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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
MORE MEN WANT WIVES
Lonely Bachelors Of Oregon Looking
Toward Bennington

OWaru pennington
During the past two days Postmas-
ter Collins M. Graves has not been
receiving any letters from the ives
tern SWANS who have been misled,
through a newspaper story published
on the Pacific coast, into the belief
that Bennington was the home OF nu-
merous maids and widows who are
looking for, but who are unable to
find husbands.
The story is working" however,
for this morning the Banner received
a letter containing list of names OF
10 lonely wife-hunters. The letter Is
dated Cliff, Oregon. A search Of the
atlas fails to locate Cliff but Lake
county is of sufficient Importance to
be given a place on the map. II is
located in southern Oregon near the
California line The population of
the entire county is 2604. The prin-
cipal city" Lakeview, contains 704
people, which makes 1t a trifie bigger
than North Bennington. 1t is not at
all surprising that the bachelors are
lonely"
Any Bennington girl who left such
a thoroughly up to date home with
our electric lights, sidewalks, thea
tres and trolley cars for the sage
brush wastes of Lake county, Ore,
would probably be so lonely that she
would walk back to Vermont II she
couldn't get here any other way.
The Banner does not in any respect
endorse the letter or the names in the
list Should any one see it to cor
respond with the "eligibles" the pa
per refuses to be held responsible for
the consequences. The letter fol
lows:
Cliff, Oregon, Feb II, 1912
To the Editor of the Banner, Benning
ton. VT.
Dear Sir:-Noting in the Pacific
coast papers the appeal for desirable
husbands from the beau-less spinsters
of whom there seem to be an over
production in your vicinity, while in
the West and especially on the from
tier. single men OF all ages are in the
majority. These are rugged fellows,
who are Drawing the hardships and
loneliness of home-making because Of
their inability to get mates, to share
the responsibilities and pleasure OF
the struggle. In hope that we may
equalize these conditions, we are en-.
closing you a list of some of these
unfortunates and hope that 1t may
prove of value in relieving the I'M
happy condition, and work to the bet
terment, happiness and comfort Of all
concerned.
II published, please send a copy of
your paper to the Postmaster at Cllff.
Lake Co. Oregon
Yours resp,
From the bunch OF would.bes.
Frank Beard. Sink, Lake Co., Ore.
gon; II. C. Benedict, Sink, Lake Co,
Oregon, Joseph Kasper Cliff, Lake
Co. Oregon; Vincent Kasper, Cliff
Lake Co., Oregon: Frank Polite, Cliff
Lake Co. Oregon; Robert Wilson,
Cliff. Lake Co, Oregon; William
Shepherd. Cliff, Lake Co., Oregon;
Neils Christensen, Cliff. Lake Co,
Oregon; Ben c. Green. Cliff. Lake Co
Oregon; II. H. Hach. View Point
Lake Co., Oregon; Freeman Post,
View Point, Lake Co.. Oregon; Frank
Porter. View Point, Lake Co., Oregon:
Chester Parcher. View Point. Lake
Co. Oregon; Frank Anderson, Lake
Point, Lake Co. Oregon; Alvin Miller
Lake Point, Lake Co.. Oregon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
tzsy ~ die Town and dII<Ee Told BrlsGb
6ns blnS Readers-

During the absence of the district
nurse her place will be taken by Miss
Morrissey. Telephone 244-5
There will be a meeting of the
Womans Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50.
Mrs. C. w. Vickery Of Bradford ST.,
has returned from a weeks visit with
friends and relatives in Troy and
Albany
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
NOTICE

The annual meeting OF the Young
Mems association for the election OF
officers will be held in the Library,
Monday. March is, 1912. Polls open
at I o'clock and close at O'Clock in
the afternoon.
Fred G. Martin,
Recording Secretary.
Bennington, VT. March 2, 1912.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
Ceorsia's State Chemist Praises
Cottolene

Mr.. J. II. McCandless, State Chemist
Of Georgia, before a recent gathering,
gave emphatic testimony to the high
quality OF Cottolene. He said:
THE sale Of this product (cottoienel,
and the proclamation that II Is made
from cotton oil, have done more 10 bring
cotton seed oil truthfully ana fayorably
before the public than anything else H.
recent history"
Mr.. MeCandless then pointed out WHY
pure, refined, vegetable-oil base. such
IS is used in Coitolene, is the only as
slrance that woman has OF a clean
digestible cooking product.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
CRACKED LIES
Now lie the Time to Use Mentholatum
for Chaps, Rough skin, Sores. Etc

Now ls the Time 10 Use Mentholatum
for Chaps, Rough Skin, Sores. Etc
Now is the time when nearly every
one is troubled with cracked lips.
rough face or ohapped hands, as cold
weather causes those troubles unless
special care is taken OF the skin.
They can be prevented II Menthola'
tum is used after washing the hands
or face. IT, however, the lips are
cracked or the hands chapped and
rough. apply Menthoatum at night
and in the morning the soreness viii
be gone and the cracks healed. II is
OF special benefit for cold sores, TAX.
ing out the burning and healing the
sore.
Every one should have Jar OF
Mentholatum In the house to use In
the case OF burns, chlblains, frost
bites or any pain or Inflammation. II
In OF great value In curing catarrhal
colds. Money back II Mentholatum
does not give perfect satisfaction
Buy a jar today from your druggist
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
WOMAN'S MOST
SUCCESSFUL
MEDICINE
Known All Over The World
known Only For The
Good It Has Done.

We know Of no other medicine which
has been so successful in relieving the
suffering of women, or received so many
genuine testimonials, as has Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In nearly every community you will
find women who have been restored to
health by this famous medicine. Almost
every woman you meet knows of the
great good it has been doing among
suffering women for the past 80 years.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds OF
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health, in which many openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
many of whom state that it has saved
them from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is made from roots and herbs,
and is perfectly harmless.
The reason why it is so successful Is
because it contains ingredients which act
directly upon the female organism, re-
storing it to healthy and normal activity
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
A COLD FEBRUARY
Not a Record Breaker But Not Many
Times Beaten.

The month of February just closed
was one of the coolest recorded since
the weather bureau was established
at Albany. The mean temperature
for the month was 20 degrees and
lower figures have been reported but
six times since 1874. The last time
the mercury made a record OF this
kind below 20 degrees when it touch
ed II.
There were six days last month on
which the minimum temperature WAS
below zero.
The snowfall for the month was
1.56 which is considerably below the
normal for the month.
The prevailing direction Of the
wind was northwest and the month
was composed Of II clear, IL partly
cloudy and cloudy days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
Notice

For Sale-Hlgh class Columbia
Grafonolas may be seen and heard at
the residence OF Edw. r. Hart, double
disc records also for sale. Edw. u
Hart, Agent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05
To cure a cold IN one pAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets Druggists refund money IL
Il fails to cure. y. w GROVES sig.
nature is on each box. 25c.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-05

Won en- who are
suffering from those
distressing ills pecu-
liar to tn cir sex
should not lose sight
of these facts or
doubt the ability of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
torestore theirhealth.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
VALUABLE SENSE OF HUM0R
lts Possession. Shown BY Shrewd Ex.
pedient. Possibly What Made
Preacher Great.

A sense Of humor in preacher OF
the Crusades seems incongruous II not
incredible. but roulques de Neuilly Of
whom Prof John C. IIlldt writes In
the South Atlantic Quarterly. evident.
~ possessed IT. One day. when his
garments were being torn from him
by the crowd. who thought every bit
OF his clothing holy. he called out:
Take care. do not tear to pieces my
clothes; they are not blessed | am
going TO bless the cassock OF that man
wonder" Thereupon he made the sign
of the cross. and Immediately the peo.
ple fell upon the other man and tore
his garment into thousand rieces,
each Of which Was treasured as rel.
ic. Nor did Folqucs lack shrewdness
The power or working miracles was
attributed to him. and mutitudes
f'ccked 10 him from great distances
10 be healel His method Of curing
them was simple: merely a touch OF
,h., hands. or the hestowal of his
blessing With the sign Of the cross
or a drink OF holy water from his own
hand. OF course. many were not
healed. To these he said that the
time for their cure had not come. or
tina. they had not sufficiently expiated
their sins, or thar it was not good for
their souls : them to be healed
straightway. lest they speedily fall
again into their worldly ways. Appar.
entity these explanations were salts.
| factory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
Nurse Mary's
Patient
By Susanne Glenn

Copyright. 1872. by Associated Literary
Frederick Woodland sat as II stun
ned.
Surely you do not mean it," he
said to Evelyn Baird, appealingly.
"But surely l do. Frederick. We
are entirely unsuited TO each other"
THAT Is such a threadbare story.
Evelyn"
''Yet it Is true. | love YOU; STILL l
know We should never be happy to-
gether after the first. have seen it
tried too many times to deliberately
walk with you into establishment"
Il must confess I do not under
stand your theory, Evelyn If We had
not been suited to each other, why
should We have learned to care so
entirely? Remember this Is no en-
FASHIONED. lOve-at-theinstant affair.
We have been growing into it all our
lives. We enjoy the same amuse-
ments, the same studies, the same
interests"
but life, dear boy. does not con.
sist entirely of reading poetry and
studying nature at close range If it
did"
She spread out her pretty hands
with an expressive sigh.
you do not understand yet. Lis
ten. Freddie. You know that lovely
little white house that your mother
kept so exquisitely? Perhaps you do
not know that the whole countryside
wondered how she managed to do 1t,
and educate her children and keep
so beautifully sweet and wonderful
herself?
THAT Is what You were brought up
to, and should fail you, that is all.
No matter how much l might wish
to be good wife to you, could
never do It, not in that way. l do
not know how. We were not brought
up alike. We are as far apart
as"
Money can make u.s. supplanted
the young man bitterly.
mot that" she cried sharply. do
YOU think | do not suffer? DO you
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06
Cautious.

lady making a social call was told
hv the maid that her mistress was not
at home.
The caller smiled sarcastically and
said:
An. indeed, Will you please tell
xon- mistress that who- saw her
neeping from the front ". low as
came I'M the drive I felt very much
ofraid she WALLPAPERS Magazine
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06

think I fear poverty In itself? /
only" She paused as II powerless
to proceed.
However you express it, Evelyn"
he said more kindly, you cannot
deny that 1t is moncy-or rather my
lack Of it--that is separating us. But
perhaps. as you say. 1t is better now
than later. | suppose men do not
always understand such things. !
know | never dreamed Of my mother
as being unhappy or overburdened.
That evening Frederick Woodland
sat In the silent little white house.
Everything was as his mother had
left It. Perhaps only those who arc
blessed with such a mother as his can
realize what home means. How
many hours he had spent here since
the house was tenantless! And now
Evelyn had said she could not come,
He did not moan or bewail his fate.
lie TANNED his hands deep into his
pockets, and looked straight ahead
WIFI udIu, uuScetub YVES.
Were all the finer things OF life
subservient to money after alls Must
a man buy his wife and their subse-
quent happiness with the sordid cur
rency of the country Was his moth
er a disappointed woman crushed by
a relentless poverty"
The early December twilight gath
cred In the room where Evelyn Baird
was seated. She felt very curious
about this room. the abode Of busy.
self-sacriticing nurse.
Upon her return home from a pill
grimage In which she had cildeavored
10 forget Frederick Woodland and their
unfortunate affair. she was surprised
and delighted to find her old friend
Mary Dawson so near her.
Yet their first visit had been broken
in upon by hurry call from he local
physician.
You stay here" the capable nurse
had said as she hastily donned her
warm wraps. If it is anything that
will detain me. will call You up.
otherwise. I'll be back in half an hour.
You will find things to read ii YOU care
for them. Goodbye, dear.
So Evelyn sat in the room 50 differ
ent in It's simplicity from her own love
ly apartments. and wondered what 1t
must seem like to be always ready for
call.
Presently the telephone rang.
Hello. Evelyn" called Mary's cheer
full voice. I'm sorry. but you may as
we'll 60 homo. / will not be back 10.
night. Come in and see Me tomorrow
at two, that is my hour of. and will
be at my rooms. Good night"
Evelyn went next day. eager mos,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-06

(Copyright. 1917, by Associated Literary
Press)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27

w. H. Jones. OF Perrydale, ore.
was among the arrivals in the city
today.
Mrs Il. l.. Andrews and Mrs. T. 7.
Tuns went to Ashland this morning
to attend the district fair.
John W. Needham, chief-of-polics
of Tacoma, who has been visiting
with his niece, Mrs. Harriet Lee. left
Wednesday evening for his home.
7. W. Needham, Of Salem, who is a
cousin of Mrs Lee, also returned
north last evening.
~ to 20 year old boys suits worth
Iup to $500, broken lot at s4.9S. r.
L. Coe Co.
"a. f. Voorhies left on Wednesday
evening on a triple-expansion pleas
ure trip, stopping one day at Eugene
to join in the meeting of Shriners,
then taking in the Roundup at
Pendleton and the annual meeting Of
the Oregon Editorial association at
Hot Lake He expects TO return
Tuesday morning.
p H. Harth, of Portland, who has
been spending a few days with
friends in this city, left last evening
for home He informs MS that the
general quietude which reigns in
western and southern Oregon has not
affected the metropolis to any ex-
tent His son-in-law, Roy Wilson,
who was formerly associated in the
clothing business with him here. is
prospering in the automobile bust
ness in tnat city
/ Rev. and Mrs. c. II. Cleaves and
baby left Wednesday for their home
lat CoQuille after visiting Mrs.
Cleaves' mother Mr.. Cleaves. who
has been the NJ z. South pastor at
Coquille for four years past has been
returned for another year This
year the conference was held at Port
land and next year it will be at CO.
guile.
Big bargain counter of wool un-
derwear for children and mothers
Save a third in price. r. J.. Coe Co
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
DON BELDING INJURED
BY REVOLVER SHOT


Don Belding, member of the jun
ior class OF the public school, lies in
the Good Samaritan hospital suffer
ing with a bullet wound in the left
thigh, the wound having been re-
ceiyed Wednesday night while Reld-
ing and six other OF his schoolmates
We're out for an automobile ride in
Gamers big Cadillac car, the ma
chine being driven by Tyrrel Garner
The senior class OF the high school
was picnicking at the Fruitdala
Grange hall in the afternoon, and IL
is reported that the juniors made up
this party to go to the scene of the
picnic. and make a raid on the COM
missary department The automobile
with the seven juniors left town just
after dark. Belding riding ON the
running board of the machine A
S2-calibre revolver was In the party
and shots were taken at scurrying
jack rabbits along the highway, the
night being brightly moonlight
When near the last turn in the road
before reaching the grange hall the
boys say they passed pedestrian
and Immediately thereafter fired two
shots at rabbits A third shot was
fired and young Belding cried out
that he had been shot, those In the
ear not a first taking the remark
Seriously When the driver saw that
Belding had really been wounded,
the car was at once turned back and
a hunt made for the man by the road
side, so members of the party state,
though he could not be found.
Belding was brought on to town
and DR.. TruaX was called and dress
ed the injured limb. The bullet, APP
Iparently from a gun OF not less than
a 3S-calibre, had entered the fleshy
part of the thigh from the rear, had
passed entirely through and glanced
against the door of the car, its force
being such that It dented the strap
iron around the car door, when it
had fallen to the ground
The belief was at first general
that the wound had come by some ac-
eident from the revolver in the car,
but the doctors statement makes it
seem that II must have come from
the outside, as the bullet entered
Belding's thigh on an angle from the
rear and the boys say that they fired
but the two shots, the one that strucl,
Beldng coming from elsewhere than
the car
Another feature that adds inter-
est TO the affair Is the report that
some bad feeling has been engen-
dered among the various classes Of
the school, and that threats Of bod
lily harm have come from other class
men against the juniors. The pedes-
trian who was passed but a few feet
before the shot was fred was dressed
in khaki trousers and high top shoes,
and II he could be found might add
some detail to the mystery that at
present enshrouds the matter.
Belding the injured boy has been
messenger for the postal telegraph
company, and is sixteen years Of age
He is resting well, the bullet not hay-
ing struck the bone, and DR.. TruaX
does not anticipate complications or
serious results from the wound
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the interior U. S.
Land office at Roseburg. Oregon,
September %, 1912.
Notice Is hereby given that John
Calvin butcher, Of Grants Pass, Ore
gon, who, on August -, 1907. made
homestead entry serial No. 04246,
for SWA SWA and sWh SEA
section a. township 81 S., range 6
west Willamette Meridian. has fled
notice Of intention to make final five
year proof, TO establish claim to the
land above described, before Herbert
Smith, United States commissioner, at
Grants Pass, Oregon. on the 18th day
of November, 1912.
Claimant names az witnesses:
William Hays, Jean Hays and
John Rockely, of Murphy, Oregon,
and Bert Holcem Of Grants Pass,
Oregon
B. +. JONES,
Register.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
SUMMONS.

In the Circuit Court OF the State of
Oregon, for the County Of Jose
phine.
.7erdinand Tomek, plain
tin,
vs.
j. f. Cass, +. J.. Cass and
j. s. Cass, Defendants.
To j. +. Cass, Il. l.. Cass and J.. :.
Cass, Defendants:
In the name OF the State OF Ore
gon, YOU are hereby required to ap-
pear and answer the complaint filed
against YOU In the above entitled suit
on or before six weeks from the date
of the first publication OF this sum-
mons, which is the 27th day OF Sep
tember, 1912, the said period OF six
weeks from said date expiring on the
Sth day Of November, 1912. and II
you fail 80 10 answer. for want there
Of, the plaintff viii apply to the
court for the relief prayed for in his
complaint. to-wlt For a decree Of
the court satisfying that certain
mortgage for Two Hundred Dollars
recorded on page jSl OF Book Z Rec
ords OF Mortgages OF Josephine Coun-
~, Oregon and bearing date Of Jan
uary 10. 1894
This summons is published by an
order duly made ON the 27th day OF
September 1912.
ROBERT G. SMITH,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
Attending the Round-Jp-

Grants Pass will be represented at
the Roundup, the great frontier
event held at PendletOn this week.
NJ. A. Jennings and wife, Dan Jordan,
Frank Metschan, /. d. Cole, d, S.
Mascall and Mrs. Stella Mccain left
Tuesday night and Wednesday morn
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. lsham and
A. +. Voorhies will also spend one
day or more at the Roundup.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
DIR. Shaw's Lecture

DR.. Anna Shaw, who will speak in
the opera house Friday night, Octo-
Der 1. has been making a speaking
tour through Michigan, where she
has given a great impetus to the suf.
frage movement Everywhere she
was greeted by immense crowds and
the newspapers speak in highest
praise OF her work
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27

There arrived in Grants Pass the
other day a most charming young
lady from away down in the lower
corner Of the state OF Nebraska She
stated that her destination was Rogue
River formerly Woodyille and that
wnen she arrived in that city she
would be met at the depot by a prom
inent young business man, who IS
noted for the exc,.vnce Of his livery
rigs. The young woman declined TO
give her name to the reporter, stat
ing that II was immaterlal what her
present name was as there would
likely be some interesting news from
the city Of Rogue River within the
next few days Congratulations are
extended 10 our neighbor
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27

-. Roy Davis, official reporter for
the circuit court. was taken sudden
ly i'll in the court room Wednesday
forenoon, when he tainted while at
his desk He has had TO retire from
his duties for the time being, but his
condition is not considered serious.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27

An article that has real merit
should in time become popular. That
such is the case with Chamberlain
Cough Remedy has been attested by
many dealers. Here Is one OF them.
II. W. Hendrickson, Ohio .'alls, Ind,
writes, "Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy Is the best for coughs, colds and
Group, and Is my best seller" For
sale by all dealers
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
nr. Shaw a Grent Orntor-

Or. j. X. Bailie of Phoenix writes
parties here concerning DR.. Anna
Shaw: While was pastor in Phil
adelphia ] heard her frequently. She
is wonderful woman, the greatest
woman speaker in the United States.
hope YOU may have a great meet
ing
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27

BORN To Mr.. and Mrs. Randall
Hood, in Los Angeles, Sept 19,
1912, son. Mrs. Hood was for
merly Miss Flavia Hackett Of this
city.
BORN-ln Grants Pass, Oregon,
Sept "a. 1912, to DR.. and Mrs.
A L, Swain, a son, weight II
pounds.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-09-27
{ has. Z. Ander.on pead--

Chas T. Anderson a Well known
pioneer resident OF the Foots Creek
district, died at his home on Foots
Creek, Wednesday morning at six
O'Clock, of heart failure. The fun
eral services will be held Friday at
one o'clock, at Kerby, being con-
Quoted by the Jacksonville lodge I.
20. O. F., of which the deceased was
a member