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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-04-29

Probate Order.

State OF Michigan, sthe Probate court for the
county OF Van Buren,.
At session of said court, held at the probate
office In the village OF Paw Paw i'm faid county on
the 18th day of April A. ID 1910.
Present, Hon. David Anderson, Judge OF Probate.
In The matt of the estate of Eleanor o. Sim
mons, decreased,
Jennie A. Burke. daughter of said de
ceased having fled In said court her petition
praying for therein sisted that admnistra-
ton Of said estate he granted 10 Philo Simmons or
10 some other suitable person:
IL Is ordered, that the 9th day of May, A. D..
1910 at O'Clock ia the forenoon, at said probate
Office, be ana is hereby appointed for herring
said petition;
Ii Is further ordered that public notice thereof be
given by publ cation of a copy of this order for
three successive weeks previous TO said day of
hearingn the True Northerner, "A newspaper printed
and circulated In said count.
DAVID ANDERSON,
10 "a Judge of Probate
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-04-29
sale of state Tax Lands.

State of Michigan, Auditor Generals Depart
ment, Lansing, April l, 1910.
Notice Is hereby given that certain lands situated
in the county of Van Buren,, bid of 10 the state for
taxes of 1906 andprevious years, and described in
statements which will be forv arded to the office of
the treasurer of said county, and may he seen at
said Office prev 10 the day OF sale, will be sold
at public auction by Said treasurer, at the county
seat, ON the first Tuesday or May next, at the time
and place designated for the annual tax sale il not
previously redeemed cancelled according to law.
Said statements contain full description of each
parcel OF said lands
ORAMEL b. FULLER,
9tI Auditor General.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-04-29
Notice of sale of Real Estate.

State of Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County of Van Buren,.
In the matter of the estate of Adelbert o. artin,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that. bv virtue of order
of said court made on the goth day OF December,
A. ID. 1909 shall sell at public auction the 4th
day of June, A. ID. 1910, at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon at the north front door of the house
in the village of Paw Paw in said county The inter-
est of said estate in the following described real
estate, TO witt
The north one. half of the south one-half of the
southeast quarter of section thirty 1901, town
three south range fourteen west, township of
Paw Paw, Van Buren, county, Michigan.
Dated this 10th day of April. A. ID. 1910
ETHEL NJ MARTIN,
Executrix of the last will and testament OF Adel
bert {. Martin, deceased. 1lt7
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-04-29
GIadstone's Testimony.

During the last years was in par
lament came in contact with go
master minds. and all but five of them
were Standardization
Arizona republican., 1910-03-07
\ TRIP ID BLYTHE
 BY THE COLORADO
wrsT IS BEING DONE ON THE
 olo ESTATE.
Land wn,eh Y.slSes slo5 An Acre
 Last Year.
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Parker AE.z t-b -s-tSr-c aI Cor ts- -l-.aleusrl Nav =ifiuz t.e colo rll- rVrr l- uH pi -nir Years ago. sl-u Jlpt..ll.- PslLamus. Mellon. Nrs7isI and .,tlrr- piled this river from ti- s;ulf t1 aiu.-t the InrutH sf ih- ..r-.rt Canyon. using f.l4t> 1f more rl-Il i-a lsu- capacity. had trouble
 rl ra. Inca .t-ihl- sand hlr. wAicI -rst--s th- I-~r~pn tasiay. u. differ -lf-- -lf- -lz- al tll- .rau
 I-l-t Trlt-r tla lola. - s--hor~e DOW sl za--s-lue L-ul.h. tle I.r1p--tv ur fh,' ''.....-ad. I.iler Slsilzlfl.n csuuaut. -lpI--f h.r rlssI nzs 70 Par.-er whar. st.lrf and headed .pr Elrcnberz nGv .r.l-- rl=fir-. a-.f t.-r landing for Inc i... fi.r --ttl.-HH-f The lola c0uxay..l 70 lel.-sr .hI.i. s-rri.-i teu tsu- ar gen .-rI usr.iIauaf~,- for th- Iais Verd. i...-.i.-Isrr-rl e1.1HIeily. zlfich conducts !. -r-- e-..r. 20 Etthc and o.luS large .l.f-F.-t- lr l---I ui- t"ssu and cauu- -r. pu t.arI fl- lola gere- Mr and .Ir= Ir.s- f.r-unan. Alr- f.lusy. Mrs ~..arr. A a-- I.li-F EIekeT. E F. GiIi- -ld N e. sl-ofr~-u and Ton Slrifz. tl .r I-r.-r and M- E- WhifGn. IT M if-.rr -rii h- r. L1gesiu. residents ot i..t-r c- s-I MT WhfIn is rr,-l- -sri and Ar Frazier -ecrrlary of the l'l-4 Ea~l- Development compans. -hirl ha- ilr-e h1id.n-s ar Blythe. as ..i-H dar- Nr I.1rrF.u. fIrTnr- mention .g lh'-u uiu I'd. made later on.
 The f.A is rras- command af s-al-' I.ls WlI-ls. - ui1n ygt" has had .Ilen ~rr-@r.rlH.- .u nas ssafing The Col ..r-ld-' r.y~r The fr'i--1iiny b. -te.tn~ .rl-l G-lu--. an ih- Southern Pacific. ,H iigth-. ls nat ..uiy expensive but ..r- i-h.risu-. henr- th. Inauguration ... r.ver trln-T-.-zati1n., g.hlrh ~, far ''ar. Williams Q. proving Co i-s a de- ..fsd zlreesz
 o'n ri.- say doa-n th- parsg Hndel
Arizona republican., 1910-03-07

at HeJds.lte cck and inspected 'he intake of the Blythe canal The writer
 lts heard many statements as h the
 uudesirlbility of the intake of the Blythe canal. but will say that in no : single instance have the reports been
 founded on facts. The intake of the canal l. cut through a rock point be- . l5.ss the level of the water at low stage. Th.s rocky point is d spur "S ;he Maria
 mountain which jutS into tho river;
 vlu never wash away. and judging
 from il~ present condition. will always
 supply water. for at the present time. rgfth The river .tt exceedingly low stage, -h-re are several thousand inches of
 -,a-er flowing through the gate. Fur ther than for stock and small irrisst-
 lion little water is needed in that sec tiru during the winter and spring months. and from carly May to Sep tsub-r. when water is most needed. the river is always on a r.lmIsSe and tiere iS always a siiper1bundance for every purpose
 From HeddgaJ. the lola proceeded on Co Ehrenherg. where the party was mel wi;h oouveyances and driven to I.lrlh. and domiciled in the Blythe ho- t.I. u hich. hy the way. Is one of the urIie~t and most comfortable hotels . iu tn, eastern part of the state. Blythe
 - tn,. tagrnsite of the l0. .000-Icre tract .r land originally known a. the Eiy the estate. and which iS rapidly being dis . posed or to settlers by the P3'o Verde Land and Water company
 The following morning the visitors p.--.- taken hy hu-givs for drive tur.ugh the country and the larger f.rt .f the dIY was enjoyed in looking at th- splendid development now be sn= performed Something like s."30 'arr-s t.ill be in cultivation by this fall ! The largest individual operators in the valley this year are perhaps A c. Love i.iu and the Palo Verde Development 2 company This company has about 4"" acres cleared. partly planted. and aM will be before the summer is over. -I;C-idcs this land Ihe company owns I;is tae with other improved town prop crty. Messrs Ehiffin and Frazer au- riorized The statement that inc com I.Iny have organized a bank with Ses.- ."a paid in capital. and that the same a.I .i.cn it's doors in Blythe within the next isW weeks
 Alr A C- I.0vekin owns section O. .lilch joins on the northwest corner "f the town: 4s0 acres of this section i~ now in grain and alfalfa and the fsundatipn Is laid for as fine a farm. are for acre ss can he found in the west Nr. Loyekin is reported tn be
 wealthy. but this .s what he said to
Arizona republican., 1910-03-07
PHoENIx CAMP NO. 5. WOOD

PIIOENIX CAMP NO. ,. WOOD MEN OF THE wORLD:-Al mem bers and visiting sovereisns are re- quested to be present at K. If P. hall Monday. March :, at 1880 D. m, al which time Sovereign Adviser w. A. Fraser of Dallas, Tex, will instruct Us in ihe Ritualistic work. and at SEQ he will give an address on FraternaliSm. to which all the members of Woodmen Circle. Modern Wood Q men of America, Royal Neighbors. Independent order of Forresters. Mac cLbees. Knights of Pythias. Fraternal Brotherhood and Ancient order United Workmen are most cordially invited ta attend. Come and bring your wives and sweethearts and enjoy with us a treat from one of the best orators Of the day and learn what fraternalism stands for
 F. C. NORRIS. C. C.
 WILL \. HELLER. m Clerk
Arizona republican., 1910-03-07

F. C. NORRIS. C. C. WILL. \. HELLER.
 Clerk.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
THE IMPROVED BOOMERANG.

Always the Australian boomerang has been interesting to the civilized general public. Many persons are un- familiar with the fact that the boomer angs of these aboringines of the far off island continent have been of vari- ous shapes and patterns. Most Of those former experimenters in civiliZa- tion have made a particular type of the boomerang, deciding finally for them selves that "the blamed thing will fly but it won't come back" It has re- mained for an Englishman so to inn prove on the Australian cross shaped weapon that it is no more than cross of plain wood, the lower strip of the cross being one-third longer than the other arms of it. In throwing the "curva," as the maker has called to-, the lower end of the cross is held firmly between the thumb and finger vertically and with the plane of the cross beside his face.
 Thrown seventy-five feet the boom erang will not return, but for 100 feet or more as it whirls the curva begins to turn to a horizontal plane, its revo- lutions increase rapidly until just as it's maximum velocity has raised the cross to the top of it's flight 1t swerves to the left and begin it's return flight to the thrower-Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
THE PRIVILEGE OF HIS RANK

In the early days of the Philippine insurrection. Captain Ms company had been for some time garrisoning a small town in Mindanao, where the social life consisted mainly of evading the festive bolo knife wielded by the little brown brother. Therefore he seized upon the occasion of his birth day to vary the monotony by brew ing a punch, and invited his two lieutenants to assist in its consump- tion. At a late hour the party broke up, and after some maneuvering Cap tain NJ piloted his junior subaltern to his room, where he found the first lieutenant peacefully sleeping on the floor beneath his bunk. Shaking him violently, he reused him at last, and said:
 Get up into your bed!"
 The senior subaltern shook his head. looked very grave and an swered indignantly:
 "No. sirl No. sir. You let shecond rtenant take upper berth. I'm a first Ptenant and I get lower one. and he peacefully turned his face to the wall again.-August Lippincott's.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
AN ALLEGED VIOLATION
 0F PLUMBING ORDINANCE
George Hageman Files Complaint
 Against ]. H. Mulren.

Alleging that J. H. Mulrein of Pres colt, who has been engaged in carry ing out various plumbing contracts in Phoenix, ignored specifications and violated a city ordinance by laying wrought iron soil pipes instead of em- plOyng cast iron pipe in a contract just about completed in connection with the erection of the new Young Mems Christian association building, George Hageman. plumber of East Adams and North Second streets, yes terday appeared before City Recorder Frank Thomas and swore to com plaint against the Prescott man. A warrant was issued and served upon Mulrein late yesterday afternoon and q hearing of the case was set for this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
 According to Mir Hageman, the specifications called for the laying of cast iron soil pipe and all contractors who submitted bids based their fig ures upon the cost of such pipe There is also a city ordinance requir- ing the use of cast iron pipe in such work. It is alleged by Mir. Hageman that Mir Mulrein has used wrought iron pipe throughout the job, which pipe he claims costs considerably less than cast iron and is inferior to the latter.
 Tt would be an injustice to local plumbers to allow this matter to go without some effort being made to make MT. Mulrein comply with the law and follow out the terms of his fl,., foo tions," said MT Hageman last evening -I did not figure upon the work, and so none can impute an ulterior motive to my action. l have simply acted in this matter with the best interests of local plumbers at heart as well as the interests of all who may erect build ings in Phoenix.
 If MT. Mulrein were allowed to go ahead and turn over the work with the wrought iron pipe undisturbed, il would mean that the Y. NJ. C. A. was not getting full value for its money It would mean, too, that a plumber in the future would feel safe in bidding on work calling for first-class mate rial and quoting a lower figure than any honest man could meet. with the intention of employing inferior ma terial in the course of actual con struction."
 MT. Hageman stated that MT. Null rein had been accused some weeks ago of not complying with the city ordinance in his contract upon the new National Bank of Arizona build ing, and that he had been obliged tC replace some of the work he had all ready installed
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
A WILD ALLIGAToR'S NEST.

An alligator's nest is an interest ing thing" said Alligator Joe. Wild alligators build their nests on the bank of a river or in marshy places They are made of mud. sea grass leaves and mold. They are sort of natural incubatOrs, for the eggs, which are laid from thirty-five to eighty in a nest at one time. are matched out by the steam which comes up through the mud as much as by the sun. Around the nest a pile of grass is laid. sometimes as high as six feet, and from a distance resembles a hay stack. The mother gator has her den nearby She makes it by burroYing itno a bank of soft mud and some times it is seventy-five feet or more inland. The only way to get her out of a den like that is to take a long steel rod and thrust it down the tun- nel, which is always slanting. When the gator feels the prodding she will come out to see what the trouble is. It takes alligators two months and six days to hatch. When the little ones comes out the mother calls them to- gether by noise which is something between a cluck and a grunt and they all scramble down from the nest to her den. If it is on the edge of river the den is filled with min nows. As the mother enters the den she swishes her tail around with ter rife force. killing the smallest fish, and when they float the little alliga- tors nab them up.
 "A mother alligator will sometimes have from four to five dens, and she takes her brood from one to another, repeating the swishing process in each until the young ones have had full meal"
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
cHlLDREN'S EXERCISE.

As soon as a child is old enough cing, he should be taught them and be allowed to practice to his hearts content. For surely a lively game of handball or even basketball, if there be an empty or otherwise unbreak- able room to play it in, is a better way of keeping him out of mischief than playing with blocks or looking at picture books. Too many mothers seem to aim at keeping children quiet rather than making them strong.
 Speaking of folk dancing. a little girl will be far more apt to enjoy and hence to practicable Scotch fling than a ball game. Teach her to hop first on one foot, then on the other, always bringing the free toe up to the knee of the other leg. When that step has been accomplished, it will be time enough to speak of arch ing the instep, extending the toe and raising the arms alternately over the head. A child that is not self-cOn- scious will naturally possess the grace and assume the poses that we poor grOwn-ups have to be taught so care fully if we would learn to dance. The spontaneous child will also make up her own little dances given the in spiration of some lively music. She should be provided with regular leather gymnasium slippers, lest she slip and fall.
 By the time a child is 4 or years old she can be taught more intricate steps For instance. the fling de- scribed might be amplified to include this movement: Leap on the left toe, with the right extended in point at the side. Next leap on the same toe, bringing the right toe up behind the left knee. Then, maintaining the bal ance by extending the left arm out ward and upward, leap again on the left toe, shifting the right around in front of the knee, and on the next count leap again on the sefsame toe bringing the right foot again to the back of the left knee
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
SIZE OF AFRICAN cRocoDlLEs
Hunter Tells of the Largest That He
 Saw or Shot.

"I have shot a number of crocodiles in the Zambesi and Luangwa rivers and the largest one I taped measured fourteen feet. Once on the Zambesi, while travelling on the river steamer Hamburg I saw and wounded a much bigger one. It was lying asleep on sand bank about midday and l used 1903 rifle with a soft nosed bullet. When the bullet struck the crocodile raised its tail in the air and brought it down with a thump. as these reptiles often do when well hit.
 Thinking it was dead, I picked up a pair of binoculars and through them I saw the blood pouring out of the wound between the neck and shoulder. While I was looking I heard the crack of two Snider rifles and upon turning round found that two Portuguese sol diers had both fired. Their bullets did not strike the crocodile, but passed over it and raised the sand some dis tance beyond. However, the crocodile seemed to revive and was quickly in the water before I could reload and fire again.
 This was by far the largest croco- dile I have eyer seen, either in India or Africa, and it seemed half as long again as the fourteen-foot one that l measured Its bulk and girth were enormous and far exceeded an eigh- cen garial I once measured in the Bra hamputra river in Assam. The skip per of the Hamburg, who had been some time on the Zambesi, told me he had never seen one approaching it in gfz li nc and I fancy it died, but shall always regret that I did not fire again and make sure of this, for l could have persuaded the skipper to stop the steamer and put me ashore so that l might have taped the animal. In fact he said he would have done so had the crocodile not escaped. The eighteen foot garial I measured in the Brah- maputra was a large one, but l be- lieve I have seen few bigger. In 1894 these animals were very plentiful, all though in five or six years they got scarcer as many people used to fire at them from the passing steamers.
 q have an idea that the late Sir Samuel Baker mentions large croco- dile in his book on the sources of the Nile but it is so many years since read the work in question that l have forgotten the facts.
 "A crocodile is an awkward animal to skin for the skin is very firmly at tached to the body. A good many natives are killed by these animals ev- cry year, and in places where they are dangerous the natives make circular fence in the water to protect them selves when bathing and drawing wa ter"
 The passage referred to by our correspondent is no doubt that in Wild Beasts and Their Ways" (Chap- ter XIII), where Baker wrote of hay ing seen on a bare patch of gray gran ite on an island in the Victoria Nile two vast forms. each as thick as the body of a hippotamus, and of enorm- ous length. These two antediiuvian monsters glided slowly and feariessly along the gently sloping granite and
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05

when half beneath the water they ex- posed a breadth of back which was the most extraordinary sight I have ever seen in my long experience of croco- diles." The canoe in which he was travelling at the time was about thirty feet long and he judged the surface of the granite at about sixty feet, but would not presume to estimate the length of these extraordinary crea- tures "-The Field.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-05
MUST BE ABOVE SUSPICION.

Kidney and bladder ailments are so serious in their consequences. and if unchecked so often fatal that any rem edy offered for their cure must be above suspicion. Foley Kidney Pills contain no harmful drugs, and have successfully stood long and thorough test Elvey & Hulett, Quality Drug gistS
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-08-16

Central Council No. 33, R. and s. M Meets third Thursday night in each month. L N. McCollum. T. I. N: W. H. Duncan, secretary.
 Woodland Lodge No. Il K. of P. Meets every Wednesday night. c. M. Hancock, c. C.: W. H. Duncan, K. of R. and S..
 Conway Chapter No. 80, R. A. M. Meets third Thursday night in each month. G. D. Dickerson, H. F.; W.@B. Wilson. secretary.
 Green Grove Lodge No. 107, F. and A. M. Meets first Saturday night or before eachI full moont. J. S. Westerfeld, W. M.; W. H. Duncan. secretary.
 Conway Camp No. 5. W. o. W. Meets sec ond and fourth Monday night in each month. J. W. Holt, c. C.; r. M. Morgan. clerk.
 Catholic Knights of America. Meets second Sunday afternoon in each month. Vim. J. Drummer, president; Albert Lachowsky, secre- tary.
 St. Joseph's Society. Meets last Sunday af- ternoon in each month. Wm. J. Drummer president Fred Nahen. secretary.
 Conway Camp No. l3,555, M. W. of A. Meets alternate Thursday nights. D. o. Har- ton. Jr consul: W. G. Denison. clerk
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-08-16
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance to the order of the Probate Court of Faulkner County. Arkansas, made this day will. as administrative of the estate of James B. Moore. late of said county, deceased. sell to the highest bidder for cash at the store of the said James B. Moore. in the town of Conway. Arkansas, on August the l6th, 1910. the fol- lowing property, to-wit:
 stock of dry goods, etc, invoiced at $2.642.S4; lot of furniture. groceries and hardware, invoiced at s9,6ll.77; lot of store fixtures, invoiced at $70S.45: lot of shelving. desks, office and counters, invoiced at $352. 50 sixty shares of bank stock in Bank of Conway, face value, Sl,500; five shares of stock in Faulkner County Warehouse Company face value. $125; one share stock in Faulkner County Fair Association. face value. $25.
 Said property will be sold in bulk as sepa- rately set forth above.
 l will also sell outside personal property be- longing to said estate, consisting of the fol- lowing, to-wit: One traction engine. well drill. complete: one mower, wagon and bug gies and farming implements of the total in-2 voice of ($1 09S .00) thousand ninety-eight dollars. which outside property will be soldb credit of three months from day of sale. and the purchaser will be required to give notey with approved security
 MATTE MOORE. Administratrix of the Estate of James B.
 Moore. Deceased.
 This 25th day of July 1910.
 Two brick business houses will be rented to parties who buy the stock, etc. if they de- sire. dl2t-w2t
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-08-16
DOCTOR AND WIFE ARE
 ACCIDENTALLY POISONED
DR. AND MRS. BLAKELEY OF GLEASON TAKE STRYCH-
 NINE BY MISTAKE.

Mistaking a vial containing mix ture of strychnine for one containing a solution of Epson salts, Dr. G. w. Blakeley and his wife of Gleason each took an overdose of the poisonous mixture early this morning, and both were quite sick for several hours. Dr. and Mrs. Blakeley had both been slightly i'll recently and the doctor had prepared the two solutions for them to take, the strychnine solution, of course, being intended to be taken in much smaller doses than that of the salts. Thinking he had the bottles containing the latter, Dr. Blakeley took a swallow of the contents and his wife took similar dose this morn ing. He had hardly swallowed the medicine before he realized his mis- take and at once administered emetics, calling neighbors to send for physl- elan. Dr. J. s. Westerfield of this city reached them about an hour and a half after the accident. pr. Blake ley stated there were II fortieth-grain tablets of strychnine in the solution, which would make the amount taken by him and his wife about one grain each. This, Dr. Westertield stated, is hardly fatal dose, though in some cases it might have caused death II relief were not administered.
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-08-16
WEATHER BY PHONE.

The daily weather forecast for Ar kansas is now received at Conway over long distance telephone wires from Little Rock, instead of by telegraph. The central office of the Conway ex- change reads the forecast to all the distributing stations of the rural lines each morning and will also read it to any subscriber calling for it. In this way great many more people are reached than heretofore, the forecasts covering the entire country within an hour or two after it is issued at New Orleans.