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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-06-23

The valleyites turned out en-
masse and attended the picnic at
Sykes last Thursday. A most
enjoyable time was had by all
who attended.
Lucy and Audber Gross gave q
party last Saturday in honor of
Arthur Wiley, it being his 18th
birthday. The afternoon was
spent in playing games, until S
o'clock when refreshments We're
served. At Go'clock all departed
for there homes, wishing Arthur
many more happy birthdays.
Through the columns of your
paper we wish to express our
regards towards the Ekalaka
base bail team and the other gen
tlemen who accompanied them
to Box Elder on the 18th inst.
A more pleasant and gentleman
~ bunch of boys, we have
not met for some time and
we certainly appreciated their
company. Come again boys.
You are always welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Gross.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-06-23

". P. Minis, the butcher, pur-
chased the Sisley bunch Of horses
this week and will leave this
week with them for Iowa where
he will offer them for sale. There
were 43 in the bunch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

havoc owned quite number OF
dogs in my life, but they are all dead
now. Last evening visited my dog
cemetery, just between the cleaning
and the shank of the evening. On
the biscuit-bo cover that stands at
the head OF a little mound fringed
with goldenrod and pickle bottles, the
idler may still read these lines, etch-
ed in red chalk by a trembling HAND
LITTLE KOSCIUSKO,
NOT DEAD
BUT JERKED HENCE
BY REQUEST,
s. Y. l..
(See You LATER
I do not know why he was called
Kosciusko. do not care. | only
kno what his little grave stands out
there while the cleaning g1oams and
the soughing winds are soughing.
Do you ask why l am alone here
and dogless In this weary world? l
will tell you, anyhow. 1t Will not
take long, and IL may do me good:
Kosciusko came to me one night In
winter, with no baggage and uniden-
tined. When opened the door he
came In as though he had left some
thing In there by mistake and had re-
turned for 1t. He staid with us two
years as a watchdog. In desultory
way he was a good watchdog. IL he
had watched other people with the
same unrelenting scrutiny with which
he watched me, might have felt his
death more keenly than I do now.
The second year that little koscius-
ko was with Us I shaved on full
beard one day, while down town, put
on clean collar and otherwise dis
guised myself. intending to surprise
my wife. Kosciusko sat on the front
porch when l returned. He looked
at me as a cashier of bank does
when a newspaper man goes in to get
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
OBSERVATIONS

monopoly; and
$4,000 buildings local managers TO attend 10
1880 besides l62 delivery
q - with horses
STATEMENT of equipment but
there's lots OF
we do little OF
ARE oNE y o possible
But struggle getting business we did for
$22l2s6bIz
han did during the year before
our mart cut losses down 10 $5S4S.56fs7~T
hut who can't make Nv
ing business ana hes ienu vi 'he e'o" ~ W.
polii -
plenty of could TO
for "express" allow them to do that
started
OF the business
get
batshp decks and clean oarrack toon
that woud
deficit
ABOVE
deficit
do soak their customers LOT as muh a
might do
and All the right OF prohtandfoss book
stockholders also
You seem to get II acoming and agong
p usuaLno dividend will he declared this year
states
lions.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
Gems of Wit Wisdom and Eloquence
KOSCIUSKO (Humorous).
BY BILL NYE"

a suspiciously large check cashed. He
did not know me. | said, "Koscius-
ko, have you forgotten your masters
voice?" He smiled sarcastically, show
ing his glorious wealth OF mouth, but
still sat there as though he had stuck
his tail into the doorsteps and could
not get IL out.
SO waved the formality of going
In at the front door, and went around
to the portcullis, on the of-side OF
the house, but Kosciusko was there
when I arrived. The 'cook, seeing q
stranger lurking around the manor
house, encouraged Kosciusko to come
and gorge himself with a part OF my
leg, which he did. Acting on this
hint, | went to the barn.
do not know why | went to the
barn, but somehow there was nothing
I'm the house that | wanted, When
a man wants to be by himself there
Is no place like a good, quiet barn
for thought. SO went into the barn,
about three feet prior to Kosciusko.
Noticing the stairway, | assembled II
in an aimless kind of way, about four
steps at q time. What happened
when we got into the haymow l do
not now recall, only that Kosciusko
and frolicked round there In the hay
for some time. Occasionally | would
be on the top, and then he would have
all the delegates. until finally I got
hold of pitchfork, and freedom
shrieked when Kosciusko fell.
wrapped myself up in an old horse
net and went into the house. Some
of my clothes were afterwards found
in the hay, and the doctor pried \
part of my perso nout of Kosciusko's
Jaws, but not enough to do me any
good.
! have owned, In all, eleven dogs,
and they all died violent deaths, and
went out Of the world totally unprs.
pared to die.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
ADVERTISING TALKS.
Continues from P.s. onsI

means that we get a customer,
and the more readily we can get
at our customer, and the larger
the number of customers we can
readily get at, the more business
we can do"
Mr.. Perkins might have added
to his list of tools of the modern
business builder-ADVERTIS
ING as the greatest instrument
of all.
That it is the GREATEST
POWER IN BUSINESS is EVIL
denced by the fact that the very
forces named have been devel-
oped and made universally USE
full largely by means of pub
licity.
According to Mr.. Perkins
and he is an excellent authority
because he has had much to do
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

with the development of big
businesses - inter-communica-
ton is the first requisite for do
ing business.
1t enables the business man to
get customers, to get at them
easily, and to reach the largest
possible number.
This being the case, the bust.
ness man who would build rap-
idly and substantially MUST
ADVERTISE.
And it is to the POWER OF
ADVERTISING, more than to
any other single factor, that eur
big businesses attribute the RAJ
PIDITY and STABILITY Of
their growth.
Mr.. Perkins pays a striking, n
unconscious tribute to advertis.
ing as great force in the bust.
ness of this age.
Ito be Continueti.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
AN <; ;lE}Z:s z u %

truth. I'm going to use this preserv-
ing kettle for fish globe"
And what kind OF fish would you
place in a preserving kettle. my
worthy lad?" | says.
"Jellyfish," said the boy.
Next went TO the zoo and saw
some beavers. They were chewing
down saplings and | called the atten-
ton of the keeper to 1t. My good
man. says, why do those little ami
mails eat that wood?"
And the man says without batting
an eye that they were simply doing
II for grub stake.
Then l met a lady with little girl.
stopped and petted her little lass
and asked her what her name was.
She said Ii was Vesuvius.
My dear madam" says to the
lady, my dear madam, how do you
come to name this darling child We
suvius?"
Because" says the lady with a
sunny smile, she is subject to erup-
tions."
thought II was about time to go
home, but before l could do so I met
a friend Of mine who Is in the legis-
lature. Then l thought Of a law
wanted put on the statute books to
compel all owners OF horse radishes to
blanket them In cold weather and
said to him, "Old fellow, will you take
care of bill for me?'
Sure" says the legislator, "wha,
denomination is it?"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Took a walk the other day and ran
across SO many funny things / nearly
died of laughing. The reason / re-
fused to die Of laughing is that there's
laughing clause in my life insur-
ance policy. II you laugh yourself to
death before the policy is in force one
year the company gets the premiums
and all your widow gets is the laugh.
I met boy going along with q
preserving kettle. Boy" | says,
what are you going to do with that
preserving kettle?"
Mister" he says, I'll tell you the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

sive and narrowing drama Mr.. Hill
lard plays the leading role in the
piece. 1t Is said by his managers that,
since the play has been on view and
the connection between II and the
famous Kipling verses became known
the demand in the book stores for the
poem has been tremendous.
The Cub farcical comedy based
on Kentucky mountaineers' feud,
comes to the Garrick theater next
week with Douglas Fairbanks In the
title role. The farce tells of the ad-
ventures OF cub reporter sent into
the Kentucky mountains to report a
feud that has broken out after tenn
porary lull in its eighteen years ex-
istence. His ignorance Of reporting
and his extreme youthfulness and en-
thusiasm get him into all kinds OF
trouble. His sense of humor, how
ever, keeps him from taking the feud
as seriously as the faction members
do and he escapes unframed.
No play ever written has achieved
more remarkable success that the
dramatization of Harriet Beecher
Stoves vivid work of the slave days,
Uncle Toms Cabin" which will come
to the Lafayette theater next week
AL. w. Martin is sponsor for the pro-
duction and he promises an adequate
production.
The musical comedy THE Soul
Kiss will come to the Lyceum the
alter, Sunday afternoon, for a weeks
engagement. This piece was one or
the sensations of Broadway when pro-
duced season OF two ago and met
with great success on the road, play.
ing in the high class houses. The
score, based upon the waltz rhythm,
Is tuneful and melodious. The story
concerns the search Of an artist for a
kiss that comes from the soul. The
company to appear in the Lyceum Is
said to be large and capable one.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Many men go into Wall-st. without
a dollar they can call their own, and
leave IL rich, but without dollar they
can morally call their own.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Bric-a-brac Is not brik-a-brak, but
really bree-a-brah, SO far as pronuncia-
ton goes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

I don't give Gus II she wears bus
ties and rats and harem skirts or erin
oline, says one man Of his wife. He
is happily married.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Filing along Detroit's streets these
morning and afternoons, to and from
their rooms in schools, are the boys
and girls of today, but the citizens
Of the coming years, and upon whose
preparation for that estate depends
the future of Detroit.
Our hearts are set to-day upon a
bigger Detroit.
Our object is advancement that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Many boys steal pie out of the cup
board because they have to wait for
the second table"-and there may be
no pie left.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Filing along Detot's streets these
Re Are the Men for morning and afternoons and from
en Yea SheuN Vote .ns g. TODAY sa. tn. citizen.
For School nSpectOr coming and whose
-- | preparation FORT depends
10y wm Help to Down the Gang the future Of Detroit
80" r'rt interest WIN hearts set today upon
M Of p..ro. bigger Detroit
Our object 5 advancement that
advancement few
We want grow be bigger
We ciy-mOre industries capital and
lrpanson all along line
goal already great momentum to
momentay stayed and the end sought sure
. = asoonplihmsnt
WHAT THEME
why are long porterr nervous fdge
IN Of affairs of the dusky attendant in the Pullman
r Division point sah!"
At the division point changes both engines and
The iron horse has done its task that
The responsibility 0 ends
brought the passenger the division point time and
~ upon new
|]npu, taking the train beyond the division point
The retiring has done its and isn't responsible for the
Ghch succeeds
history cities generation after
|reneration.
bodies of
Detroit give up point
y their generation o a
HOW ABOUT THAT CREwi
That added responsibility charge
duty perform having
after its object and the allotted wokday Of generation have
net On Of the clock
WHEN THE CITY HAS BEEN BUILT GREATER AND MADE BET
EIfR WILL WORK OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN
HpE THAT WELL THAT THERE WILL BE NO DANGER OF LOSING
THE Oh GOING BACK ON THE RECORDS OF PROGRESS ON THE
EXT DvM0Nf
This question viii be answered in part upon Monday
Eof the city and the Seventeenth
IN many instances the nomination election
register their choices the
Vho seeking this important Office.
important Office the schools governed also the
division plan and about to be turned crew
There viii be for Improvement the next division
WILL improvement The Times
nends following
First Ward MUR0RD (R)
Second ward-CLARENCE BURTON (R)
Third ward-ELDEN SMALL, (R)
Fourth ward-GEORGE L. EARLE, lR)
Fifth ward-J. SCOTT HUNTER, R), and JAMES WATT tD)
sixth Ward-FREDERIC w C0wLEY (R)
81 Eighth ward-FRANK KENNEDY (R)
ward-ALBERT G. KUNz R-), and EDWARD I.
UCH0IS R)
Inc list appears elsewhere In thus issue.
that list YOUR WIFEs hat for the
g and going mighty factor this fight against
* }1e school board ring and for good government
N Tomorrow night the list will appear again.
Cut and hand friend and tell him for the
}anddate in his ward whose appears in it.
All Of the this list may safely be voted for
Any candidate whose may safely voted
AGAINST
attempted
pendent" candidacy
Every them ring
4 t5pswappers league candidate
They have promised individually the best interests the
~ and in the preparation Of the into whose hands the active
zenshp Of today the Detroit of the coming years
Which that they will endeavor lift the schools
Of ring rule and out the hands of those who would exploit
coming citizenship and the coming city for their selfish the
OSGAR ind ADOT F
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

The duke OF Norfalk is working for
the first time in his life. He has all
the coronation arrangements to see to.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
THE STAGE

Attractive and beautifully gowned
Bessie Wynn heads the Temple
theater program this week. Miss
Wynn has firmly established herself
as favorite on the vaudeville and
musical comedy stages-she hits from
one to the other. The greeting she
receives In Detroit Is all the warmer
because she happens to be Michigan
girl. Miss Wynn has brought bunch
of new songs along with her trunks
full OF Paris frocks and Is making a
real hit I'm the Temple this week. The
other acts on the bill offer good en-
tertainment John p. Wade In "Marse
Shelby's Chicken Dinner" presents
one OF the classic playlets OF yaude-
vile and the little sketch is acted
beautifully.
In the Detroit opera house, Wednes-
day evening, William Gillette will re-
viye Secret Serice." This play,
written by Mr.. Gillette, was a big
favorite a decade and a half ago. 1t
Is a drama that will never grow old
and to those who witness IL, in this
revival. IL will doubtless prove as In
teresting as In the first days OF its
success. Secret Service" will be re-
peated Thursday and Saturday even
ings with a repetition OF Sherlock
Holmes" for the Saturday matinee
and single performance OF THE
Private Secretary" Friday evening.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Robert Hilliard will bring the Por-
ter Emerson Browne play "A Fool
There Was" TO the Detroit opera
house, Monday evening for a return
engagement of half week. This Is the
play that was inspired by Kipling's
poem ''The Vampire" and is an ex-
ceedingly strong. IL somewhat repul-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Spring Song.
The hen hens,
The chick chicks;
The cat yolws,
The dik-dik diks.
The horse works.
The COW cuds;
The farmer farms,
The boy plants spuds.
The grass grows,
The sheep herd;
The trees bud,
The birds bird.
Spring fever fosters
Rotten rhyme
Please charge TO Ii
This lyric crime.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

Dreams comes true, some people
say, but that must be a joke. For we
often dreaw of money-yet always
wake up broke.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

The safest way to destroy black
gunpowder Is to throw 1t into water,
which will dissolve the saltpeter In It.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

A piece of ammonia placed in the
same box with gloves keep the gloves
In good condition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08

No two nations have the same laws
governing the handling and storage
of explosives. Hense we feel safe in
inditing this:
/ must admit / like to see
woman in the garment harem;
Still I would raise merry row
IL my wife ever dared wearem.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14
ID. G.. DANIEL, AGENT
District Court,

Two special judges, P. H. Green
and Gen. A. P. Bagby were APP
pointed. Judge Kennon's W fe
beirg sick in San Antonio, he
could not preside over session of
court.
Grand jury returned II felony
and Z misdeneanor indictments.
Civil docket was large; Is tax
suits having been settled, were
dismissed; about 20 are yet on
docket.
Forty divorce suits were on
docket; about sc granted and 10
yet remain.
Six suits for partition of land
on docket; 3 disposed of.
-Four convictions, julius Cab
mas, burglary, IL years; Jas. D.
McHenry, burglary, 2years; Gee
Harral, burglary, 2 years: Oscar
Mike, theft of horse, 2 years,
Geo. Washington, alias G o
Foley, murder of Frank Kubena,
guilty. life sentence;appealed,
Cost to county of this term o.
court, $1,000,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

IL you are at all interested in
Automobiles please let, us .5end
you our Maxwell advance Ncat-
slog. or better still come tos see
us and let US lay before you facts
that will help you to buy right
the first time; or wisely, if 4y0u
have owned another car before :
facts that will save you hundreds
OF dollars and infinite trouble
and expense, ~ $50 - -.
Now what is it you want most Ia nm
automobiles Reliability. Of course. Alb
solute and positive reliability under al !
conditions OF road and, weather. Not
only because II is economical, but. be-
cause it saves trouble. promotes real
pleasure and increases your earnings IL
used in business way. When you get
latest style and.advanced design id ad-
dition TO positive reliability, you have
an ideal car. Such car is tho Max
WELL =
Poor. The best proof Of what a car
will do is what it has done. With iusti-
fable pride | wish to point to the won.
derful record of Maxwell cars made in
this year greatest ofall Gliden Tours.
OF sixty-four cars started, Maxwell was
the only team to finish the l454 miles
of awful roads from New York to jack
sonvillc with an abs ilutely perfect
score. One car in this tour cost $4,000
seven others over $4,000; twelve over
$4,000; FIVE over S'000i twenty over
$3.50, Maxwell's the proved superior
over all, cost from $500 to $3.50
Maxwell won the famous Glider
Trophy, value $4,000; the Anderson
Trophy, value $1,000, and the division
cash prize.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14
MAxwELLs VICTORY IN GLDDEN TOUR

Thinksoi it: Every prize offered was
icapturcd by Maxwell; Not by one
scaf, but four--evsry one maintaining
klo9sfpcr cent. efficiency all the way
Maxwell made nssss perfect scores than
feyE made before BY one make of car in
fhS Glidden Tour. Maxwell is the low
est. prize ear tnst aver won the Gliden
| Tour. Maxwell won the team prize and
the,indiyidual prize. Maxwell had the
best team score in last years Gliden
Tour also. 1t won the Demlng Trophy
kin 1906. 1t holds the worlds record
for running 10000 miles over New Eng
land roads without stopping the motor.
| 1t has won thousands Of endurance runs
and hlll-cimbs in all sections Of the
country. under all conditions of roads
and weather, proving consistency of
performance. 1t is a 365-day-in.thc-
! year car, always reliable and most
economical to operate and maintain.
Over $1,000 physicians drive Max
wells. Why9 Because they are re-
liable. Over 1900 farmers drive Max
/ wells because they stand the awful
/ punishment Of unsettled rugged bad
country roads. Over 2795 firms employ
Maxwell's some as many as 35, because
they are always ready. do three times
the work at half the cost of the horse
and buggy, costingnothing whenidlc.
Talk to some Maxwell owner, come
to see us and ride ina Maxwell car, note
its simple constrteDtion and easy oper-
alton. and you will be, convinced that
Maxwell cars are uot only most reliable
and up-to-date, but the best motor car
investment on the market.
For further information or demon
stration see G. G. Witte or ID. c. Daniel
at the Sinner Oil Mill.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

PpHzRnt estimates are that
$500 carloads Of pniePs will be-
shipped this winter from terri
tory contiguous TO the Uyalde g.
Crystal City Railroad.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

BY grating and giving special
attention TO cultivation, Texas
pecan growers have been able to
produce from trees in four to six
years after planting.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

A tee NnHber of acres irri-
N n z1Dne ip I'D was $50,
~ osAiANR A9.eHE in 1859, all
incy(Pe a 8 per can't.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

Do Your Christmas shopping
riaht nov. Me Aalesmaa will be
IA @1gVE to waib or you. if you
rae " off much longer.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

This Office is insured in the Printers'
Mutual FIrc Insurance Association. in
ccrpcSsted under the laws Of Texas.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14
Lightning Kills Few.

In 1905 lightning killed 100
people in this whole country.
Ones chances Of death by light
ming are less than two in a mil
lion. The chance of death from
liver, kidney or stomach trouble
is vastly greater, but not il Elec.
trio Bitters be used, as Robert
Madsen, of West Burlington, Ia,
proved. -Four doctors gave him
,upafter>eight months OF suffer-
ing from virulent liver trouble
and yellow jaundice. He was then
completely cured by Electric
NBitteiss. They're the best ston.
ach. liver, nerve and kidney REIN
edyand blood pariAer ON earth
0nly SOC at Shulz Gray &SCo.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

A potato club has been organ
lied at Comapphe with more
then forty members. 1t is stated
that a peanut club will also be
formed there shortly.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

TaRss leads the South in this
yearA appropriations for good
road buil4ing with a total Of 81.
100000.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

Treat your sweetheart nice,
treat your wife NICE, treat your
husband and children nice and
get them each and every one an
elegant box Of. candy at the
Sinner Drug Co.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

j w Tqyior's Guarantee. II
from reading my advertisements
You decide that you would buy
land fyou and it ~ advertised,
you may come with tina distinct
unO erst7ndine that / will refund
You raifoad fare ii you do not
find she land as good or better,
than llarA Represented 1t TO be.
You g ne The Judge.
, w TAYLoRy Bishops Yexs
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

The United States Geological
Department has just published
a preliminary report on struc-
tural material showing location
of clays in Texas suitable for
structural purposes.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

Madam Rumor has it that
John III Bailey, a brilliant lawyer
of Enero, is being urged by
friends from different parts OF
the Ninth congressional district
to become a candidate for Geo.
r. Burgess place. -Moultou
Eagle
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-12-14

Entered atthe PostofIiee etShincr. Tex,
as aecond-class mail matter.