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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12
PRINTERS WILL HOLD
CONGRESS- AT PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 1e.-
Portland will be the Mecca for
printers of the Pacific
coast on February %, 20 and "a,
when a Pacific Coast congress,
the first in the Far West, will be
held.
The convention sessions will be
held in the assem- bly, hall of the
Portland Commercial club. and on
the night of February %, the sec
ond day of the session, dinner
will be given the visitors at the
Commercial club by Portland
printers. Other entertainments
will be outlined at a later date.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12
S. P. TRAIN
JUMPS TRACK
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, Dec.
Pacific train No. g.,
which left Los Angeles at 6:15
o'clock last evening, jumped the
track eight miles north of Gaviota
and all traffic on the Coast line
was held up until noon today. The
wreck, which occurred shortly be-
fore midnight, was due to spread
ing rails. Engineer Chaplain
brought the train to a sudden stop
and undoubtedly saved many lives.
With the exception of Conduc-
tor Lewis, no one was injured.
Lewis was bruised and badly shak-
en- up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12

bushes and accidentally hit a mud
hen.
Teh mudhen, not badly hurt,
was captured by the man who
fired the shot. He Immediately
dispelled the curse that had how
cred over his head by tying a
spoonhook to the left hind leg of
the hen and turning her loose.
The mudhen dived and cut capers,
and presently returned to the boat
with a 30-pound fish. Clint Ham
ilton of this place is responsible
for the story.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12
GIRLS MEMORY
ENTIRELY GONE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ATlFTNA, Ore, Dec. 1S.-Fol-
lowing am exciting runaway ac-
cident Wednesday, Miss Zada Van
Wrinkle has suffered complete
loss of memory and despite all eff
forts of her family and of physi-
clans to refreshen it, she has no
recollection of events previous to
the accident.
Her physicians are unable to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12
TRY THIS IF YOU ACHE ALL OVER
FROM A BAD COLD OR THE GRIPPE.

Nothing else that you can take
will break your cold or end grippe
so promptly as dose of Pape's
Cold Compound every two hours
until three consecutive doses are
taken.
The most miserable headache,
dullness, head and nose stuffed up.
feverishness. sneezing, running of
the nose, sore throat, mucous ca
tarrhal discharges, soreness, stiff
ness, rheumatism pains and other
distress begin to leave after the
very first dose.
Pape's Cold Compound is the
result of three years research at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12

cost of more than fifty thousand
dollars. and contains no quinine,
which We have conclusively demon
strated Is not effective in the
treatment of colds or grippe.
Take this harmless Compound
as directed. with the knowledge
that there is no other medicine
made anywhere else in the world,
which will cure your cold or end
Grippe misery as promptly and
without any other assistance or
bad after-effects as a 25-cent pack
age of Pape's Cold Compound,
which any druggist in the world
can supply
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12
WILL DEBATE SHIP
SUBSIDY QUESTION
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 12.-Al-
though no definite wording of the
proposition has as yet been agreed
upon, it has been decided by vote
that the ship subsidy problem will
be the question of debate for the
members of the Pacific Coast De-
batting league, representing Stan
ford university, University of
Washington, and the University of
Oregon. Oregon suggested this
subject, Stanford having submitted
the central bank question, and
Washington the "single tax"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12
JOY RIDERS DESERT
INJURED FRIEND
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-Two
men are near death today, the
result of an automobile accident
on the Ell Monte road, near AL
hambra. The driver of the wreck
ed car and two other passengers
disappeared after the accident,
and, according to the police, made
no effort to aid their friends, who
were imprisoned beneath the tom
neau.
The injured men are j. H.
Walsh and Stanley Gambel. They
were taken to hospital, where it
was stated they had little chance
to recover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-12

Gold glasses 81. De- Marcy 114eH
Pacific ave.
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Y0UNC'S 18TH
WIFE IS DEAD

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. ~
Amelia Folsom Young, ~, widow
of Brigham Young, the great Nor
mon leader, died with paralysis
yesterday.
She was considered the most
beautiful and one of the most bril-
liant women in the early history
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Wisconsin lake
were badly both
cred by one
member W h o
logged a gun
a ! o n 6 a n d
scared all the
fish away. They
were deliberat-
ing whether to
drown him or
cuff him into
insensi b | / | t y
when he fired
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ascertain whether he mental con-
dition was superinduced by fright
or was the result of a blow sus-
tanned when she was thrown from
the buggy. The young woman
was only slightly bruised by her
fall.
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|bf htah. She was the 18th wife
of Brigham Young and his favor
t-ite.-s For her he built Amelia s
palace, one~of the show places of
The city.
She leaves no children.
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MUD HEN INVADES
KINGFISHER GAME:

RACINE, Wis, Dec. 10.-A
party of fishermen at northern
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Without Use Of Hands Massa
chusetts Man Rears Family.
Still Bread Winner at Age Of 70
About Only Things Cannot Do Are
Moving with Scythe and
Milking Cow.

Palmer, Mass,-A story of an al
most uneXampled struggle for exist
ence, as well as record of human
ingenuity which could hardly be sur
passed, is furnished by Bay state
town.
With one arm, cut off at the Shout,
der and the other below the elbow,
Michael Laford, Palmer man, has
brought up a family of seven children
and supported them. although for AZ
years he has been deprived of the use
of his hands.
Among the hundreds of stories told
of the courage and pluck of those af.
hicted by the loss OF various faculties
who have struggled gamely on, refus'
ing to give IN to fate that OF Laford
lis unique.
Even for a man Of perfect health
and physique, the trials and Difficult
ties which Laford has fought against
all his life would be considered stu
,pendous. Yet, at the age Of 76, and
after a lifetime struggle, he is still
earning his bread cheerfully. and in
fact, he did nearly half a century ago
after the accident occurred which
made him a cripple for the rest of his
days.
From the moment Of Laford's birth
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Guilds Gold Mine Closed

sent out by the post office department,
now has a perfectly legal husband,
but she advertised for another. The
statement asserts that in certain
cases when Alice's correspondents
looked good to her she wrote asking
them to send her the price Of getting
from YOUNGSTOWN to their place OF resi-.
dence, and when she got the money
failed to seek the society Of her
would-be soulmates. She just hung
onto the money.
In explanation Alice said she want
ed to try. try again. until she found
exactly the right man. Then, she de-
clared, she meant to return all the
money she had received from the
other men and clcave only to the ul-
innate eligible.
The inspectors had hard time get
ting evidence, as the men who sent
her money and were then. left wait.
ing at the train on which Alice didn't
come were reluctant to have their
names used in the case. But one man
was found at Maybury, Pa, who con
scented to help the inspectors. He
sent Alice $3.50 to pay her fare from
Johnstown to Maybury. but she never
came Another man living way out
at Eugene, Ore. who claimed to have
given up $11O to Alice, also gave the
post Office inspectors lift.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
JUST ONCE IN A LIFETIME
% You Meet a Man Who Can lie
Artlsticaily, and Is Willing to
Admit the Fact.

II see by this mornings paper"
said the man next to the door ON the
street car, "that they are having 1t
five below zero in Vermont and can't
keep warm. wonder what they
would think of 40 below?"
Great Scott. but you don't mean to
say you ever saw it that cold!" ex-
claimed the man addressed.
"A hundred different times, In
Alaska"
"But l didn't know as anybody
could live in that temperature"
mo? Why, man. we called that a
sort of summer zephyr out there. No
one Rugged the stove on account of
the weather. Indeed. many Of us took
advantage OF the suspicious occasion
to go In bathing"
"You don't mean to tell mel"
"And we'd sit around on the benches
at the door and wonder when we were
going to get cold snap"
Good heavens"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Document More Than Century Ole
Exonerates Man of Wrongdoins
MOT Criminal.

Canton, O.--Rummaging in a quaint
old desk among heap of musty pa
,pers, yellow, with age, Miss Elizabeth
Reed, I'll Shorb street. this city, has
found a historic document. 1t almost
.crumbled as she read it. That the
loss Of piece OF ear, caused by the
bite of horse. should be sworn to
before a Justice puzzled her and she
Investigated.
The document, dated in Hamilton
county, certified that John Reed, when
a child, had small piece taken out
of the under side of his left ear by
horse, and concluded which hath
been lawfully and sufficiently proved
by the oaths Of living witnesses. given
under the hand and seal Of the I'M
dersigned justice Of the peace, De-
cember 81. 1901. Signed. Houton
Clarke"
Miss Reed upon investigation
learned that at the date Of the docu-
ment there was "a custom of marking
criminals by cutting away part OF one
of their ears. John Reed was her
great.grandfather, one of the settlers
Of Ohio, ard to dispel prescriptions
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Written BY Electric Pen

possessing a telewriter will be able
to ring up another person who has
one.
Suppose the person you ring up is
out. This will not deter you from
communicating with him. You write
a message with your electric pen. and
simultaneously the same writing ap-
pears on the pad at the other sub
scribers instrument. When asking a
broker to buy shares at certain
price, the advantage Of being able to
give him the figures in writing on
paper is obvious.
The first exchange is being erected
at 20 Bucklersbury, E. c., and 1t is an
ticipated that by the beginning or
middle of March it will be in full OPP
Grafton. Should all the people in the
city now using telewriters in their
Offices become subscribers, there will
be something like 100 persons or firms
connected with the exchange.
A little later it is proposed to start
other exchanges. in the west end and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01

"And we'd drink ice water to cool
of on"
Just think Of it!"
And some OF US would 20 bare
foot"
well, well, Welt"
You see. my friend, it's all in the
imagination. Those Vermont friends
ought to be told that. II It's 40 below
and you imagine it's 60 above youll
find yourself sweating and using your
hat for fan.
The other thought over 1t for a mo,
ment and then asked:
Does the Imagination also apply ia
other things? For instance, i'll be.
lieye you are liar would it turn GU,
that way?"
"Assuredly. sir--assuredly. Yes
sir. it would; and now as l get on
here you will have time to do you,
thinking and be glad that for once in
your life you have met man who lies
and admits the fact."-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
FATHER MINUS ARMS

misfortune seemed to set upon him.
He was born in little village a few
miles outside of Montreal Before he
had reached the age of two years his
mother had died, leaving him with
several other children, to the care or
neglect of friends and neighbors.
With the death Of the mother the fam
lily was broken up, and the children
were given away to whoever would
take them. Michael fell into the
hands of farmer, who put him to
work almost as soon as he could walk.
Up to the time he was IL years old
Laford worked as few boys ever have
to work. At IL he was used in the
woods with the men. where he put In
his ten and twelve hours a day with
gang Of loggers. Not only was the
child driven to work, but he was
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Parchment Has Odd Story

on the part of strangers that he had
lost part Of an ear by being marked
as criminal he secured the document
to certify to the contrary.
Further rummage by Miss Reed
found papers showing the discharge
Of her neutrality-suspicious., Isaac
Reed, from the war of the revolution
The papers were dated July q, 1873
A soiled promisory note of 1906
showed that John Denham was debtor
to Isaac Reed for the Just and full
sum of IL gallons OF good merchant
able whisky to be paid the first day
of March,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Automatic Hand at Receiving End OF
Telephone Records what Has
Been Transmitted.

1ondon.-An automatic hand. hold
.,g an electric pen and gliding with
strange mechanical noise over PAD
Of paper, to record the thoughts or
wishes Of some friend or business con
nection. may soon be seen in many
homes and business houses. It is. nv.
deed already in use in many parts OF
London, but one can only write ~
electricity from one part of some es'
tablishment to another part OF the
same building.
Now, however. exchanges are pe,ns
installed, similar to telephone e1'
changes, so that every one VINO mas d
telephone can have this remarKaoie
recorder added.
The electric writer Is called the
,e,ewriter. and a 21-year lease has
been granted by the postmaster-gen.
era,. enabling telewriter exchanges 70
be formed by means of which any on"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
other parts Of London. and then In
many Of the provinces.
Raise oua,, by Hand.

Hunters Hot Springs. MONTH";.
teen little mountain quail are being
brought up by hand by Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Ireland Of Racine, Wis, who are
spending few months here. The
mother Of the brood was killed, acct
dentally. by Mrs. Ireland when she
went to the clothes press in her room
to get out her merry widow" hat. The
young quail then were discovered. The
mother bird had found her way into
the room from the hotel veranda and
made her nest in the hat. A quantity
of canary bird seed on a near by shelf
had kept the mother and her young
sters alive up to the time of their dis.
covery. and the baby quail now are so
we'll grown that they eat all sorts of
food and are becoming tame.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Kansas Takes
1000 Overland Cars

Our agents In Kansas have ordered for
this season 1000 Overland automobiles.
Nebraska takes 750--lowa 1.00o-Texas
1850. Thus has the DECENTRALIZATION one
yearss eapericnce-capturcd the farming
states.
1t has captured the cities, too. New
York City takes 1000 Overlands this year.
Boston takes 5o0--Snn Francisco 300
Washington 600 Philadelphia 40.
Our agents have contracted for 10000
Overlands--for $24.O0O,0oO worth OF Over
lands-to supply tho demand for this
or car commands.
Yet, two years ago few had ever heard
OF an Overland. This sensa Aonal success
IL due to the creation of a remarkable
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
New Way to Be Good.

Detroit, Mich.-"Contlicting, color
ARRANGEMENTS tend to lower the moral
plane" declared A. M. Mckenzie of
Hamilton, Ont, to-day in O. paper read
before the Master House Painters and
Decorators Of the United States and
Canada, who are in convention here.
1.-THE Craft of the Master Painter as
a Moral Educator or Otherwise. was
the subject of Mr.. McKenzie's paper.
and throughout it carried the idea
that more beautiful coloring would
be a great factor in lettering moral
life in the slums Of the cities.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01

beaten, improperly fed and went al
most without clothing even in the
freezing air of Canadian winter.
Several times he was driven out OF
the camp to attend to horses in the
night and compelled to wade through
the snow in bare feet. For several
years this treatment continued, till
at last Laford made UP his mind that
he would do better to strike out for
himself. Taking advantage OF dark
and stormy night he ran away. and
zf.er weeks and months of hiding and
hunger, he fell in with chance friend
with whom he worked his way down
across the Canadian border into New
York state.
Through his knowledge OF lumber.
ing he prospered. He made money
and IN few years was able to take
small numbering contracts for himself.
After year or so of success at this
he moved to Stafford. Conn, where he
again started operations. 1t was here.
however, that the accident occurred
which crippled him for the rest of his
life.
Laford was working in a sawmill.
| running circular saw. Through the
clumsiness of one Of the helpers in
| working the carriage of the big saw.
Laford was thrown against the frame
work surrounding the whirling saw.
lost his hold on the lever Of the ma
chine and fell straight forward on
the buzzing blur Of teeth. In an IN
slant the left arm was severed at the
wrist Then. in trying 10 regain his
balance, he pitched forward once
more. and thus lost the other arm
In the excitement that followed the
mill was shut down and Laford was
hurried to the hospital. In five weeks
time he was out. but for more than q
year he remained practically helpless
Not only was it impossible for hin
to do any kind of work. but the loss
Of his arms impeded him in q thou
sand ways. 1t was even difficult fol
him to walk about All his sense o.
balance was lost. Instead Of submit
ting to his fate. however, Laford wa:
continually making plans for his self
support
He first got a job driving team
In short time he could not onl!
drive a team, but could load one
Even the heaviest logs were none to-
heavy, and in six months time La
ford was back on his old job again a
teamster, and holding his ow,
against the rest Of the crew. He wa
at this time As years old, and for @
years he was teamster in the lun
bering camps.
Laford has been resident of Pal
mer for the last twenty years, an
on his testimony there are only tire
things which he cannot do:
. He cannot NOW with a scythe.
He cannot chop wood.
He cannot milk COW.
Outside of these three occupation
| he claims that he is just as good
man, even at his 70 years Of age. a
can be found in many communities.
Laford, without hands and minu
| one arm, dresses himself, feeds hin
, self, lights and smokes his own pipe
: and cigars. harnesses a horse an
does thousand things that woul
, puzzle an outsider. In place Of tn
, two hands lost, Laford has develope
5 J the use q. his teeth and his toes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
co!dblooded Post Office inspectors
RudeIy Dash Fond Hopes Of
Many Lonely Lovers.

Washington.-The coldblooded post
office inspectors have got a point
where they interfere with the search
for soulmates by lonely women, Ian
gushing from psychic hunger. There
is the case Of Alice Peterson Of Johns.
town, Pa, who was barred from the
use of the mails merely because she
employed modern business methods,
including advertising in newspapers.
to secure a. new husband.
Alice, according to statement
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
20 Per Cent Reduction

The Overland's success Is ALSO due to
its price. No other maker ever gave near
ly 30 much for the money.
Yet VIC have cut our costs this yenA
about 20 per cent through enormous in-
crease In production.
The Overland We sell for q, 900 this year
is better than the $3.50 Overland last
year. 1t is q Is III. II. car with q speed
Of 80 miles an hour.
SO with the $3.50. $l,4Oo and $l,60e Over
lands. Each offers a fifth moro thAh ever
before for the money.
All prices include Magnetic and fal,
lamp equipment,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Appendicitis Family Curse.

Appleton. Wis.-The original zap
pendicitis" family has been discovered
at Askeaton. In the family Of Robert
Powers there have been during the
last IS months seven operations for
appendicitis, the father and his six
sons having been afflicted during that
time. All have recovered except VIII
liam Powers, youngest son, who un-
derwent an operation only few days
ago. The father was the first to need
an operation. Then one after an
other the sons became i'll. Three
months ago there we're two appendices
removed in three days
Great aches from little toe corns
spring"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
The Safe Road.

There is only one way l know Of
conversing safely with all men; that
is. not by coEcealing what we say OF
do, but by saying or doing nothing
tina. deserves to be concealed.--Pope
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01

to be removed by an operation or I
could not live more than q year,
or two, at most. 1 wrote Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn. Mass, for advice, and
took IA bottles of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and to-
day the tumor is gone and l am a
perfectly we'll woman. 1 hope my
testimonial will be of benefit to 9TH
ers." - Mrs. s. J. BARRIER, Scott,
N. v.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Ask for the Story

The Overland story is ono of tho gn.at.
est business stories over told. e tells
how this car--the creation of q Jnechani-
fa1 nians t To s
all about the car. Send az this coupon
to-day for this book.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Noise.

Submarine fog signals can be
heard Is miles. We could name q
woman who has been heard II years.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
The Simple Car

The SUCCESS OF the Overland is mainly
3ue to its amazing simplicity. A 1O-year-
old child can master the car in five min
ntes. Push IL pedal forward to go ahead,
and backward 10 reverse. Push another
pedal for high speed. There IL nothing
else to do but steer.
Any man with the simplest instrlc-
lions. can run an Overland a thousand
miles and back.
There was never a car so easy to care
torso easy to keep In order.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01
Mrs. w. X. Housh SAYS:

II have.been
completely CURED
of q severe fe-
male trouble by
Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, and
| want to recon-
mendit to ansuf-
fering women. -
Il Mrs. w. K.
|HoUsH, 4 East
view Ave, Gin
nirrokS nh1n
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-04-01

table Compound, and tho pain sooR
disappeared. / continued Its uso
and am now in perfect health.
Lydia j.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has been a God-send to me
as l believe l should have been In
my grave if it had not been for Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and Lydia e,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. GEORGE MAY, SO lth Ave.,
Paterson. Nj.