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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15
PITY THE WOMEN OF EUROPE.
They Are The Real Sufferers in This, the
Most Horrible of Wars.


1t is needless to tell any of oul
readers that Europe is in the
throes of the most horrible wal
the world has ever seen. The de.
structlon of property, the sacri
flee of human life, the suffering
of helpless women and children
has never been equalled in any
of the great wars of the past.
Our own Civil War of 1S61-5 was
a mere bagatelle, when compared
with the conflict now raging like
a great whirlwind of flame and
pestllences Not alone is theweight
of the struggle falling upon the
men, but in the American Maga-
zine Mollie Best, and American
contributor nowin Europe, writes
the following letter showing how
the women in Ireland are suffer
ing.
You imagine a war as a state
of great excitement; | believe it
was more or less picturesque in
London. But here in Belfast
war means absolute deafness.
The streets were thronged with
people because all industry is par
alyzed for lack of men. All
night long, for two nights, thou
sands of white men, soon to be
converted into fertilizer, have
been loaded into boats and sailed
away across the channel. All
the channel boats of any size
have been impressed by the gov
ernment. If / hadn't caught
this boat it is unlikely that |
would have another chance to
leave Ireland. And | simply
couldn't stand it. Tonight on
my corner were six lovely cow
eyed creatures, each with a child
and weeping bitterly. One of
the men had been well treated
by his companions and was hard
ly able to stand His pretty wife
was very patient with him. The
men were all rather exhilarated
but these sturdy, laughing wo-
men who were walking the street
a few days ago with their heads
thrown back, they laugh no more.
There isn't as much weeping as
you would expect. They are a
very proud people. One looks up
dry-eyed and says, I have six
children and my husband has
gone One says, My brother
has gone and left his wife and
seven. | doubt they have as
much as a dollar put by Su-
gar doubled in price as soon as
war was declared and all provis-
ions scared.
Il stopped and spoke to a hand
some man who had just received |
notice to report. He said by Fri
day there would not be a single
lbIe-bodied man left in Belfast.
He said was as safe here as
anywhere, but he thought |
night have a better chance to
get in touch with my own gov
across the channel;
which is what | think myself.
Besides, he said if | didn't leave
.o-night he was afraid | wouldn't
nave another chance. The pros
oect Of living in dirt, discomfort
md misery was too much.
It's pathetic to see the men
.rying to comfort the women.
Var is exciting; an unknown ad-
venture for the men: new scenes
lew life, new conditions, certain
excitement. For the women
we'll, just imagine women who
,ould hardly make ends meet and
lever save a penny. Just mag
ne them now with a houseful of
little hungry babies to feed and
10 money anywhere" "
-
Typhoid Patients Out.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15
Lime and Red ShaIe Soil.

There is no disputlng the
fact that we get ideas and learr
new methods from each other
Several months ago a good friend
up in the northern part of Tay.
lor township told the agricultural
editor Of the News that he be.
lieved scientists would, sooner OF
later, change their mind concern.
ing the action of lime, and dis.
cover that it actually contained
virtue that was a direct fertiliz.
er, instead of its being merely a
help to make latent plant food
available. This gentleman based
his reasoning on his observation
that lime showed such marked
effect upon his particular piece OF
land that it was impossible to be.
lieve that lime does not furnish
some plant food that has not YET
been credited to that article, and
we admit that he has good
grounds for his belief, as we will
show. We have not forgotten
his remark, but we have been
watching and waiting" for
facts with which to answer him.
They are as follows:
One of our Pennsylvania ex-
perimenters has discovered, aft
er having patiently tested nearly
a dozen different kinds of soil,
that lime increased the availa-
bility of latent potash, on red
shale soils, a little more than nine
times as much as it did on the
soil that was least affected. AS
to the liberation of phosphorus,
we do not have the figures for
red shale, but red shale is by no
means the lowest on the list. If
we are not mistaken, our Taylor
township friends land is chiefly
red shale, or a species of slate
closely related in character to it,
and he may gather food for
thought from this article.
A natural question arises here;
How many crop rotations can
red shale soil stand before the
lime will have exhausted the lat
ent supply of potash and phos-
phorus? or, will repeated lining
attract continued supplies from
the bowels of the earth immedi-
ately beneath shale fields so treat
ed! Experience seems to prove
that lime, without periodical APP
plications of these two ingredi-
ents, will exhaust the natural
supply in from twenty-five to
fifty years. But, since this man
IS a liberal uses of 1916, we have
no fear for his land. We hope
that our friend, whose initials
spell DAB" will take a dab at
Us for publication for the benefit |
Of interested readers. We sug-
gest that he give us the facts |
and let us tell our readers how |
ne reclaimed an old field that had |
been thrown out on the commons
rs worthless, more than a gener-
ltion ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15
Recent Wedding.
CARMACK ROTZ.

Guy Owen Carmack of Mer-
cersburg R. R., and Fanny
Blanche Rotz, of Chambersburg,
daughter Of Samuel Rotz, Sr.,
formerly of this place, were unit
ed in marriage by the Rev. R. S.
Caldwell at the home of the BRIDE
groom recently.
After the wedding ceremony a
sumptuous repast was served to
a large number of relatives and
friends Of the contracting par
ties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15

Mrs. Sarah Funk, two miles
south of Andover, sold the 81
acre tract advertised on the sale
bills for October 31st. This
leaves the Sc acre tract to be sold
on that day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15
Dogs Kill q Sheep.

Dogs recently have been kill.
ing a number of sheep at Breeze,
wood, William WEIGHT having
lost five, Mrs. Carl WEIGHT a like
number, and Fred Davis thirteen.
Some of the sheep were badly
mangled. Everett Republican.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15
FISHER MYERS.

George M. Fisher, of Cito, and
MissAnnie M. Myers, daughter of
William Myers, formerly of this
county, were married at Cham
bersburg on Wednesday morning,
September 80, 1914. The young
people have the best wishes of
the News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-10-15
TAYLOR Mock.

Mr. Orval j. Taylor, and Miss
Murine Mock were married at
the M. E. parsonage, in this
place, Tuesday, October 10, 1914,
by Rev. j. V. Roger. Mr.. Tay-
lor is a son of James Taylor, of
Hustontown, and the bride is a
daughter of Mrs. Florence Mock,
of Knobsville.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
''Cold Will The Winter Be. -

l had always heard of the 'told
Indian sign" thick corn husks
indicating a cold winter, but l
had never thought to notice it
until about a year ago. AS l
was husking corn l thought e
of the ears had a thick husk, so
counted the leaves and found
there were seven of them, which
was a good husk.
So this year, noticing the husks
seemed thick, l went out and
pulled an ear off that looked as
if it had thick husk on it, and
cut across it at the stem and
counted eighteen layers. If the
corn husks know more about the
coming winter than a man does,
and such winter as last fol-
lowed a 7-layer husk, what will
follow an 18-layer husk?
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
At The Brunswick

Among the guest registered at
the Brunswick this week were:
J. M. Brown, st. Johns; D. H.
Jones. Frank K. Fairchild, Jack
Chisam. w w. Charles. M. c..
Clark, E. Coils, J. P. Robertson,
S. Miles, Chas Bingham, Flag
staff. D. Manx, Phoenix: M. Ur-
i'm. Spr,ngerville; C. D Taught
Snowflake; E. H. Dufield, Will
liams; j. S. Clawson, Chas E.
Regan and family, Williams; R.
Dunlop, Dan Gross. Newkirk /;
Fred Ryan, Chicago: Geo c.
Zimmerman, St. Louis; Thos
Hodge, Fred T. Cotton, Mrs.
Murray, Ruth Murray. Oren
Murray. Gregoria Baca, Syring-
erville; Miss Dora Thomas. Will
T. Thomas, VIM. Goodman, LII.
Brennan, Pinedale; ]. L. Parker.
Long Beach; Mrs. T. H. Frnzer
and children, ]. M. Blakele,
Navajo; J. M. Brown. St. John;
C. G. Haase, Monrovia; w. C.
Pfeifer, St. Joe; c. P. Smith,
Adamana.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
new BUILDINGS
In HOLBROOK

]. E. Kleindienst, the well.
known contractor of Winslow,
who has considerable work in
Holbrook, left on No. 10 We'd
nesday night for Albuquerque,
where he will contract for build
ing material for some contracts
he has here.
Frank Wallace, the cattleman,
has purchased six lots adjoining
Mr.. Geo. Hennesey's and con-
templates the erection of an up
to-date residence of goodly pro-
portions, and all modern i'm
provements.
Mr.. R. L. Newman, proprie,.
tor of the Holbrook Hotel, has
let the contract to Joe Kleindiens+
for the erection of a 12-room ad-
dition to that popular hotel. Mr..
Newman has been hard-pressed
for sometime to accommodate all
who applied for accommodations
and his unceasing efforts to
please all guests has resulted in
his building up a business that
may even call for more additions
to his popular hostelry ere the
spring months arrive.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
SNOWFLAKE PER-
SONAL ITEMS
The Academy Concert.

At 8 p. m. Friday, November
1, in Snowflake Social Hall, a
musical concert under the di-
rection of Prof. D. A. Pack, was
given before large and appre-
ciative audience.
Like the gamin's music which
set Alright Napoleon and his le-
gions in the battle of Marengo,
the concert set Alright its audience
in the field of life, by giving an
insight into life as life really ex-
lists in a real peaceable land. For
while the spirit ofafreverence
came from vocal9and instrument
tai song, the minds eye could see
men who have reverence for
God as well as man. Too, after
a sparkling work song had been
rendered, vividly, could be seen,
in the imagination, boys happily
at work in the field, in the fac
tory and elsewhere. Here, also,
hearty laughter ensued. For it
was too suggestive readings, one
characterized by word usage; the
other by illiterate conversation,
which brought the audience into
that laughable world. Why, ev-
en- ghost stories, here, crept in
to the mind during the slow, but
interesting progress of the
Skeleton Pantomime. "
Measuring this concert by the
rule that musical selections
through talent. should call UP
pictures in the mind-a rule Civ
en- by an American artist-this
entertainment was an immoder-
ate success.
PROGRAM.
1. Choir, The Lord is Ny
Shepherd.
2. Male quartet, Fishing. r.
JENNINGS, S. Bushman. M. Smith,
B. R. Smith.
8. Piano Solo, Birth of the
Flowers, Sadie Hulet.
A. Female quartet. With the
Savior, E. Smith, S. Smith, 1.
West, G. Hansen.
5. Comic Reading, R. Jen-
nings.
6. Violin Solo. The Last Rose
of Summer, Prof. Pack.
z. Boston Male quartet, Dis
trict School Boys.
CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE)
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08

There was a meeting of the
Navajo-Apache Live Stock Asso-
citation last Saturday, at which
various matters were discussed.
A most important one being the
offering. by the Association of a
$40 bounty on wolves and lions,
provided they are killed on the
range of any member Of the AS
sociation. They also offer a $50
bounty on the willy lobo wolf who
has been so much trouble to cat
tlemen some Is and 20 miles
southwest of Holbrook. The
above bnunties, added to the
county bounties are worth look
ing after.
Fred w. Nelson, county attor-
ney of Apache county. arrived in
Holbrook Thursday after siren
uous auto trip from Winslow :
running ont of oil, camping out
at night and clearing a roadway
across ditch is the lot that oft
befallS the motoriSt.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
WOODROW WILSON
is ELECTED

Roosevelt probably gets % e.
lectoral votes
Taft gets IL
Woodrow Wilson gets all the
balance.
Railroads lose on referendum
measures.
Constitutional and n d m n s
and Right of state to Engage in
Industrial Pursuits carried.
Woman Suffrage carried.
The only amendments that
carried affecting the railroads
was the regulation of the mum
Der of men to be carried on trains
and engines. and the three year
experience act.
Carl Hayden won out nicely.
The recall of the judiciary was
voted back into the constitution.
Wilson popular vote 6,544. 209
Roosevelt " 4,243. 639
Taft " 1928, 922
Suffrage wins in four out of five
states. Arizona, Oregon, Kansas
and Michigan granted women
privilege of ballot
DEMOCRATS MAJORITY IN LOWER
HOUSE 153.
Democrats will have 293 men,
bers- clear majority of 153 as
against 64 majority in the pres
ent house.
In Apache county, as the votes
will not be canvassed by the
Board of Supervisors until Mon
day the 18th of November, moth
ing can be told, except as to how
the county went.
In Navajo county; Wilson car
ried the county by a handsome
majority.
MAKEUP OF NEXT CONGRESS.
Democrats. 283; republicans,
115; progressives, II; doubtful
or unreported, %; total 435.
The foregoing shows the stand
ing up to 9 O'Clock Wednesday
night of the house of representa-
tives in the sixty third or new
congress. The total of 283 gives
the democrats Ga more than the
218 necessary for a majority and
So more than the democratic
membership of the sixty-second
congress.
Next week IS issue of the News
will contain a full and complete
account of the election. up to
that date. as up to time of going
to press exact figures are not
known
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08

Jimmy Frost of Snowflake, one
of Navajo county's most promi-
nent and progressive cattlemen,
was a Holbrook visitor Thursday.
Mrs. M. Smith and daughter.
Flossie, left on No. 9 Thursday
for Long Beach, California where
they will reside permanently.
The Misses Irene Milestone
and Edith Lamport left Monday
for Flagstaff where they will re-
sumo their studies in the North
ern Arizona Normal.
The dinner and supper given
by st. Martha's Guild, last Tues
day, in the Holbrook Drug Co.'s
new building was very well pat
ronized and a fair financial sue
cess.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
Double Tracking Santa Fe.

B. B. Crosby's construction
outfit left the middle of the week
for Flagstaff where they will
start work on grading and double
tracking the Santa Fe from Flag
staff to Winslow. He says some
portions will be hard work as
many miles of the road runs
through lime rock and many
more the dirt for road-bed build
ing will have to be hauled, es-
pecially east and west of Canyon
Diablo. The Coconino Sun says:
Trainmaster Elmer Duffield
was in Flagstaff Saturday. He
says that contracts have been
let by the Santa Fe for double
tracking the road from Flagstaff
to Winslow and from Ash Fork
to a point near Seligman. The
work will be commenced at once
between Flagstaff and Winslow.
Work west has been in progress
some little time.
The Sun also says: Mr.. Scott
Michel, superintendent of the
Smith Construction Company.
and Mr.. E E. Ball, the Santa
Fe civil engineer of Winslow,
and B. B. Crosby, the railroad
contractor, were in the city Tues
day morning. They went east
over the road for a personal in
spection of the double track
work to be done.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
APPLES ARE BETTER
THAN WASHINGTON'S

H. H. Scorse & Co. had a box
of apples last week, each one of
which weighed one pound. They
were from the orchard of Mr.. ].
C. Hansen, eight miles west of
Holbrook, from which he got an
average of 1,600 lbs. from each
tree. His orchard is. irrigated.
To one who has lived in Wash
ington and Oregon and tasted
and eaten apples raised there,
will vehemently declare the Nav
ajo and Apache grown apples
very much superior, in looks,
colors and taste and in size there
is no difference. It's a fact that
when it becomes generally known
that the state of Arizona, and
this section, are world beaters"
IN apple raising. we will become
a fruit-producing section to be
reckoned with.
]. R. Rhoton brought in to
Holbrook last Sunday evening a
load of Pippin apples, that
weighed two apples to the pound
and in flavor without a peer. He
says he has between 5000 and
20, 600 pounds in his orchard, this
season. Mr.. Rhoton's ranch is
one mile north of Shumway on
Showlow Greek. This orchard
is both sprayed and irrigated.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08

There is always room at the
top all right, but the man who
tries to climb too fast runs the
risk of slipping off somewhere
up the route.
Many men who set their mark
high, never reach it because
highballs get in the way.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
SCHOOL NOTES AND
OTHER ITEMS

For the second month the en-
rollment in the grammar room
was %, in the intermediate "a,
and in the primary 81, making
the total 113.
There were 9 tardy in the
grammar room; 18 in the inter
mediate; 13 in the primary. In
the grammar room there were
Is pupils who were neither alb
sent or tardy. In the interme-
diate II, and in the primary 20
pupils have the same good re-
cord. The per cent of atten-
dance for the school is 96x,
which is not so good as last
month. due to the weather
somewhat.
The grammar room had their
quarterly tests on Thursday and
Friday. Examinations are not
absolute guages of knowledge,
but they are very interesting in
results. and often painfully sur
prising. The 5 who made the
highest average grades were,
Florence Smith, Helen Smith,
Lois Biggs, Willie Woods and
Annie Thomas. In arithmetic,
Helen Smith, Henry and Lor-
raine Lopez made 100. In spell
ing: Helen Sapp, Helen Smith
and Annie Thomas; in History,
Helen Sapp. The spelling con-
test in the Grammar room stands
for the second month 9Th grade
Is words missed. This makes
the 5th grade victor for both
months.
The Hollowe'een programme
in the intermediate was much
enjoyed by pupils and patrons.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Woods vis-
tied all the rooms, while Mes
DANES Zuck, Sharp, Glaze. Biggs,
Divelbess, Rencher and Gard
ner, and others, visited only the
intermediate.
The grammar room returns
thanks for a new stove which
was put in place Monday.
Next week we will give the
names of the pupils who were
neither absent or tardy during
the month.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08

S. D. Smith of the Pioneer
stables, spent the week driving
Andrew Kimball to different
points in the lower end of the
county where Mr.. Kimball de-
livered interesting addresses on
agriculture, horticulture, etc.
His lectures are so thoroughly
practical that they are sure to be
of value to the farmer or nom
farmer.
Mrs. S. A. Brewer of Pinedale
was a Prescott Fair visitor last
week.
Charley Hess, one of the big
sheepmen of the county, was in
Holbrcek Thursday on business.
BREAD-A limited rumber of
orders will be taken for fresh.
homemade bread and rolls. Mrs.
E. c. Parks. across from the
Wetzler hall.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
In the Superior Court.

The case of w. B. Cross, Ad-
ministrator, VS.. the Santa Fe
railroad, on Monday, ended in a
judgment of $500 against the
railroad.
The case of Bushman & Hew-
are VS.. George Scott was dis
missed.
The Holbrook news., 1912-11-08
News of HolbroOk and Vicinity

Ed Bargeman of WlnSlow, was
in town the first of the week.
Ex-Supervisor @. R. Gardner
was Winsiow visitor last week.
Miss Winnie Saxton tended
store for c. A. Daniels last week.
Art Sanders was in Holbrook
the first of the week, on business
! and other matters.
E. H. Schwab, who is doing
missionary work at Indian Wells,
was a HoIbrook visitor Monday.
P. T. Coleman of Citicue, was
in our city Monday and Tuesday,
tending to some business mat
ters.
E. E. Oldaker, one of Flag
staff's business men, was a Hol-
brook visitor the first part of the
week.
Miss Emma Lee of Winslow,
was a Holbrook visitor over Sun
day and left for home on No. 8
Monday.
Miss Amy Smith of Adamana,
was in Holbrook over Sunday and
Monday, visiting friends and ac-
quaintances.
B. B. Gardner, wife and little
son, Nicholas, are happily domi-
ciled in the Owens home, near
the court house.
Holbrook and vicinity had quite
a change of weathsr Sunday
week, rain, a fury of snow and
beautiful sunshine.
Last Monday the Holbreek
postofice handled close to one
ton of mail matter sign OF up
build" to Holbrook.
Deputy Sheriff John w. Adair,
who was in Holbrook the first of
the week, returned to his home
in Pinetop last Monday.
]. M. johnson of Indian Wells,
was in Holbrook Monday. He is
doing the carpenter work on the
new hospital at that place.
Judge Sapp went to St. Joe
Wednesday to meet friends and
hear Mr.. Andrew Kimball lect-
ure on Agriculture, Horticult-
ure. etc.
Barnett Stiles of Winslow, a |
member of the Board of Super
visors. attended the regular
monthly session Monday of that
body at this place.
Carl NJ. Ross, Pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at |
Winslow, was here Monday and
held the regular services in the |
old school house Monday night.
Hollowe'en passed away last
week in a fairly quiet manner.
There was but little 'topsy -tur-
veyism" displayed by the young
sters- for which we are thankful. |
G.. A. Daniels and w. ]. Adams |
were very busy the past week |
looking up some fourteen head |
of stray cattle, which passed
from view and cannot be found. |
R. S. Teeple has moved his
real estate office to the remodel
ed Scourse drug store building
and its truism that he now has
one of the incest and cOSieSt real
estate offices in the state
C. H. Gardner returned Mon
day from Snowflake where he
went last Saturday to attend the
dance and basketball games or
the Stake Academy. He reports
a good crowd and a splendidly
good time.
F. D. Annabl, representing L.
P. Putney Co., of Albuquerque,
wholesale grocers, was in Hol-
brook Wednesday and is most
highly pleased with his first trip
to Apache county. He sold ST. i
600 worth of groceries in st.
Johns and over 81, 600 worth in
Springerville.
julius Wetzler bought the wool
of H. H. Scorse last Wednesday
morning, II cents per pound.
February delivery in Phoenix,
This is a good deal for both par
ties; the wool being the veryt
best grade is certain not to go
any lower, or as. julius says: I
can ship to England and make a
Drofit- ~