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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04
Buying on Tick.

The first duty of the Cairo mah
is to buy at home. His next duty Is
to pay the bills when they are pre-
sented. This also applies TO Cairo
women. T.
Cairo is a great credit town. Near
" everybody buys on account ou'
everybody does not pay the bllls
promptly. Not by long shot IneE
find ii a whole lot easie, TO charge
than to pay and that is one Of the
reasons why the local merchants stay
up late at night trying to find means
Of forcing residents OF Caro- TO pay
their just debts
Several plans have been attempted
bv the Cairo Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION, but not with entire sue
cess. A member OF the organization
has evolved new plan, which ne
thinks will put an end TO debt-dodg-
ing. His plan is to create list Of
delinquents and supply each member
OF the association with copies, so
that when Mr.. Smith, who owed Gro
Ger Brown si4,39 for supplies, goes
to Grocer Black and attempts 70 open
an account, Grocer Black will he
able to ascertain whether tho ac-
count is good or bad merely By re-
ferring to the list Ii the account is
bad, Grocer Black will say TO Gus
toner Smith: Il am very sorry
cannot serve you, but you are in
debted to Grocer Brown, | VIII n
glad to extend you credit when you
old bill is paid,
Customer Smith will leave tn.
store in a huff, but what difroreacc
will that make? He'd probablF haa'
Grocer Black out Of few dollar'
and then move to anotha~ nciehlor
hood And tho huff will prahn BIZ
serve to make him pay The ol6 III
II it were half as hard to ssll a.
it is 10 collect, merchants w"1lt
starve to death, and strange as i
NAV seem. It IL frequently horde
to collect small bills than 1t Is t
collect the large ones II r 1h
small accounts that try the tempe
OF the collector. the merchant ans
the debtor A collector viii ~aF
dozen trims after an accent o
$119 or something lisn it arf~>r'sc,
he finally loses control Of himsal
and speaks frankly. the debtor vii
punish him BY doing his or her bay
ing at some other store,
There is no excuse for the e. o
Of a lust debt. To refuse to tlY
debt is almost as dishonest as rob
hing a bank. yes there are debi
dodgers who would have you Ar te
if you'd dare suggest that tie
would rob a bank.
Time will come when Cairo mel
chants will find it necessary t. d
business ON cash basis The
Cairo will be a better city for bus
ness.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04
The Hartman Roosevelt Correspond

euec.
1t is time the mask was torn off
so that the American people may not
be deluded by loud protestations OF
virtue. The investigation is m,ot.
ing Roosevelt in his proper position,
as THE Pharisee in politics re
has been going UP and down The
country thanking God that he IS not
as other men. and anyone who reads
the letter Of November 3, 1904. en-
titled MY Dear Hartman, will
now agree with him.
AS the veil is being lifted. II be.
comes more and more a wonder thai
the Democratic party has surv we'd
the crusade of corruption which II
has been compelled to meet ever
four years Every American either
should read the FIarriman lntte,
signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Wher
q President Of the United States
representnp the entire peanle. i
compelled to write in. tone Of aUpea
and apology to the head OF . ~rea
railway trust }tyis easy tound~retant
bow these special interests haze bee,
able 70 dominate legislative ant
cyecutivn action
MY Dear Hartman" W. 7nl,
one Of hundreds who. II they ~ 70
receive IKE letters At least OK rcise!
like influence with the execu' ~ 7
well illustrates the fact tha vo,
csn tell what he stands for '.ho-
the Harrlmans. the Rockefcl' III
Morgans, the Perkinse, the Cuvgen
heirs. the penresos and the hurl
drcds OF other trust magnates ar
bacFing 9 nan for the pros leac,
you can tell whom that man Wi
,rt,rasent y elected. So rhis. YEA
n n Park ipe tuaNaEce Roosevelt's can
n6jsa, IL N casy n fell who wi
dc1s'aate his ADMINISTRATION an
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

rutherford l.. Hays. the 18th
president of the United States by a
hairs breadth, VAS horn in Della
ware. ONO, 90 years ago today. and
grew up IN quiet and unostanta-
fious manner without the slightest
hone of resembling IN history. re
went to colleg became Q lawyer
and was Just getting 10 tho point
where he could remove a large fee
from R client ,withoa, the use q an
a 3thetIes wlau the Civil war broke
oat.
At this time Hayes was city COZ
lec.oe Of Cincinnati, where most Of
our presidents come from. but he
gave mp his office and went 10 the
front. where he became Brigadier
General because OF his modest, gem
tlemaniy way e reducing the roll
cats Of the enemy After The war
he returned ~ Ohio and began 10
reap the emcluments Of Republican
ism aud army service. which were
bigger in Ohio at that time than
an ywhere else. He went . Con-
grass and also served as governor OF
tbs state every little while. He was
one OF The early progressiyes and af-
ter he had won fight for sound
money was nominated for president
in 1876.
Litti5 did NJ. Hayes think, when
he left mis- happy home In 1861, to
sew no the Union, that he would so
soon be the means OF ripping it wide
open again After a hot campaign,
Samuel 1ilden, Democrat, received a
plurality, but the votes Of three
Southern states ware contested be-
cause at their llayfn' habit OF pro-
duting more " N ponnlai ion,
For mcsthg q ross discussed the
ma or. while Ilen fought each other
on The stteats, ana ne name Of
HAYES disrupted Sunday schools, fun
erals and laye affairs. Finally Con
Copyright, 1912 by G
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

The evening contemporary la
menting the absence OF lights al the
court house when meetings arc held
there at nights, inquiries; why
cannot the county board light the
court room property" Answer Be-
cause darkness is one OF the essen
tials OF Republican mass meeting.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

Grand Chain,
THE Ladies Aid az the 60" gre ga
tionul church met with Mrs Bolstad
"Wednesday afternoon
Mr. T. Hibbs, Miss Anna Schiller
AMI hrother, Ernest were ceiling on
friends in Mounds Tuesday evening,
Miss EGie Walbridge, who is al
tending school at Marion, was home
sunday
Miss Ethel Runalls returned Tues
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

When VOC have had bad cold
you want the best medicine obtain
able so as to cure it with as little
delay Is possible Here is a drag
sist'a opinion Fl have sold Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for fifteen
years, says Loitar, Of Saratoga, Ind,
and consider it the best On thc
market" For gale by all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

tht other two volumes. 1t is com
p.y.e as to contents,
Everybody needs and should have
this le;est dictionary Read the ,ou-
pons 10 lie found on another page Of
this isrue and clip il today,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

Fashion Is dangerous, rot o3ly be
cause 1t swallows up fortunes lHa v'r
tues, but because 1t reva %ats
intimate thoughts TO All ~ fe
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

when the attention Of The Bull
,etin is called to any misstatemeut
Of fact or to any error concerning
,ny man or thing, corrections VIII
,heerfully be maGe.}
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-04

age. anH dying in 1888, tie was an
honest man. who ran 10 whiskers
teeto'ausm ami pluck His health
failed in his youth, but instead OF
haying himself measured tor a foral
Gates Aiay" ha went to Texas and
fought his way Gacll iuco health and
history Fer ouiet man he
seemed TO have a wonderful amount
OF sighting to e. and he did it we'll
Beware Of quiet men, and do not get
th,'n into a corner,
y,rco sYo+bou, sdoyrrl
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
Will Tunnel to the Ore.

Libby.-Work has been started by
the owners Of the Missouri group OF
mining claims on a tunnel to crosscut
the ore vein. which In known az ono
OF the best In Lincoln county. The
ore bearing outcropping is from ten
to twelve feet in width. average as.
says showing values of $50 in silver
and lead and about $40 In gold to the
ton. Lower down on the mountain a
tunnel was run in on the ore vein for
100 feet and good showing was oh.
tained. although the ledge mt that
point was only about two feet wide
The ore assayed $l+s in gold and sll7
In silver and lead to the ton. The
group consists of seven claims, owned
by Duncan Mcdonald. George Mckay
and 3. G.. Ratekin.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23

recognized until Daylight had picked
up with him. 1t was Hogan who guided
Daylight through the intricacies Of
modern politics. labor organization,
and commercial and corporation law.
1t was Hogan. prolific Of resource and
suggestion. who opened Daylight's
eyes to undreamed-of possibilities In
twentieth-century warfare: and 1t was
Daylight. rejecting, accepting. and
celebrating. who planned the cam
paigns and prosecuted them. With the
Pacific coast. from Puget Sound to
Panama. buzxing and humming. and
with San Francisco furiously about his
ears. the two big steamship companies
had all the appearance Of winning. II
looked a. II Burning Daylight was be-
ing beaten slowly to his knees. And
then he struck-at the steamship COM
paniss. at San Francisco. It the whole
Pacific coast
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
MissoulaIsns Make Protest.

Missoula.--A committee from com
mercial organizations here headed by
Mayor Evans have sent a petition to
Montana's representatives in Wash.
ington. protesting against the reduce
ton Of 81 100000 in the appropriation
for fighting forest fires. The loss OF
this amount from this fund will ham,
per materially fire lighting operations
and Il is asked that this amount be
put back In the appropriation. The
district was the center OF the destruc.
tive forest fires In 1910.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
700 Labor Men Plaintiffs.

Butte.-The record for the number
OF plaintiffs involved In a suit In tho
Montana courts has been broken In
the filing here In an action OF the
Butte Mill and Smeltermen's union to
enjoin the Western Federation of
Miners from revoking it's charter. Sew
en- hundred members OF the union are
named as plaintiffs In the suit. which
is brought against the Western Fed
GRAFTON OF Miners. Charles H. Meyer,
president. and the Butte Miners
union.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
| NEWS OF MONTANA |
Important Happenings Of the
Week Briefly Told.
eLAckFEEr GRASS DANCE.
Big Brave, Montana Indian Astrono.
mer. Looks For Early SPRING.

Cut Bank.-What Is looked upon By
stockmen and traders on the Blackfeet
Indian reservation as a certain har.
binger of spring was the grass dance
OF the Piegan or Blackfeet tribe last
week on the upper Cut Bank river. not
far from the agency town of Brown
ing.
Big Brave. mixer of spring medicine
for this mystic festival and an astrono-
mer OF note among the dusky members
OF the Piegan tribe. was the leader Of
the grass dance and was assisted by
eight braves Of minor influence. The
dance was conducted In a large tepee,
and later on the braves OF an older
time and their sauaws came from over
hill and vale OF the Blackfeet domin-
ion and Joined In the weird and plain
tive ceremonies of the dance.
Big Brave. the astronomer. has been
reading the sun and stars and they
tell him spring is to come early. II 10
time, he believes. to mix the spring
medicine. and to offer fervent
Thanksgiving to the Great Chieftain, 30
he called his subchiefs and solemn
council and babe them prepare for the
grass dance or festival. that the zap
may climb In the trees. the grass may
grow green upon the hills and the wa
ter run in the streams.
Toms-toms are beaten. the strange
"hi-u. hi-u" In uttered over and over
again and the evolutions of the pecu-
liar Piegan dance are continued sever.
al hours each day for many days.
Grass dances will be held on the Two
Medicine. the Cut Bank and the
Badger creeks soon
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
Daylight cast about for a trail. and

Daylight cast about for a trail. and
found one leading down the side
opposite to his ascent. Circling the
base Of the knoll. he picked up with
his horse and rode on to the farm
house. Smoke was rising from the
chimney. and he was quickly In con-
versation with nervous. slender
young man. who. he learned. was only
| a tenant on the ranch. How large
was It? A matter of one hundred and
eighty acres. though II seemed much
larger. This was because II was SO
irregularly shaped. Yes. II included
the clay-pit and all the knobs. and its
boundary that ran along the big can
yon was over mile long. Oh. yes.
he and his wife managed to scratch
a living without working too hard.
They didn't have to pay much rent.
Hillard. the owner. depended on the
income from the clay-pit. Hillard was
well on and had big ranches and vine
yards down on the fiat of the valley.
The brickyard paid ten cents a cubic
yard for the clay. As for the rest of the
ranch. the land was good In patches.
where 1t was cleared. like the vege-
table garden and the vineyard. but the
rest Of 1t was too much up-and down.
You're not a farmer" Daylight
said.
The young man laughed and shook
bis head.
NO: I'm a telegraph operator. But
the wife and l decided to take two
years vacation. and here We
are. But the times about up. I'm
going back into the ONCE this fall
after I get the grapes on"
AS Daylight listened. there came to
him a sudden envy of this young fel.
low living right In the midst OF all
this which Daylight had travelled
through the last few hours.
+ VIVA. In thunder are you going
back to the telegraph office fort" he
demanded
The young man smiled with a Ger.
tain usefulness.
because We can't get ahead here.
/. The hesitated an Instantly,
land because there are added ex.
penses coming. The rent. small As II
Is. counts: and besides. I'm not strong
enough to effectually farm the place.
II | owned II. or II were Q real
husky like you. I'd ask nothing better.
Nor would the wife" Again the visit
full smile lowered on his face. You
see, we're country born. and after
bucking with cities for few years.
We kind Of feel We like the country
best. We've planned to get ahead.
though. and then some day well bug
q patch Of land and stay with II"
CTO BE cONTINUED)
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
Plan to Turn Trail Into Highway.

Kalispell.--To convert the Swan
Lake and ovando trail leading from
this valley through the Mission range
to Missoula and southern points. ineb
public highway by the aid OF county
funds. IL the project that has been
presented to the board of county CON-
missioners by Secretary p. N. Bernard
OF the Chamber OF Commerce. The
commissioners have interested them.
selves in the proposition and will
thoroughly consider the plan.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23

threaded Its way among the knobs.
Here he found no passage out for
his horse. and leading the animal. he
forced his way up the hillside. On
the crest he came through an amazing
thicket Of velvet-trunked young ma
dronos, and emerged on an open hill
side that led down into q tiny valley.
The sunshine was at first dazzling In
Its brightness. and he paused and
rested, for he was painting from the
exertion. Not OF old had he known
shortness of breath such as this. and
muscles that SO easily tired at q stir
climb. A tiny stream rar down the
tiny valley through tiny meadow
that was carpeted knee-high with
grass and blue and white nemophila.
Crossing he stream. Daylight fol-
lowed faint cattle trail over a low.
rocky hill and through a wine wooded
forest Of manzanita. and emerged
upon another tiny valley. down which
filtered another springfield. meadow
bordered streamlet
1T sure beats country places and
muned aloud: and II ever 1 get the
hankering for country. life. it's me for
this every time"
An old wood-road led him to a clear
ing. where a dozen acres of grapes
grew on wine-red soil. A cow-path, more
trees and thickets. and he dropped
down q hillside to the southeast ex-
posture. Here. poised above a big for
ested canyon. and looking out upon
Sonoma Valley, was a small farm
house. With its barn and outhouses
II snuggled into a nook In the hill
side. which protected It from the west
and north. II was the erosion from
this hillside. he Judged. that had
formed the little level stretch of vege.
table garden. The soil was fat and
black. and there was water In plenty.
for he saw several faucets running
wide open. Forgotten was the brick
yard. Nobody was at home. but Day.
light dismounted and ranged the vege-
table garden, eating strawberries and
green peas. inspecting the old adobe
barn and rusty pillow and harrow. and
rolling and smoking cigarettes while
he watched the antics of several
broods of young chicks and the moth.
er hens.
Nothing could satisfy his holiday spir.
II now but the ascent of Sonoma Noun.
tain. And here on the crest. three
hours afterward. he emerged. tired and
sweaty. garments torn and face and
hands scratched. but with sparkling
eyes and an unwonted zestfulness Of
expression. He felt the illicit pleas
ure Of a schoolboy playing truant. The
big gaming table of San Frar cisco
seemed very far away. But there was
more than Illicit pleasure in his mood.
1t was as though he were going
through q sort Of cleansing bath. No
room here for I'll the sordidness,
meanness and viciousness that filled
the dirty pool Of city existence. He
was loath to depart. and It was not
for an hour that he was able to tear
himself away and take the descent of
the mountain. Working. out q new
route just for the fun Of II. late after.
noon vas upon him when he arrived
back At Tie wooded knollA
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
THE DOCTOR HABIT
And How She overcame u.

When we'll selected food h1s helped
the honest physician place his patient
In sturdy health and free from the
doctor habit" 1t 10 q source Of salts
faction to all parties. A Chicago WON
IN says:
I'VE have not had Q doctor In the
house during all the years that We
have been using Grape-Nuts food. Be-
fore We began. however. We had the
doctor habit and scarcely q week went
BY without q call on our physician.
When our youngest boy arrived. s
years ago. was very much run down
and nervous. suffering from indiges-
ton and almost continuous headaches.
] was not able to attend to my ordinary
domestic duties and was 80 nervous
that ! could scarcely control myself.
Under advice I took to 0rape-Nuts.
II am now, and have been ever since
We began to use Grape-Nuts food. able
to do all my own work The dyspep-
STA. headaches. nervousness and rheu-
matism which used to drive me fairly
wild. have entirely disappeared.
MY husband finds that in the night
work In which he IL engaged. Grape
Nuts food supplies him the most whole
some. strengthening and satisfying
lunch he ever took with him" Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Greek.
Mich.
Read the little book. The Road 70
Wellville." In pkgs. "Thersis . rea1ba."
Ever Rad the ae4ys 1G11n4 = .AsW
enc sppeess fFea - $500. -
are geaoene, tsUes ano an - - ~
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
SYNOPSIS.

Elan Harnish. known all through Alas
q a. Burning Daylight" celebrates his
9TH birthday with q crowd Of miners at
the Circle City Tivon. The dance leads
% heavy gambling. in which over 100000
= staked. Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
eledga. telling his friends that he will be
q the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes . sensationally
rapid run across country with the mall.
appears at the Tivoli and IL now ready
20 Join his friends In q dash to the new
gold Selds. Deciding that gold Will be
found In the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons Of flour. which he declares
Will be worth its weight In gold. but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure In the Klondike
and defeats o combination OF capitalists
In a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization. and. amid the bewildering
complications OF high finance. Daylight
nnds that he has been led to invest his
eleven millions In a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York. and confronting
his disloyal partners with a revolver. he
threatens to kin them II his money Is not
returned. They are cowed. return their
etealings and Harnish goes back to San
Francisco. where he meets his fate In
Oede Mason. q pretty stenographer.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
CHAPTER xl.

Daylight was In the thick of his
spectacular and intensely bitter fight
with the Coastwise Steam Navigation
Company. and the Hawaiian. Mica
raguan. and Paciic-Mexican Steam
ship Company. Ho stirred up a big.
ger muss than he had anticipated.
and even he was astounded at the
wide ramincations Of the struggle and
at the unexpected and incongruous In
terests that were drawn into It, Every
newspaper in San Francisco turned
upon him. II was true, one or two Of
them had first intimated that they
were open to subsidization, but Day
lights Judgment was that the situa-
ton did not warrant such expenditure
Up to this time the press had been
amusiugly tolerant and good-naturedly
sensational about him. but now he was
10 learn what virulent scurrilousness
IN aotagonized press was capable Of.
Every episode of his life was resur-
licious fabrications. Daylight was
frankly amazed at the new interpre-
tation put upon all that he had &C
complished and the deeds he had
done. From an Alaskan hero he was
metamorphosed into an Alaskan
bully. liar. desperate. and allaround
bad man." The whole affair sank to
the deeper deeps OF rancor and savage
ness. The poor woman who had killed
herself was dragged out Of her grave
and paraded on thousands of reams
Of paper as martyr and a victim to
Daylight's ferocious brutality.
He was like a big bear raiding
beehive. and. regardless of the stings.
he obstinately persisted In paving for
the honey. He gritted his teeth and
struck back. Beginning with a raid on
two steamship companies. II develop
cd into a pitched battle with a city.
state and continental coast line. Al
lied with him. on a splendid salary.
with princely pickings thrown in. was
Q lawyer. Larry Hogan. a young Irish
man with a reputation to make. and
whose peculiar genius had been un-
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
HAD THROAT
TR0Ubi.ESINCE
CHILDHOOD


Mrs. VIM. Hob
mann. 27G Lincoln
Ave. Chicago, ILL.,.
writes:
II suffered with
catarrh Of the bron-
chial tubes and had
. terrible cough ever
since . child.
Il would cit up in
bed with pillo " .
propped up behind
me. but still the
cough would not let
me sleep. / thought
and everybody else
that / had consump-
ton.
so reading the
papers about Pc
runa I decided to
try, without the
least bit Of hope that
II would do mo any
good. But after tax
ing three bottles I
noticed . change.
My appetite got
better, % l kept on.
never discouraged.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
Instructor Fired; Students suspe nde

Deer Lodge.-At a meeting of the
trustees OF the Powell county high
school the resignation OF James A..
Nelson. teacher OF science. was ac-
cepted and resolutions adopted that
the pupils OF the high school who
went on a strike because Nelson's
resignation had been requested. all
stand suspended, but may return upon
written apology to the school board
and pledge to uphold the rules OF the
school. Nelson objected to teaching
another subject unless his salary was
increased IS a week.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
BUILDING Immense E,um.

Billings.-The largest steel hume in
eastern Montana is to be installed
over a creek west Of this city by the
Canyon Creek Ditch company. The
finme will be "a feet in length by 10
feet in diameter
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-02-23
Swain Ends Life.

Libby.-Despondency over the re-
fusal of parents to allow him to mar
~ their daughter caused Daniel La
charity to commit suicide here by TAX
ing poison. Lacharity was 81 years
old