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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-06-18

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8ienncminitstppe.
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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-06-18
Daihinston.S rep.
@~albinatpn 3. G.. 10. SUM 1912.


9laoene bar / ben ienere Sio inoe'
bolOt 9eretnineer ON en- Silltrem.
ming al @%migranter fra De Sorenebe
Stater til golipia, Spo Imerita.
9enne bar p9ientlig beret fornnle-
oiget al nogle Girful9rer ~unoerteg-
net at en- bis Sersulon og ipreot ONT
firing / alle Nineoiitrifter ber og /
alaifa. S bisie lopes S,tbpanbrere
Cub og grsrne Sfoge, % iiRr tales
Der ON nogle rige 8ulbforefomiter,
Der looer en- Ssit, Der / Gigoom itaar
lunst oper, bpao man / fin Sio fit /
&lonoife. &ae, iom bar laoet Jig
loffe til at reiie, bar oplepet itore
SfuffeIier. Ser bar life peret op.
baget noger, npe 8ulbfelter, og 2an.
oct / bet belle frembpber fife itore
Sorbele for Snopanbrere. Sen ane-
rifanife legation bar imihlertib
siort fit for at bialpe Snopanorerne,
og @olipias &~egiering bar bit Jig
meget iulpbefommenoe. Ser finbes
itore iloptagne og n9iten ufienote
2moitrefninger, bpor Oct aloeleS iffe
er uianoipnlist, at Der itnbes banoe
Sub og ANDRE Wineralier. Sto er
be fleite Snopanbrere, Der fife baboe
Yenge til at fomnle tilbage, reilt meo
offentlig ll%nberitsttelie, men bbab De-
res SfiGbne Der piI blipe, fan man
life babe nogen grInbet Wening ON.
Sor Sanosmano, Or. Gbas. 6.
Stmgelanh, er, iom befienot, Sefre-
t9r peb Sen am~erifanife 2egation I
Ga Yaa 9olipia. San meobeler De
res grepifriper, at ban bar facet flere
9repe ira be Sorellebe Stater og Ilu.
ifa ifrepet paa Rorif meO Soreipsrg-
ieI, ON bisie Serguion Girfulprer er
til at itole poa. IbreSierne er imio.
lertib for be fleites Geofommeloe iau
utpoelige, at ban life Ter Jig itano
til at belpare bpert entelt, bporfor
ban bar anmobet mig ON giennem
gIabene at oplpie ON, of bisle Gtrfu'
lprer life maa ipttes Sio til, oa alt,
bpao be inoebplber, er oct rene Sp'
Ipino. l1oen paa nogen Vtaaoe at
bile beneate Wuli9beoen al, OF en-
Sonopanbrer fan giere Oct goot | go-
lipia, bill ban berfor paa Oct be'tert'
teite aopare moo at toge oisle etrfii'
Iprer %alporliat. De bar alereoe
braat altior mango SnopanDrere,
bpis sfiebne for Chen er aloeles
paa oct upisie.
Or. Stangelano, Der befinocr fig
beb'te @elgaaenoe, uagtet ban Dor
pmtrent $4,000 SOB oper SapflaSen,
beoer mia iamtibia at bringe Ell Stl-
len til bans mango Senner / Sta-
terne.
"NoromanSs- Sorbunbet"s Stpre
bar Senot 9eres SrepIfriper Ell Weeo-
oeIelie ON, of Der peo llbltiaingen |
9riItiania / 1914 oil blipe %reierperet
glabs for Ell norifamerifanif uoitil-
ling. 9ette bar Sorbnnoet nopir-
fet peo Sorbanolinger meo uoItils
Iinasfomiteen, % Oct FOREIGNER pisie-
Tia Saf berior. Seq bar life netop
IIanen peb Samoen iaa ieg ifal ct
Ienere Srep gioe en- n9rmere 5ram-
filling al famine, for Oct SilfGloe, Of
Ell iaaoan life or blit ienbt SlaSene
birefte.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-06-18

ysrrrrn . pcosp o,ss s.rTrs JUsr iBB 1908 ar rp Posi-
Owner Al pproK.H, Iowa uspEh ur AT ~ oosessss 90
MACE 3, 1891.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
ALASKA COAL
LAND CLAIMS
DISPOSED Of
DEPARTMENT HOLDS PATIENTS
WERE FRAUDULENT AND
SHOULD BE CANCELLED.
(By Associated Press.

Washington. Sept. l3- All thirty
three of the sO-called Cunningham
Alaska coal land claims, involving
alleged fraudulent land patents,
which contributed to the PinchOt-
Ballinger controversy. have been
disposed of finally by the interior
department The appeals have beeh
adversely decided, and Secretary
Fisher has directed the immediate
execution of the decision Of Commits
siOner Bennett OF the general land Of
fee, who held that the claims were
improperly allowed, and that the
entries should be cancelled.
The interior department is pass
ing upon other Alaskan claims, sim
liar to the Cunningham group Of
thousand or more Three hundred
have been disallowed.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
RECORD PRICE PAID
FOR FLORIDA CORN
Tallahassee Minister Victim of Joke
by Bad Man Suspected Of
Bootlegging.

Tallahassee. Fla. Sept ~. Rev.
A. d. AdcOck, a Baptist minister, was
very desirous Of catching one of the
two-eycd blind tigers" of his com
munity. and approached frien,!
whom he thought was wise to the
proper location for trapping the AN
imal." The friend told him he was
not in that business. that he had
other things TO attend TO. but he
thought perhaps he could local :
some place where he. The minister.
might be able TO trap the game, and
that if hr would come back later, h
would give him the benefit oi am
information he could "'t. Mr.. Ad
cock. according io appointment witn
he friend frt,lrned IN the after
noon aud Was told where hr could
90 and get the animal thai h.
sought Ne then posted a police
man to follow him and BE- ON hand +,
make an arrest at Il moment notice.
He went 10 the Leon Motor 60. :,
place, where he found the Hon. Bob
Smith and told him he wanted 10 e"t
4 quart of whisky Bob advised tn
minister thai ho did not have any
rye" hlt could LEI him have some
mighty good corn. whcrcupOn tn
minister stated that this did no
make much difference. that he hau
just as soon have corn as rye
Bob told him that it would cost hin
S 80 a quart, but he was afraid
that he would have TO let him hav,
the amount in two pints. Mr.. hd
cock stated that it would be perfect
ly satisfactory to furnish il IA
"pints. WhcreupOn Bob retired -
the rear of the building and -hur;
ly returned with neatly wrapin-d
package which he handed to HIM to.
his $50 As soon as Mr.. Adcork
could reach the street and catch IT,,
eye of the officer in waiting, Ia, ia
formed that individual: i have go
him; come and make the arrest and
handed the package to the polie"-
man, who proceeded to open il AMI
lc and behold, the minister had pur
chased quart of good corn all
right, all right, Tor the bottles wcr.
filled with grains of real Leon roIn~
ty grown corn
The preacher has not gone bacl,
Tor his money He left the city
early next morning to spent the res
Of the wnck on "A fishing trip.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
DES0T0 COUNTY SHERIFF
GETS HEAVY DAMAGES

Sheriff A. e. Freeman was award
ed $4,000 damages in his sui,
against the Georgia railroad on
which his wife and son, and brother
in-law, Louis Camp. lost their lives
and he himself came near beinc
killed. when a train collided with an
automobile in which they were trav-
eiling The accident occurred near
Monticello. TIA. about two years ago.
and our readers are still familiar
with the details of the deplorable
tragedy. The suit has been pending
for long while. having been
brought by Mr. freeman shortly aft
ei the event. Ii came up on an ap-
peal and the jury gave Nv Freeman
damages in the amounj stated
Punta 6;orda Herald
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
CONVICT IS DROWNED
AND CARRIES DOWN GUARD.

Sank Macrady, a negro convict a!
the turpentine camp, south Of Bee
Ridge, was drowned in Cowpen
slough, near the stOckadc, a few days
ago. The State law requires tina;
cOnvicts take a bath once week.
and on the afternoon in question
eighteen convicts in charge of six
guards were taken to this pond. On"
Of the guards with Il gun remained
on the bank.
1t appears. according to the cvi
dencc at the inquest, that two OF the
guards took Macrady to the edge OF
the pool. and as he was placed in
he threw his arms around Guar,!
LcnnOx, and both fell into the waite"
and went to the bottom. I.enno:
managed to free himself and came to
the ylrfacc; but the convict did no..
Efforts were made to find Macradv
both ~ diving into the water and
with poles, but without success. I'm
the meantime word was sent TO the
camp, and the search was continued
II was . O'Clock the following morn
ing before the body was discovered
some fifty yards down the stream
The fingers were rntcrtwincd and
the arms extended. apparently in tn
same conditions as when he went
down
capt. Parrish in charge OF thN
camp. stated 10 the coroncrs jurs
thai the conyrtS seldom went IA
this pond for bathing No one
seemed to know whether Macrady
WAS swimmer There was no cvi-
dencc that the convict had any
pride" against Guard l.cnnoN. in
fact that he had never been in
charge of the squad in which the
dead tian had worked |; also was
shown that Marrady had been whip
ped about Il month ago. but On the
report OF = guard who WAS no longer
with the camp.
After securing all available cyi-
dcnrc the iurs returned verdict o.
accidental death Justice Of Peace
Southgatc acted as coroner Brad
Southgat. acted as coroner
cntown Herald
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
had DUAL PERSONALITY
AND TOOK TWO WIVES

ramdcH. \. j.. sept IT, 3, man
with dual personality IS not r.spon-
slblo or hieamN is 'hoio~limohf tha,
was placed before the court here ~
itn case ot James r. l.nnl', charged
wi'h having wives IN both Philadcl-
phia and Glourrst"r Mass men
tai oNper, called by Enni declared
tHaf ffa prisoner had a dual person
rs aus,1 bt = blow on the head
eh.n in tn" naFy s"I"n wears ago
Ennis said h. did not know What u"
1sa- doing when hc married TIA" SET
rnl 'mo and tha' Il seon a. h"
an, - h, RAJ s'if he Returned.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13

publication and emancipation OF the
government can be secured in no
other way than by Democratic vic
tory in November"
Representative James NJ. Cox, who
would like to be elected governor OF
Ohio by his fellow Democrats. will
greet Wilson at Columbus on the
Goth along with Governor .Iudson
Harmon Cox has been carrying on
Z vigorous campaign throughout his
State. and he asked that Wilson
should make at least one speech in
Ohio. Just to show to the Demo-
cratic national leaders the real SEN
timent of Ohioans and give you an
indication of why you are going to
carry the State by more than l00,-
Goo"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
IT COSTS SOMETHING TO
PAINT A BATTLESHIP

New York. Sept li The diff
Guilty Of finding the right kind OF
paint for battlcshps is the subject
of an interesting paper presented to
hcmisis congress here by Henry
Williams. of the brooklyn navy yard
The painting problems of Il salt wa
ter navy are considerable Salt WA
ter eats up steel with rrmarkabl :
"cd unless the armOr plate is kept
we'll covered As Il result. the navy
has 10 spend something like over
half u million dollars each year for
li,int The total cost of paintin',
'ht bai'Icship Florida was Sl50,o0o
aud ar tusi of keeping the shi',
liini.d is $l,,opo a year
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
BANKERS EASY
ON REFORM
Of CURRENCY
DISCUSSION RELATING TO FED.
ERAL CURRENCY REFORM
PROBABLY SIDETRACXED.
(By Associated Press.)

Detroit. Mich, Sept. l3.-Consrr-
yatiye members of the American
Bankers association, which have
been urging less aggressiveness in
the associations coffrts to Obtain.
federal currency reform. apparently
have carried their point. The bank
crs plunged into a discussion OF agri-
cultural problems at the closing sr>
sion of the convention today, and i.
Is expected that currency legislation
will not be taken up Most Of today
was taken up with the addresses o.
Charles Conant. and Andrew SOult
the lattcr's address being presented
to the convention because of the au.
thors inability to be present.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
TEDDY ADVISES WOMEN
TO SEEK THE BALLOT

LaGrande, Ore, Sept. l3-COlOnel
Roosevelt stopped here for two hours
on his way 10 Boise and made an ad
dress al the county fair He will
speak in Boise tonight.
Oregon should follow The eX-
ample OF other States in giving wOm-
en the right to vote. he said.
There are certain injustices to
which women are sometimes sub
less you give them the ballot
Colonel Rooscyclt's itinerary may
Dallas. Tex
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
REBELS RETREAT
FROM Aqua PR|ETA
Warned by United States Officers
Not to Fire Across Line. They
Abandon Seige.
Thy Associated Press. }

I'll PasO, Texas, Sept. l3.-After
firing a few shots into Aqua Prieta,
the rebels who have been threaten
ing to attack the town for several
days retrcated in a southcrly direc-
ton today. There was no battle. ac-
cording to advices here today The
federal Outposts were fired upon sew
eral times during the night. The
fact that the United States officers
served notice upon the rebels not to
fire across the line is believed to be
responsible for the retreat
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
ASTOR WILL PROBATED
FOR SECOND TINE

New York, Sept. l3.-The will OF
John Jacob Astor. who perishel
v hen the Titanic went down. was
admitted to probate for the second
time.
The birth of the heir made the
step necessary.
With the second probating state
n,cnt was filed by EgertOn Il. Win
thrOp. .Ir.. the baby's guardian, in
effect that nothing contained in IA"
probate should be considered an ac-
ceptance for the heir "Of any pro-
vision that it may be claimed is made
for him under the provisions OF tn"
will"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
WILSON AND
BRYAN From
SAME STAND
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND EX.
STANDARD BEARER TO SPEAK
FROM SAME PLATFORM
tBy Associated Press. ,

New York. Sept. Is. Gov. Will
son will meet William Jennings Bry-
an in Lincoln, Neb., Oct. ). when the
nominee and former standard bearer
will speak from the same platform
Wilson made this announcement be-
fore leaving for Seagirt today. When
they meet Bryan will have cOmplet-
ed IA tour Of the west. trailing Roose-
velt. and Wilson will be on his sec
ond trip west.
The only other date so far an
nounced in indianapolis. Oct 8.
Vice Chairman McAdoO says the
nominet is overwhelmed with re-
quests to speak.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
NOT ENOUGH MONEY
IN IT FOR HIM

Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. l3.-Rev. | DIR.
Scott F. Hershey, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Newcastle, has
resigned and will quit the ministry
DR.. Hershey has bought small frui,
farm in Northern Indiana. and Is go
ing to become a farmer.
1T Is foolish for any man to de.
vote himself to preaching until ht
breaks down, for he can't lay asid,
a competence. I'll probably do bet
ter at the simple lifc." said DR.
Hershey.
DR.. llershcys salary is $4,000 :.
year.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
TElEGRAM'S PLANT
THREATENED BY FIRE
Office of the Lakeland News Pub
fishing Co. Scene Of Incipient
ConAagratoin Last Evening.

The alarm of fire was sounded III
about : o'clock yesterday afternoon
and the quickly circulated report
thai the Office of the Lakeland News
Publishing Co. was in flames caused
the quick gathering Of "A large and
excited thrOng.
The fire was originated by til" is
milton. from some unknown cause ol
u small quantity of gasoline. Thi
liquid being used to maintain fire in
:, burner which heats the metal uscl
il linotype composition The rrcep
taclr for the gasoline. Il small closed
tank, made and approved by tn
Mcrgenthner co.. was al least tel,
iret distant from the burner. aHa
il seemed impossible hat fire could
Il, communicated At that distance
Mr. i. g. Rogers, night operator
N&, filling this tank prepn a'ory -
i'.e night work when in "A ilas'
the names shot up. burning Mr.. Roa
crs painfully on the arm The ilf.
quickly communicated TO the paprr
"Hd other inilammablc material ~
tb. vicinity. The glass partition be-
i,-ccn the linotype room and 'hc o
t.e euicklv melted and broke. thi
aames loaprd n'p the oil q,
.ariically destroying "a yaluasl"
.lrwritrr. typewriter stand tai
.'rsk and other Office furniture. f"--
sides quantity of letters, paper.
Looks, and other articles. The e"-
tent Of the damage 10 far a 'l" let-
tors, valuable papers, etc, are cbii
,.rned, cannot yet be determined
bat the material property loss woIld
probably be covered by about S2"".
The flames rose 10 the ceiling ani
for time it looked like tn" build
ing was doomed. The ofiir" '"rc"
and bystanders threw water on me
flames. hnt this only increased fh"ir
spread
Meanwhile, the fire depar'M"ht
had responded to the alarm with re-
lnarkable quickness. and by cNfei-
len, work on its part. with th" ala
o. chemical apparatus. the ilameS
we're soon subdued.
The Office seemed hopeless W-eek,
but by hard work last night an tho
assistance of electricians and I'M
ber. who worked TO a late h0nr to
give the plant light and pow md
I; make connections so the 't"' Fpc
could be pni back into a.. !on.
hingS arr running tpda- lal,
though. - ours, and al
fculties
Mr. Rogers. who Na- rel;
burned will be- in'45a..',-'-'l Tor
work for several la. " Injuries
ara very painful. though. 'or-1nate
l.. no serious results ar- .I'. patd
-
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
ROSE GROWS IN A CHICKEN.

thcmawa. Ore. Sept H.. An a.
rio.t fully blown small Martha
Washington rose vas discovered en-
ased in a double sack Of protectiy,,
TISSUE in Plymouth Rock hen
killed by Mrs Florence Matthes De-
spite tiat several weeks must have
elapsed sine the swallowing of th..
bud TO enable il to have become 81
coated the Hover had not under
gone decay
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
GEN. COROANS REMA|NS|
LAID TO REST At
SAVANNAH TO-DAY

aasannah. Ga. Sept 2 The fu-
ara. a1cr the body Of the late Gen
.r, " ". Gordon took place here
.pday. g!gh, Rev + + Reese. bishop
- Georgia. officiating The body was
clothed in the Confederate Gray and
IL. askot draped III the Confederate
.lag vi, ,oycred with floral offerings
u Confederate organizations. The
turial rnpl. place in Laura Grove
z-,- ..5.rrrt
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
no WONDER THIS
NAN WENT CRAZY

Sandusky oh.o Sept :: Read
ing the rpn r"ssional Record and
numerous p'h.r publications SEN
him by Congo man Anderson droy,
'arl Hesseume.,r. Of this city, in
sane, according - his own statement
IN Probate Cour H.. aid he got
e ne read noihn. is"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13

Parents will do well to remcmbe''
that the law requiring new tex
books for the Florida schools make
liberal provision for the exchange oi
cd books in the purchase of tn"
rcw ones
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
BuRT0N'S EXAMINATION
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20
By Associated Press. }

MiddletOwn. y. Y. Sept l3 The
examination of Burton W Gibson,
lawyer, on the charge OF numbering
his client. Mrs Zsabo. in Grrenwood
lake, July l6. was postponed today
until Sept. 20, upon application at
District Attorney Rogers Gibson
has not secured counsel. and says h..
expects 10 conduct his own defcns..
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
|NvERVENT|0N PROBABLE
IN SAN10 DOMINGO
Revolution in Little Republic and
Uncle Sam Will Look After In.
terests Of Our Citizens.
Thy Associated Press.

Washington. Sept. l3.-The Unit
ed States is about to intervene In
Santo Domingo. where a revolution
has broken out. threatening Amer
lean and other foreign interests.
War ships will be dispa tched to the
island
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
Il EMPER0R'S
| GRAVE N0C|
ENDS LIFE
,-yrRAL OF JAPANESE RULER
roIIowED BY SUICIDE OF
NOGI AND WIFE.
Associated Press. :

Spp,. -. Hundreds OF
i, ot persons stood barehead-
.r.. N absolute silence along the
Nrr which passed the coffin
,t,.n,ns the body Of the late EN-.
|, 81 lapan. Mutsuhito. on its
!, ,s last resting place. Mono
an, Japanese and Korean dignl-
,,rIss air,icipated, the great funeral
e,- hong attended by a large num-
!. +, Japanese of high rank and Of
e 81 the royal household, bear
~. gated candles and torches.
rc,Ytror Yoshihito, and the prin-
- and princesSes, awaited at Mono
,,r, "a receive the casket. For
- dlgni,ares and embassies. in
ending the United States. headed
", - re,ary of State Philander c.
Kq., lid not participate.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
,ENOCRATS ARE WARNED
AGAINST 0vER.C0NFlDENCE
Chairman McAdoo Urges Patriotic
Members Of Party to Contribute
Effort and Money to Victory.

Ne, York. Sept l." William &.
te,. acting chairman of the
rit.r national committee. TAX
lection in Maine Tuesday as
declared that the commit
have more money, and THAI
-t, throughout he country
4- Ia get The expected victor;
mbor
lrse. We are diSappointcG
did not 30 Democratic,
iaoo but il was too much
i4 year Maine is a Re-
STATE and the result was
@a Wholly by local condi-
aal ISSUES. Maine il,
aa5onetcr nor 4 thprguln
national election. This is
'lc lact that In The iir,f
mpaien the state elcc-
Republican hy more than
oe}'y and IN the third
npaien by more tha 1
rtf. and yol the Demo
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
rs Associated Press.

Too.o sept. H. General Nogi
Az. vtr committed suicide, follow
"A, tive emperOrs funeral.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
ticIy Appears Certain.

'tNn is "A Dennt ratio : IT,
sanso in ,ba. ,bn Re-
iority has been reduced
fsf figure of 2Soo I, se.ma
Wilson and N,rsb,r;
me STATE in \oyomher
ascsi, Ioseo, for ,b..
5birh must M, be oyer
,I,inn roeu1, wiIl,wa
Vie anatbv and oycr-con
Fsnrv pom,cr,, in oyer
ea,li,a Tho, .o u,;p
%.tcmber ,broo ,b;rr.
anne.e.sarv sgb,in
r.nks mus, ceasa
a,i,.a IRON. m,s, h,
and ayory nomocr,i
-, -, hu
'h. necessary money mus
> "a. .be n..io,., o.m
l .,trv n.mocr,, :, ..
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-09-13
Set New Standards.

So new standards an !
: ideals from which there
. any recession Political
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-17
PRINCIPAL c. c. sPRATT
Going to Woonsocket High School Frank w. Keaney Going Also as Sub Master.

Putnam, June 16.-
 The Woonsocket, R. l., Evening Call of Saturday said: Amasa A. Holden, 'for nine years principal of the Woon- socket high school, and who was re- elected last week, has resigned. MT. Holden has several offers from other fields under consideration.
 The school board unanimously elect ed, on recommendation of the teach CTS committee, Chesman Chadwick Spratt, principal of the Putnam, Conn, high school, as his successor. By a peculiar happening when the fall term of the high school opens, both the principal and the sub- master will be new to this school, but not to them selves, as Frank W. Keaney, who was elected sub master last week, has been sub-mastsr st Putnam under MT. Spratt.
 MT. Spratt is a native of Maine ts A years old and graduated From Bates college in 1893. He is married and has son and daughter, botR members of the sophomore class of the high school For seven years he was prin- cipal of Bridgeton academy. North Bridgeton, Me.
 Mir. Spratt was for one year director of the Home, Detroit university school, Detroit, Mich. Following that he was one year in Harvard graduate school, 1S94-5. Since then he has been prin- cipal for the past seven years at the Putnam high school When the mat ter of selecting successor to MT. Holden came up the teachers committee look ed over the field and finally selected MT Spratt. The salary was fixed at $500.