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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
A 1000 MEN PROPOSED
Advertised for a Husband and
Found an Army of SuitOrS.
lis THANKFUL TO THE PRESS

Answers Came From All Over the
World, and Girl Calmly Went
Through the List. Finally Select
ed Few, and Then Her Choice
Narrowed Down to the Happy Man.
Another Convincing Proof That
Advertising Pays.
BOYD, Wis.-Miss Frances Living
stone is pleasantly occupied in that
to the feminine mind most de-
lightful task of experimenting the
building of her trousseau. And it's
all because of her faith in the theory
that everybody of one sex has some
body of another sex waiting around
for him or her-some place.
Miss Livingstone fiddled around
her home town of Boyd until one day
she made up her mind she wanted
to get married. Now, of course,
there were unmarried men in and
about Boyd, and perhaps they were
manageable, and manageable, and
even agreeable. But they did not
suit Miss Livingstone, and still con-
tident that somewhere the voice of
love was calling for her she resolved
to meet the call at least half way.
That's the reason she advertised.
And that's the reason she got 1000
proposals. And that's the reason she
is rather jubilant over having proved.
so conclusively her idea that it's
easy to find your mate if you 90 at
1t in the right way. And that's the
reason Miss Livingstone today
smiled happily, and told how it ali
happened.
Il have the press to thank for res
ceiving so many proposals. she said.
When | put my advertisement for
husband in the local paper / really
didn't expect to get more than a.
dozen names. And / don't suppose
| would had not the papers through
out the world seized upon the adj
vertisement as an item of news.
Why, papers not only all over the
United States but in Mexico, Cana
da and even Europe became inter-
ested in my quest. To them I owe
the honor of having been the first
woman in history to have received a
thousand proposals.
AT first the answers came in
slowly, and | made a point of an
swering them promptly, but soon the
proposals arrived in such geat num-
bers that | was almost overwhelmed.
1t was proposed that | engage a pri-
vate SECRETARY, but as the subject
was matter of the heart | had
an innate objection to this course. /
decided, therefore, not to answer any
more of the proposals and await the
time when the missives would cease
coming.
For three months the proposals
were received with great regularity.
Finally, when they had reached the
1000 mark, 1 began the work of
classification and elimination. Those
looked upon with favor received an
swers and they in turn wrote again
to me. By this method I came to the
conclusion that Louis Struvnez came
the nearest to being my ideal. [
wrote to him to come to Boyd and
meet me. The fact that we decided
the next day to apply for a marriage
license ought to prove that our love
was mutual"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03

ATLANTA.-The near beer saloon
appears to be going through a pro-
cess of evolution, or, rather, it might
De called atavism, for its tendency is
backward toward the old-time arti-
Gle.
First the city licensed and put re-
strictions upon it, then the state
taxed it. Now there is talk in At
Ianta of putting still further restric-
IONS upon it, among them fixing the
closing hour at 10 o'clock as in the
case of the barrooms before the days
OF prohibition. At present they keep
open as late as they wish, often until
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
SAYS HE is HONEST BECAUSE IT is FUNNY
Man Just Out of the Georgia Penitentay Visits Associ
ated Charities and Reels OFF Some Interesting Talk

ATLANTA.-"Good morning. I'm
recently out of the penitentiary. L
want work. But 1 can't get it. I'm
trying to make good again, but-O,
well, what chance will society give
man, anyhow"
1t was middle-aged, keen-eyed
man who spoke. He stood midway
the Office OF Secretary Logan of the
Associated Charities. His clothes
were growing seedy, but they were
brushed with care, and his hands
were very clean. An unusually sharp
and experienced eye would possibly
have noted that under his clothes
was a well fed body, a very we'll fed
body. He threw the most cynical
tone imaginable into his voice as he
continued
What's the use, anyway? Here I
am just out from Jail. I've sworn
I'd not conceal that. I've sworn to
tell the truth, even if l starve at it.
I've paid my debt to society. But
there's no place in the world for the
man who tells the truth. If every
body should begin telling the truth
about himself and the people he
knows this civilization you're so
proud of would tumble and crash be-
fore sunset"
Secretary Logan leaned forward in
his chair and spat out the end of
cigar. Of all the unique types of hui
manity he had handled never had
he seen this mans like He talked
like Socialist or a student of Bern
ard Shaw.
Honest Because It's Funny.
IF that's So" said the secretary,
what makes you so fond of telling
the TRUTH"
Because" answered the man, sit
seems so funny, so ridiculously ironi-
cal to set out to make an absolutely
honest living"
Il should judge that you are ed
ucated," said Mr.. Logan.
What of it?" he retorted, that
means nothing. I once took a foolish
pride and vain sort of satisfaction
in telling people I'd seen better days, |
and came of good family and all that
sort of rot. But of course they
thought l was handing them the |
same old jolly that common pam
handlers the earth over have been |
using for hundreds of years.
Il decided I wouldn't make a fool |
of myself in that particular manner |
any more. OF course everybody has |
to make some sort of a fool of him
self. But I'll at least choose the sort |
of fool I'll be. And so I'm the fool |
of truth and honesty"
well, you are a sour one, sure
enough" thought the secretary.
Then he said aloud:
Have you any money at all?"
The man drew back.
Don't think I've come here to
beg" he said sharply. I'm not that |
common sort. Yes, I've got money. |
I have 80 cents"
He seemed to relish the sarcasm of !
what he said.
II didn't come here beause l !
thought you d help me-" he went on. |
Il don't expect anybody to help me,
because I'm just out of Jail. My face |
is in half a dozen different rogue |
galleries. came here simply be- I
cause man who happened heaven
knows why-to give me a dollar and |
asked me to come and see you, and |
had to promise him l would"
ALI this while Mr.. Logan had been :
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03

Jack Probst, who weighs 800
pounds: 100 oyesters, - pounds of
steak, 10 rolls, s cups of coffee, 4
large pies.
Peter Balvado, the referee, award
ed the $50 to Dotzler, who had hard
work pushing the money in his vese
pocket.
A dozen other members of the club
who wer present as watchers got SO
interested in the contest that their
mouths opened and shut automati-
cally as the trio ate. Finally thew
began to howl for some food for
themselves.
It's all gone, said Valvado. With
loud cries the twelve rushed out 10
a restaurant.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
ATLANTA NIGH BEER GETS STRONGER;
STREET RAILWAY co. ISSUES ORDER

after midnight, though it is unlawful
for minors to enter them, nor are
they allowed to keep open on Sun
day.
The Georgia Railway and Electric
Company of Atlanta has put them in
the same category with the saloons
of the old day, and has issued an or
der forbidding its employees to enter
them in uniform on pain of dismis-
sal.
In the meantime the beer gets
stronger and the free lunch better,
and it begins to look as il the old
days were gradually but surely COM
ing back.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
BUTTON FOUND IN HIS HEART.
Doctors Make Strange Discoveries in
Autopsy on a Body.


Autopsy on a Body.
A Denver, Col, dispatch says:
An autopsy performed on the body
of Fred Pomplitz, who was sixty
seven years old, revealed black
vest button embedded in the heart
over the right auricle. DR.. w. G.
Mudd and Dr. J. P. Hamill made the
autopsy. This was not all, for they
found in the spleen of this same per-
son piece of rock two inches in
diameter, one-eighth of an inch
thick and an eighth of an inch wide.
The doctors theory is that he
swallowed the button by accident.
that it stuck in the bronchial tubes
and by process of liberation was
carried into the vena cava. The
rock in the spleen was caused by
salt concretion from the blood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
LITTLE JOE HAS BEEN KISSED
Young Lady Teacher in Brunswick
Smacked Him Goodbye.

When Governor Joe Brown left
Brunswick for Jesup he was kissed
at the station in the presence of a
large crowd by Miss Mildred Thomp-
son, one Of the teachers in the Bruins
wick public schools.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03

Nothing seemed to escape his ears
or his eyes, but precious little es-
capped his lips, and that little consist
ed of pleasant inconsequentials. The
entertainment wound up by a visit
to the Gambler building, which. by
the way, is always intended to con-
stltute the grand, overpowering eli
max to the encourage of every prom
lnent visitor He was taken to the
roof of Atlanta's king of skyscrap-
ers, and the day being remarkably
clear was shown and lectured upon
everything in, about and around At
lanta.
Had Seen EN- Before.
Although approaching the magni-
ficent structure and the enterprise
that it stanas as sponsor for no
abs" of astonishment were let loose,
and it took no expert to see that the
visitor had gazed from tall buildings
before.
Asa G. Gambler, president of the
chamber of commerce, acted as chief
conductor and pointed out the things
that might interest.
man fired the first shell into Atlanta,
and just to the right of there Nc
Pherson fell" spoke Mr.. Gambler.
and something more than the placid
interest formerly shown cropped out
in Mr.. Harriman's countenance. It
seemed to appeal to the soldier part
of his character, to his talent for
lighting, and he asked many uues-
lions. He asked many questions
about many things, but all seemed
intended solely to break the monoto-
ny of listening.
Mr.. Hartman showed unusual in
terest in every box car, every bit of
track discernible in the far distance.
every bit of rising smoke, which
prompted inquiries about the rail-
roads entering the town.
Seeing the road-bed of the Allan
ia, Birmingham and Atlantic rising
many feet above the ground as if
winds its way into the city he stopp-
ed and made inquiry about the for
nation of the company.
L presume it was built largely by
Atlanta capital" he remarked.
And then his conductors seemed
somewhat embarrassed.
No; it was financed by an Atlanta
man, but almost wholly eastesssssssss
man, but almot wholly eastern CAPT.
tai, spoke up Mayor Maddox.
Despite the fact that he wouldn't
discuss his plans and wouldn't catch
the enthusiasm of his entertainers
Mr.. Hartman made a splendid i'm
preston here, and left the business
men with whom he came in contant
feeling friendly toward him.
Il came south to get some sun
shine" he declared, and | have got
ten it and am going back home"
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
GREAT NORTHERN IS
Big ADVERTISER

This office is in receipt of new
book that the Great Northern has
Just issued giving valuable infor-
nation regarding the great state of
Montana.
About September 80, the Great
Northern published an edition Of
one hundred thousand copies of
this book which gave a more or less
detailed information relative to
every agricultural section of Mon
tana along their line. So great is
the demand for information rela-
tive to the opportunities for the
homeseeker in Montana, that they
are now receiving from the printers
hands the second edition of one
hundred thousand copies. The.
book has been improved and re-.
vlsed slightly to make it more COM
plete, and four of the pages are de-
voted entirely to a description of
the resources and possibilities Of
the Flathead Valley.
Under the heading of "Principal
Towns and Cities" the following is
said about Whitefsh:
Population 1900; increasing
rapidly, Located on Whitefsh
lake. Good fishing and hunting
Large area of To- oyge9- IF land in the
nelghborhood, obtainable at rea.
sonable prices. Schools and
churches. Division point on Great
Northern Railway. Only four wears
old. Excellent opportunities here
for various kinds of manufactur;no
plants. LoSged-off land, excellent
SOIL, with considerable small timber
upon 1t for sale at from $40 to SIS
per acre. on easy payments. Will
produce bountiful crops of timothy
clover alfalfa, wheat, oats, barley.
some OF this land can be bought
Just outside the city limits, none of
1t more than five or six miles from
town. Good place for dairying and
poultry raising. Large lumber in
terests, good mining prospects. H.
}. McCabe, Secretary Chamber of
Commerce.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
DLSPATCHING TRAINS
BY TELEPHONE

Not many people, probably,
realize that most of the dispatching
of trains on the Great Northern is
now done by telephone, and where
ever the telephones have been in
stalled, as on the Kalispell division,
by telephone exclusively.
The telegraph instrument clicks
away on the regular company busi-
ness, but the dispatcher, instead of
having his finger on telegraph
key, sits at his desk with tele-
phone receiver on steel band tied
to his head. He can call up but one
station at time, but in less than a
minute he can ring a gong in every
station on the division, and few
words into the telephone will notify
every operator on the line of any
general order.
This is an unusual proceeding,
] owever, the messages being sent
generally to places where trains are
to receive orders only.
The telephones used, and the in
stallation, are remarkably y good, the
words coming as clearly as though
the speaker were standing but a few
feet, instead of possibly fifty or
sixty miles away. The use of the
telephone does not do away with
the necessity of having telegraph
operators in the stations, for all the
general business goes in the old
way, and the phones are used for
nothing whatever except train bus
iness.-Inte rLake.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
ALTERATIONS IN
BUSINESS BLOCK

J. E. Skyles has plans already
made for making some extensive
alterations and Improvements on
his store which will make it one of
the finest and largest in the city.
At present he is very much
crowded, has no room to display
his stock and the place is poorly
lighted, but when it is remodeled
all these inconvenience will be
done away with.
The present store will be extend
ed to the rear of the lot, a new
plate glass front will be put in and
also a fine glass front in the rear.
The building will be made the
same height all the way thru so that
the dance hall which is now only
Is feet wide will be made to
width of so feet. A large fire
proof ware house will be built on
the lots in the rear.
When the work is completed he
will no doubt have a department
store that will be great credit to
the town.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
TELEPHONE OFFICE
in NEW QUARTERS

After December 7, the Big Bend
Light and Power Co.. will have full
charge of the telephone system and
the central office will be moved in
to their new building, where a new
and up-to-date two hundred drop
switch board will be installed so as
to better care for the fast increasing
business.
In order to do away with such a
net work of wires on the main
street two hundred pair cable will
be used which will branch off into
a smaller one. They have also re-
ceived large number of new tele-
phone instruments and are prepared
to install phones in any part of the
city on short notice.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
DESIGNS
FOR POST CARDS

Designs for the new postal cards
to be issed by the government have
been approved by Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock. The cards will be
furnished in accordance with con-
tract effective January 1, 1910.
On the ordinary card, the head
of the late President Mckinley will
appear, as now, but much better
likeness of the martyred president
has been selected. On the new
small card, intended for index pur-
poses and for social correspondence,
likeness of President Lincoln will
appear. The two-cent internation-
al card will Lear a portrait of Gen
eral Grant.
A novel and pleasing innovation
has been made for the double, CT
reply postal card. On the first
half will appear protrait of Geo.
Washington while the stamp on the
second or reply half, will be like
ness of Martha Washington.
The borders of the stamps on all
of the cards will be diversified in
design. On all of the cards the
words postal card' required by
the universal postal union conven-
ton, will appear on the borders of
i the stamp and not as now, as a
separate inscription.
The paper to be used is the best
for the purpose yet manufactured.
1t will be more attractive than the
paper used in the present cards and
will take in" better than the
paper now employed.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
BOOSTING FOR
COLUMBUS

Senator J. B. Amin, of Column
bus, was in Kalispell Sunday night,
leaving for home at noon Monday.
He is making a tour of the state in
the interest of the Columbus
quarries, and to create a sentiment
for the use of Columbus stone for
the additions to the state capitol
building, Notwithstanding the great
er cost as compared with the Bed
ford, Indiana, stone. Senator An
min says the statement of the state
board in regard to the difference in
cost is correct, and also that the or
iginal figures named to the board by
the manager of the quarries was
correct, but says the figures were
based on dressed stone, without any
carving. The architects plans,
however, call for large amount of
carved stone work, enough he says
to add practically $4,000 to the
cost for hand work. The Senator
says he finds an almost unanimous
opinion in the state favoring Mon
tana stone for the building.-Inter
Lake.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
CONDUCTOR MAY
BE POSTMASTER

J. J. Cremans, a Great Northern
passenger conductor, has made
application to Representative Pray
for the appointment as postmaster
of the post Office which will soon be
installed at Fielding where the
double tracking is going on.
Mr.. Cremans has received a very
encouraging letter from Pray and
there is no doubt but what he will
receive the appointment. In con-
nection with the post office he will
run a general store to cater to the
men employed on the grade.
The contract for double tracking
will last for at least year and one
half, during which time Fielding
will be quite a city and at the end
of that time quite numb r of
pei mlnent settlers may remain
there, so Cremans will no doubt be
able to work up a nice business at
that place.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
SUCCESSFUL HUNTING
SEASON CLOSED

According to State Game Warden
Henry Aware the hunting season
which has just closed has been an
exceptionally good one for the
sportsmen in this state. Game of
all kinds has been more plentiful
than it has been for years, which is
no doubt due to the excellent laws
now in force for the protection of
the game. Proof of this has been
seen nearly every day by the way
the hunters have been bringing in
venison and bear. Chickens and
water fowl have been very scarce in
these parts.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
FINISHES ITS LABORS

Wednesday forenoon witnessed
the closing session of the District
conference of the M. E. church
held in this city. Although the
weather was anything but favorable
to successful meeting, nevertheless
those who were able to attend ex-
press themselves as we'll pleased
with the work accomplished.
Rev. G. E. Smith of the local
church was the entertaining pastor
and the visiting ministers are high
in their compliments for the excel
lent manner in which he did his
work Rev. Smith is deserving of
much credit for having been sue
cessful in having the conference
meet in this city, as much good will
result from the gathering to the
community.
Several of the speakers who were
down on the program for addresses
were prevented from coming on
account of the DELAYED trains and
were unable to attend the sessions.
Following are those in attendance:
Rev. D. B. Mcknight of Whitefsh,
Rev. F. A. Armstrong of Kalispell,
Rev. F. A. Riggin of Browning,
Rev. A. D. Welch of Libby. and
Rev. 0. A. White of Kalispell.
Columbian.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
MIGHT BE A BURGLAR
OR SAFE CRACKER

Sullivan claimed that the stuff
belonged to Steel who denied it,
and offered to take Brooks to the
place where the stuff had been
cached. He led the officer to a
large stump across from the depot
where number of other articles
were found besides some nitro
gly cerinc caps. Upon a search
after daylight II more of these
highly explosive caps were found.
Sullivan claims that he knows
absolutely nothing about the stuff,
but he had been arrested here on
the Oath, on the charge of being
drunk and disorderly and was given
his choice of serving 80 days in the
county Jail or leaving town. He
did not go, so he will now have to
serve out his sentence while the
police look him up closer, and the
chances are that more serious
charge will be entered against him.
Steel is a mere boy, II years of
age, who claims that he fell in with
Sullivan that evening by accident.
He.told very straight story of his
knowledge Of the affair. The Judge
gave him a severe lecture and let
HIM go provided he went to work
at once. He will be under the
surveillance of the police while he
remains in town.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
TEACHERS HOLD
STATE CONVENTION

Montana stands near the top of
the list Of states in point of average
salary paid to teachers and in the
per capita expenditures for the edu-
cation of the children of the state
she should stand first in the matter
of professional spirit.'' This is the
opinion voiced by R. J. Cunning
ham, superintendent of the Boze-
man public schools and member
of the executive committee of the
Montana State Teachers associa-
ton. Mr.. Cunningham has been
busy during the past month arrang-
ing for the meeting of the associa-
ton which is to take place at Boze-
man December 2S, 20 and 80. 1t
is expected that the enrolment this
year will reach the two thousand
mark and that the attendance at
the annual meeting will be at
least 500.
The different railroads of the
state are Offering reduced rates of
one and one third fares for the
round trip for all who wish to at
tend.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02
SPECIAL RATES
FOR SHRINERS

Algeria Temple Mystic Shriners
will hold their annual meeting m
Helena on December Is. For the
above meeting the Great Northern
is making special rate of fare
and one third on the certificate
plan upon the condition that the
total attendance by rail numbers
one hundred or more passengers
who have paid one full fare of fifty
cents or over on the going trip.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-02

About 3 O'Clock Sunday morning
as Officer Brooks was standing on
the corner at the Milwaukee hotel,
he noticed two men, Carl Steel and
Sam Sullivan, coming out of the
brush and stumps near the depot
carrying a small hand bag. They
looked rather suspicious and as
they passed they tried to evade
Brooks, so he halted them and
demanded that they give an account
Of themselves which they could not
do in a very satisfactory way, so he
took them to the station. Here
upon searching them, the hand bag
was found to contain some clothing
which was too big for either one of
them, and from marks on it showed
that it had evidently belonged to a
Canadian police officer. There was
also photo of Canadian police
man in the clothing. Besides this
there was some tools, among them
being a pair of crimpers for crimp-
ing dynamite caps, pair of COM
b,nation pliers, drill, bar Of
yellow soap, some rags and num-
Der of other articles that there was
no necessity to carry about. 1t
| oNed as if they were planning on
cracking something from the col.
lection they had.