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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

going in the direction of Hancock.
Believing that these were the
men wanted, he watched until he
found which road they took after
they crossed Barnett's Run, and
then getting Willie Powers and
John d. Mellott-the three on
horseback, started in pursuit.
They followed them across the
Ridge into Pigeon Cove, and when
they reached job Hess's, they
learned that the men had been
seen passing that place a short
time before. Mr.. Hess mounted
a horse and joined in the chase.
The pursuing party heard of
their man again at Will Ranck s,
and when they reached George
Chesnut's barn-almost to the
Maryland line, they saw their
men, and fastening to them pull.
ed guns on them and ordered
them, to "hold up hands," One
of the men obeyed unhesitating
ly, but the other made an effort
to get his hand IN his pocket, but
looking into the muzzle CT John
DIS gun about a second, he de-
clded to comply with the request.
The men were disarmed, and
marched back to Needmore,
where they were identified by
Mr.. Clevenger, as were also the
articles of clothing taken from
him, and the articles taken from
the home of Clayton Deshong.
The necessary legal proceeding
were taken before Squire s. l..
Wink who issued commitment,
and the men were brought &c
town and lodged in the County
Jail Tuesday evening by John ID.
Mellott, Eli M. Peck. and Prof.
B, N. Palmer-these gentlemen
having been deputzed for that
purpose by Constable Harvey
Snyder, who was sick at he time
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THOMPSON,

The farmers still have pros.
poets of having some corn since
the rain of last week.
Misses Geneviuve and Marie
Pittman, of Charles Town, w.
Va, are visiting relatives here.
Charles Myers and friend Mr.
Mccullough, of Hancock, spent
Sunday with Mr.. Myers parents,
W. r Myers and family.
After having spent some time
with her sister Mrs. Gawer, Mrs.
Roush left last Friday for Keyser,
w. Va, where she was met by
her husband a travelling sales
man.
Mrs. Thomas LOUIS, of Phila-
delphia, and Mrs. Howard Zim'
norman and children; of Han
cock, spent few days here last
week.
Miss Florida Clevenger OF
Washington, D. G., returned to
her home last Wednesday.
Harry and Breathed Gordon
and families, OF Ohio, are visiting
their father, David Gordon, and
family.
Miss Emma Plttmau of Wash
ington, D. c., Is visiting Mrs.
David Gregory.
Miss Mary Bishop spent Sun
day with Jessie Truax.
Anson Weller and wife gave a
surprise birthday party on Sat
urday night in honor of their
daughter Cora's 18th birthday.
The Mt Zion M. E. Church
will hold a lawn festival Saturday
night.
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OUT IN ILLINOIS.
Threshed Two Thousand Bushels of Oats
From $3.50 A. M. Until 5 in the
Afternoon.
WAGES FROM Szz TO S35 A MONTH.

Buds ILL.,, Aug. 1.-THE fact
that | read with interest the let.
ters in the News from different
members of Fulton county s
family, IN different sections of
the country, leades me to con-
clude that somebody might find
some pleasure in reading few
lines from this neck o. woods. i
say this neck o. woods-and yet
this is prairie country, and not
bit OF native tlmbe in miles
and miles.
We are having fine weather out
here at present. The growing
crops are looking fine, and the
gram that Is now beng threshed
is yielding very satisfactorily
Wheat, from % to Al bushels an
acre, and oats, from 30 to 6S.
We have fine prospects for a
bumper corn crop, if we get rain
right soon.
We have been threshlng for
about two weeks. To-day, we
threshed 1000 bushels of oats
from half past eight this morn.
ing until five o'clock this after
noon. We thresh out in the field
that Is, haul the bundles IN
from the field without stacking.
Our threshlng crew is composed
of % people-9 racks, 5 pitchers,
4 gralnmen, 3 machine men, and
l water boy.
Our separator is 60 inch, with
a 80 inch cylinder. 1t Is an auto
matte feeder, and has an elevator
and weigher com bined. Last
year we operated a AZ inch cylin'
der and a 66 inch separator.
Hired help is scarce-wages
ranging from S22 to $35 a month
Now, Mr.. Editor, want to say
how much | enjoy the NEWS from
week to week, and hope that your
faithful corps of correspondents
will continue to furnish all the
happenings from the different
sectlous of the dear old county
as heretofore; for it is only wher
one is eight hundred or a thou
sand miles from home that one
appreciates to the full, what g
local paper means.
II. CLYDE STRAIT.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RALLY.
To Be Held in the Presbyterian Church,
McConnellsburg, Thursday Afternoon
and Evening. Sept. 9th.

With view to effectlng a Coun
ty Organization, a Christian En-
deavor Rally will be held in the
Presbyterian church, Thursday
afternoon and evening, Septem.
Der 9th. The Field Secretary of
the State of Pennsylvania, A. j.
Shartle, of Reading, Pa, will be
present. Mr.. Shartle was one
of the speakers at the lnterna-
tional Convention in the city of
st. Paul, in July, and is all able
and enthusiastic worker.
There are nine Christian Eu.
d avor societies IN this county,
and about fourteen denomination.
al societies of young people. All
these are invited to send dele
gates.
No work of the church has been
more prolific of grand results fer
the advancement of the cause of
Christ than the organization and
encouragement of young peoples
societies; and it is hoped that the
meeting on the ninth of Septem.
ber will mean just what it's title
says-a Christian Endeavor RAJ
| Y
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A New Law Declared Valid.

A case of more than ordinary
interest IN which an opinion was
handed down at Tuesdays ses'
slons OF court at Chambersburg
was that of the township of Gum.
cy, VS.. John Rock. The suit was
entered to test the head tax law
of one dollar which is used for
road purposes, Judge Gillian holds
that the law is valid.
1t was an amicable action for
the purpose of testing the head
tax law of 81, placed upon resi-.
dents and to determine if the law
is constitutional.
The law provides that the su-
pervisors of each township may
collect this tax in money and TO
disburse such money as they see
Il for use OF the townships.
1t was claimed that this law IN
some instance worked hardshlps
and 1t is was for that purposes
that the suit was brought and its
outcome will be read with inter-
est by many farmers and tax
payers of the county.
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Commissioners Refused TO Pay.

The County Commissioners OF
Bedford county recently refused
to pay the courtcrier and the tip
slaves at the rate allowed by the
recent act of the Legislature. In
der It's provisions the courtcrier
is allowed $50 per month and the
tipstayes $40 per month. At the
above rate the pay of the court
crier is more than that of the dis
trlct attorney or the associate
judges.
The matter will he appealed
from the decision Of the commis
sioners TO the court.
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UNIQUE TRAVELLERS.
Cap Adams and Party on Overland Trip
From San Diego, California, TO
New York, City.
CAMPED HERE MONDAY NIGHT.

One of the most unique travel
ing outfits that we have ever seen
on the road came down the pike
IRON the west Monday evening,
camped just west of town, and
left early Tuesday morning on
their journey eastward. Four
men, five Rocky Mountain Goats,
and SIX Rocky Mountain Burros,
a wagon, tent poles, canvas, and
general com missary department,
made up the caravansary. This
outfit, under the management of
Clp. V, Adams, accompanied by
Fred English, J. h. Johnston,
and Cecil Flenner, left San Diego,
California, a year Ego, during
which time they have travelled 239
days, and have covered a distance
of $500 miles. Their point of
destination Is New York City.
They are not travelling un a wa.
ger, ard are not limited IN time.
One of the party IS skilled pho
tographer, who is taking pictures
of the places of interest along the
route. Another is writing up
the trip, incidents connected with
their journey, etc, which will be
published in book form. The
views gathered will also be pub.
lished and put on sale as postal
cards. Hence 1t will be observ.
ed that there Is method in their
madness" "
The wagon-and the only vehi.
Gle IN the outfits a small four
wheeled one, perhaps eight feet
IN length, by 30 to 36 inches in
width, with low wheels. On the
rear seat which is just large
enough for one person, rides Cap.
Adams, who is a cripple-hls
legs being practically useless.
On the front seat, which is a rude
affair, is seated the driver, when
he finds riding preferable TO walk
ing.
This wagon Is drawn by the
four goats-fine looking specl.
mems too. TO protect their feet,
they are shod with boots. Their
camping outfit, is carried on the
backs of the burros which are
driven ahead, and give one a
glimpse of the time when mer-
chandlse was packed across the
mountains during the days of the
early settlement of Pennsylvania.
While, as has been stated, the
Capt. does not possess the use of
his legs, he is quite a famous
"slobe trotter," he having made
a similar trip, starting from
Hastings, Neb., and travelling a
distance of 1000 miles over noun
tains and prairles, through can.
ons and deserts, finally stopping
when he reached the Pacific coast
on account of not being able to
find a bridge across the "pond, "
and the water being too deep for
his goats.
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FOSTERS IN ILLINOIS.
They and Others from the BrOadtOp Re-
giOn Went TO Fulton County,
Illinois.

Believing that a brief letter from
this place would be readable to
your subscribers, when the same
comes from two old Fulton coun.
ty boys, the following IS respect
fully submitted:
Rapatee Is situated on the Iowa
Central railroad, 80 miles east Of
Peoria, and 20 miles sou h from
Galesburg, and Is IN the midst of
one of the garden spots of grand
old Illinois, Now, while we fre-
quently meet people from Okla.
homa, or the two Dakota's, who
call this "Back east" and think
1t an old settled country, yet in
1885 1t was a vast prairie, and the
hunting grounds of the Indians.
In that year some families from
Highland county, Ohio, began the
settlement IN what is now north
Fulton and south Knox counties.
But from 1850 to 1860, was the
time that those grand old families
from the Broadtop mountains
came here and took possession OF
those rich prairie lands. Most of
them now sleep in the Lyons CEN
etery south Of Rapatee IN Fair
view township, Fulton county.
The Cooks, Fosters, Shreeves,
Marks, Andersons, Evanses, Fig
ards, Barnetts, Horizons, Grays,
and others, and what country
they opened up for us to ENJOY.
Well, 1909 will long be remem
bered as big crop year IN Hi
nols. The fruit crop was, and Is,
a record breaker, and the wheat
crop was very valuable one-a
good bit of 1t was contracted at
$105 per bushel from the ma
chine, and crops of from 80 to 45
bushels per acre were common.
Corn reached the top here in May
when it reached 20 cents. Lots
of 1908 corn crops brought from
S35 to $50 per acre. Quite con
trast from 1896 when we bought
corn for Is cents a bushel and
oats at 9 cents. The high price
of farm produce has caused every
native Illinois boy who can scare
up a team, to farm; so that almost
all our farm hands are from the
East. The Kentuckians lead in
nun bers, but great many Penn
sylvanla, OHIO, and Virginia boys
are working IN this locality, and
they are a fine lot of young men
as whole. AT the wages they
receive they can save money,
There has been a great improve.
ment in farmlngln Illinois during
the last 25 years, but we will
leave that for future letter.
Now a word about your scrlbes
Samuel A. Foster, son of j. G.
Foster, of Enid, Fulton county,
Pa, came here last March, and
, likes tie country and the people
first rate, and wants to read the
, Fulton County News.
D. |. Foster was born and rails
ed in Broadtop township, Bed
ford county, but was citizen ol
Fulton county, Pa, in 1887. He
: has been in the coal business al
this place since Septem ber, 1855
lis lessee and manager of the
Ctpe coal bank. He visited Flu
ton county, Pa, IN 1889, and again
In January of this year. He is
, not kid by any means, as he Is
called grandpa" by seven boys
and one girl He and his wife
/. have eight living children. Sc
/. you see this country Is as good To
grow boys and girls in, as it Is to
81 ow horses, COWS, and pigs.
Fraternally yours,
|, S. A. AND d. |. FOSTER.
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Oscar Levy and family went to
their home In Franklin county
Tuesday, after having spent few
days with Mrs. Levy's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Dishong.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

w. Va, David, resldlngln Texas;
Henry, Benjamin and Jacob, in
Altoona; and Sadie, wife of Dan
lei Knauff, in Big Cove. Also,
by the following brothers and
sisters; Adam Kellner, Saluvia,
Pa, William Kellner, Gem; Mary,
wife of John III. Doyle, Princeton,
ILL.,; Mrs. r. r. Ham, Saliva;
Mrs. Thomas Mellott, Slpes
Mill: and Mrs. Philip Melius,
Hustontown.
SPES.
Corena p, widow of Allen B.
Sipes, deceased, dred at her home
in Toledo, Ohio, July 81, 1909, of
paralysis. Mrs. Sipes was born
in Belfast township, this county.
Her husband was a brother of
Theo. SIpes, of near Harrison
vile and her maiden name was
Fisher. She'is survived by one
brother, John Fisher, two sisters
and an adopted son.
HANKS.
Jason. little son of DIR. j. Grant
Hanks, at Breezewood, Bedford
county, died last Sunday. The
child had measles IN April, from
the effects of which IT never re
covered. Jason was born three
years ago last March. Inter
ment IN the cemetery at the Luth
eran church, near Breezewood,
on Wednesday.
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NUMBER 40
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for RestfuI Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED

Mercersburg, was pleasant
caller at our office on Monday
morning.
Miss Bessie M. Reese, of Burnt
Cabins, daughter of Sam1 Reese
left Tuesday to visit relatives IN
Kansas.
Miss jennie Woodal went to
Cham bersburg last Wednesday
where she has secured employ
ment.
Mrs. Mary Kirkpatrick, of Shir
leysburg, Pa, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. G. w. Bryner at
the M. E Parsonage.
Miss Lillian Henry, of Clear
Ridge, is spending a few days in
the home of MIR. and Mrs. Boyd
Elvey, on West Walnut street.
Miss Emily V. Greathead, who
has been visiting friends in Clear
spring, Hagerstown, and other
points, returned home on Mon
day.
Miss Ruth McGehee and little
brother Master Eddie of Burnt
CABINS, left last Thursday to
spend sometime with relatives IN
Virginia
Howard lloke, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Hoke, and Geo.
Stoler, of Saxton, are visiting in
the families of Messrs. G.. New
ton Hoke and John B. Runyan, Of
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Suders
and their little sons, Harold and
Herbert, of Wampum, Beaver
county, Pa. arrived here last
Thursday to visit among their
relatives and friends a few days.
Paul and Harry Johnston, and
John Spangler, formed an auto
mobile party, that went to Pen
Mar Tuesday. They were ac-
companied as far as MERGERS
burg, by Jean and Beulah John
ston.
Rev. G. w. Bryner IN down at
Pleasant View, Juniata county
spending part of his summer va
cation with his mother and broth
er; and, consequently, there will
not be any preaching services in
the Methodist church next Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Il. Strait
called at the News office few
minutes last Thursday morning,
as they were on their way out to
Dawes old home for a week s
vacation. Mr.. and Mrs. Strait
look as though the world has been
good to them.
Miss Frances Daniels, of Pleas
ant Ridge, is spending this week
IN the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Emma l.. Daniels, on North Sec.
ond street. Miss Daniels has
had notice of her old position as
teacher IN the schools at SalyX,
Pa, with nice increase of salary.
MIR. A. j. Bolnger, of Taylor
township, and Elmer Horton, of
Houngwood, Pa, were IN town
Monday. Elmer is fireman on
the Pennsylvania railroad, with
run between Pittsburg and AL
toona. He has been spending his
annual summer vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, .Abner
Horton, at Saltillo, and with 9TH
er relatives and trends.
Mr.. }. l.. FIniff, of Hagerstown,
came over last Friday and re-
named until Monday when he
returned home, taking with him,
his wife and children, Ernest,
Catharine, and Mary, who had
been visiting among their rela-
tlves and friends IN this county
for two weeks. Mr.. Finiff.is EN-.
ployed in the Crawford automo.
bile works, and was formerly
with the Pope people. He has
had thirteen years experience
first in the building of bicycles,
and more recently in the con-
struction of automobiles. Mr..
Finiff says that the Crawford
people have plans for turning out
nearly three times as many ma
4 H.. A..
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Mr.. Eli Ham, one of Belfast
townships substantial citizens,
was IN town last Thursday on
business.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-05
WHAT EASTERNERS THINK
 OF ARIZONA'S DELEGATE

wise level table land of northwestern Arizona. They had let themselves down, bench by bench, until in the end they had descended the perpendicular mile and half and reached the river itself.
 All along the route they had pros peeted for gold They had started out with the idea that the waters had cut into the heart of the mountain, and that golden treasure was waiting to he gathered in hy the bucket load. They knew that certain Mormons had run a pack train from the canyon 800 miles to Santa Fe, and had profited by con veying the rich ore that great dis tanee They were looking for the El dorado.
 They had not gone over many cliffs when they found what looked like the makings of copper mine, something like those around Butte, Mont, and Lake Superior shores. but they did not care for copper mines. Further down they found a ledge of rock sixty feet across. and they ground the pure gold out of it. An assay sample of this was sent out, and $40 in actual gold was secured from it. They felt themselves already millionaires. But they were so disagreeably isolated from the rest of the world that as q result of this han dicap grew the idea of making q trail into the canyon down which a pack mule could bring supplies and up which it could carry the bags of shimmering gold.
 The members of the party owning the mine jointly agreed to build the trail They set to work and continued their labors for some five years. At the end of this period some of the original members of the party had be come wearied with the strenuous life, and others, in accordance with the way of the west, had shufhed off in one way or another. Ralph Cameron, however, was still at work on the trail. as was one of the other Cameron boys and a lone companion But in the end his two associates became weary of the tedium and confinement of the cliff sides, and the future statesman bought their shares and continued the work
 Not long after this, Cameron got his roadway in working order and brought out some bags of ore. Incidentally, he sold the despised copper mine for a good round sum, and matters were go ing we'll on ranch he had established near by. In Williams, the nearest town
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-05
The Rack. Page and Ample.

The rack is gait of the horse be- tween trot and q gallop or canter. in which the fore feet move as in a slow gailop while the hind feet move as in a trot or pace. Ii Is usually an arti- ficial gait but is sometimes hereditary or natural There Is much confusion of terms in respect to this gait. due to the fact that the gait itself is some what varied. according as the racker carries the one or the other fore foot foremost fin the galloping motion of the fore feet: that many confound the rack with the pace. the words often being used anonymously. and that many have mistaken the use of the words pace" and ''amble." There !s abundant evidence that the American pace of today is the amble of Eu- ropeans of the last century and earlier. The motion of the hind feet Is the same in the trot, the pace and the rack. In the trot the diagonal hind and fore feet move nearly simulta- neously In the pace or amble the hind and fore feet of the same side move nearly simultaneously Boston Globe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-05
yLhen Laaies Wore Mask.


 In the seventeenth century ladies wore mas.ss in public. and great was the variety of face screens that were seen. Ladies who had ''coralline" lips preferred short masks as was natural. For others who wished 10 hide the lower part of the face the mask was completed by chin piece of linen. which afterward passed under the chin and over the ears. In 1632 new mask called the mimi. from the Ital- ian mimics, was all the rage and threatened to usurp the place of the black one. Ii was even the cause of violent quarrels between the ladies who held to the latter and those who preferred the latest novelty. Some years later 1t became the fashion to trim the upper part of the mask with a ruche of lace, to lengthen fl with a beard of the same material and even to cover it more or less with lace to the borders of the eycholes. Young ladies of this period. however. ire quently contented themselves with cov- ering the face simply with a piece of black crape for coquetry's sake and to appear the fairer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-05

Finally the time of his franchise was about to expire and his eounty had not the authority to extend it for him. He went to the legislature of the territory and had bill introduced that would give the county that privilege. The bill passed, but was vetocd by the governor All of which gave the is- sue prominence throughout the terri tory and called the attention of the entire commonwealth to the fact that this man was fighting single handed the great corporation, tooth and toe nail. Cameron marshaled his forces and passed the bill over the governor s veto by unanimous vote. He had whipped the corporation, and with it the governor. Ii looked as if he could whip anything.
 Now, there was just one thing in Arizona that had never been whipped, and that was Colonel Mark Smith, the democratic delegate to congress. who had held the post for so long that the memory of man ran not to the con trary. Arizona had always been dem ocratic territory, and aside from that the people had made up their minds that smith could not be beaten, and there was an end of it. But man who could whip a railroad ought 10 be able to whip democratic colonel.
 So the trail builder. the miner, the rancher. and business man from the high hills was arrayed against the al
 legged invincible, and the result was that the trail builder won. The people knew he was fighter, and that man ner of performance is popular in the west. as it is in the East Side, New York. Further than this, Cameron was absolutely a representative of the peo- pie. He could turn flap jack over the camp fire, could throw q squaw hitch on a pack. drive four to stage, talk books to those he met in his travels abroad and Indian to the men of the reservations He was an allround utll- ity man among others of his kind. He was a man who did things and wanted to represent a constituency of the same sort of men. The man who builds a trail in the west creates new world, ard this man was a builder. In Wash ington they are asking him about the land and forests and Indians, and the answers he is giving seem to have the ring true. It IS probable he has more first hand information on these sub iects than any other man who ever came to congress.