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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13

have suffered considerable loss the past season, almost One-fifth of the crop having been nipped by frost, and another big batch being ruined by hail@New Milford Cores.
 Disallowed by Court.
 After lengthy hearing in the pro- bate court before Judge w. A. Rora- back at Torrington, on Saturday, the will of William Neidt, by which his son, Albert, and wife were made sole legatees was disallowed. Lawyer w. w. Bierce for the other sons and daughters claimed undue influence and duresS on the part of the heirs mem tioned in the will The estate con- sists of about $500 in cash.
 Attached by Claimant
 Two horses and two sleighs at Win sted, owned by the. Adams Express Company, have been under attach ment the past few days to secure a suit brought against the company by Mrs Mary Kilborn of New Milford, who claims that a package of dress goods shipped by her from New Mil ford to Waterbury failed to reach it's destination. Mrs. Kilborn alleges that the package was valued at $110, but it is understood that the ex- press company will claim that at the time of shipment she placed a smaller value on it. The company filed a bond equal to the amount of the at tachment, Tuesday and the horses were released Tuesday evening. In the meantime the company hired horses to deliver it's goods
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
SCHOOL DAYS AND FOOL DAYS
fBy Herbert Kaufman.)

When your school days stop, your fool days start
 Learning regulates earning.
 You can't travel on yesterday s =:eaTn CT last years information. When you exhaust your knowledge you've exhausted your usefulness.
 What have you done to replenish the Ideas yon.ve utilized?
 How can you hope to hold your pIace if you don't hold your pace?
 The earth takes a fresh turn every fwenty-four hours, so must you. If you stand still you're tagging be- hind.
 The power of an engine is measured by its supply of fuel-so is the force of the brain.
 You never know enough. Steady study is your only safeguard.
 There is always q better way of do- ing everything.
 Why, 1t has not been ten years since we found that bricks could be laid differehtly than Pif4redhSe masons built their walls.
 We cut stone with the same chisel and mallet and the same waste of ef- fort as in the days of Rome, until one man figured it worth while to devise q quicker operation.
 It's only matter of decade or SC since surgeons took the trouble to wash their hands as well as their in struments.
 The most important changes in our welfare have resulted from little bit of common-sense thinking.
 Millions of acres were devasted by storms before some farmer had gump- rion enough to plant a windrow.
 New tools are originated because good mechanics are dissatisfied with inadequate devices and alter them to fit their needs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13

Mutual Ice Company at East Port Chester, was burned to the ground, Wednesday morning. The automobile which is usually kept in the garage had been taken away for repairs. Two large barrels of gasoline exploded. The estimated los sis about $500. How the fire originated is a mystery. Some be- lieve it was the work of an incen- diary. .
 Outwftted Her Parents
 Miss. Helen Lesnowski, sixteen years old daughter of, MT. Leo. Lesnowski, of Stamford eloped with George Regis a Greek Tuesday. They were married in Port Chester by a justice of the peace. Miss Lesnowskits father is a contractor. Both he and his wife dis approved of Regis. The girl had been keeping company with the latter, some little time. They met clandes- timely. Regiss age is given as about 20. When interviewed by a reporter, the girls mother stated that her hus- band would take immediate steps to annul the marriage, as she was under age. The Lesnowski girl had been en- gagged to a young man who is attend ing college in Michigan, and a corre- spondence had been kept up between the two up to the time of the girls leaving her home with the Creek
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Fairfield County News.
It Didn't Work.


 Three confidence men tried to work their trick on. John Gorham of Will ton, a few days ago, but did not suc- ceed. A slick looking stranger drove up to MT. Gorham's home in a car- riage and told MT. Gorham that .he was the president of the Bridgeport Savings Bank and he understood that he CMr. Gorham) was an expert in judging real estate. The stranger de- clared that he was contemplating the purchase of the Faulhaber place in Weston, and requested. MT. Gorham to look it over and give his opinion. MT. Gorham got into the carriage and they went to the Faulhaber place. On the return trip, they met two more men in another carriage, and they stopped and talked One of the two strangers drew forth deck of cards and suggested that all four have a little game for money The president of the bank" gently passed the hint along in MT. Gorham's ear, that they could make some money out of the two in the other carriage. MT. Cor ham was wise to them, however, and declared that he did not have a cent 'of money in his clothes and therefore he could not play. After considerable talk the strangers desisted.
 See Leaves Hospital.
 John H. See whose left hand was crushed in the round house at East Port Chester early in the summer, has just left the hospital. He had a thumb and three fingers of his hand amputated A bone in his wrist, which had become diseased as a result of the accident, was also taken out and one of the bones in his hand was re- moved. The wound is nearly healed.
 Ice Company's Garage. Burned.
 The garage on the property of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13

Every man who tramped through the desert that was the Imperial Valley, understood why it was arid. It didn't require genius nor technical training to realize that ditch dug from a mountain stream would transform the sands into eager and fertile fields.
 The safety razor,S the steel fishing rod, the reel, the Pullman berth, the demountable tire rim, bachelor but tons, the scarf-pin holder, the paper clip, sanitary drinking cups, paper bottles, tin cans,- the hook and eye, were all inventions within reach of the average intellect, but the average man didn't reach out for them--he was content to accept what he found when he came on earth.
 Think, man, think
 Originate. Make a pin, carve a pro- peller, simplify a wagon, mix mortar more regularly than the man next to you. Don't follow precedent.
 Precedent is something to be broken not to be preserved. It's yesterday high-water mark; it's the best record of another period; it's the sanest con- clusion of former day, but not nec- essarily the conclusion of the sanest day.
 If precedent had guided other gen. erations, you'd still be a hairy half ape, ignorant of fire, subsisting on herbs and roots and raw meat.
 Precedent is the enemy of progress Precedent is a letter upon originality and shackle upon daring. Look round the shop-the fiefd-the garden-the store or the office where you work. How can you shorten time increase output or tighten effort? Think, think, think Have faith in your own powers of observation. Try Where you start to plan or what you start to do, mean little-its the habit of progress that lands men at the top l-Woman's World for October.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
MARRIED.
RATHBURN-TEFFT.-In

RATHBURN- RN-TEFFT.-In Danbury, Oct. 3, Dutee J. Rathburn and Frances l.. Tefft, both of Sherman. DONNELLY-HOFFM In Nor walk, Oct. 10, Miss Lena Hoffman, of Daytona, Florida, and James Donnelly, Jr., of South Norwalk. FEY-PF,NNELL.- Rowayton, Oct. 1, Miss Grace Campbell, daughter of Mr John w. Pennell, and Fred erick Fey of South Norwalk. EIARTN NETT-DEAN.-In Winsted. Oct. II, Thomas Hartnett of Torring- ton, and Miss Mabel, daughter of MT. James H. Dean
 BEN ENEDICT-LANGDON - In Ply mouth, Oct. Il, Harry Benedict and Miss Ruth Langdon. CROSSET-SIMONS. - In NorwaIk, Oct. 10, Miss Reba Elida Simons. to Rev. Henry Sanford SCrosset, of Bantam.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13

choice veals sold at ST $1O.50 per 100 lbs.; culls at $4@$6; grassers ar
 $3.50@s s4; fed and mixed calves at
 $4.50@ $6.50; southern and Indiana
 calves at $4@$6; coarse Westerns at
 $4.5O. Dressed calves 12c@ 16hc for city dressed veals and 10c @14hc for
 country dressed. Common to prime
 sheep (ewes) sold at $2.50 @$4 per
 100 lbs; culls at S2; common to
 choice lambs at $5.25@$6.75; culls at s4.25@$5. Dressed mutton 61ac@ |8Ac per b.; dressed lambs 10c O
 12c, with a few hog dressed selling at 121ac. Market for hogs steady at $6.75 $7.10 per 100 lbs, pigs in c1udad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
JAMES c. DAHLMAN, .sCOWROY'' MAYOR OF OMAHA,
 ..THROWS THE T,ARIAT'

Mayor Jas c. Dahlman started his career as cowboy, and is at present Mayor of Omaha, and has the fol- lowing record: Sheriff of Dawes Co.,, Neb., three termss Mayor of Chadron, two terms; Democratic Nat'l Com mitteeman. eight years; Mayor of Omaha, six years, and in 1910 Cand1- date for &overnor of Nebraska. Writ ing to Foley & Co.,, Chicago. he says: "I have taken Foley Kidney Pills and they have given me a great deal of re- lief, so I cheerfully recommend them.
 (Signed) James c. Dahlman. F. B. Brill. Curtis Pharmacy. l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Litchfield' County News.
1911 Tobacco Crop.

Much of the 1911 tobacco crop has been sold, and the buyers are hustling about bargaining for the remainder. As usual, it is a little hard to find out just what prices are being paid. One buyer, however. who has so far pur- chased about 800 cases, or about 40 tons, says that prices range from 13 to 20 cents a pound, a good quantity fetching about IT or IS cents. This is good price, much above the aver age, but to offset this, the farmers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
FREE CLINIC FOR
 SCHOOL CHILDREN.

New London, Oct. 13-At a meeting of the physicians of the city, last night, it was voted to establish a free clinic for school children This ac- tion was brought about through the inability of the parents of more than fifty per cent of the school children, through financial reasons, to follow the suggestions of the school nurses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
AUTO CRASHES INTO
 POST AT MILFORD.

Milford, Oct. 13-A large Limousine touring car bearing the registry num- Der 4839 Mass, was wrecked here late yesterday when a pin came out of the steering gear and the machine ran in to a lamp post The lamps were smashed and the front of the body smashed to pieces. No one was in jured
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
LIVE STOCK MARKET

New York, Oct 12-Common to good steers sold at $5.10 O $6.9O per 100 lbs; bulls at $3@$4.35; one extra fat bull at s5.75; cows at S1.5O@
 S4.50; one choice fat SOW at $4.9O. Dressed beef Sc@12c Common 10
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
DIED.

O'NEILL.-At Glenbrook, Oct. 10, Patrick O'Neill. HOYT.-In Norwalk, Oct II, Albert s. Hoyt, aged IS years. PECK.-In Greenwich. Oct. 10, Will liam E. Peck, aged 75 years. WATERMAN.-In Bethel, Oct. g
 Ezra Waterman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
A Fairly Wet World.

The Pacific ocean covers 68, 1000, 900
miles, the Atlantic 30,0 900 and the
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic AZ. 200, 900.
To stow away the contents of the Pa
cific it would be necessary to fill a
tank one mile long, one mile wide and
n mile deep every day for 44O years.
Put in figures, the Pacific holds in
weight 948, 900, 900, 0OO, 00O, O0O. 900 tons.
The Atlantic averages a depth Of
not quite three miles. It's water weighs
325, 900, 900, 900, o0o, 600, 900 tons, and a
tank to contain it would have each of
it's sides 43O miles long. The figures
of the other oceans are in the same
startling proportions. 1t would take
all the sea water in the world 100000
years to flow over Niagara.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
His Head Was Hard,

1t is a common belief that the ne
gro's head is hard, capable of with.
standing almost any blow.
The following story told by a promi-
ncnt young dentist of Danville. ILL.,,
would seem to indicate something of
the kind anyhow. Two G men
were employed on tearing down a
three-story brick building. One ne.
gro was on top of the building taking
off the bricks and sliding them down
a narrow wooden chute to the ground,
some thirty feet below, where the
other was picking them up and piling
them.
When this latter negro was stoop.
ing owe to pick up a brick the former
accidentally let one fall, striking him
directly on the head.
Instead of its killing him, he merely
looked up, without rising, and said,
What you dom thar, niger, you
make me bite my tongue."-The Cir.
Gle.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF
PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS

A speedy and economical treatment
for disfiguring pimples is the follow
ing: Gently smear the face with Cuti.
cura Ointment. but do not rub. Wash
off the ointment in five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water and
battle freely for some minutes. Re-
peat morning and evening. At other
times use hot water and Cuticura
Soap for bathing the face as often as
agreeable. Cuticura soap and oint-
ment are equally successful for itch.
ing, burning. scaly and crustcd hu.
mors of the skin and scalp, with loss
of hair, from infancy to age, usually
affording instant relief, when all else
fails. Send to Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp, Boston. Mass, for the latest
C%uticura book on the care and treat,
ment of the skin and scalp.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10

We call the attention Of our read.
ers to the notice elsewhere IN these
columns concerning offer to statesmen
by the Rawleigh Company, of Free
port, Ill. This concern has been es-
tablished over Is years, has a capital
and surplus of over a million dollars.
d factory floor space of nearly five
acres, puts out only fi~rst-class prod
ucts, selling them on the factory to
consumer plan, and it's men have been
remarkably successful. The Com.
pany offers unusually favorable oppor.
tunities to hustlers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER on
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters in Bries Form for All
Glasses Of Readers.
Washington.

At this writing it looks as if there
is no escape from an extra session of
congress.
The senate passed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 900 a year for the pur-
chase of land for forest reserves in
eastern states and especially in the
White mountains and southern Ap.
palachians.
Statehood for Arizona is impossi.
bic at this session of congress, for
the reason that returns OF the elec-
tion held February 8 cannot be can
yassed and certified under the law
in time to reach Washington for &C.
ton by congress.
Only o~ne-quarter of the cargo of
supplies to be sent to China on the
army transport Bufford. for the relief
OF the famine sufferers, has been re-
ceived. and the Red Cross has issued
an urgent appeal for provisions and
money to complete the cargo.
The president sent to the senate
the nomination of Cadet Taylor for
collector OF customs at Omaha upon
the treasury after careful eXamina.
ton into the charges against him by
Victor Rosewater of Omaha. The SEN
ate may not confirm.
Personal rec%ollections Of Abraham
Lincoln were related by Speaker Can
non at a gathering in memory of the
martyreu president. He refuted the
charge that Lincoln was not a Chris
tian or q God-fearing man. "The re-
Iigion OF %Iincoln.' said Mr.. Cannon,
was not affiliated with any church,
but nevertheless he was a religious
man. doing all that he did for his
country in preserving the unicn ir
the trust and fear of Cod
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
GaIlatin Basin Game in Good.

Recommendations were never
better for the elk, deer and other wild
game in West Gallatin basin, adjacent
to the Yellowstone National park.
This is the declaration voiced unsni-
mously by Investigators, who returned
from an inspection of the game con-
ditions in that region as result of re-
ports that big game was starving. In
the party were Supervisor d. +. Conk-
ling OF the Gallatin forest service.
Henry Ferguson, deputy game warden,
and Gus Steffens, a game enthusiast
of BoZeman.
There had been persistent and ap-
parently credible rumors and reports
hat the snow was crusted SO hard and
lay so deep on the ground hat the
animals co'c,d not reach food; and
both these conditions were found to be
absolutely without foundation.
Mr.. Conkling said: 1--WE found but
three carcasses of elks and these were
all that We could get trace of. There
are probably $500 in the basin and
most of these are distributed along the
ridges. which are blown bare and offer
plenty of feed for months to come. I
believe the elk in the basin are in bet
ter condition and have better chances
Of getting through the winter than do
those in any other region lying next
the park
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
Love does not depend for it,
strength on concentration.
Probably Got OF.

Apropos of certain unfounded
charges of drunkenness among the
naval cadets at Annapolis, Admira
Dewey, at a dinner in Washington
told a story about a young sailor.
The sailor, after a long voyage
he said, went ashore in the tropics
and, it being a hot day, he drank, in
certain tropical bars, too much beer
"As the sailor lurched under his
heavy load along a palm-bordered ave
nue., his captain hailed him indig
nantly.
Look here the captain said, sup
pose you were my commander, and
you met me in such a condition as
you're in now, what would you do tc
me-?
why, sir said the sailor, I would
mt condescend to take no notice o.
you at all, sir"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
To Observe St. Patrick's Dav.

Plans for the proper observance of
st. Patrick's day were made by the
Hibernians when it was decided to at
end mass in st. Joseph's parish this
year. Father Thompson has invited
Rev. p. NJ. Cushnahan of Ogden to
preach and Rev. J. J. Guinan of All
Fallows college, Salt Lake, to say the
mass on that morning. A special mu-
steal program will be given and so
surpliced boys will serve mass.
On the afternoon of March II a mu-
steal and literary program will be
given at the Auditorium and the visit
ing clergymen will be invited to speak.
In the evening dances will be held
at Hibernia hall, Centerville, the Coli.
scum and Renshaw halls. The follow
ing committees have been appointed
by the Hiberians to look after the
dance arrangements:
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
NEWS OF MONTANA
important Happenings of the
Week Briefly Told.
Normal Water Flow Next Sprjnu.

Normal Water Flow Next Spring.
Helena.-A normal flow of water in
Montana streams next spring is indi-
Gated by the present weather condi-
lions, is the conclusion announced by
Section Director Il. f. Young in the
snowfall bulletin for January, just is
sued. Conditions existing at the end
Of the month are thus summarized.
The snowfall during January was
above the normal throughout the great
er portion of the state and at the close
Of the month most of the valley and
plains sections were covered to the
depth OF six to ten inches. There were
two or three short periods of thaw.
Ing weather during the day and freez-
ing at night. which had the effect of
solidifying the snow, but there was no
runoff except at lower attitudes. At
attitudes of 5000 feet and above the
depth on the ground ranges from two
to ten feet in the timber, where no
drifting had occurred. In MAN. places
where there are no forests, or wind
breaks. much of the snow has been
swept from the windward slopes into
the gulches. There is a marked in
crease in the depth since the close of
December, 1910, at the headwaters of
principal drainage basins, and present
conditions indicate fully a normal flow
FOR water in the streams throughout
he state"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
Education VS.. Instinct.

Jacob Wendell. Jr., who plays the
part of the dog in Maeterlinck's dra-
ma, was dining in a restaurant recent
ly when a man, recognizing him as the
actor, approached and said:
Pardon me, but you take the part
of the dog in The Blue Bird do you
not? OF course, you don't know it,
but l can really bark lots nor like
4 dog than YOU"
We'll, you see," answered Wendell,
Il had to learn."-Success Magazine.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
General.

Senator Terrell of Georgia is report.
ed as showing continued improve
ment.
scended and assembled from the ocean
at San Diego, Cal.
Col. John S. Harper, civil war vet
I a and newspaper publisher, died
at bloomington. III.
BY a vote of 1O7 to 10 the Kansas
house passed the Don Carlos initia.
tive and referendum bill.
The contract for a loan of $40. OOO,.
coo to Honduras by American bank.
ers vas signed in New York, accord.
ing to announcement by the state de.
partment.
A resolution i%nstructing Kansas re-
representatives. and senators in favor
of the Canadian reciprocity treaty
was passed by the lower house of the
state legislature
President Taft appointed Victor NJ.
Locke OF Antlers. Okla. to be princi-
pal chief of the Choctaw nation in
Oklahoma in the place of the late
Green McCurtain.
Briefs in the pleas in abatement
and the motions to quash the indict-
ment gainst the meat packers were
filed in the United States district
court at Chicago.
James Stanton, manager or the Mu-
tual Finance company, of Rockford,
ILL.,, was arrested in Chicago on a
nfl orun re pnlo0u14r,nnf ,h~,~o
OF $4,000 is alleged
A resolution introduced by Kansas
representatives and senators in favor
OF the Canadian reciprocity treaty
was passed by the lower house of
the state legislature.
Declaring the proposed reciprocity
agreement with Canada a measure of
the utmost value to both countries,
the Boston Boot and Shoe club at it's
annual banquet passed resolutions
fayOring the measure.
That a total of 1857 .55S.S4 of spe.
cial state taxes levied for l9O9-1O re.
mains unpaid is the startling situa.
ton revealed by an examination of
the books of the state auditor and
state treasurer of Oklahoma.
Charles Muncheler, a retired boss
barber. broke the Brooklyn record
for the rapid consumption of Scotch
whisky. On a bet he finished a quart
bottle in II hOur-an average of
one ordinary drink every four min,
utes, but it killed him.
Through the efforts of the widow
of Il. Fl. Hartman, with the aid of
government officials in Colorado
1000 acres OF land in Nevada, said to
have been obtained illegally by the
old Central Pacific railroad. have
been decided back to the government
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
Foster Denies Statement.

Helena.-Fred II. Foster of Billings,
chief political adviser Of T. ]. Walsh
in the senatorial contest, entered an
emphatic denial to the statement &C.
credited to him in the Associated
Press dispatches that many Walsh
followers would not enter a caucus at
this time. Mr.. Foster declared he has
not discussed the question of caucus
with anyone and indignant over the
statement accredited to him.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-10
Personal,

British unionists will fight the veto
Dill in parliament.
The funeral of Archbishop RYAN
was held at Philadelphia.
Samuel Gompers says a progressive
vent.
President Taft sent in the name OF
Cadet Taylor to be surveyor Of Gus.
toms in Omaha.
w. II. Corbett, president Of the
Willamette Iron work at Portland,
Ore. died a few days ago.