said that you were forced to
put your approval upon a project that
is for the welfare of your city and for
which all of your neighbors joined.
And you will be forced. if you don't be
reasonable in the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
LOSES HER REASON
OVER SPlRlTUALISM
Mrs. Mary Sehnert Goes Insane and
Is Ordered Committed to Wa
tertown Hospital.

Mrs. Mary Sehnert of this city was
hospital for the insane yesterday af-
ternoon by Judge R. w. Olmsted fol-
lowing an inquiry into her mental
ago Mrs. Sehnert received a visit
from a sister who IA a believer in
spiritualism and Mrs. Sehnert went
into the subject SO deeply that it re-
suited in the loss OF her reason. She
began talking spirftualism all the
time and caused her family consider
able worry and trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
Horse Falls Exhausted: Shot.

One of team of horses pulling
coal wagon fell to the pavement in
sheer exhaustion on Seventh avenue.
near Eighteenth street at noon yes
terday The horse was deserted by
the driver and left dying in the high
way. The Humane society was mott
fed and veterinarian called, but
before he reached the sofne
the police department was notified.
and an officer sent to end the horse
suffering. The carcass was after
ward hauled away. q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
HE CANNOT BE SENATOR
McEnery Says Rules BaIk Mississippi
ans Freak appointment.

New Orleans. Dec 31.-That Colonel
James Gordon of Okolona, Miss, ia
been appointed United States senator
to succeed the late Senator McLaurln
until the Mississippi legislature elects
his successor, will never be sworn IN
as United States senator is the en-
phatic declaration of United States
Senator Samuel d. McEnery.
McEnery says: THE principle has
been laid down by the senate that
such recess appointment held only un
I'll the next session of the Legislature
met and organized. The senate will
not resume its sessions until noon Jan
4. Mississippis legislature will meet
at noon on the same day"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
TAYLOR STILL IN OFFICE
Has Not Resigned Superintendency
of WatertOwn Hospital as Yet.


The board of trustees of the Water
town hospital for the insane held its
last meeting in Chicago yesterday pre-
paratory to turning over its records
and authority tomorrow to the newly
created state board of administration
which in future will manage the pub
lie institutions of Illinois. The retir-
ing trustees of the Watertown hospital
are ]. w. Simonson, Port Byron; Will
liam Tremger. Freeport, and Allen NJ.
Clemer, Chicago. DR.. w E. Taylor,
superintendent at the WATERFOWL hos
pital. was present at the meeting. but
no reference was made concerning his
reported resignation He is on leave
of absence, granted by the board of
trustees, from Aug. 1 to Feb. 1. He
thus has yet a month to determine
whether he wishes to remain at the
head of the hospital or not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
OBITUARY..
Mrs. Johanna Thomas.

Mrs. Johanna Thomas died this
morning at S:15 of the infirmities
OF age, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. C.. o. Granere, 1911 Thirty
eighth street. Mrs. Thomas had been
aillng two months. She was born
in Sweden, August Z, 1927, and she
came to this country about five years
ago. Her husband died in 1881. She
had been member of the Zion Luth-
erar church of this city and had
many friends. The funeral will be
held from the residence Sunday Of
ternoon at . o'clock. Burial will be.
in Riverside cemetery in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
PERSONAL POINTS.

Wilsol. Balls of Indianapolis is visit
ing in the city.
T. NJ. Coen left this morning for a
brief visit at Clinton.
B. J .Braack arrived here this morn
ing from Milwaukee for brief visit
Miss Ella Reynolds os Aledo is visit
ing at the home OF Miss Clara Car
penter.
Mrs. j. c. Dunn has returned from
Chicago. where she visited during the
past week.
Smith Ferguson of Annawan ar
rived in Rock Island this morning for
a brief visit
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Corbin leave this
evening for Quincy TO visit with the
formers father
Tho Misses Clara Barclay and Litta
Jackson spent yesterday here while
en- route from Peoria to Miss Jackson :
home at Clinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Levy left this
morning for Chicago to spend New
Years with relatives.
Mrs. NJ J. Roderick of Ogden. Utah.
is visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. f. Strate, who is critically i'll
". j. Roche. formerly of this city.
has been appointed as an assistant
to District Attorney C. NJ Fickert
Of San Francisco. MIR Roche is now
practicing law at San Francisco.
Miss Laura Marquis arrived home
this morning from Chicago and Mi
monk, H.. where she visited during the
past week. VIII and Stewart Marquis
arrived home yesterday from Minonk
Mrs. George Michael. who has been
spending the holidays with her par
ents. DR.. and Mrs. A. H. McCandless,
left last night to join her husband in
Minneapolis, which is to be their flu
ture home.
w. B. Roberts, daughter, Miss Ma
rinda, and son. Junius. will leave
Rock Island the early part Of next
week for Boston for future residence
The young people will visit Mr.. Rob-
erts' parents in Indianapolis en- route
Mrs. Susan A. Hawes left for
Bushnell this afternoon to attend the
funeral of her niece, Mrs. Hattie
/ Pinckley, who died very suddenly
yesterday mOTHlHS. Inc burial Ger
emory will take place Sunday after
noon.
| Mr.. and Yrs. Louis Siemon left last
night for Walla Walla. Wash. where
they will make their home. Mr. Sic
mon was formerly pressman at the
NJ. w A. publication building He
takes a responsible position at Walla
Walla with a large printing concern.
Dean Franklin, well known Macomb
attorney who opposed James McKin-
ney of Aledo for the republican nomi-
nation for United States congressman
from this district, is visiting his sister
in Kansas City. and in a few days will
continue west to settle in Fresno, Cal.
Miss Gotta Bartholomew, society
editor of The Argus, who has been
Ill for the last five months as the re-
suit Of blood poisoning due to step
ping on rusty nail while on her
vacation last summer, was able to-
day to come down to The Argus of
flee. 1t is gratifying to note that
she has recovered sufficiently so she
can resume her duties at the opening Of
the new year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
WIFE OF ENGINEER BURNS
Body of Battle Creek Woman Found
in Ruins of Shed at Home.

Battle Creek, Mich. Dec 31.-Mrs
Charles E. Spencer, wife OF a railroad
engineer and mother of four children,
was found burned TO death today after
fire had destroyed shed at the rear
of her home. The husband, who
turned in the alarm. said he was
awakened by smoke and discovered
his wife's body before calling for help
Indications pointed TO suicide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
aboard the train were Vice President
and Mrs. Sherman.
is FOR CITY OWNERSHIP
Frisco Votes DecisiveIy in Favor of
Running Own Street Cars.

San Francisco, Dec. 31.-After de-
claring against municipality owned and
operated street railroads three times
in five years, voters OF this city at a
special bond election yesterday regis
tered their will decisively in favor of
the project.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
the 46th general assembly.
Pay Roll $4,000 Yearly.

Fifty new positions. carrying with
them a pay roll of $4,000 per annum,
pass under civil service Jan. 1, 1910.
The highest salaried position is that
of executive secretary of the charities
commission, which pays $4,000 a year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
sax reIIer g 500 short.

Pittsburg, Dec. s1.-Charles VererlSa.
bookkeeper and teller of the Working
mans Savings Bank and Trust con-
pany. north side, was committed "a
jail yesterday on a charge of en-
bezzling $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
FUNERAL of Mrs. cIeaveIand.

The funeral of Mrs. Olivia Hayes
Cleaveland was held this afternoon at
2 o'clock from the residence, S43
Twentieth street. The services were
conducted by Rev. r. B. Williams, pas
tor of the First Methodist church. The
pallbearers were II. H. Cleaveland.
Louis K cleveland, Herbert ]. Copp
ana william ]. Sweeney. Burial was,
in Chippiannock Cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
raft Home From New Work.

Washington. Dec 31-President Taft
returned to Washington at s o'clock
This morning from New York, where
he went yesterday to attend the we'd
ding of his niece. Miss Louise w. Taft,
daughter of Henry w Taft. Also
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
ENDS OLD REGIME
State Board of Charities Pass
es Out of Existence at
Midnight.
NEW BODY TAKES PLACE
Fifty New Positions, Carrying Pay
Roll of $4,000 Per Annum,
Come Into Existence.

Springfield. H., Dec. 31.-(Special)
William c. Graves. executive secre-
tary of the state board of charities,
will be appointed executive secretary
of the new state charities commission,
which succeeds the state board of
charities tomorrow. The report of the
examiners at the examination held by
the state civil service commission for
executive secretary of the state char
tiles commission was made today TO
Secretary Mason of the civil service
commission, and shows that Mr..
Graves was the only one out of % who
took the examination who passed.
Most of the applicants failed on the
oral examinations. Some of them ad-
mitted they had not even read the law
creating the Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
plan New AoricuIturaI Station

Sterling. ILL.,, Dec. 31.-The IllinR
state board of agriculture has purchE IS
ed 40 acres of land near Mount NOR
ria, Cgle county, on which it viii es
tablish an experimental station
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
The ereatest danger from indG

The greatest danger from infifenza
is of it's resulting in pneumoni7( This
can be obviated by using Chamber
lsin's Cough Remedy. as it nof only
cures influenza, but counteracfs ans
tendency of the disease towardk pne.l-
monia Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31

All the news all tie time = The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31
Old Board PASSES Tonight.

Old Board Passes Tonight.
Springfield, ILL.,. Dec 31.-After 40
years of continuous activity the Illinois
state board of charities passes out of
existence tonight at midnight With
its passing comes also the retirement
of II boards of trustees of state char
liable institutions, the oldest of which
the board of trustees of the Illinois
school for the deaf at Jacksonville
has been in existence since 1899. This
institution was the first state charita-
blea institution created in Illinois.
With the trustees the institution treas
urers and secretaries also retire.
= Comes in Automatically.
Automatically at midnight there will
s. ring into legal authority, to replace
the state, board of charities and the
local boards of trustees. the board of
administration, the charities commits
sion and boards, of visitors for each of
the IL state charitable institutions
The board of administration is the
executive board supplanting. Eall re-
spects. the local boards of tscFees,
and in all administrative or quasi-ad-
ministrative powers of its service, the
state board of charities. The charities
commission succeeds to the yisitorial,
inspectional, critical and recommends
tory duties of the state board of chart
tics. The local boards of visitors are
purely visitorial and recommendatory
boards, serving. one board for each
state charitable institution. as depend
/ ~ -
/ sion.
The change is wrought by the new
charities administration act passed BY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31

The men who are devoting their
time to the belt are doing so unselfish-
". it should be remembered. They
represent neither themselves nor any
one railroad or any private interest.
The belt will belong to the people,
through a board of trustees 1t Will
be open to use by any road, electric
Or steam, desiring entrance to the city.
u will be the opening wedge to the
west end factory district, the develop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-31

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