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The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
IN MEMORIAM

Gap. W. C. Thompson was married to Miss Matte Green on August II, 1865.
 He served as Justice of the Peace of Nevada County for 34 years, and since he came to Ark ansas he has been a very busy man, in war, in his l)dge, in his family and of every enterprise of any character that he thought good for the country in which he lived. He died March 30, 1912. While Capt. is dead, yet his mem ory still lives for he was man of considerable information. and as a peace maker, he had few equals. He was a man that would go over cold and frozen ground to relieve a distressed worthy brother. their necessity requiring it. There was TO un- dertaking too great for him, so far as his means would permit. Capt. Thompson.was not mem Der of Corinthan Lodge No. AS, but was a Mason in good stand ing (holding a dimit) and by re- quest of his family, he was laid away by this lodge, and now as Corinthan lodge has consigned his body to the grave. we con- sign his spirit to the God who gave it.
 Resolved that a copy of this memorial be printed in the Ma sonic Trowel, and a copy to the county papers, and a copy sent to the family at Rosston, Ark. Committee, W. K. Dewoody, A. E. Adams. E. A. Pruitt.
 The following is a letter wrote by Capt. Thopson before his death.
 Rosston, Ark.
 May 28, 1911.
 To all whom this may concern:
 1, w. C. Thompson. was born in Monroe Go. Ala, March 23. 1840, moved with my father to Tallaposa Go. Ala. in Dec. 1852. came to Arkansas, Oct. 1856, en- listed in Tom P. Dockery's con- pany from Ouachita Go. Ark, went from Camden. Ark. in May 1861, to Little Rock, there 1 was sworn in as an Ark. State troop. We went from there to Ft. Smith, from Ft. Smith to Wilson Creek. Mo. Was in the battle of Oak Hill in the 5th regiment Ark. vol. Was disbanded after the battle of Walnut Springs, came back to Ouachita Co.,, after being pay ed off in Ark. State script l en- listed in J. l.. Cooks Company in March 1862. At Duvalls Bluff we organized a regiment known
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

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The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
AFTER GRIP
Look Out for Trouhln


 The after-effects of the Gri0 W to be serious, but a normal
 condition may be restored Iii r prisingly short time by Vinol.
 Watertown, Wis.-"After a Sd attack of the Grip my system wal very weakened, nervous and down condition. I began taking Vi with the very best results, and i short time I began to feel like an. tirely different person, and am beI and stronger than I have been years" Adelaide Gamm. (We g,Iaj tee this testimonial to be eenuina We have never sold in our sI such valuable strength creator health restorer for the convalesd the weak and rundown, as Vinol.1 we ask people in rhis vicinity i'd a bottle of Vinol with the un standing that their money Will ba turned if 1t does not do all we q for it.
 Guthrie Drug Store
 Prescott Ark.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
4-ls-6t
neIlCe.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NJ. L. Moore and Nat Martin have filed in the Nevada Chancery Court thelr petition in which and by which they seeking 10 confirm their title to the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section eight Isl and the west half of the west half of the northwest quarter of section sixteen tl6l and the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of sectc seventeen Ii7l all in township fourteen li%l. south range twenty t20l west. All persons claiming any interest in said lands are hereby notified and warned to sp- pear in this court and show cause why the title Sf the petitioners should not he confirmed. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the said court this the 18th day of April. 1912.
 F. E. MuRRAH <aSSt Clerk of the Chancery Cour,
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NJ. !. Moore and Nat Martin have filed in Nevada Chancery Court a petition seeking 10 confirm their title to the south half of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section thirty one i3il township twelve ll2l south range twenty I20l vest and all persons who claim any interest in said land are hereby notified and warned to appear in the Nevada Chapcery Court and show cause why their ,itie should not be con- frmed.
 WITNESS my hand and the seal of said court. this the 18th day of April, 1912.
 F. F.. MURRAH. A-le-6t Clerk of the Chancery Court.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
STANDS AHEAD

There is something about Hunt Light ming Oil that no other liniment pos sesses. Others may be good, but 1t IS surely the best. It does all you re- commend it for, and more. For sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, aches and pains it has no equal on earth. 1t stands ahead on my medicine shelf.
 Very truly yours,
 T. J. Brownlow, Livingston, Tenn. 25c and 50c bottles.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
YOUR SUCCESS

The first step toward successful business career is to write for cata- logue of Draughon s Practical Business College, Little Rock, Ft. Smith, Texar- kama or Memphis.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
DOCTOR J. c. H. g.

This celebrated trotter vii stand at my barn 7 miles Wes of Prescott this season. This i! a thorough bred driver and hi. pedigree can be seen at my homs at any time desired.
 Terms: Fifteen Dollars, to in sure colt,
 Every preeaution will be aseS to prevent accident but will nd be responsible should one occul
 John Hale, Prescott R. F. D. No. 6
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
WILLIAMSON TELLS OF
 TRIP TO FAYETTEVILLE

llb C nlteu OtdlcS NSpdl tIilCliI of agriculture, in connection with the state university of Ar kan Sas, arranged for farmers $ short course in agriculture, es-
 reciaily for the benefit of the de-
 nonstratl0n work now being car
 lied on in this state, and in ac- cgtlanee with this plan, sixty five agents of this work met at i Fayetteville on the 18th of Feb ruary for aten day 5 short course. To 19e 1t was one cf the most in- strac.lve meetings of the kind ever attended. We had AIr. W. B. Mercer, our field manager, from Washington, whom the ag- ents are always glad to see be- cause of his genial, fatherly way of advising Us and of his sound advice which he is always thoro- ughly prepared to give. Prof. Nelson, q member ot the faculty of the university, was one of the prircgp.s lecturers, aaI his lee - -s J4 tae soAs o -....ansas and the needs am Nlauo ot 1ertii- IzeIs, Wete very instructive, ana showed that ne had studied the subject with much care; and when he came to the corn ques- tlon he certainly had close atten- ton ot every man present. He gave us history of the corn plant, it's habits, it's manner Of reproducing itself, how the pol en falling on the silks served to fertilize the young shoot that was to make the ear, of the many va rieties of the corn of be varieties that by actual test had proven to be best adapted to the various sections of the country; then we were taken into the laboratory. where we were taught how 10 judge or score corn, in fact lie just told all about corn.
 Prof. Lassiter gave us a series of lectures on cotton. These to mind, were the finest and best of all We had Mr. Lassiter is native of Georgia and Is well pleased in his work. He has travelled throughout the entire cotton country, making cotton a special study He visited all the experiment stations, keeps close tah on all the varieties. and is prepared to give the results as to habits, yeild, per cent of lint, time of maturity, and. in fact all about the cotton plant and it's product, and last but not least, taught Us how to grade cotton. l hope to give you in another ar ticle an outline of some of these lectures. We had several lect
 ures on insect pest, diseases of both cotton and corn, hog cholera blind staggers in horses also lec- turers on dairying, and let me say in passing, they have a magnificent heard of fine Jer- seys thoroughly equipped up-to- date and are turning out as fine butter as l ever saw. We were also instructed in horse and hog judging. They have the Duroc Jersey. Poland China. Berkshire Yorkshire hogs, all pure bred, some of them are imported stock and are prepared to fill a limited number of orders for pure bred pigs; They have pair of Per cheron mares three years old, weighing 1750 pounds; these mares were imported from France and are perfect beauties. but l don't need them for my job too big. We were also instructed in horticulture and right in the midst of all this fruit talk, in came Prof. Cole with bushel box of the biggest red apples. selected from his own trees. and from his own home cold storage plant and l1 l.o,,~kt k;c ,,,,fo aloc- %o
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
NO CALOMEL NECESSARY

The injurious effect and unpleasant ness of taking calomel is done away with by Simmons Liver Purifier, the mildest known liver medicine, yet the most thorough in action. Put up in yellow tin boxes only. Price 25 cents. Tried once, used always.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

Vaughn Realty Company still have few nice little farms and some city property to sell. See them before buying.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
MARCH TAX SETTLEMENT MADE:
AMOUNTS FOR CITY AND TOWNS

The March tax settlement has been
made and shows the following
amounts for the cities and villages
of the county. The places named
will not all get as much as the
amounts credited to them because OF
refundings and SO forth. City of
-Mankato, $22,52S.87; Eagle Lake,
$131.99; Madison Lake, $179.42;
Mapleton village, $7SO.22; Good
Thunder, $72.S5; Amboy, $1,O19.51;
Vernon Center, $7S7.7S; Lake Crys-
tai, $1,5SO.S9; St Clair, $253.6G.
City Treasurer Meyer of Mankato
drew $21,O33.19 today, and there re-
mains for the city library the sum of
SLAP still to be drawn.
The school districts, which are the
most important in the county.
The distribution for the principal
school districts of the county are as
follows: City of Mankato, $13,253.1S
Garden City, S239.72; Lake Crystal,
$1,9O7S6; Vernon Center, $382.97;
Eagle Lake, Slabs; Madison Lake,
$363.S1; Good Thunder, $600.51; Ma
pleton, $1,57O.92; Amboy, $1,756.25;
st. Clair, $46652.
The total collection of taxes from
November 1, 1911, to February 20.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

1912, was $95, S6079. or this amount
$2,731.4S was mortgage register tax
3,693.70 was from the new credits
tax, and $266.93 was bushel tax on
grain. The remainder was real and
personal tax. The city of Mankato
paid $50,730GS of this entire amount
The credits and bushel tax are
separate from the other taxes and
cause about double the work. for
the county treasurer and auditor in
making the settlements.
The March apportionment will be
due Monday, and the county treas
urer has received $1G,062 from the
state treasurer, that being 81 each
on 5,031 pupils and to this is added
30 cents per pupil from fines and
delinquent real estate tax penalties
The principal districts receiving
this are Mankato, $3,259.10; Garden
City, $1,000; Lake Crystal, $708.4O;
Vernon Center, $233.90; Eagle Lake
$117.3O; Madison Lake, $98.90; Good
Thunder, 211.G0; Mapleton, 1922. 10 T;
Amboy, $4G2.30; ST. Clair, $3.50. The
apportionment d year ago was $3.50
per pupil, and the present payment
makes the apportionment for this
school year $3.50.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
SMITH WILL GIVE AN OPINION
Attorney General to Decide Matter
of Preferential Primary.


st. Paul, March 23.-L. A. Smith
attorney general, will have his
opinion OH the presidential prefer
ence primary ready Monday morning
Formal request was made for an
opinion as to the legality of placing
the names of presidential candidates
on the caucus delegate ballot today
by James A. Larson, Walnut Grove
member of the republican state cen.
trail committee.
If Mr. Smith rules that the names
cannot be placed on the ballot
special ballots will be prepared so
as to get at the preference in any
event
Preparations are being made to
conduct vigorous fight before the
state central committee for the pri-
mary, regardless Of technical Objec-
tions raised by members of the state
central committee. -. .-...
1t was said today at Governor
Eberhart's office that every influence
would be used to have the meeting
harmonious and prevent a division
in the committee over either the
primary or the manner of represen-
tatiOn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
GOOD ROADS THE TOPIC
Fine Meeting of Washington Improve
ment League Was Held During
This Afternoon.

From Saturdays Daily.
Members Of the Lake Washington
Improvement league held good
roads meeting at the Commercial clut
rooms in the city hall this after.
noon. The meeting had been called
for 1870 p. m.
Frank Koenen is president of this
league and he presided over the
meeting today. Edward Schmidt
Members of the league were slow
in arriving at the meeting place
Several business men of the city
were in attendance.
John HI. Holman the well-known
champion of good roads, gave the
principal talk of the afternoon, ad.
dressing the farmers especially on
the improvement of the Lake Wash
ington road.
Officers for the coming year were
elected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

His Son Frank Known Here; Travel.
ed for Many Years.
From Saturdays Daily.
William Lothmann, seventy-nine
years old, died suddenly Thursday.
He had been a resident of Minneapo-
lis for twenty-eight years, having
come to the city from Cincinnati. He
went into the dry goods business as
member of the firm of Shotwell,
Clerihew & Lothmann. He is sur
vived by widow and two sons,
Frank P. of Minneapolis and Horace
W. Of Cincinnati.
Frank P. Lothmann is a we'll
known travelling man who includes
Mankato in his territory.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
MAYOR HAS RETURNED HOME
Enjoyed His Trip to French Lick
Springs, Indiana.
From SATURDAYS DajIy


Mayor Charles T. Taylor returned
on the Northwestern train this noon
from a ten days visit at the French
Lick Springs at West Baden, Indi.
ana. This was in the nature of a
little vacation for the mayor and
he enjoyed himself while there. He
said that there were lot of people
from this part of the country at the
springs at this time Of the year,
and he personally met, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. M. Weston and daughter. Mr.
Weston is general freight and pas.
senger agent for the Northwestern,
He also met Frank Manley, a con
ductor on the Northwestern, running
out of Winona to Mankato, and Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Clark of st. Peter.
Mr. Taylor feels well pleased with
his trip.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
DEATH OF NORMAN PERKINS
Was a Brother of Superintendent
Perkins of the st. Paul Road.
From SATURDAYS DajIy.


From Saturdays Daily.
Norman Perkins, superintendent of
the tenth division of the railway mail
service, who was transferred follow.
ing the strike of the railway mail
clerks, died yesterday morning in
Washington from pneumonia. His
wife has been an invalid for three
years, living at the home, in st. Paul
of Rev. Peter Clare, 1856 Van Buren,
street, and was unable to be with
Mr.. Perkins when the end came.
Two daughters one of whom has
been taking care Of her mother at
the Clare home, and the other of
whom is a teacher in the boys train.
ing school at Redwing, arrived in
Washington just before their father
died. Mr.. Perkins is survived also
by a brother, Eugene Perkins, super
intendent of the Southern Minnesota
division OF the ST. Paul road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
KATO.BROOklNGS GOOD ROADS
Meeting to Formulate Plans Will Be
....e Held at Tracy.

From Saturdays DAILY.
The Commercialzslub of Tracy has
sent out circular letters to automo-
bilists and auto clubs in cities along
the route of the proposed national
highway extending from Chicago to
the coast and taking in the Yellow
stone National park, inviting all par
ties interested in this matter to send
delegates to a monster meeting to be
held at Tracy, next Wednesday,
March 27, for the purpose of discus
sing ways and means to direct this
highway from Mankato to Brookings,
S. D., as other cities, not along this
route, are working hard to have the
highway diverted. Delegates will be
in attendance from Sleepy Eye
Springfield, as well as from many
other cities and villages along the
proposed routes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT
Mrs. Eva kap Died at Her Home
In Belgrade.
From Safurdav'e DaiIv

Mrs. Eva Kap, an old resident Of
Belgrade, Nicollet county is dead.
She passed away Thursday after
noon. Complications incident to old
age were the causes of her death.
She was eighty-nine years old. The
funeral will be held from the resi-
dence at eleven o'clock Monday fore
noon. Rev. o. ]. Arthur of the Swed.
ish Lutheran church will conduct the
services Mrs. Kap's husband passed
way seventeen years ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
JUDGE BROWN HAS RECOVERED
Luvcrne Man Writes Letter to Court
Clerk I. A. Casweil.

Clerk I. A. Casweil.
st. Paul, March 23.-Associate JUS
tice P. e. Brown of the state supreme
court will be in his chair again when
court convenes April 2, according to
a letter received from him by l. A.,
Caswell, clerk of the court.
Justice Brown has been in i'll
health for a number OF months and
was forced to leave the bench be-
fore the last term of court was end
ed He tells Mr.. Caswell, however,
that he has fully recovered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
( They Were Distributed BY the Drs
MAYO at Rochester

Rochester, Mimi, March 23.-The
w. J. and c. H. Mayo cash prizes
for good roads building were award
ed yesterday afternoon at meeting
of the pathmasters of Olmstead coun-
ty,' DR.. c. H. Mayo making the
awards. w. E. Randall of Eyota
received 1855 and $40 was given to
Patrick Walsh of Chester, Thomas
Dean of Byron, H. H. Whitney Of
Simpson, j. w. Arnold of Rochester
and r. NJ. Fuller of Salem.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
Goes to Redwing Church.
From SATURDAYS DajIv.

Rev. T. Carey, formerly pastor of
the Catholic church at st. Peter. has
been appointed to the pastorate of
ST. Joseph's Catholic church at Red
wing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

Miss Lizzie Smith of Menomonie,
Wis, arrived in Mankaob last evening
to be the guest of Miss Mayme
Sehippel for week or ten days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
Death of Truman Young Man.

Herbert Dahmes, son OF Louis Dab
mes of Truman, died in Mankato
last night. His remains were taken
to Truman today for burial.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

The committee resolutions, L4c
w. F. Mailer and F. HadIey, follows
oIutions
The Second District Editorial association in
sembled this day. offers the following resolutions:
Be resolved, to
Printing for the Of its hall
this day.
Be it also resolved, that the
of Eiks appreciated edi-
of this district,
Be it also resolved this
to make meetings year.
member in
of instructive
very appreciated by them
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-05
SETS
WORLD RECORD

One OF, the returning passengers on
the Honohlan yesterday was M. F.
frosser, of the local law firm of Kin
Iey, Prosser. Anderson and Marx.
who has been in San Francisco and Los
Angeles during the past month on a
business trip. He expected to meet
Attorney w. "A. Kinney, in San Fran
CISCO, but the latter left for New York
shortly after his arrival from Homo
lulu.
During an interview with Mr.. Pro-
ser this morning in regard to the POI
litieal situation on the mainland, he
said: MY observations of the politi-
c9' situation on the coast and prin-
cipally in California were few and far
between. i was only there little
over a week and scarcely had time
to take any notice Of the matter; in
fact, / don't believe that 4 was APP
preached on the subject Of politics
once during my short stay"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-05
WANTS $4,000
TO PAY FOR THE
LOST KLIKITAT

Ten Thousand dollars damages for
the loss Of the barkentine Klikitat,
which was wrecked on the east coast
OF Hawaii November 9. is asked by
the owners, Pope L Talbot, in a dam.
age suit filed against the Inter-Island
Steam Navigation Company before
Federal Judge Dole in admiralty
court. Attorney Frank E. Thompson,
proctor for the libellants. filed the
suit yesterday afternoon and the pa.
pers were served on President Ken.
nedy. of the lnter-Island, summoning
him TO appear in court With q mans.
wer on December Is. ... .
The iibellants recite that the wreck
was. due to the negligence OF the In.
ter-lsland's men in charge of the tug.
boat Re Al Hou, which had been EN-.
ployed, for a $50 fee, to tow the Xii.
kitat out of Hilo Harbor to a point
of safety on the high seas They as,
sert that, failing to live up to its part
of the contract, the Re Au Hou drop
ped the tow line at a point where the
barkentine was only half mile off
shore, leaving her TO drift upon the
rocks. They assert that even after
The Klikitat's imminent danger was
discovered the tugboat and its crew
might have saved her by throwing
another line 10 the drifting vessel.
but failed to do So The value of the
ship is estimated at $4,000, and she
is declared to be total loss.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-05
ASSAHANT Of
WOMAN IS HELD
BY GRAND JURY

Only a few hours before the mass
meeting at the Bijou theater last Sun
t6ay evening. when leading citizens OF
this city discus sed the sociological
problem under the topic Does Homo
lulu Care" another crime of rape is
alleged TO have been committed. The
victim is said to be a Hawaiian wo-
man of middle age, the offender a
young Hawaiian released only about
. month ago from Oahu prison, where
he had been inCarcerated eighteen
months after conviction on the charge
Of burglary, committed on Maui.
This much is shown in the partial
report of the Territorial grand jury,
which was placed ON secret file late
yesterday afternoon and revealed this
morning after the accused had been
apprehemed. Charles Kaauwila is the
name of the man accused OF the latest
crime against womanhOod in Homo
IHlu, and the information was given by
Lis alleged victim.
According to her story, the man as
saulted her early Sunday morning
while her husband lay in the same
room in a drunken stuper, following
a 'dago red jag the flight before.
Her cries, finally driving the in
truder away, also aroused her foster
son, who had been sleeping in room
nearby. and he gave chase and cap
tured Kaauwila. .#.. 4
Four other true bills are returned
by the grand Jury They charge Wa
sati Taruya with assault and battery;
John Ia Bona and Joseph Castro with
assault with weapon, and Kim
chong with larceny in the first de-
gree.