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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-12
AUTO PLUNGE FATAL TO TWO
George Vandyke, Lumber King Of New
England, One Of the Victims.

Turner's Falls. Mass. Aug. g.
George Vandyke Of Lancaster. n. H.,
one of the best known lumbermen IN
New England, and his chauffeur were
fatally injured when an automobile
plunged over a seventy-foot cliff into
the Connecticut river at Riverside, OPP
posite here Both died at the hos
pital
Mr. Vandyke was known as the
lumber king OF New England. He was
president of the Connecticut Valley
Lumber company, owned the Moose
River Lumber company in Maine and
was president Of the Brompton Paper
company of Bromptor, Que.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-12
DOZEN DEAD IN COLLISION
Electric Trains in Crash at coIdwa.
ter, Ida.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 2.-The num-
Der of dead as the result of the head
on collision of two electric trains on
the Occur d'Alene and Spokane rail.
road totals twelve and the number OF
injured about seventy-five.
The wreck occurred at Coldwater,
Ida. small station twenty-five miles
east of Spokane.
Many persons from Eastern states
we're on the trains, having come to
Spokane to register for the Indian
land opening.
Most of the injured were brought
to Spokane hospitals on q special
train from Occur d'Alene.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-12
Jealousy Cause Of Murder.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Aug. 10.--Mike
Babb. department store employs of
this city. went to coal mine at I'd
wardsville. Pa, and shot and instant
ly killed Philip Richards. q stationary
engineer. Babb surrendered to the
police. It is said that Dabb was jeal-
Gus of the attentions RichEds paid to
the formers wife.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-12
ELEVEN PERISH IN FLAMES
Fire Destroys okanaoan Hotel at
Vernon, p. C..

Vancouver. B. c., Aug. 1o.-Eleven
lives were lost by the burning of the
Okanagan hotel at Vernon, b. G.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-08-12
Coal Wood and Feed.

All of the best grades of coal and
wood can be had at Forbes Fuel Com
pany. Prompt delivery, phone No, A.
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
THE AUTUMN SONG.

The flowers are dying and birds are
 flying. Where skies are sunny and ever
 blue; The chill winds strengthen and shad-
 ows lengthen. As early falleth the evening dew. The fruit is mellow. and eds are vel With soldenrod. while the tinted
 leaves Are softly falling. when winds are call And reapers garner the ripened
 sheaves. The tall sunflowers grace Natures
 bowers, The grapes hang heavy upon the
 vine; The corn is turning, and youth is
 yearning For fun and frolic at husking time; Then life is beauty as well as duty' And voices echo the hearts gay tune. With light feet dancing and soft eyes
 glancing. Beneath the glow of the harvest
 moon. All Natures story is full of glory. A golden glory that fades ere long; For time is flying. and hearts are sigh
 ing. And brooks are singing farewell
 song Where's much of gladness and much of
 sadness. We sometimes laugh and we some
 times cry; The bloom is paling. the light is fall
 ing, And south winds whisper a soft
 good-by. -Inez May Felt
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
Legal Information


An acceptance of a building or structure that has been completed and which contains latent defects either in the character of its workmanship or the quality of material used, is held, in Steltz vs. Armory Co. 15 Ida ho. 551, 99 Pac. 9S, L.R.A. (N.S) 872. not to amount to waiver of such latent defects; but, on the contrary, it is held that the owner may maintain his action against the contractor for breach of the contract at such time fects, or after he has had reasonable time and opportunity. by due dili- gence, to have discovered the same.
 The mere afixing of price to each bushel of a crop contracted to be threshed is held, in Johnson vs. Fehse- feldt, 106 Minn. POP, 11S N. w. 797, 20 L.R.A. (N.SJ 1869, not to be sufi- cient to make the contract severable.
 An agreement by retiring partner mot to engage for the next two years" in the same city in competition with a business sold. in "the manner afore- OdiQ, ACA0s III OlC6CA fS. c4CQ0 (N. D. 119 N. w. 35S, 20 L.R.A. (N.S) 769, to be violated by the en- tering of such partner into the em- ploy as managing clerk, of third person whom such retiring partner was instrumental in procuring to open a rival business adjacent to that of the original firm, and it is held that such H1 suit of the purchasing partner.
 The South Carolina Code provides that no party to an action shall be examined respecting a transaction or communication between him and a person at the time of the examination deceased, as witness against party prosecuting or defending the action as executor, administrator. heir at law, etc. The agent of appellant in selling to respondent, the owner of a small store, a fire insurance policy, had as- sured him that it was not necessary for insurers of small stocks of goods O comply with that clause of the pol icy which compelled the keeping of the books in an iron safe. Before the trial the agent died. In Berry vs. Virginia State Ins. Co.,. 64 Southeast ern Reporter. S59. payment of the in- surance was refused on account of the violation of the terms of the policy The South Carolina Supreme Court held the representation of the agent a waiver of the iron-safe provision Tn the policy, and the defendant. not de- lending the action as "executor, ad- ministrator. heir at law" or any other person named within the statute. it does not apply. so as to make inadmis- sible the testimony of the conversation of the deceased agent"
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
Mountain Clinbers Escape.

Plunging headlong from the rocky side of a mountain in the Olympic range. near Lake Cushman, a distance of fully 500 feet, and yet escaping without a broken bone. is the experi- ence that befell Ferd Baker, says the Aberdeen correspondence of the Seat tie Post-Intelligencer.
 In company. with several others iron. this city MT. Baker climbed the noun tain yesterday. About o'clock the party started downward and had taken but a few steps when Baker lost his footing and plunged over a precipice, How far he fell he does not know. but he was rendered unconscious by the fall. and in this condition his body rolled down the mountain until finally caught by a bunch of shrubs
 There he lay until found by W. J. Patterson, one of the party. With the application of snow and ice Baker was revived and after a time walked to camp. where his wounds were at tended to. He was frightfully bruised about the body and face and suffered much pain. He was made as comfort able as possible and at daybreak this morning the start for the city was made in an automobile. The party reached there about 4 o'clock, and Bakers injuries were attended to by a physician.
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
BOHEMIAN TWINS MARvE1s.
Two Girls Joined Together by Pe-
 cuIfnr Bonds of Flesh

Two Girls Joined Together by Pc
 cuIinr Bonds of Flesh.
 There have just arrived in London from Liege the Misses Rosa and Josefa Blazek, who are, no doubt, the most extraordinary examples of human ab' normality in existence.
 Probably no physiological curiosity of equal interest has been seen, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, since Eng and Chang, the Siamese twins, were exhibited by Barnum about forty years ago. before settling down in a south ern state. where they married two sis ters. who reared healthy, normal fam. flies
 The physical condition of the Misses Blazek differs little from that of the late Siamese twins. The bodies of the latter were connected near the chest; in the case of these young women the adhesion occurs for some distance up the side. terminating slightly abova the waist. Their heads are not quite on level, Josefa being somewhat the taller of the two. Although the girls of necessity spend their lives side by side. they cannot look into each others faces. The most that is possible Is sidelong glance that Rosa Is enabled to take of her sister.
 Physically their actions are interde pendent. but mentally the girls have a separate existence. Nor do their tastes, inclinations or temperaments coincide Consequently they live in state oi constant compromise. The couple-ii the plural Is permissible-appear very happy and contented.
 The sisters enjoy the usual compile ment of limbs. They walk with a sprightly, nimble movement. but, of course. four feet are seen in opera ton. and when the necessity arises for them to lift a heavy article four arms and hands are extended for the pur pose.
 Born in Prague. the capital of Bo hemia. the twins are 26 years of age They speak no language save their native Czech. Franz Blazek. the father Is a successful farmer. His eldest daughter, who Is quite normal. mar. ried some four years ago and has now four children. MT. Blazek has also a son. IF years of age.
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24

The fragment of a sob broke from her. "Of course it makes a differ ence," she answered. upon her shoulder trembled. "I hope 1t does not make a difference" he said. Lock- There is a sail!"
 They rose and went to the railing. following with straining eyes a white sail that skirted the horizon.
 He leaned nearer His hand brush ed hers as it lay upon the railing.
 Did love make you happy?"
 She raised her lashes. Lover"
 That husband of yours," he ex- plained almost harshly, "did you love him?"
 He was very good to me-" she re- piled. Then she hesitated. But did not love him in the way you mean. know now that I did not"
 He bent toward her swiftly, then checked himself with a sneering laugh. 'I'll give you a piece of valuable ad- vice." he said. Don't allow yourself to grow sentimental. It is awful rot. ]"
 And he threw himself into his chair. He drew notebook from his pocket and when she seated herself he did not look up.
 An hour later their glances met.
 When you love, love a virtuous, straightway plodder," he said. Love a man because he Is decent-because he is decent and plain and all the thipUS tbot tho romopcarc 1auUh at If you ever find yourself loving man like me. you had better make for the nearest lamp post -and-hang-
 Hush" she cried, her cheeks fam ing. How dare you?"
 Her voice broke sharply, and she fell to sobbing behind her raised hands.
 My God," he said softly. She felt his breath upon her forehad and a tremor passed over her. Then his hands fastened upon hers and drew them from her eyes. Then she felt the mans lips close upon her own.
 He drew away from her. You are too delicate for my rough hands," he said
 Am I?" Then rising passion swelled in her voice. q should choose to be broken by you to being caressed by any other man."
 Don't say that" he protested hoarsely.
 Why not, since 1t Is true?"
 There is time yet" he said, "to withdraw false play. Take your love back"
 T cannot" she replied.
 He stretched out his arms as if to draw her toward him. Then he shrank
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
ChInese ChIId,s Toys.

Few, indeed would be their play things if the Chinese children had to depend on toy shops for them, says Pearson's Weekly. As 1t is, the hawk CT is a familiar sight in every Chinese city, and when the children hear the gong of toy seller 1t Is signal for a rush to the front gates. At a call these men slip the pole from their shoulders and set their baskets on the ground. and there Is always group of children ready to gather round them.
 A display of toys carried by one Of these toy sellers includes many things familiar besides kites. made In the shape of birds. fish. serpents. dragons and even inanimate objects. like bells and houses, will have wind harps fastened on to make them sing while in the afr. and will have eyes set loose in their heads, so that when the wind blows the eyes will turn around and look as If they were winking at you.
 His paraphernalia also includes a lot of clay molds of different kinds of animals or fruits or other familiar objects, and for lone cash" you can take your choice.
 The seller then opens up the bottom tray in his rear basket and shows a bowl of yellow sweets set over pan of burning charcoal to keep them soft. He rubs a little flour in the molds to keep the sweet from sticking. picks up a little of the soft substance. which he works into a cup shape in his fin- gers. and then draws It out. closing up the hole. One end Is drawn out longer than the other and then broken of. He places his lips to the broken place and begins to blow. and the lump slowly swells.
 Then he claps the molds which you have chosen round it. and gives hard blow. breaks off the stem through which he has been blowing. opens the molds. dips a little bamboo stick into the soft sugar and touches 1t to the side of the sweetmeat figure in the mold lifts 1t out and hands 1t to you on the stick. all in much less time than it takes to tell about it.
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24

eyes filled with the old haunting gloom. "Good-by." she answered.
 And you will go home like sensi- ble woman and forget?"
 ''I will go home"
 His face whitened And forget?"
 She looked up at him, her eyes wet with tears. "Oh, how could you?" she cried brokenly. How could you?"
 Don't think of me-" he responded Tt is not worth the trouble"
 Then a voice startled them.
 50 you have got your wife safely across, MT. Smith," it said. and no worse for the voyage"
 It was the ships surgeon. 'I am afraid it was not the brightest of honeymoons," he added.
 A man with a telegram in his hand passed them, glancing from right to left. He stopped suddenly. wheeled round, and came toward them.
 All at once her voice rang clear. She laid her hand upon the arm of the man beside her "It Is honeymoon, ' she said, and she smiled into the sur geon's face, ESQ bright that even sea- sickness couldn't dim 1t. You know. 1t has lasted eight years" The surgeon smiled. and the strange man passed on.
 Someone took her hand, and they descended the gangway together.
 For Gods sake." he said. tell mo what 1t meansi"
 Tt means" she answered. that I am on your side forever"
 His hand closed over the one he held. "I ought to send you back" he said, but I cannot"
 You cannot" she repeated reso- lutely.
 Then her voice softened. God bless that detective!" she added fervently.- Mary Lucas in Ideas.
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24

back. What a mess you are making of your life,"
 How will you prevent it?"
 By an appeal to reason"
 What love was ever ruled by req son?"
 Great God!" he retorted passion ately. Look things in the face. What do you know of me?"
 "I know that I love you"
 q would give two-thirds of my fu- ture-such as it is-if I had not known you.'
 And yet you love me-
 My love is rotten reed" he said. "Listen!"
 She bent her head.
 From the beginning I have lied to you-lied, do you hear? I singled you out for my own selfish ends. All my kindness, as you call it, was because of it's usefulness to me. While you looked on in innocence I made you a tool in my hands for the furtherance of my own purpose"
 There is not a soul in this boat but believes me to be your husband. have created the impression because l was a desperate man and 1t aided me. My name is not even Lawrence Smith"
 "Stop!" she said faintly.
 "I left England a hunted man. When I reach the other side I shall find them still upon my tracks. It is for an act which they call an ugly name. And yet l would do it over again. It was justice"
 Her quivering face was turned away
 "I reached Southampton with the assistance of a friend. He secured a stateroom from an L. Smith. who was delayed I took his name as a safe guard, and when I saw yours beside me at table I concluded he was your husband and I played his part in the eyes of the passengers. It succeeded we'll" He laughed bitterly.
 Then before her stricken eyes his recklessness fell from him. "Oh, if I could undo this," he said, T would go back gladly to stand my chances of the gallows.
 "Hushl" she said wildly
 You must believe this," he went on passionately, that at the last I loved you. You must believe"
 No, mol" she cried. And she fled into the obscurity of her stateroom. When she came upon deck next day it was high tide, and the steamer was | drawing into New York.
 There is no harm in good-by," said a voice at her side. l He was Joking down upon her. hia
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
THE GHOST AT THE FEAST.
What inc Ensign Saw md What
 Happened After Dinner.

What the Ensign Saw md What
 Happened After Dinner.
 Tn The Story of My Life" by Au gustus Hare. is told the following creepy story:
 A regiment was passing through Derbyshire on it's way to fresh quar- ters in the north. The colonel, as they stayed for the night in one of the country towns, was invited to dine at country house in the neighborhood and to bring any one he liked with him. Consequently he took with him a young ensign for whom he had a great fancy. They arrived. and it was large party, but the lady of the house did not appear till just as they were going in to dinner and when she appeared was so strangely distrait and preoccupied that she scarcely attended to anything that was said to her.
 At dinner the colonel observed that his young companion scarcely ever took his eyes off the lady of the. house, staring at her in a way which seemed at once rude and unaccountable. It IlduG ullal ODoSlNG lnC laQg uCA SCALs and he saw that she seemed scarcely to attend to anything said by her neighbors on either side of her, but rather seemed, in manner quite un- accountable, to be listening to some one UT something behind her.
 As soon as dinner was over the young ensign came to the colonel and said: "Oh. do take me awayi I en- treat you to take me away from this place"
 The colonel said: Indeed. you conduct is so very extraordinary and unpleasant that quite agree with you that the best tt ing we can do is to go away" And he made the excuse of his young friend being III and or dered their carriage.
 When they had driven some distance the colonel asked the ensign for an ex- 2lanation of his conduct. He said that he could not help 1t. During the whole of dinner he had seen a terrible black. shadowy figure standing behind the chair of the lady Of the house. and 1t had seemed to whisper to her and she to listen to it. He had scarcely told this when a man on horseback rode rapidly past the carriage, and the colonel, recognizing one of the ser wants of the house they had just left. called out to know if anything was the matter.
 "Oh, don't stop me. sirl" he shouted. .'I am going for the doctori My lady has just cut her throati"
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
MONEY BURDENS.
The Sons of Prominent F1nanclers
 fin Training for Future Work.

Tho Sons of Prominent Financ1ers
 fin Training for Future Work.
 Great fortunes in the United States will have in most cases trained guard fans when the men who have made the fortunes or are now in control of them have passed away. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr, has to large extent relieved his father of business bur dens. George F. Baker, Jr., has taken much responsibility from his fathers shoulders. Ogden Mills, the son of D. o. Mills, has shouldered his fathers responsibilities in eight railroad and steamship lines. John D. Rockefeller has turned over a large part of his interests to his son, as have James Stillman, William Rockefeller, James J. Hill, Jacob Schiff and J. Pierpont Morgan Averill Hartman is learn ing the railroad business from the bottom up. Kingdom Gould. the heir presumptive of the George Gould mil lions, is learning the practical side or mining in Colorado. August Belmont, Jr., Is taking practical lessons as a clerk in the severely respectable and conservative banking office of August Belmont & Co., Walter Hill. the young est son of James J. Hill, is learning the railroad business. beginning at the bottom. Young H. H. Rogers has al ready assumed his fathers burden. William Rockefeller will leave behind him William G. Rockefeller and Percy A. Rockefeller, who will divide the place he has left vacant. John D.. Archbold will some day step aside for John F. Archbold. Stuyvesant Fish, Jr., will be equal to the responsibili- ties which will eventually devolve upon him. Watson Webb. son of Dr. Seward Webb. is clerk in the office of the assistant superintendent of the Northwestern Road in Milwaukee. Gaspard Bacon. son of Robert Bacon, of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.,. and one of the biggest stockholders in the Northern Pacific Railroad, is learning the railroad business in the West Augustus Barstow succeeds Frank o. Barstow, who died a few weeks ago. H. H. Rogers, Jr., is making good" under the tremendous responsibilities that were suddenly thrust upon him.
 J. Pierpont Morgan. Jr.. has taken over a great share of the financial re responsibilities of his father, and in time will be the head of the house of Morgan & Company. Mortimer L.. Schiff is being trained to assume the responsibilities of his father, Jacob Schiff, one of the biggest money pow CTS in the country of the day. Allan A. Ryan and Clendenin J. Ryan, sons of Thomas F. Ryan. are fitting them selves to take up their fathers work i by learning the methods of Wall street
The Holbrook news., 1909-12-24
It Pay. to Be Good.

The editor likes boys. they are often abused unjustly. And he often regrets that he hasn't the power to emphasize this fact: A boy can have better time as a polite and well-behaved boy than as a rough. Having passed through the mill. we know. When we were a boy, we did so many unneces- sarily foolish things that we spend most of our time now in blushing. Here is one thing that boys can think of with profit: Good boys are always admired. By a good boy we do not mean a sissy or mollycoddle. A good boy can have better time than a boy whose parents are always wor- rying about him. There is nothing which promises a good time that good boy may not do. The mean things boys do always cause them trouble And we firmly believe that boys are becoming better all the time. Tester. day we witnessed a boy ball game without hearing an oath or rough word. A boy should always bear his future in mind: he is rapidly becom, ing a man, and it is uncomfortable to become an unsuccessful man Therefore. boys should remember that good boys are the first to be offered positions. Employers are always con tending with each other for the good boys. But employers always say of g boy with bad reputation: "He isn't worth powder and lead to blow him up."