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Evening journal., 1912-04-29
DEATH TAKES
H. c. MAHAFFY
Former Sheriff and U. S.
Marshal Passes Away
After Long Illness

Henry G. Mahaffy. a ofrmer United
states marshal and also member OF
the Levy Court. died yesterday at his
nome No. 400 Delaware avenue In
MIS- siNty-ninth year, Of heart anil kid
ney trouble.
Mr.. Mahafy had been IN since Tanu-
ary. He began 10 sink rapidly YES
terday morning and died within
short time.
The funeral will take place from
his late home at 3 O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon Interment will be private
IN the Wilmington and Brsndywine
cemetery.
Mr.. Mahaffy was one Of the best
known men in Wilmington. among
his large circle OF friends being
some of the Oldest residents of VIII
mington. He was a son OF Thomas 7.
and Mary Mahaffy and was born in
this city January 10. 1874.
From 1868 to 1875 Mr.. Mahaffy WAS
enaged In the flour business with his
father, at Tenth and Market streets,
where the Ford Building now stands.
Later he engaged with Horace Ru-
dolph In the iewelry business at No.
229 Market street, under the firm
name OF Rudolph and Mahany.
Mr.. Mahaffy was a Republican and
was always actively identified with tho
fairs OF that party He represented
Brandywine hundred in the New Cas-
tie County Levy Court In the eighties
and In July. 1890. was appointed By
Benjamin Harrison United States
marshal for the district OF Delaware
Subsequently Mr. Mahaffy engaged in
the livery business in Fifth street
above Madison
He married Miss Gabrielle ] Petit
demange and he Is survived by her
and seven children. who arc United
States Commissiner William G. Ma
haffy. clerK Of the United States
Court In this city; H. c. Mahaify. Jr..
deputy clerk OF court: Or. James r..
| Mahaffy, Dr. Thomas J. Mahaffy, OF
Jacksonville, Fla. Frank r. Mahaffy.
now OF Avant. Oklahoma: Mrs. Lam
bert J. Foulk, wife OF the secretary
Of the Department Of Elections. and
Mrs. William A. Barr. wife OF Mr..
Barr, the head OF the morocco firm OF
! Barr aud Dougherty.
Evening journal., 1912-04-29

If Electric Railway or Public Utilities are Built, Too
All the Better, They Say---Business Men
and Lawyers Give Their Views of Bene
fits That 0ccompany the Road Project

Ward sold rs acres Of his farm for
S7S450, and was offered $4,000 for the
balance and refused TO sell am
perfectly familiar with this transsc-
tion as well as several along the road
where the norperty owners have been
nearly II not quite as much benefited
as the one mentioned The opposi-
tion to the road in this end of the
state is very slight I am satisfied
more than II the State undertook Ia
build highway itself"
BROUGHT BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
w. Frank Sharp. who conducts a
general clothing and mems furnishing
store in Georgetown. made the fol-
lowing statement to your representa-
tive this morning:
Il believe everything that is good
regarding this road proposition. am
like everybody else here. highly in
favor Of it. and very sorry that the
work on It has stopped. You can
not express too strongly my feeling in
the matter. The only criticism that
is heard from anyone in this local
ity is regarding the matter OF the
width of the road. Some people are
afraid that the road will not be wide
enough, but II Mr. DUPONT is, as | un-
derstand. going to make the road
thirty feet Of space that will be avail
able for traffic. then this criticism
will be removed in short order. No
one. here opposes the roads being
built, they are glad TO get ii. and too
sorry that the work stopped when Il
did. All wanted to see It rushed
through to completion.
81 fail TO see where anyone with any
intelligence at all can help seeing the
advantages and the value of this
proposition TO real estate values and
business in general through the
whole peninsula.
From the time that the road was
first started here until the time the
work was stopped. ! watched its ef-
feet upon business and labor and real
estate conditions very closely. I want
ed to see just what effect il really
had Of itself / can say that the busi-
ness here increased more than 25
per cent. during that time from its
normal condition previously. ! saw
the difference i'm the town and its
business condition right here in "a
hours after they ceased operations.
There was more business activity here
during the time the road was being
built than there has been in this
town since Charles II, Treat was here.
II should be remembered that what
ever Is Of benefit to the State must
be equally beneficial TO every man in
| IL. because, after all is said. the peo-
pie are tho State. 7 do not believe
that if Mr.. DUPONT is treated squarely
there will he q single person in tbs
State whose property will he neces
sary to the road who will not re
ceive full value for his land. and NOR
than full value in all cases.
Evening journal., 1912-04-29
continued From First Page.

AOuuuutu FADui EAi1N as
the development of the State OF Del
aware than is possible by any other
means The tremendous need of such
a highway in my mind is beyond any
question. and l believe is the opinion
generally with those familiar with the
State. And the possibility Of getting
Il on any such favorable terms as
Mr.. dupont offers is likewise beyand
question. The best that the State
will ever possibly do is to repair the
old State Road with macadam; a very
expensive and inadequate job at It's
best And We are not likely 10 have
any more such offers as Mr.. duPont's
from individuals.
ANY criticism Of the use he might
make OF the extra width seems abso-
iutely absurd. am sure that his
good business sense does not prompt
him, nor does the law permit him to
use it for other than public utilities,
and when he proceeds to use Il for
such he stands in the same relation
TO the State in the e.matter of taxation
and regulation as the Pennsylvania
Railroad or any other public service
corporation and no section in the East
that ! know of needs such public
utilities as much as this peninsula
believe that the effect upon land
values is only a small portion Of the
benefits that will be derived from
this road. The effect in this par
ticular has already become very ap-
parent For instance two months
before the road was begun I was ap-
preached almost daily by Mr.. Joseph
]. Ward, farmer about one mile
from this place, TO buy his farm for
$4,000 and refused to do so as a great
many others did Within less than
month after the road started Mr..
Evening journal., 1912-04-29

taken three bottles and am entirely
free from the disease. Wa. so bad
7 could not sleep nights; now I sleep
we'll and my kidneys work perfectly
p. W Miller, Catawissa. Pa. Novem-
ber ~, 1911
rheumatism lumbago, gout and
chronic neuralgia are all caused by
uric acid in the blood Get fifty-cent
bottle of RHEUMA on money back
plan from n 3. Danforth today; tho
uric acid will start TO leave you to-
morrow. and in a short time you will
be free from pain and misery u Is
guaranteed.
Evening journal., 1912-04-29
MAYOk DUNCAN l

LAPEER, Mich. April 29.--The Rev.
Father Patrick Richard DUNCAN. who
has been pastor Of the Church Of the
Immaculate Conception for six years,
has taken up his duties as Mayor, the
office to which he was decently cleo
ted. He is the first Roman Catholic
priest TO become Mayor of an Ameri-
can town. Lapeer has about 1000
population and is protestant COM
munity Mayor DUNCAN was elected
on the Republican ticket. receiving
All votes out Of the 721 that we're
cast
Evening journal., 1912-04-29
81 have been =

from rheu-
matism for six
years. Have tried
different doctors.
with no relief. I
saw your ADVERTISE
ment AMI thought I
would try RHEU-
MA 7 WAS bene-
nted by the first
hoft1o I haya n0ul
Evening journal., 1912-04-29
FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH.

The Feast OF St. Joseph was OBJ
served in all the Catholic Churches
yesterday. In ST. Josephs Church on
tho Brandywine elaborate services
were held Solemn high mass was
celebrated at 1890 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1912-04-29
TOOK THREE BOTTLES
RHEUMATISM GONE

II Cost Mr.. Miller Just
$3.50 70 Drive Out the
Urlc Acid. Get Rid Of
Rheumatism aud have his
Kidneys Work Perfectly.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15

treating alfalfa may be traced to
poorly prepared seed bed or to weeds,
there are a number of other causes.
Alfalfa will not thrive IN an acid
soil, nor soil having an impervious
hard pan or the water table within
foot or two of the surface, noI in
soil destitute Of the proper bactetii.
Since nearly all the soil of western
Washington is more or less acid, it is
we'll to apply crushed lime stCne or
water Stacked lime beore attempting
to grow alfalfa. From three 10 five
tons Of the former and from one to
three tons of the latter should be
applied early ia the spring and disced
or narrowed into the SUI face soil.
Alfalfa is a tap rooted plar t and will
send Its roots down many feet if the
subsoil is porous and we'll drained.
1t must have at lest four or five feei
into which it can send its Ioots or ii
will not thrive after two or thr' e
years. Subsoiling and draining must
therefore be resorted TO on shallow
soils before alfalfa can be grown.
Alfalfa, like other legumes, must
have a certain kind of bacteria which
form nodules on it's roots. III these
are not already present in the soil,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15

By L. j. Chapln, Agronomist, Vest
ern Washington Experiment Station,
Puyallup, Wash.
A Der of farmers in western
Washington are this year trying to
establish fields of alfalfa. Many have
tried in past years but nearly all
have failed. These failures were
mostly due to failure on the part
of the growers to render the condi
tions suitable for alfalfa; in a few
cases, perhaps to natural conditions
over which the grower has no control.
Let us consider briefly what these
conditions are:
It is probably best to seed in the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15

hey must be supplied, the soil must
be innoculated. This is best done by
narrowing into the soil from 200 to
400 pounds per acre of soil taken from
an old alfalfa field where these bac-
terra are abundant.
The after care or cultivation of
alfalfa may determine whether sue
cess or failure shall reward all pre-
vious efforts.
IT weeds come up with the young
alfalfa, as s aim, st certain to be the
case, or if the young plants are weak
and spindling or the leaves begin to
turn yellow, or leaf spot appears. 1T
should be clipped. Unless the growth
of vegetation is very heavy, it may
be left lying on the ground to retard
the further growth of weeds and to
serve as a mulch. This clipping
should be done the first time just be-
fore the alfalfa blooms, or just AS he
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15
Alfalfa Culture in Western Washington
bed will be amply rewarded.

bed will be amply rewarded.
The seeding should not be done be-
fore the first of May except in light
dry soils; from the middle of May to
the 10th of June is usually better.
This affords time to rid the soil OF
many weeds and to get the seed bed in
good firm condition. The ground at
this seaon will be much warmer and
quick grermination and growth is in
sured. Lightly rolling the ground
Immediately after seedlings will also
hasten termination by warming the
soil and bringing the seed into closer
contact with the soil PARTICLES.
While the cause OF many failures 10
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15

late spring or early summer west of
the Cascade Mountains on ground
that has been fall plowed. 1t should
follow some clean titled crop to which
a liberal supply of manure has been
applied.
Deep fall plowing is better than
spring blowing as the ground will be
tirmer, thus furnishing seedbed
that will hold moisture better.
The ground should be cultivated
frequently during the spring to con-
serve the moisture and to kill the
weeds. The disc harrow, the spring
tooth harrow or the spiketooth harrow
may be used for this purpose. The
pillow may also be used to advantage
in some cases where the disc is not
available, provided that the ground
is not plowed more than 80 or in
ches deep and is narrowed down we'll
as soon as plowed. 1t should be
borne in mind that the purpose of this
tillage is to induce the rapid geImina-
tion of weed seed and to subsequently
destroy them; to put the soil in
proper tilth and to store up sufficient
moisture to insure quick termination
and rapid subsequent growth. Extra
care in the prepar aration of the seed
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-08-15

first blossoms appear, leaving about
4 inch stubble. II the alfalfa is
vigorous and free from weeds, it may
be cut for hay when about one fifth
to one fourth in bloom.
The condition of the buds near the
ground, however, affords safer guide
as to the time to cut alfalfa than do
the blossoms The rule is to cut just
as these buds are bursting into leaf.
Voorhees, gives the following dlrec-
tions, which are borne out in the
main by Thos. +. Hunt, +. ID. Coburn,
Byron Hunter and many other accept
ed authorities. He says:
"'Before clipping, however examine
the little alfalfa plants to see whether
buds have started near the ground.
If these buds are just bursting into
leaf clip the alfalfa at once. Do not
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
pIOCtiE SCHOOL NOTES

The pupils of Miss hompson's
room have organized literary so
,iety which is to meet every two
wa.k-. The officers elected to serve
for one month are:
Harold Clark president.
.Iamt; price. secretary and treas.
Committee on constitution and by
laws: Monte Levi, Tom Whoatley, and
Wallace Whitney.
Committee on program:
Gordon Sawyer Lena Franks, and
Isabel Neshitt.
Committee on society name:
Gladys Roeder, Mamie Orr and
Thelma Pew.
The following program will be car
ri"d out at the next regular meeting;
Address by Pre- sident Harold Clark
Reading, Monte Levi.
Recitation, Zelpha Middleton.
Reading. Tom Wheatley.
Recitation, Fay Walker.
Debate, affirmative: Gordon Sawyer
and Thelma Pew; negative: Dan
Franks and Isahell Nesbitt
Song, Manic Orr
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09

PANACA, Nov. S.-Messre, Geo.
ticks, Arthur and Elwo1d Lee have
etnrned rom trip to Lake Valley,
where they have been threshng.
4 large number OF panaca people
tent up to Phoebe on Tuesday, and
til others went to Caliont to hear
he election returns.
There has been good deaf of
sickness in town lately
Members Of the High School Liter
Try Society held Il meeting Friday to
iscuss plans for play to be given
Don and have already begun practice
Tho histrionic ability of the high
chocl students has already been
demonstrated.
Frank Wilson came over from the
outhern part of Utah last week with
t bunch of cattle and horses.
MIR W. Il. Pace, MIR Geo. Riding,
district Attorney Leo MncNamee and
u. Marco came up from CaliHnte on
friday IN the interests Of tho coun
y t'at removal plan and gave Il
.ance AZ the hall In tho evening
sunday Mr., Herman Prudential de
livered speech and Monday nj ii,
several Phoebe Democratic caudidat eS
Messrs. Orr, l,orScy and Price, gay,
dance and supper, which wcr,
veil attended.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
THE PRICE HOUSE

The reliable place to stop while
you are In Phoebe. Meals served In
connection.
THE PRICE HOUSE
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09

Leave for Comet
Chas Schodde and Bert Cnristens"
left Yesterday for the Comet district
whore they will start work in earnest
on the Lyndon properties.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09

We quoted the other day an inter
estins description of the count by a
eminent Russian writer. Ererythin.
In Toistoy's character, he said, attain,
Titanic proportions. As drinEsr
he absorbed fantastic quantities Of
liquor. As a gambler he terrified his
partners by the boldness OF his play.
As a soldier he advanced gayly TO has
ton four, tho bastion of death, at
Sebastopol, and there he made dyin.
men laugh at his witty sayings He
surpassed everyone by his prodiSious
activity in sport As well as in litera
lure. - .ondon Times
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
ORE SPECIMENS
GIVEN TO COMMERCIAL CLUB

Mrs. Mary Welland has presented
10 the Phoebe Commercial Club the
re cabinet which was collected by
Ter late husband. Henry Welland.
rhe collection is valuable one ana
ill find place in tho Clubs exhibit
X ore specimens from Phoebe mines.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
rhouoht Ne Had Qualified.

Merchant Aren't YOU the boy who
was in here n week ago." Applicant
Yes. sir Merchant II though. 80
and didn't | tell you then that want
ed an Older boy" Applicant.--"Hes,
sir that's why I'm here nov. Kos
on Transcript.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09

Thee is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
Together, and until the last few years
was supposed To lie iuCurablc. For sreGt
many years doctors pronounced il a local
,liStar, sd prcsrrih, 4 local remedies and
10y constantly failing TO cure with local
tret tLteUt. pronounced Il inCUrahlc. Sci
enc has proven Catarrh go he consti-
tu,ionHl disease aud ther. fore requires
constitutional treatment. Hal's Catarrh
Cure. manufactured nv T.. j. Cheney "
Co, Toledo. Ohio, is the only C0nstitI-
tlonal ,llr.' on the market. 1t I. taken In
ternallr in doses from 10 drops 10 tea,
spoonful, 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfrccs 81 the system. They
onTcr one bundled dollars for any case It
fails ta cure. Send for circulars and ties
timonials.o
Address: y. J. CHENEY h 90, Toledo, O
Ssli by druggists, re.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
AT THE NORTH Armenia

e, d Smiley, manager of tho North
Ahmepda mine, reports that he has
four men employed on development
work at that property
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-09
SHOE REPAIRING

Nick Bacic, shoemaker, is now
located in the ]. G. Brown build
Ing on Lacour street Harness mend
ing also.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-09-28

Six million dollars will not cover the
loss caused by the horse plague in Kan
sas during the last month according to
estimates made by DR.. F. 8. Schoenlet.
ger, head of the veterinary department,
and DR.. E. H. Webster, director of the
experiment station OF the Kansas agri-
cultural college, who have been visiting
the plague infested district. They say
that in the western part of Kansas alone,
at least 10000 horses have died of cere-
bro-spinal meningitis. This, they say
has made direct loss of two million
dollars in horses. The indirect loss,
particularly in farm work undone on ac-
count of the scarcity of horses, they es-
innate at twice that amount.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-09-28
oBITU AIRY.

Died, suddenly, at the residence Of Mr..
A. Wilcox, Sunday q. M, Mrs. Anna
Petch. of Manitoba.
Mrs. Petch had but arrived in Custer
Saturday evening, and seemingly had
endured the fatigue of the journey we'll,
but Sunday soon after Z a. M, almost
without warning she passed from earth.
Anna Harrison Petch was born in On
tario, Canada, Oct. 8, 1869. Her early
life was spent in Ontario. She married
William Albert Petch December 25,
1890, and came at once to Custer, where
the two children, Norma and Bernice,
were born, and where they lived until
eleven years ago. The family then re-
moved to Spearfish and thence to Memo.
There Mr.. Petch died on November 8,
1905. Later the family removed to
Shoal Lake, Manitoba. Here she unit.
ed with the Presbyterian church and
was member of the choir OF
that Church. A year ago in
June, Mrs. Petch was taken i'll, and has
suffered severely during the past months
from complication of diseases. Ac.
companied by her youngest daughter,
Bernice, she came to Custer to visit her
uncle, Mr.. A. Wilcox. hoping also for
improvement in her health. Here,
death came suddenly, also, we trust,
came Life Eternal.
Mrs. Petch leaves to mourn her loss
the two daughters, her mother, four
brothers, three sisters, besides other
near relatives. In Custer, whore the
happy years of her early married life
were spent, she has many friends who
knew the value of her character and
sympathize with the young daughters in
their great loss. She was also a mem.
Der of the Society of Royal Neighbors.
A brief funeral service was held Fri
day morning at $40, conducted by the
Rev. Katherine W. Powell. of the Con
gregational church, and Rev. Mr.. Fish
of the M. E. church, and was largely
attended by sympathizing friends. Later
the remains, attended by the daughters
Mrs. L. g. Reder and Mrs. ]. R. Cruson
were removed to Lead, there to b,
inferred by the side Of her husband.
A loving mother, daughter and sister
kind friend Christian woman. Her,
truly was life we'll spent, and poeti
wish was her destiny.
"Givs me no warming
But in some brighter world.
Bid me Good Morning."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-09-28
Prohibits selling Heron Plumes

Following a visit to Deadwood by
Frederick N. Ollie, special agent of the
bureau OF biological survey of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
heron's plumes, extensively used in the
feminine headgear. are being rapidly
disposed OF. Mr.. Ollie visited all the
millinery shops in the Black Hills and
looked over all the stock, announcing
that the Government intended putting
an immediate stop to the killing of the
heron and the sale of the plumes and
county game wardens throughout the
state have been notified to stop all sales
and to punish offenders under the state
and national laws. Mr.. Ollie declared
that herons have been killed in this
state as well as many others and are usu-
ally killed at nesting time, leaving
young birds to perish and that the bird
is being rapidly decimated by the slaugh.
ter. All aigrette selling from this date
In South Dakota, he declared, is unlaw-
full and will be vigorously prosecuted.