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The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
NIGHT WATcHMAN DEAD.

Lawrence Conway. aged 73 years,
died at the Northern Pacific hospital
yesterday, he having been a sufferer
from renal dropsy. Mr. Conway was
night watehman for the company at
Paradise when taken sick some time
ago. and was brought here for treat
ment. He leaves no family here. and
nothing is known of his history. No
funeral arrangements were made yes
terday.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16

! should hate to be postman when
we have q parcels-post; of all the Jobs
men have to do |
TOUGH should not like this
LUCK most. the stnff r,o,,l
have to pack around. as
he parades his beat, would make a
load for amy dray that you see on the
street; 'tWouId make an automobile
sound all its strident notes; 'twoud
make a husky drafthorse too weak To
eat his oats; but the postman must
distribute the things that folks will
send; and the more they send, the
more they u kick, on that you may de-
pend; mother viii send a box Of eggs
t0 daughter who's in town: daughter
VIII send to mother some cloth to
make gown; and if tla eggs are
broken or the dress goods comes to
harm, the postnan sure will hear a
Kick from city and from farm: he'll
have To carry butter and he'll have to
carry cheese; hell have to peddle
groceries and other things like these;
and he'll have no soft and easy SNAP
like coed old Santa Claus: for rein
deer ar mt provided by the parcel
postal laws; some day the postman's S
back viii hreall--his fate could not be
worse; for there'n be no parcels-post
for hlm-~hell have 10 hire a hearsc
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
SIGMA CHI INITIATES.

Beta Delta chapter of the Sigma Chi
Fraternity announces the initiation OF
Archie Hoel and Paul Gervais Both
men are upper classmen, and are eligi-
BILE for initiation under the sophomore
rule.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16

The parcelspost law becomes effect
i've the first of the year. In two
weeks the postman VIII
I'M TWO be delivering parcels
WEEKS It Will he a contin,ia-
season with him. Every day will be
Christmas with the postoff ce service
IN fortnight. Meantime the men in
the service are getting good practice
for this years holiday business is
heavy and, as Christmas approaches
il is becoming heavier. The mon in
the p0stoffice do not find Christmas
merry as n rule; it brings extra work
for them and a lot of it; the men on
the trains, the men in the offices and
the men who max delivery-all of
these have their troubles Nor does
the addition of holiday editions of
newspapers make their work anv
lighter 1t necessitates the handling
ot q grsat many tons Of papers; much
0t this weight has to be handled In a
hurry and the postal clerks, ordinarily
angelic in their disposition, become
possessed of a regular crouch by the
time the Christmas rush iS over
But it will be this way every day in
the year" said a local postal employe
yesterday to the Man About Town.
Il am curious to, see how the parcel
system works out | don't believe it
will make as much difference as a
good many people think it will If 1t
does, thera will be some hustling to
get out of the carrier service. That's
n cinch.'
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16

uary. The bulk Of the holiday travel
is this month. The tickets will be
good, returning, until three months
from the date of sale"
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16

Yesterday everybody on the street
either had q Holiday Missoulian under
his arm or else was on
QUICK his wav to get one
SALES The demand was lively
and the sales We're the
greatest in the history Of This Missou-
Iian office. The call for papers began
early and continued late. Night
Chisf Mcdonald of the city police was
the first man in town to get n copy
of the big edition. He called at the
press room just before the last run
was placed ON the press and he got
the first copy printed, After that
there was a lull until daylight With
the sunShines arrival the callers began
to arrive and there was a steady sue
ccssion of them all day. The outgo-
ing mail from Missoua yesterday was
unusually heavy; it was the heaviest
in the history Of the local office for Il
single day and there We're great stacks
the morning trains. Some of the
buyers had not seen the edition when
they called others had read their own
copies and wanted other copies to send
away; others had read or seen their
heiShbofs copies and wanted some of
their own Whatever the reason,
they Wante tine paper and that was
the N thing 1t WAS fun for the
office force to receive these calls, 1t
made them realize that the edition
was appreciated.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
PLUM PUDDING

Have You tried Mrs. Jones' home-
made plum pudding? If not, vc,, have
missed something. Prices 81, and m
Our famous homemade nsince meat
is Selling fast. Get your orders in.
9ec per pond. j" nnnnl, FOR 3s cents
KotAL BAKERY
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
Electrical Effects.

The judging platform has been ar
ranged in the front east window,
where the light is the best and the
secretarys desk will be at one side Of
the main entrance. The .Missou1a
Light and Water company is installing
a number of electrical fixtures in one
of the big front windows and will pro-
duce a lighting effect there which will
be very attractive Both telephones
have been installed and it will be an
easy matter for any one interested to
get into communication with show Of
ficfals at any time.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
A misunderstanding.

There seems to be misunderstand-
ing concerning the rule which applies
to the entries for the pen competition
Some have the idea that they must
select the birds for these pens. This
is not the case, however, and the plan
which will be followed gives the ex-
hibtor all the best Of the deal. In
stead of having to select his own birds
for the pen competition, the birds con
sidered as his pen will be his highes,
scoring male and the four highest
scoring females. Thus the exhibitor
is sure of having his best birds to-
gether
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
Teamsters, Attention.

The annual election of officers will
be held Monday night. Dec. 16 A
smoker will be Included ,..
w. c. KEMENz, Business Agent.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
Attractive Arrangement.

In arranging the room the commit
tee in charge has placed the coops on
tables running north and south in five
rows. The end pens at the north
face the front entrance of the build
ing, each being a double pen in which
will be installed some novelty breed
of birds Directly in front of the
doors is an extra large coop where wiz
be housed a beautiful peacock, an ar
rangement which will make a strk-
ing display. The five rows of coops
leave six alleys between. These have
been named as follows: Mediterran-
can alley, Barred Rock alley, Wyan-
dotte alley, Orpington alley and
As'atic alley. Birds will be ar
ranged by class to correspond with
each of these designations
About half way back on the east
side of the room a good sized space
has been left and here a rabbit pen
will be built. This will put the bun
nies on the floor where they can be
seen better and enjoyed by the chill
II Iv.n,,
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
NOTICE.

New stock fish. 8 X Norway her
ring and Lngon berries at Broman's.
622 Woody street-Adv
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16

Frat fifteen. cent smoke, five cents
ADV.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16

Word reached The Nissoulian office,
Saturday night, too late ta make the
necessary change in
DATE is the advertisement Of
CHANGED the oregon Short Line
Railway company IN
The Sunday Missoulian, that the holi-
day rates Of the company from Mon
tana to eastern points, will be ef-
fectiVe only until the end of Decem-
ber, instead Of the end of January,
as was at first announced and as was
stated in the advertisement which was
printed in The Holiday Missoulian
General Agent SheWe at Butte says of
the change: eThe holiday rates to
eastern points over our lines will ap-
ply TO .lclle.s sold until the last of
December instead Of the last of Jan
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
Open Next Sunday.


The poultry association has decided
to keep the show open next Sunday
so that those in the city who did not
have the time during the week can
have a chance to see the chickens Sun
day None of the exhibits will be re-
moved from the show room until the
day following. The Missoula asso-
citation decided upon the Sunday exhi-
bition only after considerable deliber-
alton. Some We're opposed to the
plan, but after a careful investigation
it was learned that a goodly number
of the shows in other cities were
opened on Sunday and that this was
becoming the rule rather than the ex-
ception. The chicken show is con-
sidered a matter of education, and as
all side lines of entertainment will be
eliminated, the majority of the direc-
tors believe that none can find fault
with the plan in Missoula.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
Holden Approves.


When Judge Holden arrived in Mis-
soula and learned that the show would
be opened Sunday, he stated that in
his judgment the directors were right
in carrying out this plan. "The
chicken show is not a thing simply
for pleasure and recreation,' said he.
TT is an educational institution and
every person in the community should
be given an opportunity of seeing the
exhibition. Many can attend no other
day and If the show was closed Sat-
urday night they would be deprived of
the benefits which the show aims to
extend. We had this question up
once in Minneapolis when the state as
sociation first proposed the Sunday
chicken show. When we found there
was some objection, we submitted the
proposition to the ministers of the
city. The question was passed to
every clergyman in Minneapolis and
the answers, without an exception,
We're favorable to the plan. I am
sure when it is thoroughly understood
that there will be no objection to the
plan in Missoula, and that a great
many will he glad to learn that they
IetIi Spitit ilSIt ieAt ouiituS anu See
the birds. Naturally it will be the
most interesting day of the whole
show, because the judging will have
been finished. the pens and birds all
marked and those making an inspec-
ton will have chance to learn a
great deal more about the strain or
breed in which they might be espe-
cially interested"
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-12-16
Candies
N uts

Almonds, pacans, walnuts, pea
nuts, filberts; shelled and un-
Shelled.
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CORRESPONDENCE
Big Creek

A nice shower fell Wednesday
morning.
Lots of horses coming down with
the prevailing disease, but it seems to
be in a lighter form with good many
of them.
There appears to be lots of curealls,
but not many prove beneficial, there
are some horse doctors that seem to
be lining their pockets very well this
fall.
1t is reported that some of the
people down near Hays were afraid
their horses would be unable to pull
their drills, so they rushed in their
wheat and now most of them have
lost their horses.
Miss Rachel Derringer spent Mon
day visiting with Miss Josie Teeters.
Mother Derringer was visiting with
Mrs. Frank Cross and family last
Monday.
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Oganah.

Reports of loss of horses came in
with distressing regularity, but it
seems there are not so many new
cases as formerly.
Mrs. E. Lindberg and mother, Mrs.
Countryman expect to leave in about
two weeks for an extended visit to
Seattle and coast points.
Mrs. Rich had the house formerly
occupied by G. r. Eaton, moved to
the same street as her other property.
Work on the sidewalks has been
delayed because of lack of help, too
many are busy with threshing and
sick horses.
Mrs. Beckner, who was quite sick
the past week is slowly improving.
G. F. Reeves received a shipment
of the new school books.
A gang of painters for the Union
Pacific made brief stay at Ogallah
the first of the week.
NJ. L. Clark and family will move
to Manhattan the last of the week.
Miss Jennie Clark has given up her
position in R. A Samuel's store
Miss Lily Mcconnell has taken the
positionin r. A. Samuel's store vacat-
ed by Miss Jennie Clark.
The little girl of Mr.. 1. Nixon was
quite sick the first of the week, but
if better at this time.
Tho Mi chinnnd
car of coal Tuesday.
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Two of the best horses got founder
ed on wheat for Dick Owens last
week they are recovering very slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Austin made a
business trip to Collyer Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kristof enter
tanned at dinner and ice cream the
following guests: Mr.. and Mrs. W. D.
Austin and family, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
Owens and family, Geo., Chas.
and John Kristof.
A very serious accident occurred to
Mrs. G. L. Downs last Thursday
night while attending the fair; she
was run over by an automobile They
were just getting ready to start for
home when Mr.. Givler lost control of
his car. Luckily no bones were
broken; at present writing Mrs.
Downs is slowly improving from her
distress
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other educational institutions The
county has three newspapers: The
Western Kansas World, The Trego
county Reporter and the Daily News,
all published in Wa-Keeney. A tel
ephone system was established in 1902
and free delivery of rural mail is be-
ing rapidly extended. The total pop
ulation of the county is approximate
ly 5000. The school population is l.
200, requiring 55 teachers. The en-
rollment of the county high school is
100, requiring five instructors.
A. S. PEACOCK.
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Voda

The showers Tuesday and Wednes-
day were welcomed by all.
Miss Carrie Stradal and mother
traded with Voda merchants Mon
day.
Miss Lillian Zeman is attending
high school at Wa-Keeney.
Albert Krhut spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
MIS- r. Owens called on Mrs.
Littlechild Monday.
Miss Rose Thiel of Collyer is nurs-
ing Mrs. Downs.
The dreadful horse disease which
has so long been raging all through
the west seems to be more severe than
ever. The farmers that had their
horses penned up in dry lots and fed
them dry feed and fresh water, have
been lucky so far not to lose any.
Mrs. Lizzie Krhut'S cousin from
Chicago has been visiting her the
past two weeks.
Some farmers have lost all of their
horses south and west of here.
Mrs. Bordovsky returned home
from Hubaleks last Monday after
two weeks stay.
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Leading Events In The
History of Trego County.
Local History is the ultimate
substance of National History,
-WoOdrow Wilson"

1t seems probable that the first
white men who ever visited the re-
gion now known as Trego county were
Bevt. Capt. J. G. Fremont and his
party of explorers on their return
from his second pathfinder expedi-
tion. He had been directed to exam
inc the Kansas, or Smoky, river from
its source downward, and therefore
crossed Trego county from west to
east. He travelled along the south
bank of the stream and camped near
the mouth of Page creek on the even
ing of July 10, 1874 and notes that the
weather was calm, cloudy and had
the appearance of rain.
The Smoky river route was follow
ed more or less by gold seekers on
their way to Pixies Peak but did not
become a regularly travelled trail un-
til about the close of the Civil War
and was thenknown as the Butter
field or Denver Trail. 1t is still pos
Sible to trace the old trail across the
county, following the general direc-
tion of the river but north of it and
some miles distant. The Several sta
tions in this county, from east to
west, were Louisa Springs or Stormy
Hollow, White Rock or Button,
Fort Downer, and Castle Rock Creek
or blackberry.
The old Denver trail was soon after
superseded by the Kansas Division of
the Union Pacific rail road which
built across the county in the sum-
mer of 1867. For several months the
western end of the road was at Coy
ote station, about one half mile west
of the present Collyer townsite. An
other station, one mile west of Wa
Keeney, was called Trego Tank.
The legislature of 1867 gave Trego
county its present boundaries and the
name was also chos en- by the legisla-
ture in honor of Edgar Poe Trego,
Captain of Company HI, Sth, Kansas
Infantry. Captain Trego was killed
in the evening of the first days fight
at Chickamauga, Sept, 10, 1868.
The Wa-Keeney townsite was Sc
lected in the fall of 1877 and laid out
within the next few months. 1t was
named in honor of the promoters,
Warren, Keeney & Co. Collyer and
Ogallah followed soon after, the form
er being named in honor of Rev. Robt.
Collier, of Chicago, from whence most
of the first settlers came. Ogallah is
a Sioux Indian word but Wa-Keeney
has no such distinction, despite its
sound. Schools and churches follow
ed soon after the founding to these
towns, the first school probably peing
that which was established in the old
building now standing at the south
west corner of Block Is in Wa-Keeney.
Trego Tank statioe was Important in
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(Too late for last week.)
Joe Mlnek and son, Arnold, left
for Omaha, Nebr-, for a few days
visit with Mr.. Mlneks son.
Pretty quiet on the streets since
school commenced.
Seems to be no let up to the dread
ed horse disease.
Mr.. r. @. Downie is visiting with
his children, Chase and Mrs. J. w.
Christensen.
Aletha Seress returned last Tues
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rifle pits in several places along the
railroad to protect graders. The grade
was completed to the 335th, mile post
December 6, 1867, and that was
Cracks End for the winter. The
last Indian ''scare" occurred in the
fall of 1877. Indians left their reser-
vations in the Indian Territory and
started northward. The people of
Wa-Keeney made preparations for de-
fense but the marauders passed to
the west of Trego County.
Trego county was originally and nat
urally stock raising region, thous-
ends of buffalo annually crossed and
recroSsed it. The first settlers devot-
ed their attention to the rearing of
cattle but later turned to farming
wife varying success. The years
have brought variable and irregular
periods of dry years and seasonable
years. The average rainfall for the
last 30 years has been trifle less than
81 inches year. The extremes run
from ten to thirty-one inches per an
mum. Corn, wheat and forage are
the principal crops. The seasons of
1891 and 1892 were especially favorable
but perhaps the most favorable was
that of 1908, and the year is made
memorable by the breaking of the
worlds record for fast threshing.
Frank Krhut, near Voda, threshed
4O71 bushels of wheat in one day Sept.
10, which date is noticeable in the
history of the county.
The growing of alfalfa was intro
duced about 1891 and has helped much.
The Winter of 1856 was very severe
and many cattle perished. Mrs. Sallie
in severe storm, Nov. 16, 1886 in the
northeast part of the county. Several
persons and much stock has been kill
ed by lightning. The National au-
thorities are now conducting investi-
cations and making studies of the So
called Electrical wind storms, during
which the air seems to be charged
with electricity, destroying vegeta-
tion. The county has sustained but
a comparatively small loss by social
ed cyclones" In an agricultural
way the season of 1911 was the most
disasterous and the winter which fol-
lowed the most sever in the history of
the region. The total snow fall at
Wa-Keeney was AZ inches, an unusua
amount, and the county was without
mail or freight traius for more than
a week at one time Dust storms of
unusual severity were frequent in
the spring of 1912. Perhaps the great
est calamity OF all has followed these
hardships. At the time this sketch
is written, a strange malady is epi-
demic among the horses in this and
adjoining counties and seems likely
to involve the whole plains region.
The trouble resembles spinal menin-
gifts, sleepy staggers etc. The cause
and remedy are unknown but the
matter Is enlisting the attention of
state and national authorities. De-
spite all these reverses the people are
loyal in their support of schools,
libraries, churches, lecture course and
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Editor World
Kindly advise your readers who
are jurors for the September term of
Trego county district court to be on
the lookout for possible jury service,
and prepared to come on short notice
1t is not yet possible to tell whether
any jurors will be needed, tho 36 were
drawn When court opens next Tues
day, September IL, if jurors are need
ed they will be called for next day.
None will be summoned unless it
clearly appears that they will be
needed Very truly,
]. G. RUPPENTHAL-
September 10TH, 1912.
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On Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs
/. T. Purcell and son left for Topeka
to take in the State Fair. They will
remain during the entire week. The
State Fair is said to be best this year
than it has ever been, most elaborate
preparations having been made.
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Wall
Papering

The best time IN the whole
year to paper is now. It's
the season for overhaul1ng and
cleaning up.
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formerly of this place, was in this
burg Wednesday on business.
Joe Razak returned from Wilson
Sunday.
Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. J. H.
Hooper took in the fair at Wa-Kee-
ney Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Nelson are
domiciled in the Overholt house.
E. S. Thomas and family were a
mong those that took in the fair at
WaKeeney Friday.
Harry LaDow had the misfortune
of having his arm broke by being
kicked by horse Thursday, but is
better at present writing.
Ed Hooper returned from Salina
Thursday night where he has been
Co. for the past several months.
Gene Voisin and family visited
with home folks at Colby last week.
John Harrison and family, Misses
Maggie Harrison and Nina Nelson
spent Sunday at Ogallah.
Chas. w. Riggs, from Banner, was
using our sidewalks one day last
week.
Ira Hit came in from Cannon
City, Colo, Monday night to spend a
few days here looking after his in
terest and visiting old friends.
n. G. Mlnek from Omaha, Nebr., is
here for few days visit with home
folks. N. G. brought a wife with
him this time.
F. P. Manner, from Corpus Christ,
Texas, formerly of Banner, dropped
in last Wednesday to shake hands
with old friends and look after his
interests here.
Peter J. Johnson from Galva, ILL.,,
was here for couple of days last
week looking after getting some
wheat put in on his farm south of
town. P. J. owns several good
quarters of Trego county dirt.
Joe Razak and family and P. NJ. Olson
and family visited with Chas. Seirers
and family Sunday.
Mrs. Emery Cass is reported as be-
ing seriously ill with typhoid. We
hope for her speedy recovery.
Louis Kepka came in from Morton,
ILL.,, Saturday night. Louis is going
to farm the G. H. King place belong
ing to his father-in-law.
Geo. Taylor from Concordia, came
in Monday night to look after his
farm on the Saline.
w. NJ. Bowers from Ottawa, came
in on lob Monday to look after his
large interest here. VIM. owns several
good farms around here besides some
town property.
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See Our New Stock of
Wall Paper Today

Just the patterns you want
for any room you wish to
paper. Designs and coloring
are unusually attractive this
year and we have the pick sof
most desirable produced. n
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this week when August Hamm was
injured at the Hubalek farm on
Thursday, September 5th. He was
pitching wheat over the drive belt
when the belt caught the fork and
threw the handle of it into his chest
with such force as to cause an ex-
tremely painful as well as dangerous
injury. 1t was at first thought his
injuries were of such a nature that
he could not recover but we are glad
to say at this writing he is slowly
but surely improving.