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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-30
SAYS He INTENDED
TO KILL HIMSELF

Little Rock, Sept. 29. -Thos.
B. Boyd, who is on trial in the
First Division of the Circuit
Court for the killing of his wife,
Lula Boyd, on March 9 last, was
placed on the witness stand late
yesterday afternoon and related
the trouble he had experienced
with his wife. He testifies that
she was insanely jealous of him
and at one time she shot at him,
the bullet striking him in the
head and producing a scalp
wound. He said that at one
time he had her placed under a
peace bond, a statement whic
was corroborated by Justice Of
the peace E. H. Sanders. He
stated that she frequently ran
him away from home, but would
afterwards meet him in the
street and induce him to return
to her. He said he had an ire
sistible love for the woman and
could not keep away from her.
On the morning of the killing,
he said. he went downtown and
secured a pistol with the inten-
ton of killing himself, but had
fixed no time for the commission
of the act. While in his black
smith shop his wife called him
to the house and when he enter
ed the room IN which she was
seated at a sewing machine she
arose and told him that she in
tended to kill him. He testified
that he replied. You needn't
do that; | will do it for you, "and
that he drew his pistol with the
intention of ending his life. He
says that his wife grasped the
pistol, which he still held in his
hand, and that she pulled the
trigger three times, two of the
bullets taking effect in her head,
causing instant death. Immedia-
tely after the shooting Boyd sur
rendered to the authorities and
has been confined to the county
jail ever since.
There were 81 witnesses eX-
amined in the case, most Of
whom were character witnesses.
At the conclusion Of Boyd's
testimony the court adjourned
until this morning, when the
case will be argued. It is ex-
oected the case will be given to
the jury some time this after
noon.
Sept. %. - Murder in the sec
5nd degree with his punishment
fixed at q years in the peniten-
tiary was the verdict returned
last night by the jury in the
First Division of the Pulaski
Circuit Court in the case of Thos.
B. Boyd, convicted of the mur-
der of his wife. Lula Boyd, in
the afternoon Of March 9.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-30

M. w. Greeson and w. N.
Bemis were visitors to Little
Rock Tuesday.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-30
NeWYOrkStOre

The A. B. Clark Horse Sales
Company will hold their next
big sale at Miles City, Montana,
on September II, 13, IA, Il 10.
They will sell on these dates
20O0 horses consisting oil all
clas ses. If you want the big
mares with colts or good dratt
bred weanlings attend this sale.
Horses of all kinds are selling
cheaper at our sales than any
where on earth. Our October
sales will be held on the 10th to
18th also 28th and 295h. Write
fer information.
NOTICE.
| have two seventy saw gullett
Gins twelve inch saws, only been
run one season. Saws ana
brush good as new. | will sell
at a bargain.
Jas. SnodgraSs.
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

ment house which has about forty
apartments. and from observation
should judge thai at least twenty diff
feTent grOcers ard butchers. each main
tanning delivery wagons, with drivers,
deliver goods at this one apartment
building; not once, but several times
each day.
Nothing could be more wastefuI or
e1ztrayagant than this. -Four good, up
tO-date concerns selling groceries. veg
etables and meats. in each block. would
be ample; and the rental charge. the
cost Of delivery. involving a large num-
Der Of teams and men: the cost Of pur-
chase and collections from sales. the
cost Of supervision and administration.
would be tremendously reduced.
Labor laws restricting the influx CT
foreign workers, particularly skilled
workers, have somewhat hampered our
industrial development. but I cannot
see that labor unions have materially
influenced the cost Of living.
Eliminating the elements that do not
contribute materially TO the general
coQdition, I proceed to a discussion OF
the material causes
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
WOMAN Is The
BETTER.-BETTER HALF,

Nan only thinks he Is the lord - crea-
ton His. in reality, is the puppeJ
crown The power behind the throne
pulls the strings Woman rules By Wit,
by art, by sUbtlety- but chief Of her
weapons are beauty Of face md grace
OF line
Women feel their sovereignty grow
less sovereign. therefore. as tireTr weight
increases This Is fatal error To pre-
vail, woman must be graceful Man VIII
not escape slavery but he viii be some
one elSe'S slave That's the rub
Dominate your figure by means or
Marmola Prescription Tablets. Reduce
il, II necessary, OF hold its trimness in
tact. You can do so by taking tablet
after every meal and at bedtime. That
Is the only requirement 40 exercising
Is necessary, no dieting need be done
The tablet, unaidesl. viii take Of
pound a day. and best OF all first az
all. where IL shows the most, as on
chin, a bdomen, hips, etc.
Anticipate no III effects Only adrau-
tage and a Strengthening OF your bond
age over some man The tablets are in
expensive one large case COotainable o.
the Marmola Co. 81 Farmer Bldg De-
trOit. Mich, or any good drJsEist). cost
ing only seTenty-hve cents, and theE
are also ROninjUriOus, being made eX-
aCtly IN accordance with the famous
fashionable formula. 7 o. M7rmOia- p
o. Fid- Elk CssCara Aromatic, 81 o..
Peppermint Water
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

recall the fact that gold is indestructi-
BILE In some form the gold that CoIum-
bus carried in the caravels is in exist
euoe somewhere today; and the product
OF each recurring year IS added 70 the
accumulation Of all the years that have
preceded IT,
The crop Of wheat, corn. oats. and
other cereals grown in 1903 has been
almost consumed The coal mined last
year has been burned. but the gold pro-
duced year after year piles I'D. is accu-
INFLATED: md as It augmeuts and accu-
mulates II becomes chesper-that is. as
II accumUlates It takes more gold to buy
bushel OF wheat, a suit OF clothes. a
pound Of steak. a sack of -four. or any
OF the other necessitie- OF life
For this reason the pay Of labor has
steadily advanced. and must continue
to advance in some fair ratio with the
increase in the cost OF the things that
Il Dor must buy
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
CHANGING CONDITIONS.

p VERIFYING save wages and fixed
incomes from longtime securities
continuously and almost CONFIDENTLY ad-
Just themselves 10 the changing co1di-
tons resultant upon this influx OF
gold.
Wages are adjusted from time 10
time, and securities, as they mature,
viii be refunded upon a higher basis.
Another force is working for high
ct cost Of living, more insistsntIy, more
powerfully, and with a sinister sizniH-
canoe compared with which AL ofbe-z
become negligible factors: and there IS
the alarming rapidly with which con-
sumption OF the products Of the natiouss
farms IS overtakinE production.
In a contribution 20 The New York
Times annual financial review. George
r Holmes. chief division OF production
and distribution OF the department OF
agriculture, speaking Of the Increase In
price Of farm products since the marked
rise in values began. says:
If farm animals and farm crops are
combined, particularly wheat, the gen
eral average advance in price for al OF
them IS s. per cent. IN the meantime
all commodities increased only = per
cent 50 Il IS ascertaiued that there
has been a tendency Of crops and AMI
mails on the farm TO increase IN value
per unit at a much faster rate than ali
commodities have increased"
These statistics show that the failure
10 increase the product OF our farms in
consumption is exerting more than
three times the effect uoon the cost or
living that the increase Of gold IS hay
ing
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

reasoning the people must have more
money
But the words of this remarkable man
are more. cogent, more forcefuI than
any comment upon them could be. The
reading Of them viii impress the i'm
portance OF their message upon every
person To whom the increased cost OF
living has come as a burden and a
menace.
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

IT He above graphic comparative diagrams sef-expanatoy
The of black lines shows the tremendous increase
necessities during the past eleven years the United States
The diagram Of the baskets shows how the
fallen behind his European brother in developing the productive
the soil The comparative heaps Of potatoes that
Germany with its 2O88GO square miles Of produces
times potatoes than this country with It's 36O29oO square
The diagram of the money bags and the heaps of bullion
-rw the amazing increase in the production of gold
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
INCREASE IN WAGES

T . PUT it IN another way wages
must 60 UP in about the same pro-
portion that the purchasing power Of
the money the labOrer earns goes down
Judge David W Fsilleigh- Of Kentucky
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

in which men barter and trade The
increase has been almost continuous
and rapid enough 20 cause very seri-
Gus consideration as TO the underlying
cause
This unusual phenomenon Of stead
ny rising values IN the face or a long
Succession of bOUntifuI crops Is one
Of the most important as we'll as in
terestinC problems that cOnfrOnts the
political economist today, and 10 its
solution may well be directed the most
earnest consideration OF every thought
ful man
when polls closed on that eventfuI
November day IN 1895, which marked
the Erst defeat OF Mr.. Bryan, the
American people had decided definitely
and fEaIly that gold should be the fu-
turs measure Of all values in this coun-
try Since that time one country after
another followed the wise precedent
-hus established, and only about year
ago a far-On Siamese nation adopted the
gold standard. Il may be said truth
fully that today gold IS the measure
OF value the v-c-sJ over
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
Prices Affected
By Gold Production.

Economists agree that there Is d.
rect relation between the quantity OF
the metal THAI Is the basis Of value and
the general industrial condition; that,
as the basic metal Increases IN quantity,
ard as consequence decreases IN pJlr-
chasing power. the value. the price OF
everything measured BY and paid for
with the neal IS invariably enhanced in
value The gold production Of the world
for the wear 1896 was approximately S252,-
%. eco For 1909 it, was approximate y
Sis5O00O00. an increase Of 30 per cent
over the production Of 1886
The significance OF the facts IN their
effect upon present and future values
nay be better compreherded when we
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
Yield Per Acre
Grows Steadily Larger

In 1898 the United States planted
about 152, 500.000 acres OF corn, wheat,
oats. barley and rye. The yield aver
aged twenty and one-half bushels per
acre, aggregating Az, o00.O0 bushels. OF
which vas exported almost $4,000 010
bushels.
In 1903 the acreage OF these cereals
had increased 20 more than IZ9.Oo80 oJ
acres, The yield per acre was sIigbtIy
larger than in 1915, the aggregate pro-
duction. 4.5Ss. 0o0000 bushels. put or eN-
ports were only I5s. CO., 900 bushels, a de-
crease OF = per cent
The year 1909 saw the largest ship
ments OF gold from this country that
have ever been made in any one year
In our history
One hundred and thirty million dollars
drawn from the treasury vaults Of thu
nation and shipped abroad; and. OF
this amount So, OK. 900 has gone TO South
America; ali except 100000 OF It 90
Argentina
An eminent financial authority IN \e7v
Continued on Seventh PaEel
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
Retail Dealers
Said to Be Too Many.

I do think however. that on an aver
axe IN al of our cities there are At
least ten times as many middlemen OF
retail dealers as there should be- To
Illustrate, in a recent walk IN New York
city I counted twenty retail shops where
groceries vegetables. and meat were
sold IN one block. I live IN an apart
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

gold IS not feature that need cause
apprehension OF alarm
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

The severity of an attack and the
.Tapidity of the cure of Grip depends
on how early the treatment is start
ed. If you do not wait till your
bones begin TO ache, but keep "Sev-
enty-Seven" handy and take it at
the first feeling of lassitude and
weakness, the attack of Grip will be
light and short lived.
SeveUy-Seven" breaks up hard
stubborn Colds that cling.
Handy to carry, fits the vest
pocket. All Drug Stores, 25c.
Humphreys HOTueo. Medicine Co, Cor vii
Lam and Ann Streets. New York
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
ADVANCE IN PRICES

3 4 y
- to 1SoS-IS0s the United States has
witnessed an almost continuous md Tn
/ interrupted advance in prices Of the
product Of its farms. factories and
mines With succession of bountif,7I
harvests the price of grain has steadily
advanced until the prices of ISOS-IqG9
show Increases over those Of 1898 as
follows
Oats-an increase Of ST. per cent
Rye-an increase Of. $50 per cent
Barley-an increase Of BAL per cent
WEeat-sn increase Of $50 per cent
BUcltwheat-an increase Of. $50 per cent
FotatOes-an increase Of 100 per cent
Hay-au increase Of 49, per cent
With a fun normal increase and no
disease or epidemic to depIefe orr
fOGlzs and herds, values nave increased
marvelOUsly- Observation-Disclosures the ad-
vent OF the automobiles. horses and
mules show an increase in value OF
more than 80 per cent. Mich cows
show an increase in value OF more than
Q per cent; sheep. 2l.T per cent, and
swine. a per cent.
The products Of the forest made an
equally marvellous showing: yellow and
white pine, hemlock oak and poplar
show an average advance Of about %
per cent
/ Clothing and Fuel
Show Marked Increases
Cotton goods, middIing cotton stand
ard sheeting and drilling, bIeached
sheeting, standard prints, etc, show an
increase Of from 20 to s. per cent. Ohio
fleece wool in the Eastern market shows
an Increase Of 70 per cent.
Anthracite and bituminOus coal have
advanced p and y per cent, respec-
lively land, t13 per cent: pork. - per
cent. ana talIoW. IS per cent.
During this time farm land in ali Of
the West and middle West has fully
doubled IN value.
The list Of increased costs might be
extended 20 embrace almost every
thing grown OF manufactured-alu
ever item Of the thousands of things
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
By WILLIAM c. BROWN

+ I y my opinion the principal causes for
the increased cost Of living are 10 be
found in the rapid growth Of population
and in the failure OF the American
farme~ to get the best and the most out
. Of his land
Next in Importance to these influences
is the tremendous increase in the
worlds production Of gold which has
come 10 be the universal STANDARD Of
value
I do not attach much importance TO
the argument that the alleged wastefuI-
ness or indifference Of American house
wives IS responsible for any considerable
proportion Of the increase Surely there
are hundreds Of thousands Of house
holds in which the women are striving
earnestly and continually 10 economic.
These households are not confined to
the sO-CaIIed working classes. Many Of
the weII-to-do are more economical than
ever before.
1 do not place the blame upon the
large combinations Of capital called
generally trusts. The commodities pro
duced and marketed by these combina-
tons show nothing ike the increase in
price Of these that are not so controlled.
Tariff Duties
Not Held Responsible.
Let me quo1e sugar, petroleum and
steel in its various forms as readily
available proofs Of this statement
transportation by rail and water can
bear no part OF the blame. Freight
charges show a slight decrease during
the period from 1900 tc 1919.
So far as the effect % this tariff is
concerned. it can influence only these
products Of the farm paying the follow
ing duties
Wheat. paying p cents per bushel
Cattle. 211e ad vslOrem-
Hogs. $50 eaCn.
Barley % cents per bushel-
Oats. 10 cents per bushel-
Rye. 10 cents per bushel-
IT is my opinion that the tariff has
had no appreciate effect in advancing
the cost Of these articles or in increas-
in. the cost Of living
So far as combinations of retail deal
erS axe concerned, 7 believe that they
nave had little to do with the remark
able and burdensome advance
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
So Says Railroad President,
Who Once Was Sec
ton Hand.
GOLD PRODUCTION
AND ITS EFFECT
Captain of Industry Says Wages
Should lacrosse With
Coinage.
Continued from First Page)

the political or economic horizon at this
time is the steady, relentless increase
5n price of everything that goes to make
up the cost OF living his voice comes
as that OF a prophet Of one with a mes
sage Of warning 10 all the people
He speaks through The Times with
The conviction that he has found the
causes for the evil condition into which
we have fallen
More than this ne believes he has
put his anger upon remedy for the
gov1ns economic disease
The causes, in his opinion, are
Tie astonishingIy rapid accumuIa-
ton OF the universal and indestructi-
bic standard of-value-soId-
Neglect By the American people OF
the scientific production Of foods and
other necessaries.
The remedies proposed b. him are.
Regulation or the production and ex-
change Of gold
The increase Of production per acre
of all the tiIlable land in America
President Brown, OF the New York
Central lines. advances his analysis
of the situation and has remedies with
all the confidence that won for him
his rapid promotions
Seated in his plainly furnished work
room-for worIroom it is rather than
= conventional ofGce-in suite pos OF
the Grand Central Station, he went over
me problem detail by detail
For the time 1t was his job Just as
much as railroading had been a few
minutes before. He put his whole Minis
on the proposition. UnravelinE II thread
after thread with a patience and in
sight trulv wonderful
National Life
Said to Be Involved
That the question is big with an
issue Of vital Importance 70 America
Mr.. Brown believes firmly. To quote
his strong words, this is a vital, burn
inE question In which lie the issues OF
national lie and death"
This man Of the people speaks To the
csptairs OF industry face to face, ex-
ilortins them to awake and make prep
ars,tious against the calamity that
threatens
lie - no SeusauouaIist- He does not
talk of panic and Of imminent ruin
His IS the calm. even voice Of the
wise counselor. Of the optimist, who
sees the remedy Is well as the danger
As he talks Of capital, plainly, blunt
A.. so ne talks Of agriculture Born in
Ihe farming districts Of Herkimer coun-
y. New York and raised in the prairie
section CT Iowa. he knows farmers as
ne knows his own family
When he tells them they are wasting
5heir land and their opportunities, he
proves what ne says by figures which
show what the farmers Of England,
France. Germany. and the Netherlands
are accomplishing with soil nowhere
near So rich as that OF the United
ssases-
IN effect, ne says
Quit farming by the old, law meth
Cd in which the land does nine<tenths
Of the work
Learn TO intensity the productive
ness of The soil
Get into farming as "a business.
Don't suIk at your job
Quit this nonsensicsI talk about the
Tot OF a farmer being the hardest in
she world
Put brains as vel as muscle into
your work
Learn your Job from the ground up
end stick 10 it."
Id c.r
The Washington times., 1910-02-06
Think Sanely
And Live Within Income"

This Is straight -frou-the-should
talk, but II is needed. Il riH probably
bite into the hides and the brains Of
the farmers deeper than the weII-word-
81 philosophy OF scientists. They viii
recognize IT as coming from -one of
themselves
To the plain people Of the country.
the to=lers in stores. shops. and offices.
M Brown has this message
Keep your feet on the ground.
Don't get excited.
The problem IS grave one, hut It
viii be solved now that.the causes are
plainly seen
Think saneIy and live within your
Income
Common sense VIII work out the
salvation Of the people
Back OF the words OF the president Of
the New York CeatraI Railroad is the
inference mat If prices VIII not be
brought down speedily, wages must 90
I'd
He aEgues that the buying value of
money IS steadily decreasing. and that
conversely. the cost of necessities is ad-
vancing. To live according 10 this
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

Continued on Seventh Pase)
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

" sad IN a paper on this import
The Washington times., 1910-02-06

Humphreys Houeo Medicine Co, Cor vii
Lam and Ann Streets. New York
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-18
MAGNIFICENT
NEW FOUNTAIN

1t keeps man guessing to keep up
with the rapid march of progress in
our mercantile establishments in
Grand Junction. One branch of
trade has particularly kept up with
the times, to such an extent that il
is known throughout all Colorado
that, the drug emporiums of Grand
Junction are not equalled by any in
the state.
To keep up with new ideas and
up-to-date things the Quist Drug COM
pany has just installed a soda foun-
tain that finds no duplicate in west
ern Colorado. 1t is new from top to
bottom, including all the sanitary
plumbing and accessories.
The fountain is one of the latest
models of the Liquid Carbonic COM
pany of Chicago and as a whole it is
beautiful, entirely new in its model
ings and has every accessory of the
latest in soda fountain construction
The fountain is entirely different
from the old-style fountain, in that
every article with which the dispenser
of the refreshings drinks works with
is directly in front of him.
The rear portion of the fountain is
work of art. 1t has no particular
function, save to beautify the en-
semble. The frame is of birch, ma
hagony finish. with ornate stained
glass reinforcements in small and
artistically designed panels at the
side. These will be Illuminated at
night, presenting a most attractive
and beautiful effect. The glass is
fourteen feet in length, oval of the
finest French plate glass.
The striking feature of the foun-
tain is the handsome marble coun-
ter. II is white, with a serpentine
marble border. This counter is a
delight to look at in its purity and
beauty and adds greatly to the gen.
eral effect of the store room.
Behind this counter is where the
real work of the fountain begins.
Here is the receptacles for syrups all
in german silver, sanitary to the last
inch of them, modelled to produce
flow of syrup, regulated at will, all
automatic pressure. From the re-
ceptacle of the ice cream freezers,
which are surrounded with ice the
icing of the syrups and water is done.
This is on the plan of cold storage
and very materially cuts down the
ice bills.
Throughout everything is sanitary
and 1t Is pleasure to look and 1t
will be more Of a pleasure to drink
from the fountain, when completed
The Illuminating effect will be
simply superb. Great cut glass domes
of electroliers, which will diffuse a
soft light over the counter are in
stalled on the counter proper and in
front of the big mirror. The effect
will be gorgeous, when illuminated
Altogether the fountain is extreme
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-18

Secretary Mahony of the Chamber
of Commerce is in receipt of com
munication from ]. E. Maloney, sec
retary of the State Highway Commits
sion. enclosing copies of house bill
No, 27l, introduced by Mr.. Hits in
the Colorado house of representa-
tives, which enacts that the state will
pledge one-half the amount of money
appropriated by any county in the
state for the improvement of county
roads. The roads when improved by
this appropriation are to be kept up
as state roads. The new law is right
in line with the plans OF the Cham
ber of Commerce in their campaign
to have the road between Delta and
Grand Junction put in shape. The
bill Is extensive and will mean much
to any county which will take advant-
age of the opportunity to gain the
state appropriation in the manner
provided
The daily sentinel., 1910-03-18

ly handsome and the Quist company
is quite proud of their new fixture.
as well they might be. Two experts
were sent here by the company to
install the fountain and the plumbing
work has been done most effectively
by C. T. Trobitz.
To care for this fountain Mr.. Quist
has secured the services of a Mr..
Williams, whose talent in this direc-
ton is well recognized and he will
have 1t in full charge. 1t is expected
that the fountain will be put in COM
plete tonight.