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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-08-11
Fiscal Estimatefor
District Of ArbuckIe
State of West Virginia,
County OF Mason,

State of West Virginia,
County Of Mason, =
District of Arbuckle, To-wit:
At a regular session of the board
Of education of Arbuckle district of
Mason county, held at the regular
meeting place thereof, on the second
Tuesday in August, 1909, present !:
J. c. Rogers, President Of said board
of education, and Rob Edwards and
Fred crump, Commissioners.
In accordance with section 8, chap
ter Q. Of the legislature Of 1908, the
board Of education proceeded to make
up an estimate of the amount necrs-
sary to be levied for the current fiscal
year, to cover all district debts and
Liabilities payable during the year,
lie lie probable expenditures
for district purposes, and proper al
lowances for delinquent taxes, ex-
penses of collection and contingent
cies, but deducting the money in the
treasury applicable to the service of
the year and district claims, doth
determine and estimate the several
amounts to be levied as follows:
BUILDING FUND ESTIMATE.
Maximum levy Ie4 cents on each
One Hundred Dollars valuation.
The amount due, and the amount
that will become due and collectible
from every source, except from the
levy of taxes to be made for the
current fiscal year.
Redemptions (estimated). 5 S 90
Sale of old building :. IS 90
Sale Of coal ............. 40
The debts and demands owed by the
district as whole, and payable
out of the building fund.
Outstanding orders. .....s 95 IS
Current accts due & payable 1874 IS
E,o oe
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-08-11
SlaSee.ol

The debts and demands owed by the
district as whole, payable out of
the teachers fund.
Outstanding orders includ-
ing interest. ..........S 100 90
Delinquent taxes (estim ed IS 90
Exoaerations testimatedl 9 &C
Sheriff 5 commissions (esti.j lao 90
For 8 teachers holding No.
one certificates at $40 per
month for 6 months. 720 90
For 10 teachers holding No.
twocerti6cates at SS5 per
month for 6 months. 200 90
For ! teachers holding No.
three certificates at $50
per month for 6 months. 1860 90
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-08-11
P. P. A. c.

The CLUB will play the LEON
team on Saturday afternoon at
2:3o.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-08-11
Fiscal Estimate for
Town Of Point Pleasant
State of West Virginia,
County of Mason,

State of West Virginia,
. County of Mason,
Town of Point Pleasant. to-w;t:
At meeting of the Council of the
town of Point Pleasant, in Mason
county, held in the council chamber
on the 10th day of August, :o9, there
were present John L. Written, May
or; W. c. Whaley, Clerk, and Geo.
Miller, John H. Wells, John c.
Franklin, G. W. NJ. HooF and Robt.
Kiger, members Of the council of
said town, a quorum.
In accordance with section 4, chap
ter 9 of the Acts ofthe extraordinary
session Of the Legislature of 1908,
the council proceeded to make up an
estimate of the amount necessary 10
be levied for the current fiscal year,
to cover all municipal debts and la
bilities payable during the said year,
including probable expenditures for
municipal purposes, and proper al
lowances for delinquent taxes, ex-
pense of collections and contingent
cies; but deducting therefrom the
money in the city treasury applica-
bic to the service of the year and
municipal claims, doth determine and
estimate the several amounts to be
levied as follows:
ESTIMATES.
Levy IS cents on the one hundred
dollars valuation.
Levy IS cents on the one hundred
dollars valuation, interest and sink
ing fund.
The amount due the said munici-
pality, and the amount that will be-
come due and collectibIe from every
source, except from the levy of taxes
to be made for the current fiscal year.
Balance in Lands of the CITY
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-08-11

E F. LEE, secy B. OF E.,
Couch, W. Va.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-08-11

GEO. W. RIFLE,
Secretary Board Of Education.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29

r. HERE are the ghosts" in the his
! torical old Chapel of the Comfort.
er at 10 Horatio street. near Jackson
square. In New York City! Soren
Lindgren. who until recently was sex.
ton Of the little mission supported by
Ascension parish. Of which the Rev.
Dr. Percy Grant IL rector. has not
only seen the spirits. but he has taken
photographs of two Of them.
These strange. mysterious figures.
according to Mr.. Lindgren. congregate
every evening at the foot Of the altar.
II Is weird story Mr.. Lindgren tells
Of his experiences in the church.
where he and his wife. who frankly
confesses that none OF the ghosts"
have been visible to her. had their
living apartments.
So interested did the sexton be.
some In the movements OF the de.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29

NEW YORK.-There % . man IN 4
~ big real estate flrm In the Wall
street district Of New York city who
has not paid penny Of house rent Tor
the last ten years. although 10 has
lived during all that time IN hand
some apartments in the most fashion.
able part OF town: the smallest Of
which never d leased for less than
$500 q year. Among the very few
who know the secret Of how he Il
able to occupy such expensive quar-
tiers free OF charge he 10 the most en-
WED man. Yet be himself nnds his
good fortune something Of . trial
He does not know from one month
to the next where he will have to
move. He always IL the first tenant
Of all to move into the house. and
when the house begins to MI up he
knows he must prepare to get out.
Then this man who lives rent tree be.
gins to wonder where he will have
to move to next No sooner has nis
family made . circle Of pleasant &C.
quaintances among the other newcom.
ers In q big apartment house than
they have to make some excuse, teie-
phone for the moving vans. and have
their furniture taken to . new place
OF abode.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
LONG ISLAND CITIZEN SUSPECT.
Ed OF MURDER AND eloAMY-
LONG RECORD FEARED.
TOLD WIFE HE KILLED !
Partial Confession Made t. Police, u
Which the Prisoner Admits Hav.
ina Married the Girl Since
Found Dead.

New York, Oct. 25.-Admissions made
today. under a sever cross examinations
o. the police. by Otto Mueller. the A.
toria, L. l.. piano maker. arrested last
night on the belief that he may know
something of the strange circumstances
surrounding the death Of Anna Lat
ter. = young German woman. whose
skeleton was recently discovered 1t
Islip. L. l., are expected by the police
to bring to light . tale OF wholesale
marriage and murder rarely sauallsd
In criminal records.
Mueller was arraigned today under
the name OF Frederick Gebhardt on
the formal charge Of bigamy, but the
police expect to lodge q more serious
charge against him later.
Mrs. Gebhardt, Mueller's present wife
has confided to the authorities that
she has lived in terror OF her husband
for years and that on one occasion
her husband, while In his cups. was
overheard to declare that she was his
eighth wife and that those who pre-
ceded her were oil In their graves.
Mueller admitted that he married
the Latter girl In February, 1908. but
says tina, he deserted her three months
later and does not know what became
OF her thereafter.
A box OF 32-calibre revolver cartrid-
gss was found To-Day by the police in
. search ef the house which Mueller
occupied In Astoria, L. I.
A fiattened 32-calibre bullet was
found near the shelton OF the Latter
girl At the time OF its discovery.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
Sexton Finds Ghosts in a Church

parted spirits that he purchased
camera and lay awake at night to
take snapshot pictures Of them. The
Lindgrens took up their residence ON
an upper floor OF the church last No
vember. and the presence OF the
ghosts" was revealed to Mr.. Lindgrer
the first night he slept there.
BE cot afraid he assured me
This building was once . dance hall.
and It was here that I wasted q for
tune which had been left to me BY
my father. who was an Italian noble
man ! killed a man in this very
room. Yes. stabbed him IN the back,
! stole the money to buy rum. and
her am q physical wreck
EARLY the next night" he said, "as
the old man approached the altar I
liked my camera In position and gavo
the picture q long exposure. Mira.
Lindgren was with me and we went
directly to our apartment and devel.
oped the picture. Only the white out
lines Of the mans face. head and
beard were shown in the photograph.
but BY using q pencil on one of the
negatives. succeeded In drawing an
excellent likeness of the mysterious
figure"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
PREPARATION ron Olo LAND
DRAWING 10 NOW COM.
plGTEo. .
DRAWINGS COMING NEXT
Final Act Beginning q Aberdeen
October q, and Results VIII
oeen Be Made
Known.

Bismarck. n. D.. Oct 33.-Registra.
ton closed here this morning at 1901
for tho drawing Of the Standing Rock
and Cheyenne River Indian reservation
lands with . total local registration Of
ten thousand. one hundred and six.
which 10 about twenty thousand below
the estimate made BY the Commercial
club and the railroads. The criminal
element usually following the crowds
has been entirely absent here.
Bismarck II second in the list and
has gained much valuable advertising
- . result Of the ten thousand Wis
ttorS. There were thirty notariss
working during the period.
Miss Frances Bauer, cashier In the
local theater. was the last person to
register. she taking the oath at 11:5sh
The Anal act In Uncle Sans big
game OF chance on the lands in this
district win begin at Aberdeen, 8. D.,
Oct. 20. at 10 o'clock q m, continuing
until SUFFICIENT number Of names have
been drawn to insure the disposal OF
the lands available. Under the regula-
lions governing this drawing. the lands
will not be subject to entry and settle.
ment until April 1. 1910.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
Elephant Collects Pennies in Zoo

keepers practice when the bank was
full to take Congo across to the soda
fountain nearby and buy him q quart
OF Ice cream out Of the days receipts.
At this rate Congo soon learned the
value Of money. and also began to
love it-not for Its own sake. but for
what It brought him. When Richards
went for his luncheon few days ago
be carefully emptied the bank. leaving
Congo with . vacant tin boz.
When the keeper had finished his
meal he FASTENED back to the faithful
Congo. but on the way met four IN.
bilant urchins. who were dividing 60
cents.
There stood Congo. swayinx mourn
fully. Beside him Sultana and Khar.
toum. two other elephants, were hold.
ing up their educated fellow. Who
seemed Ill
A seedy man standing at the rain ~.
planned the case:
Some boys were just In here with
some apples they'd stole. and every
time they gave the elephant with the
bank an apple he gave them 1 cent
an 40 soon A. they got his last cent
they beat It"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
sANp OF INDIANS MAY SCATTER.
U. .. Aid Has Not Vet Reached Mon
tana chippewas.

Helena. - II the much needed as
sistance for the band Of Chippewa
Indians, which the Washington dis
patches announced had been ordered.
does not come soon. the band will be
scattered from Dakota to the Pacific
coast.
The commandant at Fort Harrison
mas received orders to give 500 worth
OF supplies to the Indians. but mean
while the band is restless and prepar.
ing to dispense.
The Indians are resentful and de.
clared they have been penned up all
summer on promises and nothing has
been done for them, that winter is ap-
preaching and that they have been
able to make absolutely no provision
for It.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
HOT FROM THE WIRE.

Paducah. Ky.-A distinct earthquake
shock was felt here at 1:0s o'clock Sat-
urday morning. No damage = re-
ported.
Stockton. Cal. - George West ano
sons. winery. one Of the largest In the
west was destroyed by IRE. The loss
will range from $780, 200 to 100000
Cleveland. ohio.-James 8. Bradley.
r.. Of Toledo. has positively denied the
statement that the Bell Telephone Co
interests have obtained the Independ.
emit companics. controlled by Bradley
through his recent purchases.
81. Paul-Mrs. George Doran. who
shot her husband. DIR. Doran, was ad-
mittted to bail by Judge Grisr N. Orr
In the district court. the bond being
oxsd At $4,000.
OmAha.-Wm. Eschls. ut whose home
Mrs. Thomas Wendt. an aged woman,
was robbed Of moro than $1,000 while
she was doing the Eschls family wash
Ing. confessed to having taken the
money. He returned II all Mrs. wsndt
reported her loss Ut $500. but the
amount proved to Be $3.50.
New York.-Pasrtck H. NcCarrsn,
state senator and well known political
boss" Of Brooklyn. 10 dead ~ the re-
suit Of an operation recently under
gone.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Opened at Billings With . Good At.
tendance.

tendance.
Billings, Mont. Oct. 25.-The Dry
Farming congress opened this morning
with 1900 men present who are In
terested In raising grain and vegetables
with little rainfall. Between 500 and
1000 more delegates are expected to
arrive today.
The Dry Farming congress was or
ganized In Denver four years ago from
little meeting of $50. The meeting
which began today il attended by rep
resentatives Of at least q dozen coun-
tries.
All railroads operating in the coun.
try affected are taking q deep interest
In the work of the congress and have
high officials In attendance.
In connection with the congress IL
an exposition Of machinery adapted to
dry farming work. Exhibits Of prod
ucts from Colorado Canada, Wyoming,
New Mexico, Utah. Oregon. Washing
ton and several other states show what
can be accomplished under seemingly
adverse condition.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
Mock Court End. in Real Court Trial

ed BY Ammon dragged q much-frtRht,
ened negro before him.
This man spit on the deck. said
one OF the gang.
Make him stand on his head or.
dered the court
The negro made . feeble effort to
put bis feet In the air and when he
was unable to do 40 he was made To
drink nve glasses OF water. He be-
came I'D suddenly and his tormentors
let him 60
II happened that Sergt Irwin and
SIX patrolmen. al trafnc men In citi.
sens' dress. were aboard the boat and
a. soon n they heard OF the court
they started q mock fight 90 they
could get arrested and see how tho
court was working.
Patrolman Fritsch vas promptly
nabbed ~ . disorderly person and
vas hurried to where Ammou vas
holding forth and was charged with
lighting
Let him turn . few handsprtrxs.-
shouted Ammon. but Fritach. Who il \
powerful fellow. hurled two OF the
men asi6e and valked away. Next
dap h ! rsal court The rowdies pa,d
01eo tor cAolS nm
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
News Of Montana
VETERINARIANS PLAN MEETING.
Ward u Minnesota starts Campaign
Against Chambers and Mango.

Helena.-state Veterinarian Know
Ies u in receipt Of . letter from
State Veterinarian Ward, Of Min
nes0ta, suggesting that . meeting
be held In Helena or Billings, Of veter.
inarians and secretaries Of the live
stock sanitary boards Of Wisconsin.
Minnesota. North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Idaho. Wyoming and Washing
ton, for the purpose Of taking some
action with view Of having the feder-
al government eradicate glanders and
mango from horses on various Indian
reservations. Knowles has replied
cordially indorsing the plan and rec
ommending the state capitol In this
city for a meeting place. He calls At
tention to the urgent necessity for
such action and promises to support
the movement to the best Of his abilf
~.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
Work Resumed on Project.

Great Falls-According to s. B.
Robbins. engineer-in-charge Of the
Sun river irrigation project, who was
in the city from Fort Shaw, the gov
eminent reclamation service now has
quite q force of men engaged upon
the construction OF the Willow creek
dam. which is to be utilized in i'm
pounding much of the waters of Will
low creek and the north fork of Sun
river for the irrigation Of the vast
portion Of the project yet to be under.
taken. Following the recent visit to
the northwest of Secretary Ballinger
and the senatorial committee on irri.
cation. authority was granted by Mr.,
Ballinger for the resumption Of work
upon this big project.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
Personal.

A man who died In restitution at
Hastings. Neb.. has been partly iden.
tilted as Francis Schlatter. the healer,
In . speech at New York Judge Gay.
nor designated William r. Hearst a.
= believing demagogue.
President Taft took . minor part In
. cattle roundup on his brothers
Texas ranch.
Jim Je0riss sent . wireless message
that he 10 well and anxious to fight.
Street car strikers In Omaha have
determined to 60 on with the Tight
President Zelaya II arming sixteen
year old boys In an effort to crush the
NicarAEuan revolution.
Senator ]. p. Dolliver. has won his
case In the United States circuit court
OF appeals. the suit brought by Ware
Leland to recover upon book account
and notes.
Ex-President Roosevelt has sent Q
story Of his exploits In killing Wild
beasts Of East Africa
Ferrer dead ID more Of o menace q
spanish rulers than FeFrer living.
President TAN visited the town Of
Ta1l On The raneA = Ais hrothsr. and
0aAs . sDeecA
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29

Local sentiment may be summed mp
q averss to granting the request Of
the National Geographic society OF
the United States that the Univsrsity
4 Copenhagen waive it, claim to the
arst examination OF DR.. Cooks North
Pole data
An increase In the number Of trials
By court-martial Of all classes In the
army shown In the annual report Of
Judge Advocate General George b.
Davis made public 10 causing much
comment In military circles. Condi-
lions, oflcers say, ~ shown BY the
report, are disgraceful and positive
remedial measures should be taken.
The Mathis correspondent at Oran.
Algeria, telegraphs that Mulai Hand.
the sultan Of Morocco. has sold the
Ri1 mines, which were the cause Of
the trouble between Spain and the
Noors on the Rifian coast, to . Ger
man company.
Copies of circulars issued In north
China BY . body Of Chinese. calling
themselves the popular association Of
the three eastern provinces. have been
received in Japan. after having been
spread broadcast among Chinese Of
the lower classes.
Third Assistant Postmaster Cen
sral Lawshs announced to the heads
Of tSs bureaus In his division that he
inteHxed to resign from the postomce
department
The use Of the words $50 help me
Cod" at the end Of oaths may be pro
hibitsd in the courts of the District OF
Columbia, II congress passes . Law
which 10 now being drafted BY the
commissioners Of the District OF Co
lunbia.
DR.. Maurice G. Stack. for thirty
three years assistant superintendent
Of the government hospital for the In
sane died In Washington Sunday might
Of cancer OF the throat.
A Recommendation that the navy
yards BE- divided into four depart
ments. each In charge Of . genera
manager, II said to be the most i'm
pertant result OF the investigation b,
Q special board Of naval officers. head
ed by Rear Admiral Swift, whose 70
port reached Washington.
The national capital IL planning
great pageant Of International scop,
for the next fourth Of July. At I
meeting Of oflicials and business mel
Of the District Of Columbia. held II
the once Of Commissioner Mcfarland
II was decided to invite. through theil
diplomatic representatives. each Of thu
twenty-one Central and South Ameri
can republics to Join In . great inter
national parade. in which the marines
Of the various governments will pal
ucipats.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
First PASSENGER to Great Falls.

Great Falls.-Mrs. Minnie Enfield.
who bore the distinction of having
been passenger upon the first train
which pulled into Great Falls on the
Great Northern railroad In September.
1887, died at the Deaconess hospital.
death being due to cancer Of the stom.
ach. Mrs. Enfield was 67 years OF
age. She is survived by her daughter.
Mrs. Frank Tebeau. of this city, and
two sons, Charles E. Taylor, court
stenographer at Devils Lake, N. D.,
and c. L. Taylor, Of Washington.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
SsnIcK" RICHARDS. keeper At the

SSnICK" RICHARDS. keeper at the
- Bronx Zoo. In New York city. be-
lieyed until a few days ago that the
high road to riches lay In simply
catching an elephant. hanging . tin
bank on the animal and then teaching
him to beg money from the public and
ring q bell whatsoever be put q pen
ny In the bank.
Richards faith in the integrity Of
eierhants was . sublime thing. but
now he holds elephants to be not only
immoral. but capable OF almost human
tmbecility.
In short. It was Richards who Q
year ago taught the Bronx elephant
Congo to beg pennies and put them in
bank. for which the huge beast has
been famous ever since. II was the
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29

THE Yemassis Haymakers. . West
] side organization In New York
city. whose members say they are
henchmen OF Leader The" AcManus.
had IN outing ut College Point and
the last installment came homo BY
way Of the East Thirty-fourth street
ferry at 1850 O'Clock In the morning.
They jammed the ferryboat Aanhat.
tan Beach. and there were also aboard
. number Of outsiders returning 70
their homeA
AZ soon a. the boat started Charles
Anmon. - years old. Ss7 Tenth ave
eue. called some of the picnickers 70.
gethsr and announced IN no soft tones
that be was going to open court and
that - jHdge 10 would oentsnee every
one brought before him for disorder.
y eoo1uel
The ~ vas taken NJ readily anA
900 several q The -o0eees- appolnsr
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
New Wheat Discovered.

Billings.-At the meeting of the Ma
tional Dry Farming Association here
DIR. Adolph Aaronsohn. in charge Of
dry land experiments in Palestine.
made his announcement of his discov-
cry of wild wheat on Mount Hebron.
DIR. Aaronsohn is preparing for a thor
ough investigation Of the subject, In
Guiding a survey Of thousands of
square miles. In which this wheat
grows. On his return to Palestine he
will send specimens to the United
States department Of agriculture.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-29
BISHOP HARE IS DEAD.
Eminent South Dakota Divine Passs,
Away at Ripe Age.

Away at Ripe Age.
Atlantic City. N. J., Oct 2S.-rhs
Right Rev. William Hobart Hare, Bis
hop Of the Episcopal diocese OF South
Dakota. died here tonight after Q long
Illness. He was u years Of are,
Bishop Hare suffered from q com.
plication Of diseases resulting from
his advanced years and his arduous
labors in the west. He came east about
six months ago because Of his failina
health, and took . cottage here with
his two sisters.
Bishop Hare served several Phila.
dsiphia churches before he was con-
secrated bishop OF all the Indians in
1873 His residence was at Sioux
Falls and upon the formation Of two
states Of the Dakotas he became bishop
OF South Dakota With three excep-
tons he was the oldest bishop in the
Episcopal church in America, His
father was Rev. DR.. George Emlen
Hare. principal Of Episcopal Academy
OF Philadelphia.