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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Pillow BETTER THAN PULPIT

toes, and now he is doing very well,
indeed, he writes. He Is harvesting
$1,000 pounds of potatoes to an acre,
for which he has been getting half a
cent pound. One hundred hens, lay
ing each an egg day. meet his gro
Gerry bill with regularity and sometimes
lay aside surplus for rainy day.
Also he Is raising pigs and enjoying
the sport of broncho busting and he
has some fine horses.
His barley crop, Rev. Mr.. Harsha
AYERS. is excellent, and he raises other
grains.
From year to year" he writes. I'VE
have cleared more land, being careful
to remember J.. ]. Hills advice, Not
large farms. but larger use of the
hoe We have small orchard of SO
trees. but we believe in the persever.
ance of the saints"
All the crops of which the minister
is so proud are the result of irrigation
Having put his hand to the pillow, he
asserts that he would not turn back
for any consideration.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Harlem Pastor Says There Is More
Money In Potatoes Than Sermons
Takes to Farm.

New York.-Potatoes pay so much
better than theology, according to the
view of Rev. DR.. William Justin Har-
sha, formerly well known as pastor of
the Second Reformed church in Har-
lem. that he has stopped preaching and
taken to farming.
He was a forceful and brilliant
preacher and his resignation from his
pulpit here was a sensation eleven
years ago. He left the city and sent
his resignation from southern Texas.
Rev. DR.. Harsha had many financial
tribula.ions, which came upon him to
the amount L of $4,000, owing to his
signing the notes of a western publish
ing house which failed. His creditors
pursued him to this city and sought to
attach his salary.
According to an article from his pen
which appears in the current number
Of the magazine. Success, Rev. DR.
Harsha gathered together about 81. 200
with which he and his wife, his son and
his two young daughters went out in
search Of pastures new. He was sc
impressed with the idea that the min
istry offered no future that he dropped
it like hot potato.
The clergyman obtained a quarter
section in Colorado, for which he paid
SIC down. He bought two mares and
cow and 200 pounds Of seed pota
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
OMAHA HAS A FROG FAMINE
Dry Weather Causes Dearth In Mar
ketable Denizens of MiiIponds,
Creeks and Swamps.

Omaha, Neb.-There is bull mar
ket here on frogs, due to the unusual
dryness of the season. Places where
heretofore frogs have Matched by the
millions and grown to full size this
season are frogless. The swamps and
low lands have become as dry as a
turnpike and In them not frog Ia to
be found.
Ordinarily at this season OF the year
frogs large enough to serve in the no
tels and restaurants may be bought oil
the frog catchers and fishermen at 40
TO 80 cents per dozen, but this year
they have jumped to 80 cents per doz.
en-. and even at those prices are hard
to get.
"Blondy" Clark, who for the last fif
teen years has run a froggery on the
shores of Florence lake. and annually
has sold from 800 to 500 dozen OF
frogs, finds himself now without frog
except the old stock carried over for
breeding purposes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

There was nothing wrong about
Silas Carter. He was a strapping
young man who worked in a sawmill
and ate three square meals a day.
When evening came he sat down to
store his mind with knowledge. He
couldn't borrow Shakespeare or
American history and, in consequence
he borrowed romances. They were
not eactly dime novels. They related
mostly to knights and chevaliers and
rescues of distressed damsels.
After reading for two or three
years Silas got the idea that he was
a chevalier, and that the distressed
damsel would sooner or later heave
into view. He didn't say anything
about 1t. It might be that he wasn't
a chevalier, and it might be mat the
distressed damsel would be detained
on the road.
One night when he was calling on
Miss Eunice Bebee, the daughter OF
villager he casually observed:
"Eunice, / love you and want you
to be my wife"
II will" she replied.
Eunice had known Silas for a long
time, and had come to realize that
she loved him, and why shouldn't she
have answered that way? Why blush
and stick a finger in her mouth and
reply that she would see her father
about it? She did just as a plain,
sensible girl always does under the
circumstances-she waited for Silas
to say more.
He began and ended right there.
II the distressed damsel appeared he
would tell Eunice that he had
changed his mind; if she didn't then
they would get married some day.
Eunice continued to be good, plain
girl, and Silas kept his eyes open
for what was coming.
1t came one July day. A young
lady from the city, stopping at sum
mer hotel in the village, came down
to the mill pond to fish. Silas was
in the mill yard, wrestling the saw
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

The diet of Wurttemberg has just
granted women the right to vote for
members of chamber of agriculture
and has also made them eligible on
the same terms as men. The chamber
of agriculture is new institution.
The providing for it's establishment
gave votes to women on equal terms
with men, but did not make them
eligible. The suffrage association at
once sent a petition that women be
made eligible as members. They
pointed out that according to the la
test census nearly as many women as
men were engaged in agriculture in
Wurttemberg, that more than twenty
six thousand of them owned the land
which they worked, that Wurttem-
berg is essentially district of small
farms on which are carried on indus
tries that belong especially to women,
such as poultry raising, vegetable and
fruit growing, etc. The committee
appointed 10 consider the bid reported
against ths women, but when the
measure came Nd in the diet q mo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Boy Vanished From Seattle,
WASH, About Year Ago.
Admiral John A. Rodgers Going to
Alaska In Effort to Locate Lad
Letter From Far North Tells
of Mysterious Young Man.

Seattle, Wash.-Rear Admiral John
A. Rodgers, in command Of the navy
yard, Puget Sound, will soon go to
Alaska in search of his lost son, Alex
ander Rodgers. who was last heard OF
year ago when he was planning to go
down the Tanana river on a raft. Ad-
miral Rodgers Is impelled to make the
trip north himself by a letter from
Bethel. Alaska, which has just come to
hand. 1t Is written by Bob Hunter to
friend in Bremerton, whose name the
admiral does not wish to reveal Ac-
cording to the letter Hunter was build
ing a power boat at Bethel last month
for trip to the Iditarod. A young
man applied to him with the PROPOSE
ton that he should earn trip up the
river by helping build the boat. Hunter
goes on, to say that the young fellow
worked hard, but adds that privations
which he suffered had apparently af-
fected his mind.
For days he would not say word.
and would then talk disconnectedly OF
a father in the south who had 1000
men working for him. All of his name
that Hunter had discovered was Alex
ander. Hunter goes on to say that he
is taking the stranger along with him
to the new diggings because he Is such
good worker and is going to give him
the Bremerton mans kit, which Hun
ter was keeping in Bethel. Hunter
closes with an urgent request to his
Bremerton friend to join him In the
north, because he is not sure that al
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
REVIVE BERING TUNNEL PLAN

One of them, a retired railway presi
dent of vast experience, who now is in
France. had been asked some years
ago to become director in a Boring
strait tunnel company.
An American who has just arrived
in Paris from London says the invita-
ton to this railway magnate was re-
peated last week, but 1t is not at all
probable that he will accept He has
for the present positively forbidden
the use Of his name in connection
with the project At the time his
friends say he is far from regarding it
as chimerical, but on the contrary
would probably enter into it personally
if he were younger Careful inquiries
are being made in Paris regarding the
character and responsibility of the
Frenchmen who are promoting the
scheme and it is said these inquiries
are in the interest Of American cap
italists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
SEARCHING FOR SON

exander" will prove good working
partner.
That Admiral Rodgers believes Bob
Hunters companion Is his son is
shown by his visit to the schooner P.
]. Adler, which will soon sail for the
Kuskokwim. Admiral Rodgers handed
to Capt E. B. Hoffman. skipper of the
Adler, SO letters addressed to Bob
Hunter, which are to be distributed
throughout Kuskokwim district in the
hopes that one of them may come into
the hands of the right party.
They describe Alexander Rodgers as
twenty-five years old. feet 8h inches
high, weight $50 pounds. blue eyes.
blonde hair, fair complexion, near
sighted, wearing glasses when he left
home. The letters, which are signed
by the admiral, request Mr.. Hunter to
wire any information from the nearest
office. Admiral Rodgers was accompa.
MED on his visit to the Adler by Lieut.
John Rodgers, an older brother Of the
missing man, who has recently re-
turned from fruitless search In Alas
ka. A long consultation was held In
the cabin of the P. ]. Adler between
the two naval officers and A. j. Born
owner of the Adler, and Captain Hoff
man as to the methods Of the search
When the Adler stopped at Bethel
on June II there was no such person
as Bob Hunter there. Bethel Is a lit
tie Indian village and ali the white
people know one another by name
The letter was dated June 81, and Hun
ter states that he is handing 1t to Cap
tain Johnson. Johnson IS known as the
skipper of small sloop which runs
between Nome and Bethel.
The Bremerton man received the
letter in Cordova and brought it down
from Alaska Mr.. Born cannot account
for the shortness of time between
Bethel and Cordova. The only explana
ton is some mistake in the date line
of Hunters letter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Paris Corporation Formed to Connect
Asia and America by Rail-
Scheme Feasible.

Par1s.-The project Of tunnehng
Boring strait and connecting Asia and
America by rail is attracting renewed
attention on this side of the water.
Several Frenchmen with important
governmental relations are reported to
be committed to the plan, among
the more conspicuous being Francois
Deloncle, formerly in the diplomatic
service and now deputy representative
of the colony Cochin China
A corporation formed for the con-
struction of the tunnel plans to utilize
two small Islands in Bering strait as
ventilation towers, so to speak, thus
dividing the tunnel into three sections
averaging in length about ten miles
each.
j. Delobel, one of the capitalists in
terested in the project. visited Lon
don recently with the object of enlist
ing In 1t some prominent American
railway men who then were there
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

logs about, and after time he heard
a scream. He ran for the water and
was in time to pull very wet and
frightened girl out by the hair.
When she could speak she called
him a hero and said he had saved her
life and won her eternal gratitude.
She was the distressed damsel and
he the hero-the chevalier. There
could be no two ways about that. He
was invited to call at the hotel and
receive further thanks, and the drip
ping damsel took her departure.
Silas Carter called. He was braced
up by the heroic deed he had done,
and he felt very important when he
found himself in the presence Of a
young lady wearing diamonds and
fine clothes, and almost smiling at
the fresh grease on his boots. He
didn't know exactly what to do with
his hat, hands and feet, but he slowed
them away somewhere and modestly
said that he stood ready to rescue q
damsel every day in the week.
He was thanked and thanked, and
the damsel said she could never for.
get him. She even went so far as to
give him her address in the city and
say that she would be pleased to hear
from her hero-occasionally In get.
ting off the hotel veranda Silas fell
over widows poodle dog and rolled
down the steps, but he was none the
less hero in his own eyes for this
He had read that they occasionally
took a tumble and were none the
worse for it. That evening when he
went over to- see Eunice he said:
"Euny, asked you few nights
ago to marry me, didn't II"
yes"
well, we'll hold on awhile about
it, guess
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
An Appropriate Text.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," said a
new York banker, asked nae one Sat,
urday afternoon good Biblical text
to base an address on. I'm thinking. :,
he said, about that beautiful verse
from the Twenty-third Psalm--"Tha
Lord is my shepherd, shall not
want Beautiful and appropriate. :.
l agreed. But, Mr.. Rockefeller.
there is even better verse in the
same psalm-"Thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over.'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
cood treatment to All Animals.

Fresh from the Italian riviera,
where the sojourner's happiness used
to be seriously married by the state
of the horses, mules and donkeys,
correspondent writes with extreme sat
isfaction of the improvement made
in very few years. Good treatment
of all working animals is the rule
rather than the exception. and this
implies a wholesome change OF habits
and presumably of mind.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Unpreiudiced Editor.

Entirely unprejudiced is the editor
of the Allgemeine Fleischer-zeitung, a
journal for butchers. He advises
butchers who suffer from headaches.
nervousness or stomach troubles to
give up meat and adopt vegetarian
diet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Goaa Haymakinu at 1O6.

London.-Mrs. Rebecca Clark of
Wood Green, who recently celebrated
her one hundred ana sixth birthday,
went haymaking the other day in a
field at Green Lanes. She was pro-
vided with new fork, and turned
over the hav with surprising vigor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Wait FIFTY Years for Money

Paterson, N. AFTER waiting fifty
years the creditors of the defunct
Cataract City bank are to receive a
first dividend on their claims. The
receiver, John L. Griggs, has $3,7O5
to distribute, money obtained through
a series of legal battles with the es.
tate of a deceased receiver.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08


1nyne he of
is in
ieral
sold shall the
additional Is
investigate
getr ride Of ever
is and
nd haveco
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

PATTY she might have queend @
feed life of semiseclusion devong herself largely 10
a
gathering communicative all ner
the
of her petite beauty
family should cling to her race II may
be that her her heart
Whichever suggests to those VINO see ner from
hat Is
Patonic lecture unmoved
society standing at the
Paquln OF
aherngsmingy it true but no
call heroney with all her
powdered
sabes and
them leaves
little village
in
lonel England
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
A connoisseur in Guile.

Mr.. Blinks Tin art museum)-L
didn't know you were such an ad!
mirer Of curios, Mrs. Blunderby.
Mrs. Blunderby yes, indeed. I
just delight in iniquities
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

charge of the public schools The next Professor Hucn
rhetoric and history being advanced to the position OF assistant professor
nected with
Ousy Instructor President
minister
has
scholastic
The the
a fol
administration, qualities IN
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
GET RIGHT TO VOTE.

ton to amend the bill by making wom
en- eligible was carried by a vote OF
43 against 81.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
PEARSONS WOULD DIE POOR

D. K Pearsons. the Chicago philanthropist,
who has given six million dollars to small col;
leges, expects to give away the rest of his money
this year and to retire into sanitarium to await
the end of very long life. DR.. Pearsons is over
ninety years old and afflicted with rheumatism.
He will sell his home and spend the balance OF
his days in the sanitarium. He praises his own
wisdom in disposing of his wealth before his
death, and says he knows where it has gone and
has prevented any contest after he is gone.
April IA, his next birthday anniversary, DR..
Pearsons plans to make his last requests to his
colleges, which will be the last of his fortune,
He will then rest content waiting for the end.
"a man is his own best executor" said DR.;
Ion and l into e. ho min I mill
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
THE FOUNDER OF ESPERANTO

Considerable interest manifested in the
sixth International congress of Esperanto, the
universal language which convened in Washing
ton recently and was in session a week. The
delegates numbered $780, coming from 40 nations,
and among them was DR.. L. L. Zamenhof of
Warsaw Poland, the author of the new language,
whose portrait is here presented
At of the meetings the only language
spoken Esperanto and the play LAS You Like
IT. was presented in that tongue.
Esperanto is said to be making considerable
progress in the United States and has been taken
up by scientists, lingusts, teachers, public men
and commercial houses. At it's last session the
Maryland legislature passed law permitting the
study of Esperanto in the public schools. At
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08


discussed
supeede
be supplementary aiding promoting
hind nations closely with
now another
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
Something Newer.

What does 'blithering' mean?"
1T doesn't mean anything. If you
want to call a man an idiot, pick out
some other qualifying term"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
LONELIEST ENGLISH DUCHESS

The loneliest and loveliest duchess in all Eng
land is our Consuela Vanderbilt. Daughter
of William X. Vanderbilt, she was only eighteen
years old when in 1895 she married the Duke OF
Marlborough. Her splendid fortune was used In
part to pay the debts of the young duke and TO
rehabitate his mansions and estates and for
time the union happy one. King Edward
was much impressed by the charm of the Amerl-
can girl and her position in British society was
assured But the duke failed to appreciate the
kindness of fortune in giving him so sweet and
accomplished wife and placing so many MIL
lions at his disposal He neglected the duchess,
and the couple became estranged. though MOI
divorce followed. English society, backed pyj
H;no Eduord GLADLY would have shown us SYM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08
HEADS MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

President Harry Burns Hutchins of the Uni
versity of Michigan, is sixty-four years of age
He was born in Lisbon, N. H., and prepared him.
self for college at the Conference seminary at
Tilton and at the Vermont Conference seminary
at Newbury
He entered Wesleyan university at Middleton
at the age of nineteen, but on account OF poor
health was unable to complete the year. Later
however, he took up the studies Of physiology
and surgery at Vermont university In 1867 his
parents having moved to Michigan. he entered
Ann Arbor Here he kept at the head of his
class, was its vaedictorian and commencement
orator. and in 1871 graduated with honors and
with the degree of bachelor of philosophy. After
his graduation ne went to Owosso and was placed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-09-08

When a man goes out to hunt Rep.
utation all he gets is Notoriety.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-08
Real Estate

FOR SALE Two frames and one
bungalow. Strictly modern. Must
be sold inside of thirty days. Will
sell for much less than the same
houses could be built. Anyone in
terested will find this one chance in
a hundred.
FOR SALE One of the best
ranches. in Starr tllt!. f(SCacres,
All under. cultivation. Party leav-
ing State is reason for selling. An
ideal ranch for the proper party.
FOR SALE: 400 acre ranch
close to Elko. Owner is going to
leave County All under cultiva-
ton on Humboldt river.
H. S. Taber.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Serial O22O9
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Carson City
Nevada,
May 81, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that
Herman J. Schuck, of Sherman,
Nevada, who, on March 6, 1908,
made Homestead entry No. 1902
Serial No. O22O9, for Lots 5 and 6
Section % and Lots and 2, Section
3S, Township 26N, Range Sc East
Mount Diablo Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final
communication Proof to establish
claim to the land above described,
before the County Clerk of Elko
County at his Office, at Elko, Ne
Vada, on the 18th day of July, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Nick Scott, Rose Sestanovich,
James Sestanovich and Peter Holm
all of Sherman Nevada.
b., Louis J. Cohn,
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Serial OZ154
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Carson City,
Nevada, May 27, 1910.
Notices hereby given that Alfred
M. Bruce, Of Elko, Nevada, who,
on August 80, 1907, made Home
stead entry No. 1491, Serial No.
02l54, for WI SW4 and Sd NW4,
Section 20, Township 35 North,
Range Sc East, Mount Diablo Me-
ridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final five year Proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described, before the County Clerk
of Elko County, at Elko, Nevada,
on the 9th day of July, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John T. Wright, Frank Fernald,
Thomas Hunter, all of Elko Nevada,
Charles Clubine of Lamoille Ne
vada.
Louis ]. Cohn
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
O5O57
Carson City Land Office.
May Is, 1901
Notice is hereby given that
George Hennen, of Blaine, County
of Elko, State of Nevada, has filed
in this Office his application to
enter, under the provisions of Sec
ton 2306, Revised Statutes of the
United States, the following de-
scribed land, viz:
The Northwest quarter of the
Southwest quarter (NW4 of SW4)
of Section Thirty-two, 1927 Township
Thirty-three (33) North, Range
Fifty-seven, (57)M. D. B. & M, con-
tanning forty (40) acres.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because of the
mineral character of the land, or
for any other reason, to the dis
posal to applicant, should file tt
aftidavits of protest in this offi1
on or before the 18th day of July,
1910.
Louis ]. Cohn.
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-08

A bilious, half-sick feeling, loss
of energy, and constipated bowels
can be relieved with surprising
promptness by using HERBINE.
The first dose brings improvement,
few doses puts the system in fine,
vigorous condition. Price SOC.
Sold by Elko Drug Co.
The best bread pies, cakes,
pastry of all kinds and candies,
nuts fruit, berries, ice cream, etc
at the Home Bakery