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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-08
School Report.

Report of Mud Level school
for the third month. Mum Der in
attendance, %; per cent. of at.
tendance; females, SO; males, 81.
Those attending every day OF
month: Gertrude Gelvin, EN- ma
Gelvin, Vlrgie GeIvin, Nellie
North, Cula and Maize Ritchey,
Donald and Roger Cline, Luster
and William Sheffield, Clarence
Gelvin, Jere Cook, Ralph Drewett
Frank Drewett, James and Harry
Sheffield, Charles Bosenb berry
Myrtle Stevens, teacher.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-08

Mice and matches are suppos.
ed to be responsible for tre at
Shellsburg few days ago on the
mill property Of Samuel Whet-
stone which destroyed feed
mill, sawmill, and cider press
entaiIing loss Of over $1,000 with
no insurance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-08

Mrs. Grove Keefer, (Annie Ken
dalD of Chambersburg came over
last SATURDAY. and is spending
this week IN the of her mother,
Mrs. Margaret Kendall In the
Cove.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-08
DECEMBER 8, 1910
Church Notices.

Announcements tor Sunday, Dec
IL, 1910
HUsToNTowN, NJ, +. CHARGE.
L. W. MEG arvey, Pastor.
Center-Sunday school $3.50.
Preaching, 1890.
Fairview Sunday school 200.
Preaching 300.
Hustontown-Sunday school 200.
Epworth League, 700.
Preaching 1880.
HUsToNTowN, U. B. CHARGE,
f. H. Swank, pastor.
Bethel-Preaching l0:30.
Notwithstanding 1880.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-08
Oysters.

Best Chesapeake Bay Barrelled
oysters direct from beds 70 you,
Send for prices at once.
APsLEy 4 APsLEY.
II II St. Rock Hall, Md.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-08
FARM TOPICS.
CONTINUED from first page.

'eoOst OOt&f &fosaSSaS.Se3 Va WY
other county office.
The farmer should read more;
he should take a daily newspaper.
Education originates from the
farm; the boys and girls are in
the open air. and are close to
nature.
The farm is where all the great
men came from. Eighty five per
cent, came from the farm, where
they received their strength and
ability.
TUESDAY MORNING SESSION.
Corn Breeding by Prof. Men.
ges. The average yield of corn
In Pennsylvania is less than 35
bushels per acre. There are 224,.
600 farms in the State. The av.
erage cost for feed for each farm
amounts to $404.
Corn ears should average ten
inches In length in this sectlon
of the county.
To test seed corn, select and
number the best ears. Take five
or SIX grams from the middle of
each ear, place ia a box of two
inches of good earth marked off
In squares with cord, two inches
square, place one or two grains
in each square and cover with a
damp cloth tor one week. All
that have germinated In that time
are good ears and should be used
for seed corn.
An acre of corn properly plant
ed should contain 5000 stalks.
Winter Eggs, or How to Make
Hens Lay In January by W.Theo.
Whitman.
Use your brains.
Study your chickens as you
would your horses.
Feed young chickens oats,
wheat, and some corn.
Don't keep too many ROSTERS.
Don't trade roosters; it Is bet
ter to ln.breed.
Get rid of chickens that go to
roost at 3 or o'clock In the after
noon, or stay on the roost late in
the morning.
Don't have roosters running
around this time of year.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
A good paper full of common
sense and solid facts "The Farm.
er as citizen" was read by J. l..
Patterson.
Exhaustion and Restoration OF
the Soil by Henry w. Northup.
The soil is the farmers bank.
1t Is not what you have but
what you take care Of that makes
the farmer.
Plough and harrow to hold
moisture.
To hold moisture Is to succeed
In farming.
TUESDAY EVENING SESSION.
The Old Orchard by d. K. Muir
ray.
The old orchard is profitable.
It's at Its prime at ty.five
years. Trim the center of the
tree out, so the sun and air can
get IN.
Farm the old orchard. Ma
nure it. Lime and Sulphur
boiled together will kill the San
Jose Scale, or any fungus dis
ease.
Proportion of 63 lbs. of lime to
125 Of sulphur.
In starting an orchard in new
ground, sow in rye and plant
early in spring.
After the session Mr.. Murray
gave demonstratlon of pruning
In w. F. aart's orchard.
TUESDAY EVENING SESSION.
Song-My Old dKentuckyHom
Recitation by Miss Blanche
Smith.
Necessity of Education for the
Farmer, by d. K. Murray.
The noblest pursuit OF the man
Is the farmer.
The farmers are the founda-
tlons of our country. Give the
boys chance; don't keep them
too close. Give them money to
spend when thev 90 on anouting.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09

tail and go TO work. He was given
n 9O.days' "floater."
z. ]. Welch and George f. Riley
were brought before the court for
trial on the charge OF vagrancy They
were arraigned yesterday and enter
ca pleas of not guilty. They are the
men mixed up with one Charles
johnson, who was brought to the sta
ricn in an unconscious condition, the
officers surmising at the time that
Johnson had been drugged by Wclch
and Riley.
Detective Chambers stated that the
men were discovered In the Arcadia
saloon on lower Tweuty-Afth street
In company with Johnson. and that
ali three men were drunk. Johnson
being worse or than any of them. IL
vas learned, said the officer. tbet
Johnson had not been drugged nor
had he been robbed The men had
no visible means OF support and were
without money. except Welch who
had a Jew dollars
Both OF the defendants testified
That they were in the company of
Johnson Saturday night. and that all
three became considerably intoxicot-
cd. They said they were "out for a
coed time" but that they were not
yagrants. They were given sus.
ycnded sentence Of 40 days and told
10 get To work at something
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
STRENUOUS LIFE OF
UTAH's GUARoSMeN
DRILL al Camp Otis Takes on Con-
ditione That Are Like
Real Warfare.

Camp Otis, Wyo.. Aug S.-The or
der for the night maneuver, which
was to have been held tonight. was
oounlermanded and day problem
substituted, much 10 the JOY OF tn
entire camp. The army Of the reds"
left camp at sunrise and took posi-
tons on the nigh point north OF tao
mountains tho batteries being abso-
lutely hidden among the rocks. The
blue" army left at II o'clock and
had instructions to attempt to pass
along the road TO Cheyenne. But hard
ly had the march commenced when a
volley from the red" battery forced
a thlrty-minutes' penalty on the main
section of the blue" battery The
maneuyering OF both cavalries WAS so
hidden that their destruction by the
mule batteries was impossible. The
infantry companies were marched
hard. but Their work was effective. es-
peclally with the machine gun. The
dough boys' burned up ammunition
ana were engaged for several hours.
Inc hnal move of the mule battery on
practically an open hillside was a
mlstry. but their first volley was ef-
iectlHe The new method OF signal
ing the close of a maseuver with yell
low smoke rockets was inaugnrated.
inc rockets soar hign in the air and
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
BOY HROWN
FRO NJ HIS
BICYCLE

Willie Price, messenger boy,
received heavy fall from bicycle
this morning at the corner of Wash
i1gton avenue and Twenty-ffth street
which rendered him unconscious for a
time and IT was thought that the
boy was seriously injured.
lie was riding his wheel along
Twenty Nth street, when at a point
near the intersection OF Washington
avenue, he ran into a two-wheeled
cart driven by an unknown man The
impact was great and Willie" WAS
thrown from his wheel upon the pave
men.. striking the two-wheeled We.
hiclc as he fell heodlong He struck
The pavement With the right side Of
his head and face and was picked up
IN an unconscious condition.
A little water was brought from
the fountain near by and the boy soon
recovered The result OF the fall was
bruised head and contusions on the
ssde OF the head, over the right eye,
The boy said he was to blame for
tne accident for he was riding care
lessly and did not notice the rig in
t:ont of him He came in contact
with the vehicle from the rear end
and the man driving it did not see
the boy until after the accident
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09

any danger OF sparks setting fire to
the fields along the route 1t is the
only locomotive OF the kind in the
state
The last of the interurban cars is
expected to arrive from the factory
In few days This will give the
company eight interurban cars. There
VIII be four large motor cars. two
city interurban cars and two trailers
lust what kind of schedule will be
maintained on the new line has not
set been determined 1t is probat; c
that trains of two cars, motor car and
trailer, will be run. 1t is believed
That 1t will be possible TO make the
run from Ogden to Brigham in ono
hour and ii this can be done an hour
ly schedule will be used
The Rapid Transit company is ex-
Iecting TO start work this week in
lowering the grade OF the Twenty
second street line between Washing
ton and Adams avenues Because OF
change made by the city council III
the grade of the street 1t is necessary
10 cut down the grade of the track
from one to three feet for the dis
lance of a block. l. is thought that
the work can be done without In any
way interfering with the traffic Of
The Twenty-second street line.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09

The Utah signal corps was the only
militia organization in the engage
ment. it having the distinction Of
working all buzZer and wireless sta
tons for the umpires The boys, prac-
practically recruits at the game. Ger
tainiy made good. The wireless gave
excellent results. The boys erected
equipment and commenced a message
on the wireless and in three minutes
the Utah reel was In action, laying
fifteen miles of wire with horses on
the gallop over all good roads
The latter part of the "0ght' came
close to being fatal, as a storm came
ana the lightning carried high statio
which was quickly destroyed by the
wireless operators. The Utah station
at Point Seven. under command of
Lieutenant Paul Armstrong, was put
out of commission by fash of light
ming owing to the static. Lieutenant
Arm strong disconnected the instru-
ments only n few seconds before n
flesh struck near the wagon, coming
on to the antenae, and striking Oper-
ator w. T. Walsh. knocking him out
OF the instrument wagon and render
Ing him unconscious for several mo-
ments. The horses were affected and
ran away, being stopped only In time
to save the instruments The metal
wireless pole OF / company was fairly
ablaze with electric sparks The
wooden pole OF the Utah boys prac-
ticalIy saved the outfit.
Tuesday will likely be another hard
day OF work. although a rest would
meet the approval Of all.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
CLARK DISCUSSES
RAILROAD PLANS
Former United States Senator from
Montana Spends Busy
Day Here.

Salt Lake. Aug, 9.-William A.
Clark, president of the Salt Lake
Route and former United States sena-
tor from Montana. arrived in Salt
Lake early yesterday morning from
Butte In his private car tIe was ac-
cOmpanled by his brother. Ross
Clark, second vice-president of the
Salt Lake Route. who arrived from
Los Angeles Sunday. They put In a
Busy day Senator Clark spent the
forenoon looking after personal and
private business affairs. He spen5 an
hour in conference with w II. Ban
croft. vice president and general man
ager Of the Oregon Short Line,
During the afternoon Mr.. Clark was
visited by United States Senator Reed
Smoot and Governor William Spry
and i'm the afternoon went 10 the cir
Gus as the guest OF John Ringlng. of
Ringing Brothers, propr,etors of the
Barnum and Bailey circus.
Accompanied by Mr. Bancroft. For
mer Senator Clark and J. Ross Clark
will leave for Los Angeles at 7 o'clock
this morning. They will likely make
n stop of few hours in the Meadow
Valley wash. where they viii inspect
the topography OF the route along
which the new high liuc VIII be built
While in Salt Lake yesterday, the
matter Of the construction II a pro
posed branch of the salt Lake Route
from Oasis ON the main line to Fish
Springs in the Deep Creek country,
was taken up with President Clark
The distance Is about $50 miles. The
Deep Greek country is highly mineral
lied and has a number of producing
mines which are paying dividends de-
spite the 150-mile haul of the ore to
the railroad.
Shortly before the Salt Lake road
was washed out. surveyors werc sent
into The Deep Creek country. and
from there TO Ely Nevada. and made
some preliminary surveys.
Mr. Clark said that the company
had never committed itself 10 the ex-
tending of line into the Deep Greek
country, or TO Ely. but that the propo.
sition was still being discussed 6y the
officials OF the road
"Of course. we cannot publish our
plans. said Mr. Clark The first bic
task we have on hand Is the buildin~
OF a new line through the Meadow
valley wash. Ali preparations have
been made for commencing the work.
and bids will be called for in n very
short time"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
WEARY WILL|ES
IN POLICE COURT

George Murphy. Walter Fuller and
Fred Martin acknowledged in police
court to Judge Murphy that they are
vagranis. They all had their particu-
lar stories to tell, disclosing that they
arc knights of the road without
means, travelling from place to place
as Weary Wllies."
The court gave them good talking
and told tnom they would be given
an opportunity to get out OF the city.
bet If they were apprehended in the
near future they would get the limit
in jail, The sentence of ninety days
In all was suspended, the officers be-
Ing advised TO see TO II that the men
leave the city
lie Roy Griffith pleaded guilty TO the
charge Of being 'uulawfully drunk, f"
August s, and he was sentenced TO
pay fine of 81 or serve 6vo days in
the city bastile at hard labor.
John Doe failed to appear and an
swer the charge Of assault and his
bail for So was forfeited
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
SENATOR BRISTOW
(RlTIClSES TARIFF

Oshkosh. Wis. Aug, o.-Criticisn,
or the tarin law, which he designated
rs a reputation of the pledges OF
the Republican party, praise for Sen
ator Lafollette and severe condem-
nation for Senator Aldrich, Speaker
Cannon and Attorney General Wick
trsham-these were the principal fea-
lures oil an address here last nigh,
by Senator Joseph l.. Brlstow Of Kan
Sas In opening the campaign for
United States Senator LaFollette in
his contest before the primaries for
denomination.
In opening his address, he said he
Lad come to Wisconsin upon the in
Vltation OF Senator LaFollette and
di1 so 10 render what service he could
toward promoting the LaFollette
ideas. which, he said, are for the bene.
III OF the people.
Mr. Brlstow quoted the tariff plank
in the Republican platform and said
that the party pledge had been brok-
er. He said that the tarlGI. instead
OF being revised for the benefit of
the American standard OF living. At
Wis punt ue WeUi INTO details con-
cernlnS the so-caled lead trust which
he said controlled ninety per cent
Of the production and also controlled
the cost
He said the reason Aldrich had
secured legislation favorable to this
trust was because the American
Smelling company wanted it."
He also spoke In detail of the So
called rubber trust saying. This trust
has raised the price of rubber to the
consumer about 20 per cent"
He said Aldrich and Cannon had
called him liar but they had fail
ed TO specify wherein he had lied and
he was ready 10 meet them with
proof for every statement he had
made thus far in the campaign
In closing. Mr. Bristow said the
organized trusts had no party lines
reaching out to get control OF legis-
luton for their interest and so the
voters should draw no party lines in
The coming election but stand by the
men who were trying TO defend their
interests.
Mr. Bristow also took up the rail
way bin and told of the fight Of the
insurgents" to wipe out vicious fea-
lures proposed by Mr.. Wickersham."
He said he favored the direct vote
for the United States senate.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09

II have been thinking" said the SUI
pervIsor of poultry and pet depart
ment of the Four-Statc fair. that
was going 10 have drawing show at
Fred w. Herrington's International
Sheep Show, with sheep coming from
Belgium. England, France and Aus
tralia That took he starch out of
my sails. Then | read about Herbert
w Dunn going To pull OF real horse
show with 400 stalls at his disposal,
and that he would have horses pres
ent valued at $4,000 and $4,000 ench.
All this made me feel as though | was
supervisor Of a very unlmportant de-
partment OF the fair Then l started
TO dig into the chicken business in
dend earnest / discovered that the
great American hen lays billions OF
eggs, valued annually at $500, 600 900.
I found that poultry ranked first
among the food producers OF America,
and, while there were no $4,000 or
$4,000 chickens, | discovered that IL
Is a very common thing for a thor
oughbred seven-pound rooster TO sell
for $50 to $500. and | figured that a
1,510-pound stallion. worth $1,000, was
only s3.9S per pound, while my thor
oughbred rooster at $3.50 was worth
over 500 for each and every pound,
Including feathers and entrailS, and
that roosters selling at S25 each
were worth more per pound than the
best $1,000 horse ever exhibited. I
had reduced Herbert w Dunn's $1,000
horse down 10 the equal OF $25
rooster I took new courage. and I
oow state without fear oil successful
contradiction that the common, ordl-
nary chicken. the barnyard hen, is of
more Importance TO the American
people than all the sheep and horses
ln the country.
As stated, I took new courage.
pulled up my suspenders two notches
hnd greeted Doctor Rowe, Fred Her
fington and II. w. Dunn at the fair
headquarters In this fashion:
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09

Say, Do YOU fellows realize that
the poultry industry Is about the big
gest thing In America
The three big guns wiDked at each
other and in chorus answered. "Of
course. we do
well. said !. you have got to al
low me $4,000 for expenses TO exploit
the poultry business for the foir.
Then ! got the laugh. Just quiet, still
laugh. drawn out long, with not even
word
We'll I said. this is not hit
funny TO me You fellows get $1,000
from the Weber club to pull or this
sheep show and fair. and my depart
ment docs not get n red cent
This made them sit up and look
sober They they gave me figures
showing the fair would cost over $780,
600. and that the stockholders would
lose anywhere from $4,000 to $12 900
if the sheep show and fair combined
should produce all The dollars expect
ed
You would not believe il, but it IS
so; before, got away promised
them free advertising in the Standard
and gave them my check for 500, an6.
promised to work like beaver for
the next six weeks 10 make the fair
a success. even if did not get red
cent to exploit the poultry industry
When | got back to my Office picked
70 a cigar somebody had left on my
desk. and. as | puG'eJ away, | realized
that | had gone ZIP She hill and down
again: that | had given up my good
money. promised my time and paper,
and wondered il anybody in all Ogden
would have done the same? One
thing Is sure-anybody who talks fair
to us after this year is going to get
hurt
1T is all true, though: they are
given for the whole people and for the
benefit of all
But just watch my chicken show
am going TO have one and It will be
a hummer. | will tell YOU more about
1t soon"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
TROLLEY LINE TO
THE PEACH CITY
Track Laying Gang Makes Record Inban
Road Will Not Be Completed Until After Peach Day
New Equipment Arrives.

The first trolley wire on the Og-
den-Brieham City line of the Ogden
Rapid Transit company was strung
yesterday north from Hot Springs.
The poles are all set between Hot
springs and Willard and the string
ing OF the wires Will be only the
work of few days The track gang
is now pushing the rails toward
brigham City from Willard and has
2 distance of less than FIVE miles 10
cover in order TO complete the work
The wire crew started the task OF
stringine the trolley and feed wires
With an exceptionally long string for
the first day. One mile and a half Of
Tic trolley wire was put In place and
some preparations made for the start
Ing of the feed wire which must fol
low the trolley string The work Of
strlnging the wires between Hot
Springs and Willard viii be cOmplet-
ed ln comparatively short time, but
cars will not be run between the two
points until the entire line is complets
cd. This delay In passenger service
Is deemed necessary by the company
because the running of work trains
impossible TO maintain passenger
schedule. II would also interfere with
the completion of the line 10 its ter
minus at Brigham.
IT is believed that one OF the big.
ecst Geats in interurbnn track LAYING
ever accomplished in this part OF the
country was executed last Friday
When Foreman j. II ScbuGleberg,
With his crew of forty men, laid a
little over mile Of track between
Willard and Brigham. The distance
between these two towns Is seven
niles and over two miles OF the trac.S
has been laid At the rate the track
men are placing the rails. the work
VIII soon !be finished. When the
trnck Is laid the task of ballasting
Viii be started and this work viii
really occupy more time than tho
mere spikinG OF the rails All OF the
work, however, could he done by the
middle Of September. but because OF
delays In the arrival OF material Mar
Cger Joseph Bailey does not expect
30 complete the classification before
October L a car of copper wire
ordered from the east several weeks
ago has not yet beea shipped from
the factory and 1t is feared that this
delay alone will hold back the com
rietion OF tho line at least two weeks.
An electric locomotive TO be used
In the freight service of the line has
reached Ogden and will be used in
the construction work With this 10.
connective very heavy freight cars may
he transported over the lines without
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09

Golden State Overland Limited
schedule. II the project Is adopted
thcre will be two limited trains b.
tween Chicago and San Francisco
each day
According to the report. the east
lound train will leave San Francisco
In the afternoon. the Overland Limit
cd train leaving now in the morning,
and VIII go into Chicago by the Chi
tago q Northwestern road The 9th.
ors VIII go by the way OF the Chi
tago, Milwaukee & ST Paul, IL 's
reported that the afternoon train out
OF San Francisco. No 10. will be made
an overland limited train to make
up the schedule on the California emu.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-09
NEGRO is ON
TRIAL FOR
ASSAULT

A jury was impancled this morn
ing in the district court In the case
of David Mccullough. colored man,
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon. The crime for which McCul-
Tough is being tried was committed
on May "a, at 173 Twenty-fourth
street.
According to the complaint filed,
the negro fired on Lewis w. Stroth'
ers, another colorcd man, with a 49,
calibre Colts revolver, the bullet
striking Strothers in the head and
inflicting a scalp wound, which did
not prove serious.
While there was little provocation
for the shooting. il Is thought that the
two men had previously quarreled over
a colored woman and that the shoot
Ing was the result OF jealousy on the
part of Mccullough 1t is not expect
ed that the case will be decided be-
fore tomorrow morning