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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

before the people of his state
 3d3IfM a lonely figure, almost for GzD gotten amid the tumult of discussion that ragged over the respec- tive merits of SheprOd and Jenkins. On the next few heads turned ques- tioningly toward him, few newspa- pers began darkly to hint that his can didacy might be more formidable than had been supposed. The exigencies of the party case. it seemed. demand ed that Jerry Brent be met with a candidate of equal or greater fitness, and neither Jenkins nor Sherrod was entirely palatable to the people Other holders of opinion followed suit. Soon q small host of them were shrieking that John Dunmeade must be nomi- nated The times required it, the peO- pie demanded it, no one else could beat Jerry Brent. In short, if these members of the press were to be be- Heved,> the party was in danger of de feat and had experienced a timely conviction of sin. Within a few days half the newspapers of the state were loudly trumpeting that Dunmeade's services to his party must be reward ed; the other half laboriously denying that service had been rendered and sneerin&y pointing to the late pr1- maries in Benton county as evidence of his popular weakness.
 No one suspected a prompter- The people, so insistently told that they demanded the choice of the young re- former, began to believe it. surpris- ing number suddenly discovered that they E'had always been for Dunmeade anyway" they were exceedingly proud of the fact. The thing was contagious. Gradual, but swift as, the rising Chi nook it swept over. the state, a flood of enthusiasm. Part of it was genu- inc Far down in their hearts, be- meath the calloused crust, the moral sluggishness that hated change. lay germinating civic consciousness inn planted by the very man who had De- come a hero overnight. The polld- cians-all but few-were astounded. Supporters of Jenkins and Sherrod alike were profoundly alarmed.
 Two days before the convention the Hon. G. Washington Jenkins bowed to the storm.
 ''I yie1d,' he said, ito a spontaneous demand of the people,
 Sentiment" declared Murchell sol- emnly sshas crystallized Dunmeade's the man." He explained that this de cision had been reached by him in view of the evident wish of the peo- ple. and he added truthfully that he had not seen nor discussed the ap- preaching convention with John Dun meade The Murchell men in the or ganization whooped with delight.
 The day before the convention the delegates began to gather at the cap
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
JURORS DRAWN FOR
 COMMON PLEAS COURT

The court of Common Pleas, criminal side convened this morning and en- deavored to dispose of long docket. The following jurors were drawn yes .terday morning: Earl Lewis and Pat trick Sullivan. of this city; George H. Merwin and Robert M. Perry, of Fair field Valentine Green and James E. Sherwood, of Greenwich Edward J. Ladrigan and SEdward Matthews, of Norwalk: William T. F'inney and Nor man g. Haviland, of Stamford; F. L. Griswold and o. B. Burton, of Trum- bull: H. M. Trowbridge and Stephen M Waterbury, of Weston; Charles B. Guyer and John s. Guyer of Westport; Herbert A. Barrett and Theodore OIn- stead. of Wilton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
Knights of Pytllias.

The committee on arrangements for the visit to Middletown, Thursday evening, Nov. 14. will hold its final meeting tonight. It is the wish of the committee that the members hay ing tickets to dispose of will make their returns at this time. Also that members going on the trip will re- port at the Castle Hall not later than $40 so as to receive their equipment and to participate in the parade which will be over the following route; Down Main to State to Broad to Fairfield avenue to the depot where the special train will leave at z sharp. Members are requested to wear black derby hats, so as to be in keeping with the rest of the equipment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
THE SEA SIDE CLUB.

The entertainment committee have arranged for a series or enterta1n- ments for the winter months at the club house The first of these will be a concert and the comic. opera of ssPygmalion and Galatea by the Tempo male quartet of Hartford on Thursday evening of this week. This is intended for the members and ladies' Those who have had the nleasure of listening to the Tempo quartet will look forward to this en- tertainment with pleasant anticipation and the fact that it is given by this quartet is sufficient guarantee for a delightful evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
CRANK FAILS TO CONFER
 WITH TAFT ON HIGH PRICES

Washington. Nov. l2.-A man giv- ing the name of Jeffe DowdeH, a miner of Sherwood, Ind, was fired out of the White House, yesterday, because of his insistence to get to President Taft and confer with him on a plan to reduce the high cost of livinG.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
A MODERN LEAR

The Prevalent Industrial Unrest Chal- Ienges Our Social E1thics-PuIlman Strike Was Revolt Against Indus trial FeudaIism-WOrI1me Re- sponded To 8 New Class Conscious ness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

E TECHNnCALBrIESf AWAUNT3 - Plaintiff, in Moran vs. Dake Drug Co, 134 New York Supplement, 995, went to defendants drug store to get a head ache remedy, and called for triple bro mide tablets The clerk gave some tablets in a box, which plaintiff paid for Subsequently he took one Of these tablets, and shortly thereafter felt sick, and. upon going into lanoth- he had taken hichlorides of mercury tablets a poison. A physician was summoned and plaintiff was rushed to a hospital, where a stomach pump was
 ssed and the poisonous substance re moved. He brought action against de- fendant for it's negligence in selling him a. poison which was not marked as such when he called for simple headache remedy. He was awarded plication for new trial, the New York Supreme Court, Monroe county, holds that the questions of defendants neg Iigence and plaintiffs freedom from negligence were for the jury and that the damages awarded are not exces- sive The court makes the following stat ernent which is worthy of note in this day Of public criticism of courts because of overreliance on techn1call- ties. Courts have been much cr1t1- cized because of seemingly too zeal OIis, effort to observe technical rules instead of getting at the real merits and justice of a controversy.
 Ii is not wise that in our zeal to stand l1n for technical rules we carry 1t so far as to go over backwards, and de- ny justice to parties seeking to re- cover for wrongs claimed to have been suffered Motion for new trial is jed '
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

Wants, To Rent, For Sale, &c., 1 cent a word in Farmer Want Column.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
CHAPTER xxx.
The Big Life.

CO1 ME day John Dunmea1e stood MI before the people of his state
 5di55fH4 lonely figure, almost for
 448fD gotten amid the tumult of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
CASES OF INTEREST.

NO HAIR-SPLITTING HERE.-The Criminal Court of Appeals of Okla homa hands down bit of advice to counsel who neglect to file briefs on bearing in open court and making an orai argument in behalf of their client, as we'll as a note of warning tos those who rely on technicalities for a rever- sal. in the late case of Hawkins vs- State, 123 Pacific Reporter. 1924. Quot ing from the court: sEighty-two cas- es were set down for oral argument at this term of the court. No sane lawyer would expect the court to re- member all that was said in each oral much for counsel for appellant to ex- pect this court to decide cases and brief them also. We cannot act as counsel for appellant and also as ering a record, we should not reneIn- Der all that was said by counsel Tor appellant in oral argument, no one ex- cept counsel for appellant is to blame As to technfcalities the court re1terate what it has often laid much stress or before: Appellant did not offer any testimony in his own behalf, and re lied alone upon the technical ability of his attorney to secure an acQu1ttaI or reversal Where the record shows that a defendant has been fairly tried and is guilty, it is useless for counsel to appeal to this court unless the rec ord contains a jurfsdictiOna1 defect or afiirmativeIy shows that the appellant has been deprived of substanfhai right to. his injury. As we have be- fore said, this court does not split hairs for the purpose of keeping crim- ina1s out of the penitentfary or from the galfows, but We stand uncondieton- ally for strict enforcement of law in Oklahonaa it matters not who bhe vio- Iators of the law or their counsel may be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
NOTICE-To All Parties
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, sI PROBATE COURT.

Estate of Edward Deacon, late or the town of Bridgeport in said Dis trict deceased
 The Court of Probate for the Di8- trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Credit prs of said Estate 10 exhibit their claims for settlen eut- Those who negl ect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov- cry. All persons indebted to said Esa~ tate are requested to make immediate payment to
 MEREs S. DEACON. H II sS Executor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26

The search continues for q cheap
paving material capable Of Withstand
ing the yea and tear Especially the
tear of. automobiles. For the less
used highways several fairly salts
factory ways have been found to hold
the broken stone in place. but in
places where traffic 10 constant and
fierce the problem is not SO simple.
In the Bronx 10 different kinds of
pavement have been laid in the hope
Of finding something both lasting and
cheap enough for ordinary roads.
Some were found worthless. while 9TH
ers have been standing the test thus
far fairly well. An analysis Of the
bituminous binders used was made By
the United States once Of public
roads, and levels were taken to ascer-
tain the amount Of wear. On main
roads where trafhc il heaviest 1t may
prove cheapest in the long run to put
ii . permanent pavement OF brick.
wood blocks. or asphalt, but for high
ways at large the cost would be pro
hibitive. and 4 satisfactory binder il
still looked for.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
THE MERIDIAN ROAD.
Would Mean Splendid Automobile
Run From Winnipeg 70 Gull.

Bismarck.-statssE Engineer Atkinson
kas blue prints showing the Meridian
Highway which has . course from
Winnipeg straight south TO Galveston.
This road has . direct route through
the United States. going through the
NORTH Dakota side q the Rad river
itallsy ana II the highway 10 preserved
Ind made permanent u vii make :
ersat International automobile run.
Tome garsatS headway has heen made
- the past si1xs months and over 3l00:-
go has. been spent towards tht4sunAArs
taking. Though q present there 70 no
monsy 10 sight toar the FORK Iii North
Dakota itI ~ believed that the next Owe
Year, win sse the entire work 10
oomplished. Nj. Atkinson's sugyes.
tion at the meeting last week q Grand
FORKS to nsssthe money received from
ne stats automobile licenses towards
this states share Of the work. seemed
70 NEST with hearty approval.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26

Wtliston.-SmalleT farms under the
federal irrigation prsjscts In this rec
tiolI:is the slogan Of the Williston
opmnercial club which Is 4ab0ut, In q
ufkiqls manner. 10 accomplish that IS.
5Sst. A club committee that ID
charged with obtaining options on
small tracts Of lands, from the farm
efs under the projects. has been up!
pointed. and this committee 10 already
q work with Paul Lsonhardy II
charge q chairman.
The object Of this movement" says
Chairman Leonhardy in . statement
issued 70 the land owners interested.
IL to- assist the farmers under the
project n the sale Of their lands. ..
Decially in small tracts. with the idea
Of securing moro settlers. a.. II would
seem from the statements Of the
farmers that their larger holdings can.
npt be a. probably farmed rs smaller
tracts Another Of the principal idsas
ii making tAisyelfbrt 10 that II the land
can. be cut ,ups!taAo smaller tracts. it
viii DO much easier to secure acreage
for beet culture in the event Of getting
9 beet sugar factory established In
Williston.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
Knowing One Another.
have a friend who says:

nave a friend who says:
when l first saw the Oriental rueb
OF the professor Of Dur new red brick
high school buildings wife, hangin' o.
the Lire. I says to myssaf: Me- MOI
that woman. I wont Dever vose foq
her for president Of the Ladss4 Az!
She amt one of u.s. And while they
was votin' that day / set over in ono
corner feelin' mean, and thinkin'a
mo. You don't get no ballot out Of
me. You amt folks And then tho
next mornin', while I was gettik9
breakfast she comes walkin' across
the yard between our two houses. and!
she saids: oh, Mis- Arthur, I'm ms
kim Johnny Cake, and I can't tell
whether you put in soda or bakiAr
powder. Which do your And whe1
I'd told her how, and she'd started
back, I stood inside the screen doo4
just lookin' after her. And I thoughts
Why, my land. Underneath youE
Oriental rugs you was like that all
the time. Why, you're folks"
The thing is as simple as the lights
Getting to know one another IL tho
problem. Social centering is the wv
to work it out. And at the last, do.
mocracy IL the answer.-Zona Gale u
La F0llette's Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
WILL oRcAn,ze.
Rsnviile County Development 70 be
League Slogan.

Mohall.-At a meeting which will be
held in this city OF county publicity
workers. the organization Of the Rem.
Vile County Development league will
be perfected. the object Of this league
being to promote immigration to Rem,
Vile county. Already Q series Of local
meetings have been held throughout
the county. and at each Of these the
question has received favorable con.
sideration. and from all the cities rep.
resentatives will attend the general
gathering.
Under the present plan of action
that has been laid down. . immigra,
ton fund will be created by the coun,
III commissioners. who will make Z
levy for that purpose, and there alss
will be a general fund subscribed b.
the commercial clubs Of. the county;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26

Some obstacles in the way of the
antttuberculosis campaign were i'm
pressively stated at the annual meet
ing of the association which devotes
its energies to the relief and control
Of this dreadful and ravaging disease.
Addresses which ought to be widely
circulated as public documents made
It plain that. much a. has been &C
complished, the fight against consump-
ton is yet only just begun, seys the
Boston Herald. The housing problsm
which underlies 1t stu needs solu-
ton, and the inadequately ventilated
factory is still with us. Medical in
spection has been introduced into the
schools, but adequate school hygiene
fingers; preventive measures in the
home continue to be n~eutralized by
"the widespread ignorance of what ID
meant by wholesome food" There
arc now In Massachusetts about $4,000
persons suffering from tuberculosis.
Some 5000 Of them will die this year
- the price Of failure to s%uppressta
wholly preventable disease. The cost
to the state of all preventable dis.
eases in q round sum Of about $50,
0OO, 900 annually. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26

IAborers from the south Of Europe.
It q said, are peculiarly liable to rheu-
matism in. Chicago, and some OF them.
to avoid it. 90 elsewhersssin winter
time. neglscting. however. to take
their wives and families. who remain
behind to become charges upon the
county. The authorities will do we'll
to either supply a rheumatism curs
Or infict punishment for wife deser-
ton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
geological tuberculosis

Geological tuberculosis"
The Washington monument At the
national capital, highest Of stono
structures. and designed by its buil4-
ers to stand az long az the pyramids.
So suffering from q disintegration that
while not Immediately fatal, will short
en- iS life, says John 8. Nosby, Jr>
in the December Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Ss
The great shaft. 665 feet in height,
consists Of walls Is feet thick at tho
base. These walls are made up Of n
outer facing Of marble blocks and .
tfour.foot inner wall made Of granite
and other hard stone. Between these
two walls there is>a hlling Of heter-
ogeneous stone. held together BY . CO.
ment This describes the first 100
feet, which IL the part now affected.
This part vas built continuously fron
the beginning Of the structure. .Thsa,,
for years. the construction halted II
that height. It 10 the interior .hllin9
between these walls that 10, now
through the deadly effect Of heat and
cold. and dryness and dampness A.
lacking It alternately. beginning -
disintegrate and aooze out betweeAa
the joints: Of the outer wall and Gho
crevices made by. the action Of the els-
meuts. ~ as
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
4 Real pe,Ieaex.

A New York, clubman who prids
himself on his knowledge Of things
epicurean wal much interested in u.
Item he discovered in' the menl latA
before him On the occasion Of his visit
to q town Of the middle west. The
item war green bldefish."
Waiter" demanded the New York
81, what sort Of bIuefsh are lsresn.
bluehsh?"
8 Fresh. SIR quickly responded ~.
servitor. Right from the water"
"How dare ron impose uDon mot.
continued the clubman. "You know
we'll. enough that bluefsh are not ~.
ken at this season.
Whereppon the waiter picked 10
the menu and gave + q careful scr1s
TIM. g 4 BY that action 40 would
solve the mystery. Then. with. m ~.
OF one suddenly enlightened. he aa1-
ed:
"oh, that. sir9. That's dollhouse bius-
0-sh"-Lppincott's.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
FouRTEEMsNEAR
Ap,ev Will Go Over the Road for Lons
Period.

Jamestown.-Judge Coffey imposed
the sentence of Imprisonment at hard
labor In the state penitentiary for four.
teen years on e. F. .Apley Of Napoleon.
Judge Lauder Of Wahpeton. counsel
for the defendant. gave notice Of an
appeal to the supreme court for pur.
poses of . new trial. and moved that
the court allow the expense Of q tran
script of the testimony to be taken.
at the cost Of Logan county. the de.
PENDANT being an INDECENT person not
able to bear such expense attendant
on the appeal.
Under the statute. by good conduct,
Apley car. make time" in the serving
Of the fourteen year sentence. which
would reduce the time in case he
served his full sentence. TO q little
over ten years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
Not In the Library.

WV ~ WV
Mr.. Claptrap arrived at the circula.
ting library the other day with hia
hands full Of small packages and %
cross as two sticks because his wife
had asked him to fulfill some commits
sions for her. while he was out. With
. look which was just 40 disagreeable
as he felt he handed to the little II.
brarian q list which he had made to
aid his memory.
my wife wants these books" he
said gruf1y. "Be quick about getting
them, II you please. I'm in . great
hurry" Z
The girl. who was . tribe shy and
inexperienced, flushed, and. saying
that he should have the books direct
", went to look for them. She was
gone some time and when she re-
turned he glared at her Indignantly
and asked IL she expected him ia
wait all day"
I'm very sorry" she a~pologized,
"but you see I've been looking for the
last book on the list. Here are the
other three, but 'Hairpins and Castor
OH I can't find and-and I'm afraid Il
isn't in the library" a
"Good heavens!" groaned Mr.. Clap,
trap, quite crestfallen. did I put thosG
things, down in the book slist!"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26

Crusades for . natural flower
come, grow. fade and depart az regu.
lsrly and a. sweetly - the flowers
themselves. Wherefore We do not
take with too great seriousness the
campaign said to have been started
to make the mountain laurel bios
som the of3cial emblem Of these
United States. But why, when We are
choosing a national flower, do we not
ct least try to ind one that has some
familiar connection with our daily
life? The mountain laurel campaign
reminds us Of the grocer who came
downtown and announced tina. he had
named his son Algernon. why"
asked his old salesman, sadly. why
don't ye give the poor hid . name he
can get work With"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
COMMON LAW KNOTS INVALID.
North Dakota Supreme Court Hands
Down Decision in Several Cases. -

Fargo:--The supreme court of North
Dakota holds that common law mar.
riages are not valid in North Dakota.
The decision was rendered in the case
Of Matthias Schumacher VS.. The Great
Northern and others. The court said
in part: "
The syllabus of the case is in part
as follows: t3 y
Prior to enactment of chapter 81.
laws Of 1890. the common. law mar
riage wal expressly recognized as
valid in this state. but by the enact.
ment of said chapter. which is still in
force as sections 1882 and 4o42, R. c.
1905. which expressly repealed the old
statute in toto it was unquestionably
the legislative intent to abrogate such
common law marriage in this state.
and such intent must accordingly BE-
given effect. The case is reversed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
WILL SELL FARM n
winston Commercial Club Seeks Smaller TRACES On,
N der Irritation Project.

.'The options which ws ask the
farmers to give axe 20 drawn that
while they hold the farmer to sell his
land At ahy time during the life Of the
option, provided hsg otil .ownA the land,
yet It leaves the farmer free to sell to
any one else Is any time he may
choose to do q. Nething II binding
upon him to, hold his land 70 DO sold
by the commercial club. the whole
idea being to promote sales and NOT in
any way prevent them.
ANY transfers made by the Com
mercial club will be without any com.
mission or recempense of any kind to
be paid to It for securing the sales,
the buyer only paying the sum asked
by the farmer"
The smaller farm movement is one
that has been launched in other sec.
tions Of the country where federal ir.
risation projects are maintained as
the operation Of large farms under
those projects, has been shown to be
less profitable than the small farm OPP.
Grated under the intensified farming
plan.
Farmers of Williams county look
upon the movement favorably.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26
THREE ARE NAsseo.
iAsether Chapter In Miii,ston Raid,
Aoairst Alleged piosere.

Williston.-Three more violators Of
the North Dakota prohibition law have
been arrested In winston, being tax,
en- into custody IN raids which follow,
- close success. those prosecuted with
20 much success only. q short time
ago. Charles Melby. =. 8. Preston and
william Lester. are the new ALLEGED
offenders. M l
WillistonG has been experiencing .
general campaign against the violatori
OF the prohibition law, and these three
arrests are In line with the general
movement which was inaugurated
through the efforts Of the North d.
skota Enforcement league.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-01-26

The nnal settlement of the so-called
German potash dispute out of court,
SO to speak, 10 a decided triumph for
a diplomacy. Those who may 70.
call the h%istrionics which attended
the discussion Of this question nearly
q year ago, the hysterical demand for
q tariff war with Germany. the i'm
passioned denunciation Of Germany
and the appeals to the department Of
state to WELD the big stick may be
surprised to ind tho announcement of
a nnal settlement. apparently salts
factory to all concerned. in . brief
cablegram from Berlin.