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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
HOLIDAYS in the States.

Washington's birthday is a holiday
in all states. Decoration day in all
states but Florida, Georgia, Louisiana.
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Labor
day is observed everywhere. Virtu'
ally every state has legal holidays
having to do with it's own special at
fairs-battle of New Orleans in Louis.
lana, Texan independence and battle
of San Jacinto in Texas, Admission
day in California, and so on. Missis-
sipri is like the federal government
in lack of statutory holidays, but by
common consent Independence day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas are OBJ
served. A new one is Columbus day
in a few of the states.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
An Unnecessary Confession.

A hearty laugh was occasioned a
the Birmingham police court by a pris
oner who gave himself away in a very
delightful manner. The mar was the
first on the list, and the charge against
him was merely one Of being drunk
and disorderly. He stepped into the
dock, however. just at the moment
when the dock officer was reading out
a few Of the cases which were to CONS
before the court that morning, and
guilty conscience apparently led hin
20 mistake these items fer a list of hi,
previous convictions.
He stood passive enough while thu
officer read out about a dozen drum
and disorderlies, but when he came t.
n "shopbreaking' the prisoner ex
claimed eXcitedly, THAT was eigh'
years ago, your honor" Everyone be
gan to laugh, and the prisoner, realiz
ing the blunder he had made, at frs
looked very black indeed, but finally
saw the humorous side of the matter
and a broad smile spread over his face
His blunder did not cost anything
Birmingham Mail.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
TWO Very Old Ladies.

We have heard a great deal lately
about lOng-lived people. but it is prob
able that the oldest two people in the
world today are Frau Dutkievitz and
another Old lady named ~Babavaslika.
The former lives at Posem, in Prus-
sian Poland, and was bern on Febru-
airy 21, 1885. She is therefore one
hundred and twenty-five years old.
The latter, however. is nine months
her senior, having been born in May,
1884.
She is still a fairly hale old woman,
and for nearly one hundred years
worked in the fields. Her descendants
number close on 100. and these now
make her a joint allowance. She lives
at the village Of Bavelsko, whose
~re:ghborhood she has never quilted
during the whole CT her long life. She
remembers events which happened at
the beginning of last century much
more clearly than those of the last
10 years.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Too Ardent Z Lover.

CeOrgOttO FOntanO, an em~broidercr
who lives in the Rue Sevrcs in Paris,
has found herself condemned to a
months Imprisonment for what seems
TO her a harmless act.
She was going home from a concert
a few evenings s when she decided
she would like to see her fiance. AS
he happens to be a fireman whose
station is in her W neighbOrhOOd it
occurred to her it would be very easy
to summon him to her side by break
ing the glass of the fire alarm and
sounding a call.
She did so anr In a few moments
fire engines came from several direc-
tons, all laden with firemen, of course,
but alas. her fiance was not among
them, and more than that all the fire
men were angry, and before she knew
what had happened she was taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true love run unsmoothly
by sending her to prison for a month
in spite of her tears and protests that
she thought it would DE a simple way
Of bringing her fiance to her side.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Vivid at Least,

Or. Hiram c. Cortlandt, the we'll
known theologian Of Des Moines, said
in a recent address:
'ThOmas A. Edison tells us that he
thinks the soul is not immortal; but,
after all, what does This great wizard
know about souls? His forte is cleo
tricity and machinery. and when he
talks of souls he reminds me ~irresist-
IDLY of the young lady WHO visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and then
told how q locomotive is made.
You pour she said, "a lot of sand
into a lot Of boxes, and you throw old
stove lids and things into a furnace,
and they you empty the molten stream
into a hole in the sand, and everybody
yells and wears. Then you pour it
out and let it cool and pound it, and
then you put it in a thing that bores
holes in it. Then you screw 1t to-
gether, and paint it, and put steam in
it, and it goes splendidly; and they
take it to a drafting DON and make
a bluep rint Of it. But one thing I for
got-they have to make a boiler. One
man gets inside and one gets outside,
and they pound f~rightfully; and then
they tie it to the other thing, and you
ought to see it go!'"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Mot AItoccther Dead,

Mr.. Robert Butter of Marlborough,
England, has had the peculiar expe-
rience of hearing his death announc-
ed. He was attending the poor aw
conference at Exeter when n Of
the delegates moved that, in conse-
Quence of the death Of Mr.. Butler,
which they all regretted, another gen
tlenan. whom he named. should be
appointed to fill his place as one of
the representatives Of Wiltshire or
the central committee. Mr.. Butler
rose from his place on the platform
n announced to the conference,
amid much amusement. that, SO far
as he was aware, he was still alive
and in good health. ard would be
pleased to continue in the office if the
conference desired.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
PLANTING Wcddinu Oaks,

Princess August Wilhelm, wife OF
the kaiser's fourth son, has set herself
the task of reviving one of Germany's
Oldest customs, that according to which
newly welded couples Immediately af.
ter the marriage ceremony plant a cou
pie Of oak saplings side by side in q
park or by the roadside of their ma
tive town.
The town of Mulchausen, In Thurin
gia, is the first to respond to the prin
cess appeal. A municipal off cial ap
pears at the church door after every
wedding and invites the bride and
bridegroom to drive with him in a car
riage to a new road neal the town and
there plant oak saplings.
Tho tree planting idea was started
by a former elector Of Brandenburg
with the object of repairing the raw
ages caused by the 80 years war. This
elector forbade young persons to mar
~ until they had planted a number Of
fruit trees.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Bankers and Bank Notes,

Four men, three of whom were con-
nected with brokerage concerns in the
Wall street district, We're discussing
United States paper currency and the
disappearance Of cOunterfeits. I'VE
are SO sure nOWadays.' said one Of
the party, "as TO the g~enuineness of
bills that little attention is paid to
them in handling, except as to de-
nomination." To prove his assertion
he took 2 $40 yellowback from his
pocket, and, holding it up. asked who
could tell whose portrait it bore. No
enc knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said it was the first treas
urer of the United States. Again no
me knew the anne why, It's
Michael Eillegas,' said the man
proudly. Put in confidence, III tell
you, l didn't know it five minutes
ago."-New York Tribune.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Raise Bond for Oietz.

Ia Crosse, Wis, Dec. 19.-As the re-
suit of personal solicitation Of Miss
Myra Dietz, daughter of John Dietz,
the "outlaW of Cameron DAM" BUSH
ness men of Bangor, Wis, here today
pledged themselves in writing to fur
nish $4,000 for her fathers bail, enough
to secure his freedom on tn. three re.
naming counts against him.
The bonds will be signed as soon as
formally drafted. The signers are al!
village merchants who have ENJOYED
the hospitality of the Dietz family dur,
ing the hunting season.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30

hospital and at the risk Of death be cut.
Plain common sense shows the better way
Is to stop food that evidently has not been
digested.
Then, when food is required, use an easily
digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other if
you know it to be predigested (partly digested
before taking).
We brought to Court analytical chemists
from New York, Chicago and Mishawaka, Ind,
WkO sWOre to the analysis of Grape-Nuts and
that part Of the starchy part of the wheat and
barley had been transformed into sugar, the
kind Of sugar produced in the human body by
digesting starch the large part Of food).
Some of the State chemists brought on by
the weekly" said Grape-Nuts could not be
called a 'predigested" food because not all of
it was digested outside the body.
The other chemists said any food which had
been partly or half digested outside the body
was commonly known as "predigested."
Splitting hairs about the meaning of a word.
1t is sufficient that if only one-half of the
food is "predigested," it is easier on weakened
stomach and bowels than food in which no
part is predigested.
To show the facts we introduce DR.. Thos.
Darlington. former chief Of the N. Y. Board
of Health, DR.. Ralph w. Webster, chief of the
Chicago Laboratories, and DR.. B. Sachs, N. Y.
If We were a little severe in our denuncia-
ton of a writer, self-confessed ignorant about
appendicitis and its cause, it is possible the
public will excuse us, in view of the fact that
our head, Mr.. c. W.. Post, has made a lifetime
study Of food, food digestion and effects, and
the conclusions are Endorsed by many of the
best medical authorities of the day.
Is it possible that we are at fault for
suggesting. as a Father and Mother might, to
one of the family who announced a pain in the
side: stop using the food. greasy meats,
gravies. mince pie. cheese. too much starchy
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Largest Of Whales.

The largest whale of it's type Of
which there Is scientific record was
captured recently off Port Arthur,
Tex. He measured sixty-three feet
in length, and was estimated to be
about three hundred years old. Cap
tain Cob Plummer. mate of a United
States pilot boat, sighted the monster
in the shoals off the %jetties, and the
crew of his vessel captured the man.
ma. The huge body was towed ashore,
exhibited and much photographed be-
fore being cut UP.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
An Alaskan Luncheon,

Runners of woven Indian b~asketry,
with white drawnwork doilies at each
Of the - covers, were used on an oval
mahogany table. The doilies were
made at Sitka. In the middle OF the
table a mirror held a tall central vase
CT frosted GLASS, surrounded by four
smaller vases, all filled with white
spring blossoms. The edge Of the
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles We're placed
On dCilies in the angles made by the
runners.
Place cards were water colors Of
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
sailed nuts. and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons were
of horn, several Of the dishes used
we're made by Alaskan Indians, and
the cakes were served on baskets.
The menu was as follows: Poisson
a la Boring Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po-
tatoes %Julienne). snowbirds avec
a~uroraborealis troast duck with jelly,
Shungnak river %turnips. Tanana
teets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on individual dishes around a
central mound Of powdered sugar.,
arctic slices (brick ice cream, Circle
City delights (small cakes, Klondike
nuggets yellow cheese in round balls
on ~crackers), Nome firewater {coffee).
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Rat Bounty Excites Merriment.

Seattle, fearing the introduction of
bubonic plague by rats, has offered a
bounty of ten cents a rat. This moves
Tacoma, safe from infection from the
sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led
ger says hat the bounty, though not
intended for rodents Of Tacoma,
Everett, %Bellingham and other popu
ious and busy %centers, has been find
ing it's way into the pockets of nom
residents of Seattle for nonresident
rats. But the joke would be on us if
it were found that our rat popula-
ton had found its way into the Seat
tie census"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
English Women Smoke Pipes.

The latest fancy Of the woman
smoker is a pipe-not the tiny affair
that suf1ices for the Japanese, but a
gOOd-siZed brier or a neat meer-
schaum. The pipe is boldly carried
along with a gold card case and chain
purse. For some time now the Gig
arctic has given place to a cigar,
small in size and mild in quality.
Women said they were tired of the
cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke.
Mail.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
JARS new YORK
GAS AND DYNAMITE EXPLODE IN
POWER HOUSE-THlRTEEN
KNOWN DEAD.
MANY PERSONS MISSING
Shock Wrecks Fire Station and Delay
ed Prompt HeIp-Tro!!ey Car
Filled With Students Blown
From Track.

New York, Dec. 19.-At $3.50 this af-
ternoon it was ascertained that thir-
teen persons lost their lives, fifty were
injured n 1000 people badly shaken
up in the explosion of the car lighting
gas tanks and dynamite in the new
SiX-story power station of the New
York Central railroad, under course of
construction, at Fifteenth and LeXing-
ton avenues today.
Nine bodies have been recovered and
the bodies of foul Workmen are be-
lieved to be in the wreckage. A trolley
car filled with high school students
was blown from the tracks on LeXing-
ton avenue. Four passengers were
killed and others We're injured. Fire
Chief Crocker says that in his opinion
the first explosion was that of light
ing gas and the second explosion that
of a hundred weight of dynamite which
lay within fifty feet of the gas tank.
New York, Dec. 19.-Twelve persons
We're killed, two Of them women, and
thirty We're injured in a double eX-
plosion Of gas and dynamite in the
new electric power house Of the New
York Central railroad shortly after 5
o'clock this morning.
lbC AoIOt VI lIt CAijitsltIi SiIttlltI -
cd hundreds of windows in the big
hotels Il apartment houses in tha
~neiShboring blocks near the big rail-
road terminal causing great alarm
among the guests.
The dynamite blast picked w q
northbound trolley car. lifted it into
air and sent it crashing down upon an
automobile which was passing along
Va tf,@ ~;1 g 49, ~
the passengers We're killed and every
one in the car was injured.
The railroad service was temporarily
Interrupted. The new s~ub-station
power house. where the EXPLOSION oc-
Cured, is at Fiftieth street and Lex
ington avenue, which is half a dozen
blocks north of the Grand Central
station.
The shock which could be felt for
many blocks partly wrecked a fire en-.
CINE house nearby II prevented the
tiremen from getting their apparatus
into the street.
The power house, which is built Of
stone and brick and six stories high,
caught fire after the explosion and the
interior was practically burned OUT.
Just what caused the double explosion
probably may never be known.
Officials of the railroad learned that
there were many WOrkmen in the
building at the time of the explosion,
and that very few of them had beer
accounted for. In a Bible Teachers
Training school on Lexington avenue,
directly opposite the power house, 125
men and women who were on Their,
way to breakfast were thrown to the
floor by the blast. Many of the men
and women We're injured and several
of them We're taken to hospitals. All!
the windows in the building wers
clown in and the ceiling fell.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
ljuhtnjnu Change.

The Manager-Can you make quick
changes and double in a few parts?
The ActOY-Can |? Say, you know
the scene in Love and Lobsters,"
where the hero and the villain are
fighting, and a friend ruslles in and
separates 'em? Well, | played all
three parts one night when the other
two fellows were i'll.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Grand Forks Man Drops Dead.

Grand Forks, \. d., Dec. 19.-AIar.
tin Lynch of his city, one of the best
known men of Grand Forks and the
owner of several farms in this section
OF the Red river valley, dropped dead
at n of his farms, four miles north
of Granville this morning. He had
been making an inspection of some O,
the farm buildings and had lust on.
tered the farm house when he toprled
over lea Heart failure was the
cause.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Takes Himself Seriously.

Nicola Tesla, dining by himself in a
hotels great dining room, takes a
table where he al be seen. Through.
out his meal he wears a deeply stu.
dious, a completely absorbed, attitude.
He may bring to the table a portfolio
filled with papers. These he may
scan with prolonged solemnity. In
any event, he sits an eloquent tableav
of prOfundity.-New York Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
That Suit for Libel
Against the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd, Gave a Splendid Chance
t. Bring Out Facts

A disagreement about advertising arose
with a weekly" Journal.
Following it, an attack on us appeared in
their editorial columns; sneering at the claims
we made particularly regarding Appendicitis.
We replied through the regular papers and
the weekly" thought We hit back rather too
hard and thereupOn sued for libel.
The advertisement the "weekly' attacked
us about claimed that in many cases of appen-
dicitis an operation could be avoided by dis
continuing indigestible food. washing out the
bowels and taking a predigested food Grape
Nuts.
Observe We said MANY cases not all.
Wouldn't that knowledge be a comfort to
those who fear a surgeons knife as they fear
death?
The weekly writer said that was a lie.
We replied that he was ignorant of the facts.
He was put on the stand and compelled to
admit he was not a DR.. and had no medical
knowledge Of appendicitis and never investi-
gated to find out if the testimonial letters to
our Co. We're genuine.
A famous surgeon testified that when an
operation was required Grape-Nuts would not
obviate it. True.
We never claimed that when an operation
was required GrapeNuts would prevent it.
The surgeon testified bacteria rgeTms1 help
ed to bring on an attack and bacteria was
grown by undigested food frequently.
We claimed and proved by other famous
experts that undigested food was largely
responsible for appendicitis.
We showed by expert testimony that many
cases are healed without a knife, but by stop
ping the use of food which did not digest, and
when food was required again it was helpful
to use a predigested food which did not over
tax the weakened organs of digestion.
When a pain In the right side appears 1t Is
not always necessary to be rushed off to a
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
Looks Like Trouble.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 19.-The
former United States gunboat Hornet
reported to have been purchased by
Honduras revolutionists, cleared from
this port at 1890 this forenoon fol-
Cape Gracias with q crew of twenty
men, 200 tons Of coal and provisions
for thirty days. Included among the
crew are several men who are said tc
have been connected with previous fiji.
clustering expeditions directed agains;
the Central American republic.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30
New Parliament Unclaimed.

London, Dec. 19.-New parliament is
complete with exception Of three seats
which are being contested today. In
only one of these constituencies, Wick
burghs, in Scotland. for which the sit
ting member, r. Munro, is a liberal,
- there any possibility Of a change,
and so the house Of will be
made up of 272 or 273 u~nionists, go
or 271 liberals, eighty-four Irish ma
tionalists. and forty-three labor mem.
berS,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-12-30

food. etc, etc, which has not been digested,
then when again ready for food use Grape
NUTS because it is easy Of digestion?'
Or should the child be at once carted off to
a hospital and cut?
We have known Of many cases wherein the
approaching signs Of appendicitis have dis
appeared by the suggestion being followed.
NO one better appreciates the value of a
shilful physician when a person is in the awful
throes of acute appendicitis, but IAN ounce
of prevention is worth a pound Of cure
Just plain old common sense is helpful even
nowadays.
This trial demonstrated Grape-Nuts food
is pure beyond question.
It IS partly predigested.
Appendicitis generally has rise from undi-
gested food.
1t is not always necessary to operate.
It is best to stop al food. |
When ready to begin feeding use a predi-
gested food
1t is palatable and strong in Nourishment.
1t will pay fine returns in health to quit the
heavy breakfasts and lunches and use less
food but select food certainly known to con-
tain the elements nature requires to sustain
the body. May we be permitted to suggest a
breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts and cream,
two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and
cocoa, milk or Postum?
The question of whether Grapc-Nuts does or
does not contain the elements which nature
requires for the nourishment of the brain, also
of its purity, will be treated in later news
paper articles.
Good food is important and it's effect on the
body is also important.
"There's a Reason"
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd.
Battle Crock. Mich.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-03-13

for several years, leaves this MORN
ing for Indiana where he will re-
main a week or so with his par
ents. He will then continue on
to New York where he contem-
plates engaging in the bond BUSH
ness.
Frank Golden, of dollar for dol
lar fame, president of the Nye and
Ormsby county bank, the North
Star Tunnel and Development COM
pany and the Rescue Consolidated
Mining company, arrived yesterday
from Reno. The nature of his
visit is unknown as Mr. Golden did
not call at this office and tell us
about his business.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-03-13
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
PALACE HOTEL

Mrs. r. Jones, Round Mountain;
Charles Mccartney, Goldfield; X. G.
Haviland, city; j. A. Murphy, San
Francisco; P. M. Cheney and wife,
Manhattan; G. w. Saultes, H. A.
Solomon, San Francisco; G. Kohl
man, Pioneer; Charles H. Reeves,
Goldfield; Jim Smith, California.
MIZPAH HOTEL.
w. B. Bray, w. H. Robinson, San
Francisco; w. T. Virgin, F. B.
Mechling, E. A. Byler, R. G. Weth-
ers, H. G. Mayer, Goldfield; Frank
HHolden, H. A. Jordan, Reno; H.
Davis, Wonder; H. T. Moore, Oak
land; Thomas s. Carnahan, Liber-
ty; E. B. Cushman, Round Noun,
tain, Mrs. w. X. Dunbar. Millett
HOTEL MANHATTAN.
Ben Harrison, Millers; c. b
House, city; James Fitzgerald, +
F. Lewis. Goldfield;J. B. Snyder
Reno; John Goible, Sacramento;
Albert Farman. Portland, j. V
Burge, Aspen. Colo; G. r. Drake
Manhattan: ]. p. Fayer, Spokane