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warn against seem to make an extra tns
centive-perhaps the chief.
Everybody goes to see them.
BzzZZ. On the white sheet two men
toll toward a mountain tavern's porch.
News of an Alpine tragedy. out straggle
mountaneers. The telephone is working.
Click, We are at ChamouniX, at the
guides corner. Tourists move on, de-
pressed at their Cancelled dates The f1rst
rescue party starts.
Click, The scene shifts to the we'll
known bride path. taken alike by Mont
Blanc climbers and mere muleback tour
lists to the glacier bottoms. What are
those long sticks they carry? Hushi
They'll improvise sleds with those skis
when they find the bodies.
Click, They are among the rocks.
Click. Now the snow. The scenes shift
rapidly Half the Mont Blanc ascent Is
made in fifteen minutes. Yet We see IL Is
a vast world up there. The route goes on
unfortunately. Now We are among the
crevasses of the plateau. 1t is blue twi-
light up there-trick Of tinted films, but,
most uncanny. Click. The great scene
amid ghostly seracs and black CULTS.
The rescuers move in single file. The
cinematograph moves with them. A guide
throws up his arms. The trail, On in the
blue twilight. They spread in fan. No
need to ask why they stop reverently az
that chasm. a climbing pick that sticks
beyond it's broken-down edge explains.
A young guide volunteers the perilous
descent We tremble as We knot the rope
beneath his arms. They step back to pay
it out He waves farewell-and slides
over the edge. into the darkness.
BY the paying-out rope We know the
awful depth. They must be dead down
there. A chill creeps on us the fore
most guide receives the signal tug. What
do they let down now? y simple rope,
weighted with a pick. The tale is told.
He needs no aid down there And as they
pull, up slides long black mass Down
goes the rope again. up comes another.
They lie there. grueSome, as they pull the
living guide up. With the skis for run
ners they transform them" TO sledges.
And as they move down they are steadied
from behind with a short rope. lest they
slip.
1 asked Wertheim. the famous Lons
doner, who has been doing all the neg
die" peaks of Chamounix. how the cine
matograph scene impressed him.
oh" he answered. danger is the
main attraction, the natives Well
know Just as they refrain from pub
fishing all tunnel and railway mountain
accidents. so they spread at large all AL
pine climbing tragedies. They add to the
general Alpine interest and they stimu-
late ambition.
Isabella. most intrepid OF climbers in
your beautiful and brilliant youth, YER
tigo-stricken and fearsome in the kindly
autumn OF your days, how would this
misunderstanding of your warning pic
lures shock you!
STERLING HELLO.
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Il would rot Ike to give up my trade
repiied the poor but husky young Cha
mouuix guide.
ia never ask YOU" said the lovely
>lpin!st. flushed and enthusiastic But
You'll guide only me
I'D IKE that" said Charlet, scratching
rs head But I must ask the chief
guide if it's in the regulations.
I'm "a with you.' answered the splen-
did young creature. whose Alpine climb
Ing record still remains after the years,
that Of the most intrepid. Look here.
CharIet, you have saved my life twenty
times We've climbed the snow peaks
together and we ought not quit each
other
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HARLET, marry
me-" said rich
Miss Isabella STRAIT
ton.
He had just saw
ed her life once
again, among the
lower Seracs oil
Mont Blanc. They
stood looking dowr
on Chamounix, botf
struck to sentiment
by recent danger
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ing a general impression of things heard
and seen, kind of collective conscious
ness of. dangers reveled in by the most
prudent; and each time you Get the
name wrong 1t Is a new tragedy.
In fact. a, search OF the records shows
only forty-three deaths on. Mont Blanc
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Lessen Peak in California has been in
eruption at a more recent date than any
other volcano in continental United
States and is of consequent great scien-
tific interest. Eruptions from this peak
occurred not more than 200 years ago.
as is shown by the remains of trees killed
at that time and still standing. Snag
Lake was formed at the time Of this
last eruption by a stream of lava which
flowed across a little valley. damming it
I'D and thus converting it into a body of
water. The stumps of many trees.
drowned as the water rose. are still
standing in this lake.
Within the extinct craters of these
peaks are scores of cinder cones. and the
cinder cone is the last thing thrown out
by dying volcano. AS the fires below
ground disappear and the last of the
gases they produce rise to the surface,
they blow out these cinders and pile
them in the form of great ant hills about
the vents. For the protection of this
recent example of volcanic activity. 5000
acres of land have been Withdrawn into
what is known as the Lessen Peak monu-
ment
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suffered much from neglect, as we'll as
vandalism. Portions of old paintings
within the chance have been knocked
off and carried away, and the names Of
many of these vandals are written in
side the cave. The land upon which the
mission stands was entered as a home
stead by Carmen Mendez, who fully APP
preciated the desirability of preserving
the ruin and showed the faith that was
in him by relinquishing the necessary ten
acres of his claim to the government
June 90 1905
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one OF the Needles When they returned
] told him / had seen him in the tele-
scope and expected him to all.
The difficult peaks make no victims"
answered the veteran guide. 1.-The Grepon,
the Requin and the Drus never killed
anybody They will get their work in the
day when Mir. Anybody can ride up in
a decentralization railway like the Ger
van and go fumbing around without
stamina or caution. The one spot that
has the most victims is the Mauvais
Pas"
On inquiry l found it exact Incredible
as ii may seem, one spot on the easiest,
cheapest, coTmonest ladies' afternoon
trip across the sea of ice. requiring not
even guide and not considered Alpinism
at all. has fifteen victims to it's credit,
mostly lady tourists.
The funiculaire rides the weak, the
nerveless and the tinid up to the sea OF
ice. The guides ask a dollar to go across
with you. Many save the dollar: all the
victims saved it. And YOU wonder how
they could fall. After the sea of ice Is
Left behind, on dry. sun-Dlistered slant
a massive iron hand-rail leads along a
narrow zigZag path. cut in the rock,
Well, the story never varies:
August. 1902. Nine. Lamar. French
widow, met q party coming in the oppo-
site direction. She attempted to pass
outside. fell 100 feet, struck her head and
died instantly.
July. 1864, Grace Leonard. Australian
coming in the opposite direction And
so forth.
In 1908, when l was STAYING at the
Hotel de rAngleterre, Chamounix. two
muscular danseuses of the Paris Grand
Opera ballet attracted considerable atten-
ton in dining room and on the terra ces
One afternoon they started off. on be-
ribboned mules, with each a guide and
letter. Grand ASCENSION" the word
passed. laughing, by mu!e-back to the
sea of ice" That evening there was
silence. One poor surviving cigale law
hysterical and drugged, in bed, and the
other with a skull crushed at the Maui
vais Pas, had begun her last sleep.
/ did not return to Chamounix until
1311. On the day OF my arrival l pick
ed up the Courier of Mont Blanc
An English girl, Miss Bates, had QUIT
the Hotel des Etrangers October g. 1910
announcing her departure for Switzerland
the next day. She was never seen again
and every one imagined she had gone to
Switzerland. Only this May the melting
SHOWS disclosed her body in a creyice of
the rocks far deep below the Mottets
rocks. 1t is easy to reconstruct the
drama A. a moment when visitors were
almost nil Miss Bates had the impru-
dence to cross the of ice without q
guide or companion and continue along
the rocky route, so freQuented in the
season. Why did she let 60 the solid
hand-rail? How did she fall? BY what
accident did her poor body remain un-
seen? We only know that the SHOWS
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Ut of the vastness
OF the domain of
our Uncle Samuel
he has been care
fully s e ! e C I j n s
those things that
are most strange
and curious. that
are most historic
ally important or
that are most stu
p e n d o u sly i'm
preSsive, and set
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less. by accident, you step inside that
parlor door and perceive that the lady
is simply reading aloud from Death in
the Eternal Snows,'' published at &C.
neva in 167S-the children so enjoy it.
Thus are scattered, tourist tales of AK
zine tragedies. by word of mouth. CIV
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SPECIAL Correspondence OF The Star.
CHAMOUNIX, July -, 1912.
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THEY Are Set Aside by
1 the Government to Be
Preserved for Posterity-
Trees Turned to Stone
Rock-written History-The
Largest Natural Bridge
Caves That Are Mile Deep
"A Live Volcano-The
Least Known Wonder
MANY Other National Monu-
mentS.
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All depends on the weather, the
strength, stamina and endurance Of the
paYteo-and their. luck.
In vain the good Isabella Charlet-Strat-
ton established her moving pictures!
The dangers which they are supposed to
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finally covered it below the Mauvais Pas
Regularly the natives eXaggerate their
Alpine tragedies And tourists help them
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DEVILS TOWEG
=. IN -.
WYOM11NG

made out OF it the petrified forests mon
ument-a wonderland now containing for
ty-fve square miles.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
FAIR .l||. EXCHANGE
A New Back for an Old One How
: it Is Done in Wahpaton.

The back aches at times with
q dull, indescribable feeling,
making you weary and restless;
piercing pains shoot across the
region of the kidneys, aud again
the loins are 60 lame to stoop
is agony. No use to rub or ap-
ply a plaster to the back in this
condition. You cannot reach
the cause. Exchange the bad
back for a new aud stronger
ore. Follow the example of
this Wahpeton citizen.
Henry J. Dietz, 800 N. Fifth
ST., Wahpeton. N. OAK, says:
"a severe pain in the small of
my back, together with other
symptoms of disordered kid
neys led me to try Doen's Kid
ney Pills which l procured at
Keen's Drug Store. Soon after
I began taking this remedy l
was relieved and continued use
cured me. I do not hesitate
one moment in recon mending
this reliable kidney medicine"
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
The Story Of tho Extra Session

Congressman Ebenezer J.
Hill. standpat protectionist of
Connecticut, made a speech in
the House recently which he
considered a gem. He extolled
the Payne Aldrich law to the
skies. proclaiming in a loud
voice it had nothing to do with
high prices. Mr.. Hill thought
80 we'll of his speech that he
named it "The Story of the Ex-
ira Session." and sent it broad.
cast among his constituents.
asking them to read it and to
comment upon it. Some of
the comments, however, were
not what Mr.. Hill expected.
The following comment sent in
from a resident of Stratford,
Conn, for instance. must have
been a severe jolt to Mr.. Hills
standpat nerves:
"My wife and 1 came to New
York by steamer. having with
US seven yards of serge cloth,
which was to be made into a
dress for my wife. This cloth
cost in London $11.9O, and was
declared dutiable by the Gus.
toms officers. On those seven
yards of cloth 1 was obliged to
pay q double duty-a duty on
the weight and duty on the
value-44 cents a pound and So
per cent ad valorem. These
duties amounted to 1924, max.
ing the cost of the $l1.9O article,
$21.14.
IA tax like this is unjust and
excessive, and cannot be dc
Tended. If this is a sample of
the provisions of the present
tariff law I am not surprised at
the universal dissatisfaction
that prevails with regard to it,
and l hope the Democrats will
succeed in changing this law
with some regard for the inter
est of the consumers"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15

We carry a full line of var
nishes, lime, paint, cement
cement blocks, calcimine, brick.
We do mason WORN, brick lay.
ing, plastering, cement work
and make cement side walks
Tohti Rischard & Son
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
10 Went Linn Now.

No more limping for Tom
Moore of Cochran, Ga. II had
q bad sore on my instep that
nothing seemed to help till l
used Bncklen's Arnica Salve,"
he writes, "but this wonderful
healer soon cured me-" Heals
OLD. running sores, ulcers. boils,
burns, cuts, bruises, eczema or
piles. Try it. Only % cents
at all druggists.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15

You. the esd above named respondents ere
hereby notified that the inal account Of the
administrator Of the estate Of Huttorm g.
1ellem. hts Of the VILLAGE Of Kenseet In the
County OF Worth and State of Iowa, deceased.
has been rendered to this court, therein show.
ing that the estate Of said deceased 10 ready
for final settlement and distribution, and petit
ttoning that his account b allowed. the resi-.
due Of said estate DO distributed o. the per.
sons thereunto entitled, his administration
the soth day Of March. A. D. 1918. At 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon Of that day. at the court
rooms Of this court. in the court house, in
the City of Wahpeton, county OF Richland
and State of North Dakota, has been duly ap-
pointed by this court for the settlement
thereof. at which time and place any person
interested in said estate msy appear and file
his exceptions. in writing, to said account
and petition and contest the same.
And you, the above named responder 5, and
each of you. are hereby cited and required
then and there to be and appear before this
court. and show cause, if any you have, why
said account shall not be allowed, the residue
of said estate distributed, the administration
OF said estate closed and said administrator
discharged
Dated the 18th day OF February, A. D. 1912.
(sEAL) GEORGE VAN ARNAN
Judge of the county court.
By the Court:
Let service of the above citation be made
BY publication thereof in The Wahpeton
Times, weekly newspaper published in
Wahpeton. North Dakota, for four successive
weeks and let such publications be made on
February 18th, a2nd, and Goth, and March 9Th,
1912.
isEAL) GEORGE VAN ARNAM,
Judge
FORBES s. THORPE.
Attorneys for Petitioner,
WahpetOn, North Dakota.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
Notice To Creditors
THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFF

Augustus Aspinwall, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by thu undersigned,
William B. Aspmwall. Administrator of the
Estate of Augustus Aspnwall, late of the city
of Wahpeton, in the county of Richland and
State of North Dakota, deceased, to the eredi.
tors of, and all persons having claims
against, said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers within six months
after the first publication of this notice. to
said Administrator at Wahpeton. in said Rich.
land county.
Dated February End 4. D.. 1912.
(SEAL) WILLIAM b. AsrINwALL,
Administrator.
First publication on the sth day of February
A. D., 1879.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
Citation and Notice HearIn
Proof OF Will.
OF NORTH DAKOTA,

County of Richland.
In County Court. before Hon. George Van
Arnam, Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Charles
Wagner, deceased.
John H. Movius, petitioner
Va,
John B. Wagner, Anna NJ. Wagner, Mary H.
Gilbert, Margaret W. Movius. Anna NJ.
Beak, Gertrude Ball, Grace Ballinger. Ethel
Coulter, Eva H. Movius. Carl e. MovIus,
HELEN G. Movius. Virginia Movius, Gilbert
H. Movius and Elizabeth McCauley, re-
Hspondents.
The State of North Dakota, to the above
named respondents and all persons interested
in the estate of Charles Wagner, deceased:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that John H. Movius the petitioner herein,
has filed in this court document in writing,
purporting to be the last will and testament
of Charles Wagner, late OF the city of Lidger-
| wood, in the County of Richland and State of
North Dakota. deceased, with his petition
| praying for the admissiCn to probate of said
| document as the last will aud testament of
said deceased, and for the issuance to him of
etters testamentary thereon, and that the
said petition and the proofs of said purported
will and testament will be heard and duly
considered by this court on Friday. the sth
day of March, a. ID. 1912. at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of that day, at the court rooms of
this court. in the county court house, in the
City of Wahpeton, County of Richland and
State of North Dakota; and
| You and each of you are hereby cited to be
and appear before this court at said time and
place and answer said petition and show
cause, If any there be. why the PRAYER of
said petition should not be granted
BY the court,
(sEAL) GEORGE VAN ARSAM.
Judge of the County Court.
Dated the 18th day of January, A. u. 1912,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
Notice and Citation, Hearing Of
Final Account and Dlstrl.
button Of Estate.

STATE or NORTH DAKOTA
County of Richland.
In County Court. before Hon, George Van
Arnam. judge.
In the matter of the estate of Mary Ann
Wagner. DECEASED.
John H. Movius, petitioner.
vs.
Charles Wagner, John B. Wagner, Margaret
W. Movius and Mary Gilbert, respondents.
The State of North Dakota to the above
named respondents:
You, the said Charles Wagner, John B
Wagner. Margaret w. Movius and Mary Gil.
bert. respondents, are hereby notified that
the final account of the executor of estate of
Mary Ann Wagner, deceased, late of the CITY
of Lidgerwood in the County of Richland and
State of North Dakota, deceased, has been
rendered to this court, therein showing that
the estate Of said deceased IS ready for final
settlement and distribution, and petitionipp
that his account be allowed the residue of
said estate be distributed to the persons
thereunto entitled, his administration closed
and he be discharged; that Friday, the 9Th
day of March. A. D. 1912, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon OF that day, at the court rooms of
this court. in the court house, in the City of
Wahpeton. county Of Richland and State of
North DAKOTA, has been duly appointed by
this court for the settlement thereof. at
which time and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and file his excep.
tions. in writing. to said account and petition
and contest the same.
And you. the above named respondents
and each of you. are hereby cited and reouir.
ed then and there to be and appear before
this court and show cause. If any you have.
why said account shall not be allowed, thu
re Il - estate distributed. the admin
tstrstion Of SAID estate closed and said John
h. Movius. executor, discharged.
Dated the 26th day Of January, A. D. 1919.
By the Court,
SEAL GEORGE VAN ARsAx.
Judge Of the County Court.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15
Legal Notices
Notice and Citation Hearing o.
Final Account and Dlstrl.
button Of E&tate.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
County of Richland. e
In County Court, before Hon. George Van
ArnaW. Judge.
In the mater of the estate of Guttorm g.
Mellem. deceased.
Gilbert O. Sander. petitioner.
vs..
Gulbrand g. Mellem. Margit Sander, Kolb.
jorn g. Mellem, Ragne Bortness and d. D.
Haugen. respondents.
The State Of North Dakota to the above
named respondents:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-02-15

For constipation and liver
troubles. Try a box of DR.. T. V.
Quick's Alaska Liver Pills.
For sale by all druggist.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28
AMUSEMENT TAX FOR FUNERALS

The mayor of Stassfurt recently con-
ceived the ingenious idea of levying
tax on the dead of the community.
According to the latest decree issued
by his honor a funeral is to be con-
sidered an amusement and taxed as
such. The widow of a citizen apply
ing for funeral permit receives the
following document: Five marks
Permit to arrange a festival. Here
with permission is granted the Widow
Liedke of this city to hold a funeral
parade with music on the 5th instant,
the procession to march through the
Washtel, Rosmarin, Prinzen, Bruck-
en-, Stein, Fursten and Hacklinger
streets to the outskirts of the town" :"
New York Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28
%~@%o@N"

That is decidedly Interesting fight
that is on in Portland with Governor
West battling on
He Has Already one side and the
Kicked Down forces of organized
The Gate. vice upon the 9TH
er II Is probably
the hardest struggle any governor of
oregon has ever undertaken. The
governor is not merely after the wo-
men Of the tender,on and other deni
zens OF the north end. They are but
the leaves on the tree Of protected
vice, and il is easy to make them
scatter. West Is striking at the trunk
oi the tree-at property owners who
rent houses for prostitution or in
some other way profit by the system
and the number who profit is as
founding. Tn" governor is also anxi-
Gus to break down the fence Of cor
rupt or negligent officials who have
been the main protection of those
who profit by vice
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28
HORRID MAMMA.

Why is this little girl crying. Be-
cause her mamma will not let her put
molases and feathers on the baby's
face. What bad mamma! The lit
tie girl who never had any mamma
must enjoy herself. Papas are nicer
than mammas. No little girl ever
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28

marries a mamma, and perhaps that
is why the mammas are so bad to lit
tie girls. Never mind, when mamma
goes out of the room slap the horrid
baby, and II it cries YOU can tell mann
ma it has the colic.-Reprlnted from
the Old Denver Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28
The Dear Girl.

wife. why don't you make some
flannel cakes?"
The bride was green at cooking,
but she was game. II will IL you
wish it," she said shall use red
or white MISUNDERSTANDING
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28

tine way, He is very resourceful
courageous fighter he has vast au-
thority ana he has the advantage Of
being upon the side of right and de-
cJncy He also has a record for win
uing out, He has gone M against
some hard propositions before and he
has won out every tmr with his
veto whip in hand ne made the poll
u.Igus I'm the legislature pass his
state printer flat salary law; he made
Governor Johnson of California send
Wldo back here for trial; he cleaned
up the Portland road houses and like
wise the towns of Huntington and
Redmond 1t is the prediction of the
East Oregonian that while Governor
Wcst may not completely uproot the
tree of organized vice in Portland he
win smash the fence which protects
II ana will give the tree itself such
jclts that henceforth 1t will not look
So attractive to those people some
pious and some worldly, who make
money from its growth and do not
care though its fruits are misery
crime and death,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28

sons. 1t would be just as sensible to
close the telephone office also, and
shut down the city water plant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28

Many man who has hope for
breakfast has disappointment for sup
per