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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
Administrative Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that letters of I'D
minlstrntlon with VIII annexed were grant
to the undersigned Administrative by the
Probate Court OF st. Francois county, Mis-
souri,. on the 18th day Of January, 1909, on
the estate OF
All persons having claims against said es,
tate are required TO exhibit them to the Nd
ministratrix for allowance within one year
from the date OF said letters or they may be
precluded from any benefit OF said estate
two years from the date OF said letters the!
Will he forever barred.
ANNA +. HALLE,
Administrative with viii annexed.
February o. 1909.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05


known until he Is seen standing
with magnificent minority.
Tennessee has joined the ranks of
the prohibition states. After July
LIST It will he Illegal to sell liquor
within four miles of a school house.
Now all that is necessary is for the
people to see that the school houses
are not more than eight miles apart.
Representative Hawkins of Dunk
lin county presented the record pro
hibition petition in the house on
the morning of February 10th. 1t
was thirty-thrcc feet long and was
signed by 743 residents of Dunkltn
county. About thirty prohibition
petitions were introduced by other
members.
Wanted-Onc hundred boys for
customers. Most of our old Gus
toners are rapidly dropping out.
Ten committed suicide last week
twenty are in jail; eight are in the
chain gang; fifteen were sent to the
poorhouse; one was hanged; three
were sent to the insane asylum
Most OF the balance amt wortl
fooling with-they've got no money
We are just obliged to have new
, customers-fresh young blood-oI
we will have to shut up shop. Dom
= make any difference whose boy
, you are--we need you. You will b.
; welcome. If once you get starte'
[ with us we guarantee to hold you
= Come early; stay late.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
CLIPPINGS:

The real majesty of n man is not
known until he is seen standing
with magnificent minority.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
GENERALIZATION OF WEALTH

The recent publication of the
names Of the holders OF stock in the
great American railroad systems,
clearly proves that there is n cen
tralization of the wealth of the
country. The published list proves
that very few men in the United
States have combined their capital
and centralized their financial forces,
and control every system Of trans
portation In this country, and 1t fol-
lows that this Is true Of every great
industry upon which the general
public Is dependent.
This being true, and 1t would be a
tremendous undertaking to truth
fully contradict it, menace con
fronts the people, which in a few
years will materialize and develop
into condition bordering upon AN
archy, panic and revolution.
Wealth is power, and when cen
tralized and combined means stu
pendous power; It is "A grinding
grasping, destroying power that viii
ultimately make for the American
people commercial slavery and finan
cial disaster, unless 1t is curbed by
legislatiod. The people should b,
| aroused and made to work for pos
terity's sake, If for no other reason
against the growing tendency of thu
Capitalization Of wealth. st. Louii
| Star,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
uNsANITARY CONDITION OF
THE STATE PENITENTIARY.

Considerable interest is being
aroused over the report Of the In
vestigating committee as to the san
itary condition of the Missouri Pen
itentiary. II IL said that those who
are thoroughly acquainted with the
conditions Mt the Penitentlary
through personal inspection make
no hesitation In saying the situation
demands immediate reform regard
less of cost, which is estimated to
be close to half million dollars.
That the buildings are beyond RENE
dy and must come down Is the firm
conviction of these men.
Robert J. Newton, Secretary OF
the Missouri Association for the
Relief and Control of tuberculosis,
who went through the prison with
the Investigating committee, says
there is only one remedy for con-
ditions In the Penitentiary, which
are more nauseating than one might
conceive by reading mere report,
and that IL to tear down the build
ings, No other measure will avail.
Buildings B, G and ID are simply
chambers of horror. They are alb
solutely void of sanitation, and when
say there is no ventilation, | say
It without qualification. There are
no windows in the cells which are
located in the center of the build
ings. The windows are in the cor
rider and they are never opened,
ain these seven by four cells
most of them containing two men
there Is nm opening the size OF
single brick evidently for ventila
tiun. These openings connect will
what might have once been n fiue
The placing of match before TIN
opening produced no tlickeri Their
was not even suspicion of draft
1.-The buildings are void Of plumb
- ing. Sodden wooden buckets r.
man III Cells III nun udN h't'' N"'
e The stencil is unbearable.'
y Other details are reported whlci
l. If true, are no credit to the State.
e DIR. w. II. Mayfield of st. Louis
. who says he has made two inspe'
q tons of the Penitentiary, in an IL
Il terview with Il reporter OF the >
y Louis Republic, is inclined to di
= credit the report of the investiga
l. inc committee, especially as to II
AZ remedy. He said he was confidei
III that with the mechanical aid Of Il
prisoners and an outlay of abo'
Il SO 900 all the reported lack OF san
n tution and ventilation could be owe
" come.
p" He thinks the sanitation shou
~ be in charge of n sanitary engine
IL kept constantly on IA salary. /
admits the filth and disease, b
IL says It Is ridiculous to ask Tor
IT, great appropriation to put the pris'
x, ON sanitary basis or tear down t
III old and construct new building
III He recommends that consumptt
IL prisoners he segregated.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
UNDER THE COMMON LAW.

Henry A. Wise, assistant United
States attorney at New York, dis
cusses in the Evening Sun the in
dictments returned against the
World and the indianapolis News,
saying: 1.-THE statute under which
the indictments are found is the act
of July Z, 1898. This statute forms
section 1891 OF the Revised Statutes
aud is q substantial re-enactment of
an act passed In 1925. 1t provides
that in any territory coded to the
government by a state, as for ex-
ample the District OF Columbia, the
criminal law prevailing In the state
at that time shall prevail. Now, in
the state of Maryland, which coded
the District of Columbia, the Grimm
al law of England making libel a
crime prevailed prior to l776, and
was retained as the law there after
Independence. 1t is therefore under
the common law of England, as
adopted by the state of Maryland
and subsequently applied by con-
gress to the District Of Columbia,
that these indictments are found
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05

Mrs. Emily Howell died at her
home in Doniphan on the 10Th ult.,
aged "a years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
A Pleasant Physic.

When you want pleasant physic
give Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets trial. They are
mild and gentle in their action and
always produce pleasant cathartic
effect. Call at T.. NJ. Laakman's
drug store for free sample.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-05
Sold Exclusively by
E. M. LAAKMAN, Druggist

The public school building at
Piedmont was destroyed by fire on
the night of the sd. There was
"a 900 insurance on It. Six teachers
are thrown out of employment and
there are several hundred idle child
rem in town.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

Notwithstanding the inclement
weather real estate has been quite ac-
tive the past ten days. Two trades
were recently made that mean much
for the development of this portion of
the Wenatchee valley. J. E. Shubert
sold 90 acres of his 200 acre tract
three miles east of town to Chester
Smith OF Seattle for $4,000. Mr..
Smith has ten acres already cleared
and ready for the trees and will clear
ten acres more by spring and set the
entire twenty acres out in fruit frees as
early in the spring as weather con-
ditions will permit. Messrs Day and
Wright, who last spring purchased 100
acres of land from Mr.. Schubert, have
been very busy clearing land the latter
part of the summer and fall preparatory
TO setting out trees in the spring. They
received four thousand trees short
time ago and would have set them out
but for the cold weather that set in
two weeks ago. They have the holes
dug for two thousand trees which will
be set out in the early spring.
Jacob Foss sold sixty acres off his
place last week thru Messrs. Wright &
Dow to Seattle party whose name we
have not learned. This party will also
set out twenty acres in trees next
spring, ten acres being already cleared.
The purchaser had set a crew OF men
to work clearing the land OF stumps
and brush before he closed the deal
for the land.
From the best information obtain
able at this time it is estimated that
800 acres will be set out in trees next
spring within three three and half
miles of Leavenworth. In six years
these 200 acres will produce over 100
car loads of apples.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

ditional speed and perfect safety, that
plans are under way not only to oper-
ate electric motors through the big
bore, but to draw all Great Northern
trains over the Cascade division by
electrical force, eliminating all coal
burning locomotives between Leaven-
worth and Everett, and the substitution
of powerful motors through the noun
famous district separating eastern
from western Washington.
Steps are now progressing whereby
the Great Northern will bring into play
a magnificent water power of $4,000
horsepower to complete the electrifca-
ton plan. This power is to be har-
messed from Chelan Falls and will cost
S2,0oo,o00 when completed. The
engineering is already under way at the
falls. This power was secured several
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
KILLED IN LOG R0tLWAY
John Horny Crushed by Logs and Body
Carried Into River and Lost
Near Chiwaukum

Word was received here Wednesday
afternoon that John Horny, in charge Of
logging camp on Mason creek, few
miles from Chiwaukum, had been
crushed to death among the logs and
to watch the river for the body. The
information is very meager. For sew
eral years Mr.. Horny has had charge OF
one of the mill company's logging
camps on Mason creek. It appears
that the company decided to take ad-
vantage OF the high water stage in the
river and drive all the logs down that
were on the banks of the river. Mr..
Horny and gang OF men were en-
gagged in this work when in some way
he was caught and dragged into the
river. The telegram giving the in
formation stated that he was crushed TO
death by the logs before the body went
into the river. Mason creek empties
into the Wenatchee some three miles
above Chiwaukum.
Mr.. Horny was a nephew of Richard
Giblin and came from New York State
some four years ago. He was single
man about IS or 40 years of age. At
the time of going to press the body
had not been recovered and it is quite
possible that it may never be recov-
cred. The Wenatchee river and its
tributaries do not always give up their
victims.
The incident is very much regretted.
Mr.. Horny was highly respected and
regarded as an excellent man.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
More Gold from Blewett

Unlike many gold seekers who rush
off to Alaska in search Of the alluring
yellow metal, Messrs. Frank Brady and
M. F. Peake hied themselves to Blew
EFT some six weeks ago. Now Blewett
is only some seventeen miles from
Leavenworth, but Mr.. Peake had been
there before and never failed to find
the stuff. Indeed he sold a group OF
placer claims last summer to Geo. H.
Snowden, a Seattle gentleman, who is
even now employing some fifteen men
on his property, and in making a clean
up some two weeks ago he got over a
hatful OF gold, says a man who saw the
metal. MIR. Snowden makes trips to
his property on an average every two
weeks and has repeatedly told people
that he was perfectly satisfied with the
returns. This, however, is beside the
story we started to tell about MesSrs.
Brady and Peake, who have six or eight
claims in the same vicinity. On one
claim which they prospected with the
crudest methods they got between ten
and fifteen dollars worth of gold for ten
hours work. There were few small
nuggets, but most OF the gold is fine.
Mr.. Peake tells us it is hydraulic
proposition and says he has an abun-
dance OF water for the operation OF a
hydraulic plant, and will develop the
property next summer.
Blewett is the Oldest gold mining
camp in the state and has produced
since its discovery over two million
dollars worth Of gold. We have seen
nuggets and gold quartz that came
from Blewett that would make even a
Klondiker sit up and take notice.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
Leavenworth WASH, Friday, November %, 100!
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXERCISES
interesting and instructive Programs Rem
dered in Every Room Wednes-
day Afternoon

A reporter for this paper made a
brief visit to the public school last
Wednesday afternoon when the exer-
cises closing the school for the Thanks
giving vacation was held.
A brief program was rendered in
every one Of the eight rooms Of our
public school, consisting Of songs,
recitations and essays. In Miss Mobiles
room, which is known as the third
grade and numbered five, the reporter
spent the greater portion of his time,
having been specially invited. The
children all looked happy and smiling,
whether at the prospect of a vacation
OF over the part they were taking in
the exercises the reporter never made
out quite clearly. The exercises were
simple but appropriate to the occasion.
The school appears to be in pros
porous and happy condition, and Prin-
cipal Moore deserves to be congrat-
ulated on the splendid and satisfactory
conditions that prevail. Everything
seems to be working smoothly and if
there is any cause for complaining
from either, the parents or pupils
could not hear it.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
MAY HLtCTRIFY NEXT YEAR
Motors to DiSpIaoe Locomotives on Great
Northern Between leavenwOrth
and Everett

The following dispatch, sent out un-
der recent date from Everett, the
headquarters of the Chelan Electric
Company, the subsidiary company, in
whose name the Great Northern Rail-
way company acquired and owns the
Chelan river water power, indicates
that next year may witness the begin
ming OF the development Of the big
power plant at Chelan Falls. The dis
patch goes on to say:
So vastly beneficial has the Great
Northern Railway company found its
electrifcation of the Cascade tunnel,
from the standpoint of cleanliness, ad-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

With imposing ceremonies the cor
ner stone of the new Commercial Club
building at Wenatchee was laid shortly
after noon Saturday in the presence Of
some 200 members OF the club. The
Wenatchee band was present and dis
coursed music for the occasion. An
invocation was offered by DR.. Steven
son, followed by addresses by President
King and Mayor Gellatly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

County Treasurer Battles stated Sat-
urday that of the 100000 due in
taxes for 1908 all but about Is per
cent has been collected in. This is
considered a good showing. Those
owing the Is per cent, however, must
pay up before November 80, or after
that date what is due becomes delin-
quent and draws interest at the rate OF
IS per cent per annum. The taxes
are coming in very fast now and It is
thought that by the end Of the month
there will be but few delinquents on
the books.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. King left here
al LIS Monday afternoon intending to
90 to Seattle. When the train reached
the tunnel it was found that the exces-
sive rainfall had caused numerous rock
slides in the vicinity Of Scenic, on the
west side OF the mountains, and the
train remained there all night, return
ing to Leavenworth Wednesday after
noon. They continued their journey
to Seattle by way Of Spokane and the
Northern Pacific.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

The registration books for the in
corporation Of Chelan closed Nov. 10.
A total Of 100 votess registered for the
municipal election to be held in De-
cember.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
UNPRECEDENTED ON COAST
Big Rains for Three Days Tie Up Rail
roads and Cause Floods, Land
slides and Wrecks

The Sound country was Monday
overwhelmed with torrents Of rain, and
washouts and landslides are frequent
on the coast lines. Early Monday
morning a small landslide occurred
Just west of Scenic on the Great North
ern. and occasioned the derailment of
a freight train. Before these damages
could be repaired other and larger
slides occurred as the same point, un-
til it looked as if the whole hill had
decided to move across the right OF
way. As a result, no trains got through
either Monday or Tuesday, with all
indications that the road would be
blocked a couple OF days more. The
westbound passenger trains were turned
around at Wellington and sent back to
Spokane, where the limited and the
fast mails were handled over the
Northern Pacific tracks.
Contrary to indications, however, the
weather suddenly changed all over the
Northwest Tuesday night. The tre-
mendous downpour Of rain ceased and
the Chinook wind, which was rapidly
melting all the snow in the mountains,
gathered up its belongings of cloud
and mist and hustled back into the re-
gions Of the Pacific.
All this was caused by sudden
drop in temperature preceding cold
wave from the Arctic region. As a
result water ceased pouring down the
hillsides, track crews got the best of
the landsldes, and Wednesday at mid
night all trains were again running on
the Great Northern and passengers who
were storming and praying because OF
being tied up on sidings and at flag
stations found themselves quickly re-
leased by old King Winter in time to
enjoy their Thanksgiving dinner at
their various destinations.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

]. L. McComas died at his home In
West Chelan Thursday OF last week,
after a lingering illness Of several
weeks. Mr.. McComas had been a
resident Of Chelan for severar years and
had been a resident of this part OF the
state for some time before moving
there. He had been almost blind for
FIVE OF six years. He leaves an aged
widow and a son, both Of whom are
residents OF Chelan.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

Carl Smith, who lives on the Bend,
Just above Chelan Falls, raised crop
Of wheat this year which is worth at
present market prices above $4,000.
Mr.. Smith owns nine quarter sections
OF fine wheat land, and from that part
which was in crop he threshed 1000
sacks, or 20, 900 bushels.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

years ago for the Great Northern by
John T. McChesney Of Everett.
The company's power station at
Leavenworth develops $4,000 horse
power, which is utilized in operating
trains through the Cascade tunnel.
The first OF the year this Leavenworth
capacity is to be increased by an addi-
tianal 1000 horsepower.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

Damage from landslides over tracks
and washed out bridges have delayed
trains in western Oregon, while tele-
phone and telegraph communication
up the Columbia has been obstructed.
High water in the Willamette threat
ems to close the locks at Oregon City,
while logs and debris in the lower river
endanger navigation. At Oregon City
the water is licking the tracks of the
Southern Pacific.
At Scio the town is in darkness be-
cause $4,000 power dam has been
swept away. Log booms in the Port
land harbor broke loose.
West Of Bonneville in the Columbia
river gorge rains started a slide which
wrecked an o. R. & N. fast freight,
causing the death of Thomas F. Rogers,
engineer, and injuring ]. A. Nesbitt,
fireman, and w. T. Furlong, brake
man.
Two bridges on the North Santiam
were damaged and Corvallis & East
ern train is marooned at Mil City.
Passengers were transferred to special
train sent out from Albany. AT Clifton,
on the Astoria & Columbia River rail-
road, landslide covered the track for
a distance of so feet. All trains are
delayed.
On the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
road freight train No. rs struck small
slide of stumps Of trees and rocks two
miles west of Cape Horn, and John
Argo, the fireman, received slight in
jury on the head. Engineer Ryan and
Conductor Jeffrey escaped without in
jury. The slide was due to the fact
that the continued rains had loosened
the earth and rocks on the embank-
ment along the track.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

Hood River, Oregon, on the 23rd
inst, was visited by severe and dis
astrous storm. Floods have caused
great damage along the line Of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.,
severing all telegraph and telephone
communication, destroying bridges and
inundating all wagon roads leading into
Hood River for a radius Of FIVE miles.
Portland, Ore, Nov. 23.-Excessive
rains over the whole of western Oregon
during Sunday night and the greater
part of Monday flooded the Willamette
river and all of its tributaries. Western
Washington felt the storm to a slight
degree, and during the day it pro-
ressed to the eastern parts of the two
states. In some portions of the Will
liamette valley nearly three inches OF
rain fell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-14
PITTSBURG PAPER is SORE
Prints Wild Story When Seats Are
Unavailable.

Pittsburg. Pa, Oct. IA local
paper yesterday morning printed :
wild story about the series being q
hippodrome, with the men behind
the box office running it. The com.
mission at first thought the story was
the result of disappointment at the
failure of the Pirates to win four
straight, but Barney Dreyfuss vOlun-
teered the information that one of
the bosses Of the sheet had asked
too late for u box seats and had
been turned down. The commission
considered proposition to bar rep
resentatives of the paper from the
grounds, but nothing came of it. The
author of the story ought to be an
umpire or travel with a bunch OF
ball players to learn how seriously
the athletes really take the whole
business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-14
AGENTS COMMISSION
SUIT is DISMISSED
G. Emory Harrison Withdraws Case
Begun against Horace Huron
in County Court.

On motion OF Attorney Harvey NJ
kinley OF the firm of Jackson. Hurs,
& Stafford. VINO represented the com
pIainanJ in the case of c. Emery Har-
risOn. the Davenport real estate agent,
against Horace Huron. ct al. was dis
missed yesterday afternoon in the
county court by Judge r. w Olmsted.
The complainant in the case was at
tempting to recover the sum of 500
which he claimed was due him as com
mission in property deal which ne
conducted for the defendant After
the trial had commenced the plaintiff
saw he had no hope of winning his
suit and the motion for dismissal
followed. The firm of Sweeney K
Walker and Attorney Charles GriIk #
Davenport appeared for the defendant.