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The newspaper., 1910-04-15
The Size Of Seed Potatoes

Under favorable condition, vely
fair crops of potatoes have been
grown from potato peelings.
Seedsmen often do quite a bust.
ness in potato eyes, cut out and
sent by mail in oiled paper boxes.
In times of craze over new varie-
ties, rooted potato sprouts have
been sold for extravagant sums.
In this. however, it is forgotten
that the seed piece is a source
both of food and moisture as we'll
as of life. and that, if large enough
it makes possible the extremely
rapid growth of thrifty fields of
potatoes,
Many experiments conclusively
show that seed piece two ounces
in weight is better size than
lighter one and the net profit has
been shown to be greater from
half or even from whole, medium
sized potatoes, than from small
seed pieces. Each grower must
decide for himself if he wishes to
invest in the cost of large seed,
and whether or not his planter
will handle it.
Large potatoes true to tppe are
truer to inheritance on the average
than small potatoes true to type,
and small seed is undesirable also
because the poor hills produce The
larger per cent of small tubers.
There is little doubt that con-
tinued use of small seed makes
varieties run out. On the other
hand, small, whole seed is dropped
much more perfectly by the
planters. and is less subject to
drying out and to rot than the
cut pieces OF large potatoes. The
usual compromise between inner
itance and cost of seed is the use
of medium sized tubers. When
small or other whole seed is used.
it is most important not TO break
off the first most vigorous sprouts.
for with these destroyed. the tpber
throws out innumerable small
sprouts. and there are apt to be
many small potatoes grown.
We believe the vigor and size of
the seed piece of more import
ance than the number of eyes.
The newspaper., 1910-04-15
cEDAREDdE COMMENT

From the Surface Creek Champion
II. F. Stewart this week subdi-
vided his seven acres northwest of
the center of town into lots which he
will put on sale.
Telephones business at Cedaredge
seems pretty rushing these days.
Both companies are putting up new
lines and have good forces Of men at
work. The Cooperative work is al
most complete.
Phil Stephens. the surveyor, is this
week surveying ditch to Payne
mesa. This ditch will carry water
to the mesa from the Surface Greek
High Line. Work on this latter ditch
will commence In the very near fu-
ture.
The carpenters OF Cedaredge this
week held a meeting at Cedaredge
and decided on a wage scale which
will be general. The scale decided
upon was $3.50 per day Of eight
hours. Agreements were signed to
this effect.
GenI Manager Stanford and assist
ant Stone have been at Cedaredge
this week installing the new Coo
erative telephone switchboard. The
new office will be in operation this
week, and will mean big improve
ment in telephone service.
Atfnrnnv ~ ham In
Delta Monday attending matters in
connection with the Jerry Ryan es-
tate. The will of the late Mr. Ryan
was admitted to probate.
On Monday OF this week Clarence
Vanaken moved his family and
household goods to Eckert where he
is building up an excellent black
smith business.
ID. l.. Ives on Wednesday closed n
deal for the sale of his Dry creek
ranch to Oscar c. Davis OF Concor-
dia, Kans. The place consists OF
160 acres with good water right.
About 100 acres are under cuitiva-
ton, mostly grain land. Consider
alton, $4,000.
Work is progressing on the Morris
Bros. building and they now have 1t
practically enclosed. The building
Ia 20x30 feet, two stories high.
Men for general labor are unusu-
ally scarce this spring. On nearly
all sides comes a demand for help
but none can be found.
The election of Tuesday was n
very quiet affair and very few even
took the trouble to vote. There was
only one ticket in the field and that
was entirely satisfactory to every
body. The officers elected are: May
or, L. ID. Smith; trustees, w. B.
Smethurst, X. p. James, J. ii. Davis
and A. NJ. Cowell. These new officers
were sworn In last evening.
Last Thursday Jim Hamilton met
with an accident which might have
been very serious. He and Ivan Van
The newspaper., 1910-04-15

AIKEN were digging a well for r. p
Sames, and were just finishing the
work when the heavy bucket used
for drawing up the dirt became dis
connected and fell upon Hamilton
breaking several ribs and otherwise
injuring him.
The newspaper., 1910-04-15
Wanted.

A few first class Real Estate
Loans. optional payments on
Town Residences. no delay
money on hand.
c. c. HAWKINS.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
The WAYS Of MoIes.

Among common animals few have
been less studied in their life history
than the mole. An English natural
list, Mr.. Lionel e. Adams. says that
under the fortress" which the mole
constructs above the surface of the
ground will always be found a series
Of tunnels running out beneath the
adjacent field A curious feature al
most invariably found is perpendic-
ular run penetrating about foot be-
low the bottom Of the nest and then
turning upward to meet another run.
A mole is never found in his nest, al
though it may be yet warm from his
body when opened. Guided by smell
and hearing, mole frequently locates
the nest Of a partridge or pheasant
above his run and, penetrating it from
below, eats the eggs The adult mole
is practically blind, but there are en-
bryonic indications that the power Of
sight in the race has deteriorased
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20

In inheritance taxes Stevens county
paid $59290 on estates appraised at
$46.223 from Oct. l. 1908, to Sept. 80,
1910. During this same period the state
tax commission collected a total of
$179. 121.63 from all parts of the state.
The amount escheated to the state was
So, 5000, making grand total of $2Ol,-
952.33. The total value of estates on
which taxes were paid was $19, 1924, 1877.
Although the published report of the
state bank examiner for the period be-
tween June so and Sept. of the present
year shows an increase of about 6,OO0,-
600 in deposits in state banks for the
entire state falling off for Stevens
county is shown. On June 80 the de-
posits in Stevens county state banks
were 1923, 733. Is, and on Sept, l $751;
721.14. The cash on hand and due from
other banks on the first date amounted
to 500. 1854 and on Sept. $248, 526.41.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
Outweighed and OutcIassed

The Newport High School football
team went up against hard proposition
in their first game last Saturday. They
were pitted against the Spokane High
School second team, and at no stage of
the game was there an opportunity tor
our boys to win. but they fought gamely
to keep down the score. and are entitled
to credit for their work against an ex-
perienced team. Many of our boys were
in the game for the first time in their
lives, and Spokane had an additional ad-
vantage in weight OF about Is pounds
per player.
Milton Moeser, OF the Newport team,
was the star of the game. He has played
before and his fierce tackling and return
of punts, aud 40-yard return of kickoff
were features. Harris, Kelly and w.
Moeser also did good work for Newport.
For Spokane Wilson, Inman and Horton
starred. Newport was successful but
once on forward pass and made yard
age twice.
Captain Moeser, with the assistance
of DR.. Nelson, an old Minnesota player,
will coach the boys and put through
hard practice and scrlmmage before the
next game. The score of Saturdays
game was 81 to in favor of Spokane.
The following was the lineup:
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
Orioin of Confetti.

The history of confetti is rather curl
Gus. Several years ago a large print
ing works in Paris was turning out i'm
mense quantities of calendars. through
which a small round hole had been
punched to receive an eyelet for hold
ing the sheets together. A heap of the
little circular scraps of paper cut out
by the punch accumulated on table,
and one of the machine men amused
himself by scattering handful Of
them over a working girls hair. She
Immediately snatched up handful
and threw them in his face. Other
girls followed her example, and the
first confetti battle began. The head
of the establishment came in when it
was at its height, and, being what the
Americans call smart man." he at
once realized that there was money
in it." He ordered special machinery.
placed large quantities of the new ar
ticle on the market, made fortune
and created a new industry.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
The following was the lineup:

Fire Wardens Sova and Starry are
now engaged in the work of burning the
slashings in the valley between Cusick
and lone. An effort is being made by
the lumber companies to get rid of these
slashings by burning during favorable
seasons and thus get rid of one of the
great causes of destructive forest fires.
AS far as can be learned the Spokane
Lumber Co., owner of a large area of
timber in the burned district near Dia-
mind and Sacheen lakes will make no
effort to save their burned timber unless
lumber trade conditions improve ma
terially in the near future. The timber
is situated so far inland that a railroad
would be necessary to get it out. and
under present conditions it is likely that
the company NAV be compelled to let
their timber rot. Trask's mill at Dia-
mond Lake and Weigle's and Charles
Graham. on the Little Spokane river,
expect to put in stock of logs from the
burned district this winter.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
State Primary Returns

Although Yakima county has not sent
in it's returns for the primary election as
yet, the state canvassing board has com
piled the following feures from the re-
ports sent in by the other 81 counties:
Miles Poindexter, aside from Jefferson
and Cowlitz, which went for Burke, and
Thurston and Pacific. which Ashton
carried, swept every county in the state
and received grand total of 67.714
votes. The count of the Republican
votes for United States senator shows:
Miles Poindexter, 81 ia; Thomas Burke.
49, 45; James M. Ashton, IA, 5S1; John
E. HUMPHREYS, 1924; Leigh R. Freeman.
1875; Schuyler Duryea, 745; John l..
Wilson, pa. Wilson and Duryea had
retired from the race before election day.
George F. Cotterill received 1922 votes
and was the Democratic choice for
United States senator over Patrick S.
Byrne, who received 1854.
The Republican vote for congressman
in the Third district follows: w. L.
LaFollette, first choice. 1859; second
choice. 1888: total, 1852. Seabury
Merritt, first. 6,081; second, 4,754; total,
1885. s. A. Mann, first, 1866; second,
1921; total, 1887. Charles H. Braden,
first, 1874; second, $500; total, 1874.
A. E. Veatch, first, 2,461; second, 4,O52
total, 6.513. The Democratic returns
for congress in the Third district follow
H. D. Merritt, 2,71l; Chris Dorman,
2.1O2.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
The Battle Is On
tADvERrIsrNG)


We hope to send back, unexploded, a
bomb that was shot into the ranks of
those who oppose Newport going dry, go
we will state what we have to say in
business way. In the first place, if you
are waiting for shot from the brew
cries batteries, you will never get it, for
the brewers output catches the one who
takes his stimulant in the larger cities If
he cannot get it in the smaller ones. So
you are not fighting against him strong
enough to get him to rebel. And if our
president, our legislators and our politi-
cal influences in our large cities and our
financial centers say down with the
manufacture OF liquor, great many of
us would fight with them, but so long as
the large cities are wet, as the term is
used, at the expense of the smaller, We
claim it is not fair, for we do not believe
in class legislation, and when our small
towns 60 dry it means several thousand
dollars of license money we miss, and it
means an extension of few feet added
onto the bars of the saloons of our larger
cities Under these circumstances
where is our gain for humanity in gen.
eral? So whose fight are we fighting?
We are simply losing what the large city
gains.
When every dollar we allow to leave
our town, accompanied by those who
are bound to use liquor, puts that much
more strength into the Spokane liquor
Dealers pockets, we are helping Spo-
kane to get financially stronger at our
sacrifice. II we can keep Newport a
place of life and prosperity, as it has
been heretofore, we will sell clothing,
food and supplies and all industries will
be helped thereby. We believe in fol-
lowing the laws as they are set down to
us, and running a saloon in business
like and legitimate manner, and if the
laws are broken it means fine, which
will be paid and put into our city i'm
provements and hot Spokane's.
If Mr.. Mckinley orsany. of our recent
presidents thought the liquor traffic the
most ruinous and degrading of all human
pursuits. and then ignore the bills for
prohibition that have been sent to the
legislature. we believe they are catering
to the brewers on account of their finan-
cial and political influence. Then why
should we play into the hands of the
brewers and saloon mems pocketbooks
of Spokane by voting our town dry when
it doesn't lessen the manufacturer out.
put in the least? One of our former
ministers stated on the streets of New.
port that if the town went dry there
would be 100000 plant of some kind
erected before two months. Where is
the plant2 And where is the preacher
gone? The battle is on.
BUSINESS MIN.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
An Arab Adand.

There is none so poor but there is
one poorer"
A poor Arab spent his last bara on
handful of dates and went up on a
high cliff to eat them and die. As he
threw the stones over a lean hand
shot out below and caught them.
"Hov said he. why do you catch
my date stones?"
Because, @. brother" answered a
weak voice, Il have not eaten these
three days, and Allah has sent these
stones to save my life"
praise be to Allah" answered the
first man, 'for he has saved me also,
for here is one poorer than l."
And both men went into the city.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
See Crandall for watches.

See Crandall for watches.
Three more jags have been before the
police court this week.
Women to work at the
Newport Steam Laundry.
Cordwood taken at the highest market
price in exchange for merchandise. G.
A. Sherman & Co.
WANTED-A man with heavy team
to plow IL acres of meadow land by the
acre. II. E. Fremming.
FOR RENT-35-acre island tract in
Pend OreilIe river, near Newport, box
house and barn; suitable for dairy and
chicken ranch low rent to right party.
Address 3D." care Miner, Newport. 2O-6
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has be-
come famous for its cures of coughs,
colds, Group and influenza. Try it when
in need. 1t contains no harmful sub
stance and always gives prompt relief.
Sold by all druggists.
But very little interest is being shown
in the local option election to take place
in Newport on Nov. s. While there is
some quiet work being done there seems
to be no agitation or quarrelling over the
matter, with the evident intention on
the part of both sides to quietly await
and accept the verdict Of the voters.
Wilcox & Paulsen have purchased "a
head of fine beef cattle from Jas. Davis,
of ROCKFORD, and are now offering the
product at the City Market. For sew
eral months the firm has been doing it's
own slaughtering, and they expect to fit
up a we'll equipped establishment for
that purpose.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20

1t is in time of sudden mishap or acct
dent that Chamberlain's Eminent can
be relied upon to take the place of the
family doctor, who cannot always be
found at the moment. Then it is that
Chamberlain Liniment is never found
wanting. In cases of sprains, cuts,
wounds and bruises Cham berlain's LIN
iment takes out the soreness and drives
awav the pain. Sold by all druggists.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-20
Advertised Letters

List of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Newport, Wash P. O. to date, are
as follows:
Barkas. Lee, 2 Dubray, E D.
Erickson, Arthur Gamble, ThOs D
Jansen, Mrs Jansen, NE
Long, Leonard Martini H C
McDermid, Ed Nails, Mrs Ray
Stanley, Wilson, John
When calling for the above please say
advertised. r. |. TowLE, P. M.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01
He kept Ma Job.

Railroads frequently receive con
science money. On Que Of the biz
roads Of the middle west a conductor
who had been In the employment OF
the company for years was In the habit
q Knocking down" fares. The fars
over his route was about So. Money
was generally scarce among the stu.
aents. and when they wished to no 10
the larger city they were In the habit
Of taking silver dollar. pls cling 1t un
der q card Of any kind and handing n
to the aged conductor when he came
To take up the tickets. He used to
slip the dollar into the palm Of bis
hand, punch the card. and the students
saved 50 a trip, the conductor pocket.
ing the extra dollar. In October, 1904.
the officials Of the road were astounded
to get. together with hts resignation. q
full confession Of his guilt In the form
OF check for $4,000. the sum he had
stolen in twenty years. Every one
thought the road would prosecute the
I'D man. but 1t didn't The officials
wers 80 fabbergasted that instead Of
him they raised his salary
st Louis Republic
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01
susy and Beautiful.

II 70 interesting to know that 1t h
possible for city of $4,000 inhab
itants. and mostly factory employees
TO be free from dirt and noise. This
Is the case with the japanese town OF
Sagoya. says A. II. Edwards, tho au-
thor Of "Kakemono" 1t is a town full
Of porcelain and fan factories. clol
some works and cotton mills The
gateway of the cloiBonne works leads
down a wooden passage into a tiny
cOurt-a garden set round with the
workshops Of the factory. 1t is not
larger than the front lawn Of n sub
urban house. but the skill of Japa.
nese gardener has planted a whole
mountain side with forests of pine and
bamboo, has spanned with an archina
bridge the stone gray stream at tho
mountains foot. From inside the tiny
matted rooms. no bigger than bathing
boxes. which shut In three sides of the
garden. the illusion IL complete. And
the shade and GOODNESS Of the imagina.
~ forest and stream bring sense Of
calmness and repose, Of quiet peace
and beauty. to all the many workers
OF the factory. 1T is a living land.
scaps growing unspoiled In the heari
Of workshop IN the center OF a mao
city. II Ia a town of sunny
streets and pure. fresh air. whose treas
are green.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01
tts A,see hor Stale a,a,a.

The sympathetic young woma1 wa,
eC4iing the story II vent into a baS
cry to buy some suppi4 and as was
waiting for the girl behind the counter
80 do them up the door opened. !sttinG
IN man, unshaved. unwashed. I'm.
kempt, with a thin coat buttnned tight.
~ around his neck.
"'Got any stale breadY he asked the
clerk dif1dently
"NO. We keep only fresh bread
here the lady replied haughtily.
THE man turned arourS with q
weary dreop to his shoulders and pass
ed out into the night. All my Samari.
tan impulses welled up. | gave the
hauRhty clerk 4 reproachful look and
hurried after him. He had stopped In
the middle Of the next block and was
looking around uncertainty.
Il ran up breathlessly and, holdina
cut my last dime TO him, painted out:
"'Are yOn 50 hungryl Here, please
take this
The man stared and then SLOWLY
gl1nned as he replied:
'Why-why. no, miss. l amt hun.
cry, bat I've got some chickens / want
10 fcedr New York Press
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01
W. r. Russell ! Tn oh

W. F. Russell In chancery
VS. court at Ben
Jane Russell ct al ton, Tenn
In this canse it appearing from
the allegations in complainsnt's
bill that the defendants James
Lillard. Harriet Coleman and
husband, Jane Russell ann hus-
band Mat Russell, and William
Lillard are non residents of the
state, so that the ordinary pro-
cess of law cannot be served on
them. It's therefore ordered
that publication be made for 4
consecutive weeks in the Polk
County News. Gazette. a paper
published at Ben ton, Tenn, re-
curing the defendants James
Lillard, HARRIET Coleman aud
hus band Decator Coleman, Jane
Russell and husband Mat Russell
and VIM. Lillard to appear be-
fore the clerk & master at his /,
office at the court house in Ben.
ION I enn. on or before the FIRST
Monday in January 1911, and
make efense 10 compliments
dill or same WILDE taken for
and the cause set for
rearing with ax parte as to them
Witness my hand this 10 d"y Of
November, 1910.
4. j. Williams, G. an.
Witt q Shamblin, solrs.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01

Mamna - There, Dick. you Just 40
sight to bed without mouthful of
supper.
Dlck-Oh. mamma, I can't sleep on
an empty stomach.
Mamma-Then turn over on your
pack.--Judge.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01
80 i Y
W. F. RUSSELL
3entCn. Tenn.

TEMPLES, w. Eugene Wade,
CARDS: Sherman Briney, Miss
Nellie Shoope, Miss Matha Glen
J. 0. Davis.
Chancery Sale Of and
Minnie Love ct al In chahcery
Joe Taylor ct al Benton Tenn
In obedience TO a decree rem
dered at the October Term 1910,
will offer for sale to the high
est and best bidder at the court
house door in Benton, Tenn, on
Monday the 5th day of Decem.
Der, 1910, the following real es-
! tate TO wit:
Situated in ihe End civil dis
trict of Polk Co., Tenn, being
the west half Of lot no ia being
the lot on which the brick store
houseis located, on the north
side Of the public square, in the
town of Benton, Polk county,
Tennessee.
Terms of Sale: Said land will
be sold on six and twelve month
time with 20 per cent paid down
on day of sale and in bar of the
equity of redemption, notes
drawing interest from day of
sale with good personal security
will be required Of the purchas.
er and lieQ will be retained on
the propeibaAas further security
ANovfcupIa9lo.
ar de ssVliams, c. & NJ.
scale the. S-~--
IN ivrped dowsnt Notice
TOtF PaAsr 81 In Chancery
& 9Th ton, Tenn.
In this CAUSE it duly appearing
from the allegations in complai-
nants bill which is sworn to that
the defendants are non-residents
Of the stale of Tennessee, 50
shat the ordinary process of law ,
cannot be served on them II is ;
ordared that publica-
ion be made in The Benton
NFWs -GAzETTE,a paper publish
I'd at Benton, Polk county, Ten
1essee, for four consecutive
weeks; requiaing said non.res- ,
lent defendants to appear at my
office in the court house in Ben
on, Tenn on the first Mon
lay in January, 1911, and f
make defense to said bill of com. T
claimant filed against them, or, T
anne will be taken for confess
ID and the cause set for hearing
x parte as to them
Witness my hand this 10 day
f Nov. 1910 !
\ ). WILLIAMS, G. & M.
Witt g. Snamblin solrs for compt
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01
LEGAL ADVERTISE
MENTS
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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1910-08-04

Mrs. E. Skinner and children
who have been in Lincoln with
Mrs. Skinner's sister for the past
week returned home this MORN
ing. Mrs. Skinner reports that
her sister is much better and is
improving rapidly since her
recent operation for appendicitis.
While Miss Helen Holcomb
was assisting with the prepar-
alton for dinner last Tuesday she
accldently dropped the tea kettle
splashipg the boiling water on
her left side and also on her arm
and face. The burns while very
painful at the time are not deep.
She is alright again only few
blisters remaining.