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The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
ARGENTINE ANT is
SPREADING RAPIDLY
Pest Now Visits Dwight Way
Section, Berkeley

BERKELEY, Aug. 1.-THE Argentine
ants. which We're recently discovered
at Telegraph avenue and Bancroft wav
are spreading rapidly through other
parts of Berkeley, according to Prof
c. w. Woodworth head of the camnus
department of entomology The in
sect, dreaded of small pests, has crossed
Durant avenue and is now firmly es
tablished in the neighborhood of
Dwight way. No steps have been taken
by the residents to eradicate the nest
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
WRECK VICTIM WILL
BE BURIED BY LODGE
Funeral of w. B. Burton Will
Be Held Today

BERKELEY, Aug. 1.-THE funeral
of Walter r. Burton, a victim of the
Northwestern Pacific wreck at Ignacio
Tuesday, will be held tomorrow after
noon from Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church under the auspices of the Wood
men of the World, of which he was a
member. Burton was formerly a min
lister. but was one of the leading pro-
moters of an oil company at the time
OF his death.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12

LITTLE CHILD DIES-San Lorenzo, Aug IL
Unaware that green apples and milk were
fatal combination. little 8 year old May
Peterson. daughter of A. c. Peterson of this
place, at quantity of the unrpe fruit two
days ago and then drank a glass of milk
She died from acute gastrttis last night. The
funeral will be held tomorrow from the
family home. with interment in the San Lo-
renzo cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
SUIT CHARGES ISLANDER
IN TOMISLAV SOCIETY
One Member Claims Damages
for Speech of Another

OAKLAND, Aug. 11.-Suit for $4,000
damages for alleged slander was begun
today by Ulaho Jugovieh against BaIdo
Scar both members of the Tomislav
society Jugovich complained that Scar
had falsely said of him that he was
drawing sick benefits from the order
when he had no right to do SO, and that
he should be expelled because of the
fact that he had contagious disease.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
PALO ALTO MINISTER
ACCEPTS OREGON CALL
TSeeeioI Dispoich 10 The Calll

IOpeci0I Dispdich 10 ne ali
PALO ALTO. Aug. Ito accept
call to the second largest church of
oregon, Rev. II. w. Davis resigned
from the Baptist church today. He
has been the pastor here for three
years. His resignation has been ac-
cepted-
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Marriage Licenses

oAKLANDt Aug. 1.-THE following marriage
licenses were issued today:
Floyd ". Mcneil 2a San Francisco and Rsva
Rae Raymond. -. Oakland.
Glenn H.. Willis, 30, and Eleanor o. Stanley
%. both of Oakland; George :. Levy. 24 and
Hortense T. Davis. Is both of Oakland: Ernest
Martin. 80. and Margaret D.. kohler. 20 both of
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
cARPENTER RREAKs

CARPENTER BREAKS LEG-Haywsrd. Aug.
Il---Caught in the sudden collapse OF the
roof Of building which he demolishing
10 B street Main. b. A. Moody, a car
penter. sustained triple fracture of his
right leg. He was removed TO his home
where Drs. G. Z. ReynoIds and w. s. Ciark
sA&Ssssd the fractures.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-10-21

magnificent lot of cattle in prime con.
dltion. One steer weighed in close to
zooo pounds, and others tipped the
oeam at nearly the same figures. The
top price was paid for the consignment,
the total considerating running up be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000.
5. j. Sincock has sold the Horse
spring coulee homestead he has ex-
listed on for years to eastern parties.
Rumor does not give the figures he re-
celved, yet no matter how great they
were not too large to repay him for
the time and labor put upon the place.
The Riverside Argus, from which the
DIT OF news is CLEANED, states that Mr.
Slncock contemplates going into some
line OF business at Tonasket May he
ilnd Hing at trade easier and more
profitable than dry ranching.
Frank Wilson is putting corns on his
hands doing the annual assessment
work on some mining claims located in
the mountains west of, and not far
from, town, he owns in conjunction
with w. f. Buzzard. The showing en-
courages the owners to push investi-
CATION. The ore exposed shows the
presence of copper, and it also carries
gold. Mr.. Wilson is opening up a
strong lead, and in the course of time
it may yield the owners a comfortable
return on the output of muscle and
money.
Hon. Chas. +. Myers and DR.. r. p.
Moore, of Davenport, spent last Friday
night in Oroville, on their way to the
wilds of the mountains, west of Loomis,
after big game They were fitted out
to stay for week or ten days, and
selected good field for sport, provid-
ing they 60 back far enough in the
hills. Both gentlemen are old time
and popular residents of Davenport
and Lincoln county. Mr.. Myers has
served his county faithfully and ably
in the state senate, and DIR. Moore, who
is very successful physician, has a
very large practice.
j. V. Richards stopped over in Oro-
vile Sunday night on the way to his
home at Spokane from trip to the
tungsten claims, near Cathedral peak,
far up in the mountains west of Loom
is. Mr.. Richards is mining engineer
and expert, and his operations in the
past several years have carried him
into most of the mining districts from
British Columbia to Mexico. He has
had both theoretical teaching and the
training of practical experience, and
stands high in the line of business he
follows. The writer has known Mr..
Richards since he was child, and it
was much pleasure to find grown up
from the amiable, likeable lad a fine
specimen of manly man, well balanced
and mentally equipped to take part in
the battle of life.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-10-21
CHURCH NOTICES.

{ 'AIHoLlC CHURCH services will be held
~ in Oroville the first Sunday of every month
sunday school at p. IN every Sunday.
REV. A. CoUFFRANT, S. j., Pastor.
pkESBITERIAN CHURCH services every
L Sunday evening at o'clock. Sunday school
at 10 II. m.
REV, H. NJ. COURSE, Pastor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

takes care of a large herd OF oxen
every winter. which he fattens; he
milks six or eight cows. grooms five
horses, keeps their stables in tiptop
shape, greases the harness and does
hundred other odd things about the
barn.
AS a machinist his neighbors, With
all their good sight. can hardly excel
the blind man. He has large gaso-
line engine and steam threshing ma.
chine on his farm, and when he and
his father go to a neighbors farm to
thresh grain Stephen either handles
the sheaves. putting them upon the
platform ready for the feeder. or at.
tends to the grain bags.
On one occasion some accident hap
pened and the engine would not work.
The father looked at every valve and
bolt. but it was no use. Then they
called Stephen He crawled under the
engine. and with his fingers began to
feel and with a hammer he kept on
tapping on the various parts. Sudden
ly his fingers felt something and his
ears told him by the sound that he
had the part that was defective. Five
minutes later the engine was operat-
ing the threshing machine and Steph.
en- was carrying away grain bags
again
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Dean Of Missouri University Says
That Biblical Scribe Went In
for News Of Crime.

Kansas City. Mo.-Addressing the
Ministers alliance Of Kansas City on
the Faith of a Journalist" Walter
Williams, dean of the School Of Jour
nalism at Missouri university. spoke
of the similarity Of the Bible to the
modern newspapers.
THE best journalist with whose
work ] am acquainted" said Mr.. VIII
liams. was Moses He was the first
great editor. You plead for the pub
lication of the good only and the beau
tiful in your favorite daily journal. 1t
was an earlier people. not wiser one.
who cried. 'prophesy unto us smooth
things.
I'm a single slight book of the fve
which Moses edited. book. the con-
tents of which would not occupy q
half page IN to-day's newspaper. Moses.
the first great editor. gave more
criminal news and that more graphic
ally than to-day's newspapers would
dare report-the disobedience Of
Adam: the drunkenness Of Noah; the
faisehoods of Abraham; the iniquity
Of the whole city OF Sodom; the vile
ness Of Schechem. the son of Hamori; /;
the wickedness Of Judah. with Tamar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
BLIND FARMER WINS

corner. and he is hitched to our ice
wagon"
How do you know that. Stephen?"
asks a man who was watching him
closely.
why, l can tell the horses foot
steps as well as you can some peo-
pies. have five horses on my farm.
and can tell you which when /
hear them walk or trot."
do you drive. too?"
Sure. Ask the landlord here. He
will tell you that come to town
every day. and on Saturdays | drive
over every bit of street there is in
town. and | can tell you every street
corner and doorstep. for | sell ice
cream to most all of the residents
People can't understand how get
along. but somehow, II my feet could
talk and my ears explain. and my nose
corroborate. might be able to tell
you in exact words how distinguish
between Johns and Samuel's horses.
on the other side Of the street"
Mr.. Mellinger is probably the most
wonderful farmer in the state. He
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, II not Remedied In
Time.
INSOMNIA


Experiments satisfied me, some s
years ago." writes a Topeka woman,
shat coffee was the direct cause of the
Insomnia from which / suffered ter
ribly. as well as the extreme nervous
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life most painful thing for me.
Il had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But 1t was, and the time came
when / had to face the fact, and pro-
tect myself. therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
Il began to note Improvement in my
condition very soon after / took on
Postum The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely. and 1t was a matter of
only few weeks before found N.Y.
self entirely relieved-the nervousness
passed away, my digestive apparatus
was restored to normal efficiency. and
/ began to sleep, restfully and peace
fully.
These happy conditions have con-
tinued during all Of the years, and 1
am safe In saying that owe them en-
tirely to Postum, for when I began to
drink 1t l ceased to use medicine"
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville, in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
are Eenui.e. true. aad fuli Of Au.s.
interest. =
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Childish Inference.

Little Julia was taking her after
noon walk with her mother. Her at
tention was attracted for the first time
to large church edifice on one of the
street corners.
"Oh, mother!" she exclaimed
whose nice big house is that?v
THAT. Julia. is Gods house." ex
planned the mother.
Some time later It happened that
the child was again taken by the
church, this time on Sunday evening
when services were in progress
Julia. noticing the brilliantly lighted
windows. drew her own conclusions.
''Oh. look. mother she called out,
God must be having party"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Moses First Great Editor

the woman in black. who sat by the
roadside. o.
The best reporter with whose work
! am acquainted was Luke. His story
has the characteristics of the best re.
porting-clearness. vividness, truthful
ness. facts In due proportion. human
interest His Christmas story has
Just now been read the world around.
The whole Bible is indeed a model
OF good journalism. 1t interprets the
facts of everyday life. How full it is
OF the details Of biography. the per.
sonal gossip. II you please. | confess
TO fascination for the details of bi.
ography. the news about people,"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Large Hairy Worm In Enormous Mum
bers Is Destroying Pasturage
over Large Areas.

Washington. Larger and more
hairy than the army worm and ap-
pearing In enormous numbers. entire
ly destroying the pastures over large
areas In the west, new caterpillar
pest is being fought by the govern
ment Chief Entomologist Howard
says the new insect alarmist has been
known before simply to collectors. but
never as a crop pest or forage pest.
that 1t has appeared for two years In
succession and that while there IL q
chance that It win go away. I'VE
have discovered no parasites and no
disease SO far" Its chosen territory
is northwestern New Mexico. south
eastern Colorado. extreme western
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
BID ON SHADOWS, GET GIRL
Nice Lunch Thrown In" at Unique
New Jersey Church Entertainment
Much Cash Melted.

New Egypt. N. J.-How would you
like to bid on shadow and get girl.
with delicious lunch thrown in X
That is what happened at a UNIQUE
entertainment in the Presbyterian
church the other night, and not a
single complaint has been heard of
any Of the bidders failing to get their
moneys worth, either in girl or lunch.
The entertainment was arranged by
the church and School Improvement
association and announcement of its
features had aroused keen interest
and lot OF guessing. At the church
the shadows Of the girls were thrown
upon screen and the fellow who bid
the highest got the girl for the rest of
the evening.
OF course, there were some bidders
who fancied that they were fully
aware OF what. they were bidding on
since they had evidently become IA.
miliar with certain shadows In dimly.
lit parlors: but there were some lively
surprises for all that and the fun was
at high tension. A large sum was net
ted for the church and the Improve
ment association.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
President TAFT on pIscon,ent.

President Taft, In one of his ad.
dresses to the farmers of Florence, N
c.. told story about discomfort.
mo man." he said, "can really un.
derstand chronic discomfort after hav.
ing eaten one Of those famous pine
stews of North Carolina. Chronic dis
content does, however. exist Now
and then we find a case or two among
farmers when the weather goes wrong
"'Ah. yes, Joseph. you have cause
to complain lawyer said to a farm
er. The harvest has been very bad
no doubt OF that But you should re-
member that Providence cares for all,
and even the birds of the air are pro
vided for
YES said the discontented farm.
er. SO they are-off my potatoes, -
Washington Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Why does Great Britain buy Its
oatmeal Of us7


Certainly It seems like carrying
Goals to Newcastle to speak of export
Ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company sends
hundreds of thousands of cases OF
Quaker Oats to Great Britain and
Europe.
The reason is simple; while the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically. and active
mentally OF all people. the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to improve the methods of
manufacture so that he might get that
desirable foreign trade.
How well he has succeeded would
be seen at glance at the export re-
ports of Quaker Oats This brand 10
recognized as without a rival in clean.
liness and delicious flavor 81
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
HER WEIGHT INCREASED
FROM 100 TO lao POUNDS.
Wonderful Praise Accorded
Perunathe Household Remedy

Mrs. Marin Goertz, orienta, Okla
homa, writes:
'My husband, children and myself
have used your medicines, and we al
ways keep them in tn house in case OF
necessity. j was restored to health by
this medicine, and DR.. Hartman's in
valuable advice and books. People ask
about me from different places, and arc
surprised that can do all of my house
work alone, and that 1 was cured by the
doctor of chronic catarrh. My husband
was cured of asthma, my daughter of
earache and catarrh of the stomach, and
my son of catarrh of tho throat. When
was sick weighed 100 pounds; now 1
weigh 40.
81 have regained my health again, and
I cannot thank you enough for your
advice. May God give you long life
and bless your work."
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
ExceIs as Handler and Shrewd
Trader of Horses.
In Spite Of Total Loss Of Sight He
10 Able to Do as Many Things as
Average Man, and Do Them
Well.

Denver, Col.-Stephen Mellinger is
a young farmer who lives near this
town and who sees things by a new
light. More people stop and talk with
him than with any other person who
comes to town. He is 23 years old
and is totally blind: yet he sees. or at
least his other senses have been SO
strengthened. that he gets along about
as well as do men with full vision.
Mellinger lost his sight when he
was three years old, while playing
with hatchet, which rebounded, the
edge cutting into one of his eyes. The
sight was soon gone in this eye, and
after year of suffering the other eye
was 80 affected that its vision van
ished also
boy hardly realized what 1t was to be
blind. and to-day he says he does not
mind the loss of his sight at all
by years of practice" he says. II
have adjusted my life to blindness.
am doing about everything my broth
er and sister can do My neighbors
can tell you how well do 1t, too.
Yes: l walk to Denver. half a mile
distant. practically every day. go
half the distance on the railroad
tracks. My hearing tells me just
where ! am. Every step take has a
different sound to me. When | tread
upon this tie know how far away
from home l am. When / get to the
place where turn upon the public
road. leading to the center of the
town, somehow can't explain Just
how and why-but ! am able to tell
by the sound my shoes make that
] have to stop and turn in another d.
rection.
When get to town can tell
where the stores are. who are the
owners and what is sold there. My
sense OF smell tells me at once when
] get in front Of the hotel or when
enter cigar store or the corner
grocery. My brother is butcher, and
occasionally help him in much of the
work, and the surroundings are SO i'm
pressed on my mind that you can't
fool me when get in front of q
butcher shop. no matter where It is
Suddenly Mellinger said: There
comes one Of our horses around the
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Coughs up Needle.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Surgeons at Kittan-
ming. Pa. had placed Norman Barnett,
the little son Of George Barnett, on the
operating table the other day to cut
out his appendix but Just as the knife
was ready .he lad was seized with fit
OF coughing, which cured him. He
coughed up a needle. which is believed
to have caused his illness. He is rap
Idly recovering.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
Another Farm Pest in West

Oklahoma. northwestern Texas. and
probably southwestern Kansas
The department OF agriculture is
urging an appropriation for investi-
eating another forage pest. a weevil,
that has come up within the past year,
apparently imported from Europe, no
one knows how. it is said. which de-
stroys the alfalfa crops In Utah.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

New York.-For falling to cut the
weeds. brush and grass along the right
Of way in Smithtown, L. l.. Jury has
given a verdict of $4,000 against the
Long Island railroad. The damages
asked totaled $4,000. covering two
years. The suit was the first brought
under the forest. fish. and game laws
enacted in 1900.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

WIN uncle joe Cannons vehicle
tnefe
appointing house committee
er and M Banger
men friendly his of the
lhefeoe Mr. Balinger 8 a
ests as
nave @
cae In business
administration.
Aed against him
no gaayng
friend
forester
the
Balnge The tickle
Ices his nation but let the people learn love and
Roosevelt limit
everything
Mr. Balinger native
appointed Of the land in
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
MATCH KING" IN Politics

Ohio Columbus Barber head of the match
trust" and the most prominent citizen of Akron
o.. is out for revenge upon Senator Charles Dick
He has challenged that statesman to give public
platform explanation OF what he means by stand
ing pat" certain tariff schedules OF the tariff
bill and why he isn't for government control Of
railroads
The match king" is nursing grudge of 20
years standing against Dick. Dick county au-
ditor, sued him. manufacturer for 100000 back
taxes and the match king had to transfer the resi-
dence of his Ohio person to Illinois to fight the
suit. The match king" chased from his
tive city.
Il giving nt he &1nn n00 for hack which he
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

claimed classed a "hghwad."
a
which
n
millions did.
is a
1851 1881 combination
then match king"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
sPAIN's MINISTER RECALLED

The marquis de Villalobar. Spanish minister
to Washington. has been transferred to Lisbon"
This brief dispatch sent by the Associated Press
from Madrid caused stir in diplomatic and state
department circles coming. 1t did. on the heels
OF story that the marquis had considered him.
self insulted by President Taft
The marqus is said to have taken exception to
the new rule which separates the ministers from
the ambassadors and to have felt such annoyance
that he has reported to Madrid.
The president, with members Of his cabinet.
ceived the ambassadors behind an inclosure roped
on from the passageway in which the min
listers. The marquis desired to pass back of the
inclosure and different versions of what occurred
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
HARD FIGHT FOR BALLINGER

Richard Achilles Ballinger. secretary Of the In
terror. has prepared to put up the greatest fight
OF his career. When Clifford Pinchot threw down
the gauntlet and forced President Taft to oust him
as forester he did not make things easier for Mr..
Ballinger. With Pinchot In office Ballinger felt
that he could do less harm than II he free to
express his opinions openly as he is out of
the governments employ.
Consequently Mr. Ballinger recognized at once
that his fight with Pinchot became all the harder
when Pinchot wrote the letter to Senator Dolliver
that brought about his discharge. Pinchot is now
placed In the position of prosecuting witness
against Ballinger. and when he goes the stand
before the congressional investigating committee
he will not be merely a government witness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28


magnitude Twenyseven
Of the
and
earth after 1t
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28
WAR OVER HALLEY'S COMET
Prof. Percival Lowell. who wat

Prof. Percival Lowell. who watches the stars
from Lowell observatory, Flagstaff Ariz., has
started astronomical controversy that bids fair
to put the Cook-Peary bitterness in the candy
class.
Prof. Lowell smiled when 1t suggested to
him that Halley's comet now the big thing in the
skies, might wreck the earth. "Halley's comet
will in all human probability not affect the earth
In this way" Prof. Lowell replied.
Then he proceeded to elucidate his now con
troverted theory of the earth's finish In the melt.
ing pot of the Floating around somewhere
in the ether is dead. cold Icy star which is ruuh.
ing toward the EARTH Prof. Lowell theories II
may take millions Of years to get here, the uni
verse is vast but It is on itR way. Prof Lowell
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28


The marquis the Declares About
number important between Spain Portugal replied
be
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-01-28

o has
but
already has
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

is known as the Flag River
road to a point on that roa.
about 18O rods from the north
line of Section 35-5O-8, thence
in an easterly direction to the
quarter post on the west line
of section 36-50-8. Thence
east on the quarter line of
said section 36, to the range
line between ranges Z and s.
where it connects with a rail
road grade running in a north
easterly direction. Thence
follow the said grade to where
it intersects with the estab-
lished highway from Lenewee
to Herbster. Thence north
along said last mentioned
highway to a point where the
same connects with the coun-
ty road between said village
Of Herbster and the village
of Cornucopia.
Dated this Oath day of May
1910. Frick Johnson.
Upon motion County Clerk
was authorized to secure maps
and plats showing County
highway system as required
by law.
Continued next weekly