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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
GOVERNOR NOT THE VICTIM
BUT INSTEAD WAS GAMBLERS
NEMESIS.
Minnesota's Executive Explains Train
Incident on His Arrival
In Washington.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Reports that
Gov. Eberhart of Minnesota had been
swindled out of $3.50 by card sharps
on Pennsylvania railroad train on
his way East caused mild sensation
in Washington.
The true story of the affair, given
rather reluctantly to friends by the
governor, shows that instead of being
participant in the gambling game
Minnesota's stalwart young governor
was in fact the nemesis that descend.
ed upon the gamblers and caused the
arrest OF at least one of them.
The gamblers were operating on the
Manhattan Limited, which left Chicago
Wednesday morning. They had cleared
up a considerable sum of money from
various victims and Gov. Eberhart in.
sisted that some one should complain
to the train authorities. None of the
victims would consent to take action
against them, so Gov. Eberhart took it
upon himself to be prosecutor. Before
the train reached Fort Wayne he
made complaint to the train conductor
and later notified the railroad police
at Fort Wayne. The gamblers step.
ped off the train at that city and Gov
Eberhart followed, identifying one of
the men who was on the platform and
causing his arrest. The governor said
that he did not care for any notoriety
in the matter and that he had only act
ed against the gamblers because their
open operations on the train made him
indignant.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
FIRE DESTROYS FARM PROPERTY

Kermit, N. D., Dec. lit. A. Pet.
erson, a farmer living three miles east
of here, sustained loss of $4,000
through the destruction by fire of his
granary, stock shed and implement
house with contents, including 1,4OO
bushels of oats, 1000 bushels of wheat
and various farming utensils. Fire is
believed to have been started by
lantern left in the granary.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
Faithful Dou Watched Bodv-

Duluth, Dec. 1.-THE dead body OF
Axel Hedberg of Floodwood was found
in the woods near that village He
was in poor health and wandered away
in an aimless manner, and his body
might not have been discovered for an
indefinite period but for his faithful
dog, Boston terrier. The animal
followed Hedberg and remained with
him during the first five days that the
man was missing before the animal
left him. Hedberg was a camp cook,
and has relatives in st. Paul and Min.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
GENERAL NEWS.

Seven sailors are known to have
persisted, 10 others are adrift on Lake
Erie or frozen to death or drowned,
two vessels, the steamer Clarion and
the steamer w. G. Richardson, have
been lost as a result of the storm
which has ragged over the lakes. The
Clarion burned to the waters edge in
Lake Erie, off Southeast ShOal, Point
Pelee, Ontario, and the steamer W. G.
Richardson went to the rocks five
miles west of Buffalo.
Official returns from 12S of the 2O6
precincts in Los Angeles, Cal, cut
down the lead of Mayor Alexander
over George Smith, the Republican
candidate, from 1900 to g. The re-
suit is now in doubt.
Mrs Susan Stewart, wife of Pay
master General Stewart, U. S. N, re-
tired, of South Orange, N. j., died in
Washington at the home of Rear Ad-
miral Andrew Dunlap, where she was
visiting. She will be buried in the
\ ational cemetery at Arlington.
Open-air schools for children in the
tenement districts are recommended
in the annual report of the New York
Association for Improving the Condi-
ton of the Poor, which is making a
crusade against tuberculosis.
Teachers in st. Marks public school
in West Orange, N. j., got a new
piano by selling roasted peanuts,
after the school board refused to pro-
vide the instrument.
To improve the personnel and eff
cheney of the diplomatic service and
to encourage secretaries of legations
to qualify for promotion to the rank
of ministers. President Taft has ap-
proved plan suggested by Secretary
Knox and published it as an execu-
tive order.
II. E. Sheppard, senior vice-president
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
who has been in ST. Paul. Mimi, for
few days, issued an order ~ all con-
ductors that they must observe strict
neutrality and that they should "act
as they did before the switchmen's
strike, no more, no less"
Attorney General William H. Stead
was ordered to appear before the ILL
nois supreme court and file a brief and
argument in the case of Booth versus
The County Clerk of Sangamon Coun-
ty, the question at issue in which is
the constitutionality of the amend
ment to what is known as the "Juul"
law, passed by the general assembly
at its last session
The annual meetings of Oklahoma
Live Stock Breeders associations
opened in Enid, together with an ex-
tensive stock show and auction sales
of hundreds of blooded horses, cattle
and hogs.
President Taft was reelected presi.
de of the American National Red
Cross
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh issued detailed explanation of
the workings of the new income tax.
with instructions for the guidance of
all kinds of corporations.
Rev. DR.. Daniel Ayres Goodsell.
resident bishop of the Methodist Epis.
copal church of New York city. died
following an operation for a carbuncIe
The jury in the case of H. CLAW
Pierce, the oil magnate, charged with
false swearing, returned a verdict at
Austin Tex, of not guilty.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
This Will Interest Mothere

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
CAildren's Home, New York, cure Consti-
patton, Feverishness, Teething Disorders.
Stomach Troubles and Destroy Worms:
25c Sample FREE. Address Allen S.
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. r.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
Record Price Paid for Steers.

Kansas City, Dec. 1.-Two carloads
OF steers sold at the Kansas City
stock yards at $1,000 hundred
pounds. This is the highest price
ever paid on the open market here
and it is 81 higher than any price
steers have brought on the open mar.
ket in Chicago this year.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
Not Even Sandy,

MILFORD was sitting on his fathers
knee watching his mother arranging
her hair.
Papa hasn't any Marcel waves like
that" said her father, laughingly.
MILFORD, looking up at his fathers
bald pate, replied: "Nope, no waves;
it's all beach. '-Columbia Jester.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

One Thing That Will Live Forever,
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, first box sold in
1907. 100 years ago, sales increase yearly.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15
Sufficient Evidence.

Father was evidently drinking
again last night"
What makes you think that?"
HE sassed the janitor when he
came in. louisville Courier-Journal.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

I cannot praise a fugitive and clois-
tered virtue, unexercised and un-
breathed, that never sallies out and
seeks her adversary.-Milton.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

A giggling girl is apt to become a
cackling woman.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

A girl thinks a man impertinent If
he tries to flirt with her and indiffer-
ent if he doesn't.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

If so take at once Aliens Lung Balsam and watch
results. Simple safe effective. All dealers Popu-
lar prices-25c, Soc and 81 90 bottles.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

WE PAY HIGH PRICE FOR HIDES
and furs & sell guns and traps cheap
N. w. Hide & Fur Co.. MINNEAPOLIS
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

DR., Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny granules. Easy to take candy.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

1t takes woman to tell a secret
and magnify it's Importance.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

1t is usually costly to follow cheap
advice.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

saying he would wait till God ordered
him to take food, William Tippin of
Rome, Ga, broke his fast when he
discovered that members of his fam
lily had placed whites of eggs in the
water he drank.
Thirty-three American steel firms
and individual agents for steel COM
panies were found not guilty of collu-
sive bidding for city steel contracts, in
the superior court at Boston, after an
II weeks trial.
Six women fell to the floor fainting
and exhausted during the twenty
fourth and twenty-fifth hours of the
marathon dance at Butte, Mont. and
the mayor ordered the dance stopped
Evangelization of the United States
was discussed at a session of the ex
ecutive committee of the federal coun.
Gil of the Churches of Christ in Ameri.
ca now meeting in Louisville, KY.
Many firemen were overcome by
smoke, 800 hotel guests were driven
scantily clad, into the icy streets, and
property valued at approximately
100000 was destroyed by fire at
Kalamazoo, Mich, which was only ex-
tinguished after an all-night struggle
by combined fire fighting forces of
Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Grand
Rapids.
L. A. De Almond, cousin of the late
Congressman De Almond of Missouri.
who was recently burned to death
was electrocuted in his store at San
Bernardino, Cal, while attempting to
turn on an electric light.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
In Final Half Hour, After Day Of Dull
ness-Corn Followed Suit
Oats Weak.

Chicago. July 13.-WHEAT.-Trad
ing was lull and a heavy tone pre-
vailed the greater par; of the day
but in the fina! half hour consider
able activity developed on buying by
shorts which resulted in advances Of
from TX to tasc from the low point
of the session. Clear weather auer-
ally in the harvest bet in this coun-
try caused a heavy tone. Late in
he day the firmness of cash wheat at
Kansas city and 81 Louis due t.
small arrivals helped TO create a
small bullish sentiment The c,ose
was firm. "A ice higher,
No. , red $l25aL2S, No. 3 hard
1.20m1.24. July opened ll95s a
1.l9ai high 10: low 1854; closed
l20: September ll07s.
CORN-Weak the first ha'f C the
day owing to liberal realizing sales
Toward the end of the day, however
the market developed considHrab e
strength owing TO reports of hot
winds in Oklahoma and to the bulge
IN wheat Closed firm, unchanged to
7sc higher.
No. . 78c: No. , WHIT TO-: No, ?
yellow 49,: M. 72ia07&t; No. :
yellow 73a -2t4 July cpenel 72ist
hieh 72A; low 72a. closed 721I.
September GIG.
OATS-Thp mark t fai ed tn r.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
.STACNANT MARKET BULGE IN WHEAT
For Stocks Yesterday - Professions
Element Oiscouraged-Watching
Tariff and Crops.

New York, July l3.-The narrow
limits of the current stocks market
were marked distinctly again toda>
with the effect of SO dlscouraging 6
professional element that they seemed
tempted to abandon their operations
AS consequence a Stagnant c0ndl
ton characterized the latter market
The net result, broadly speaking, was
to undo the movement of Monday
Much interest and Importance was at
tached TO the movement in United
States Steel and it was considered 4
good omen when it sold at the open
ing at 10. The reasons for caution
with the market managers of the stock
when ii approached thai price were dis
closed by the movements which fol
lowed. No appreciabIe amount OF
stock was marketed at TO- the first
four thousand sAares sold simutane
ously being quoted together at G9$l t.
70. After the opening single hun
bred shares sold AT 70. Immediately
below that figure there was very
active market for a time, with buying
and selling orders quite equally bal
anced, but selling became more ur-
gent and the price ran off
The news of the day offered small
explanation for the price movement.
Large requirements on the money
market came ont alc il is realized
that the determination acid at preseu.
owes much 10 the cheapness and plen
ty OF money There was no change
in the interest rates 10 indicate any
pressure on borrowers. The subtreas
ury is absorbing funds from the bank
and the S9000,00o insialment Of gov
ury for repayment next Thursday is
expected to be made by interior banks
by means Of drafts on their New Yorf
correspondents, A recovery in Nov
York exchange at Chicago TO a small
premium today was tue incident of
the situation. The talk OF combine
ton OF the Illinois Central into the
Union Pacific system gave rise to ru-
mors of incursion into the Southern
Railroad region and other southwest
ern traffic alliances and connections
The stock market operators keep an
attentive eye on the crop news and on
the tariff bill conference. Some explr
nation Ct the Discrimination 10 specu.
late in stocks might be found in bota
these topics
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York July 13.-WHEAT--Re
,eipts 27GOo Bushels; spot irregular;
No. red, old $l42: nominal in
elevator and fob, ahoat No 2 red
nominal 100 end of August shipment
and anoat There was an early break
n wheat today lue 10 clear weather
in the west and further unloading by
bull interests. Sharp rallies &c
cnrred after midday however led by
Iulv on the strength Of cash wheat in
81. Louis and active covering and the
last prices were 1sm14 net higher
uly closed $1.27% September llSh
Poceip5s 29250; exports
900; spot finn No > old sac in e'e
vator and 7915 fob ahoat; No.
nominal G5is Water shipment. The
option marfot was withort ransac
ions. closing unchanged TO cent
higher: July 81: September 75c.
OATS Receipts 1890; export T..
llo; spot steady mixed 81 nominal'
white 5fi9N5S; clipped white 5SaG3
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
GREAT GRANDFATHER AT 53.
Norwood Park Man Who Married
Young, Has Hope Of Still Fur.
Their Honor.

Chicago.--A father at 10, grand
father at IS, and a greatgrandtather
at 3d.
This is the present record of George
Alfred Fair of Norwood Park, who
believes that he has few rivals for
the title of the youngest great grand.
father in the country Within a few
more years he believes he may claim
still greater distinction Mr.. Fair Tor
merly was associated with VIII j..
Davis, at the Haymarket and Coium
bus theaters. He now Is engaged IN
the advertising business. He was
born In Ipswich. England in 1854. He
worked his way upward in the the
atrical business and became advance
agent for the Sawtelle Dramatic Com
pany, of which Miss Melissa Breslau
was the star The advance agent and
the star became close friends, and in
1872 they were married, Mr. Fair be
ing 10 years old and his bride one
year younger.
Ethel, the youngest Of their -four
children, was married when she was
Is years old. her husband being Harry
Nelson, who lost his life in 1898 in
the Sweet Wallach fire, in which ~
other persons We're killed The elder
daughter of the Nelson's, Miss Melissa
named after her grandmother. was
married in 1908 to j. II, Miers
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
FROWN ON SNAKE WORSHlPER
dren Were Bitten by Deadly
Reptiles.

Hutchinson, Kan.-An appeal has
been made here to. County Attorney
Helinger to break up a religious sect
Of snake worshipers, at whose meet
ngs women and children are said to
have been bitten by poisonous rep
tiles.
The sect has about 80 members,
who style themselves THE True Fol.
lowers of Christ" The members say
the handling of snakes without re-
ceiving injury is a supreme test of
grace.
Township Commissioner Grubbs de
clares that at recent meeting two
women and one child were bitten. the
child at present being in a critical
condition. The authorities say they
are powerless to act until death has
resulted from the unusual practice.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
AGED WOMAN MANAGES FARM.
Although ii2 Years Old, She Lives
Alone. Nine Miles from Her
Birthplace.

Delmar. Del--The eldest woman on
the peninsula embracing Delaware
and the eastern shore OF Maryland
and Virginia is a resident of Delmar
She lives Ia house by herself. She
lis AIRS Hester Cordroy, aged liz
years, having been born on a farm
nine miles east OF Delmar on February
u. 1921. The most remarkable part
of it all is that this woman actually
cultivates two large gardens adjnin-
ing her home and sells the products
She uses hoe in helping along the
growth of potatoes, corn, onions, etc,
and, when she becomes tired, she gets
a large spoon from her kitchen and
utilizes II while crawling down the
rows of plants.
Mrs. Cordroy, who is a familiar fig
ure to all of the residents of Delmar
and vicinity. has ten great-grandehil-
dren. Upon the death of her second
husband, As years ago, she built a
home IN Delmar on lot which she
bought for SO This site is uoW
worth 1000 This has since been
her home, despite the attempts of her
grandchildren and grandchildren
TO dissuade her from living alone
Aunt Hester" as Mrs. Cordroy is
known, was the youngest child Of
Hamilton Neal, wealthy farmer.
When IA years old her mother diea,
leaving her and her father to run the
u II. all ,NT Ia. M
married early in life, and two brothers
who were in the war of 1912.
The Oldest woman on the peninsula
tells graphically how she plowed all
day. when a girl, and then MIXED
seven cows after dark. III the girls
of to-day would do more work and
think less of the parlor." she said,
"they would be healthier and live
longer"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
TIRE OF SICKLY TEACHERS
Eastern lnvaIids ip Public
SCHOOL,

Topeka Kan.-County Superintend-
ents of western Kansas have formed a
combine to insure the employment OF
all their local teachers.
Notices are being printed in the
local papers that, until all local teach
ars are employed. the county superin.
tendent will not o. X. a certificate
of outside teachers.
The action is taken to shut of the
influx of weak lunged teachers from
the east. The educational authorities
are working with the state board OF
health to reduce the number OF weak
lunged teachers who come west for
their health and teach school to pay
their way.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
MAKE WORK FOR POST OFFICE
lmperfectly Addressed Letters Seem
insly Are on the Increase
in Germany.

The dead letter department of the
German imperial postofflce is work
ing overtime. and from a comparison
of the statistics compiled for num-
Der of years the persons who use the
mails are growing more careless or ig-
noraAt of the correct method OF writ
ing the address. OF every million
pieces of mail handled by the imperial
post the unbelievable matter In
creased from 1927 pieces in 1904 to 3s6
in 1907. a gain of 21.7 per cent. Dur
ing the latter year an average OF TO-
600 pieces OF mail were sent daily
to the dead letter department to puz-
ale the experts.
Although illiteracy Is exceedingly
rare among the native Germans, where
good education is possible for any
child. nevertheless the incorrectly ad-
dressed letters are. for the most part.
examples of a woeful lack of school
ing Ii Is very probable that in the
vast majority Of cases the sender is
newly arrived immigrant. possess
ing practically no education-One OF
the great class that has been attract
ed BY Germany's rapid commercial
development. Many Of the dead" let
ters entirely omit the point of desti-
nation in the address, and others
give only the first name Of the ad-
dressee. In 1907 IS per cert. of the
non-deliveries we're of the picture pos
tal variety Harper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
VERY CLOSE TO PERFECTION.
Uncle Sans Post Office System Needs
Little Improvement, According
TO Business Man.

There may be some things Uncle
Sam could do toward improving his
post Office system" said the man with
the derby hat. but he certainly is the
boy when it comes to delivering let
tiers with queer addresses.
Il was with a bunch that got to tell.
ing stories about instances they per.
sonally knew of in which crazy ad-
dresses had gone through all right.
One man told OF letters addressed
merely with the name OF some uu-
known immigrant and the under line
New York that had been delivered.
and another told OF letter addressed
simply Reads both ways the same.
Springfield Mass that had been
handed to the right party-Mr Otto
Boob, or some such name. And then
we got to rguing whesher letter ad-
dressed in Chinese would go through.
We finally got up bets about 1t, and
was appointed to make the expert.
ment.
Il went to a Chinese laundryman |
knew and got him to write on an en-
velOpe in Chinese characters the name
and address of a friend of mine in a
little town in Pennsylvania When the
Chinaman got through with that en-
velope it looked as il an ink brush
had been doing fancy dance on it.
then stamped and mailei it. In few
days my friend wrote that 1t had been
delivered to him as promptly as If II
had been addressed In English"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
OFFERS HIMSELF TO SCIENCE
Physician Exposes Arm to infection in
Order to Determine Nature
of Disease.

Philadelphia-Fo the sake of medi-
cal science and TO determine the ma
ture OF the STRAW" disease. which was
discovered several weeks ago among
sailors OF =. \ 3. Widener's yacht Jo-
sephine ond other harbor craft. Dr
Joseph Goldberger. an attache OF the
local marine hospital service. has gone
TO Washington with his arm a mass Of
blisters and small pimples that the sci
4ntists there may study the strange
disease.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. July l3-CATTlE-Re
.pipts 1000 sirour: steers S5feH
80, COWS and h"'f''s @GoH7oo;
,alvos 3O0HN25: etockcrs and feet
ars 3.30d51o.
HOGS-Reccpts ll,0eo: steady to
10 higher; cho'ca heavy 81 9om815;
butchers 750aSlO, light 1850;
hoice light 7.S06S3o: packing 1854
Isl. hulk Of sales 7.G5m7.90.
SHEEP Receipts $4,000, l5q p
higher. lambs 'etoa lv to 10 lower;
shoan 4O0d5.25. lambs lisa S.15;
yaarlings 45ea 5.75.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
81 LOUIS CATTLE.

ST Louis. July l3.-CATTLE-Re
CENTS $500 head steady; native
spring and export steers SG.25n7l5;
dressed beef ami butcher steers SO
qG40: stuckers and feeders @.25u
tS5. cows and heifers 3 5od 100:
aIyes 5.g-H7?5: Texas AMI Indian
steers 3.5p1G.20.
HOGS-R Receipts s 800, steady
Digs al lights sG.oUn 7-S5; ra"kt RS
SOFAS o.. butchers and lest heavy
S1OdS25.
SHEEP Receipts lO.2o't stta1S
fer sheer. lambs lower, natives 50,
mao: lambs G.25m6-50.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
7777777--'777 = - - = -
AGENTS WANTED.

WANTED An active energetic
agent who is established in business
in this city who can devote part of
his time TO representing the Ameri-
can Cash Register Co. Must be re-
sponsible, willing to give bond and
satisfactory reference. VIII give a
good commission, furnish samples,
price list and personally instruct the
right party for the position Drug
gist Grocer, or Hardware merchant
preferred. Henry f. James, Dist.
Sales Mgr, 27S-9 Chamber OF Com
merce Bldg, Detroit, Michigan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-14
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, July e Money on cal.
easy 1m2 per cent. closing bid ! q.
Time loans dun and stronger; sixty
days 2m214 ninety days 2l2; six
months "a @312 per cent Prime mer.
camille paper 49, to 1 per cent EN-
change weak dpmand 1920; sixty
days lS5.906i $1,000. Bar silver al