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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-04-09
GumptiOn on the Farm.

II there is a harvest ahead =
even though it be a distant one
it is poor thrift to be stingy with
your seed. CARLYLE.
Sow alfalfa by itself; it doesn't
need any nurse crop.
Have two or three plow-points
on hand ready for the time OF
need.
Leave no long nails sticking up
out of fallen rails or posts in the
pasture.
What is finer than an old-fash-
Toned spring after an old fash
Toned winter?
Despise not the day Of the one
horse farmer, for it leads to a
two-horse team.
We should not complain when
we think the other fellow has a
better job than we; rather let us
rejoice.
This is the month for the land
roller, if the earth is dry enough.
Push the roots in good and cut
more grass to pay for it.
Grandfather's traits often ruin
his unseen grandson years after
he is dead. What kind of grand
sons do you want?
A good many men who would
not tolerate hole in their trous-
ers' pocket are all too complacent
when regarding the hole in the
barn roof.
The ten-cent cotton or canvas
gloves that are so largely worn
by farmers may be water-proofed
by dipping them in melted par
affine.
If you don't want things, don't
bid on them at an auction. First
thing you know they will be
yours, and you will have to pay
for them whether you want them
or not.
Dynamite can be used for
very many purposes on the farm,
but you should know how to use
it. If it explodes, don't blame
the dynamite. That's what it's
for.
Do you use a spike-tooth har-
row? How are the teeth? Worn
down blunt? Take them out
and have the blacksmith sharpen
them. The harrow will do a
great deal better work then.
1t is not woman's place to
care for the pigs and poultry, to
chop wood or milk cows, when
there is a strong healthy man
around. Keeping a home in good
order is enough for any woman.
1t is quite a chore to get stove
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03


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The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
STATE LAW
BEING TESTED

A suit has been commenced in
the district court of Blaine county
against the county commissioners
and the treasurer by III. l.. Benton,
seeking to enjoin and restrain the
defendants from allowing and pay
ing the account of Geo. d. Barnard
& Co., of St. Louis, to whom a con
tract was let to furnish the books
and records for the new county.
The plaintiff alleges this is i'm Vjo-
lation of section 1897 of the re-
vised codes. Judge Tattan has is
sued a temporary restraining order
and upon May 4 the case will come
up and give the defendant an OPP
portunity to show cause why an
injunction should not be issued.
1T is understood a similar case
has been started in Hill county
against B. B. Wcldy of Chester, to
whom was awarded the contract
for county printing, but who sub
let it to firm in Spokane. 1t is
understood that this case is being
brought on behalf Of the typo
graphical unions. which wish to
test the constitutionality of sec
tion 1887, which provides that the
contracts shall be let to some pa
per within the county.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
THREE MORE
MUST sign

Unless three more state senators
sign pledge to vote for the di-
rect primary law drafted by the
non partisan commission appointed
by the governor last summer, Gov
ernor Norris will not call special
session Of the legislature to enact
a primary and a presidential pref
erence law, says a Helena dispatch.
This was the governors answer to
the address adopted at the state,
wide mass meeting of the republi-
can progressives held at Helena
last week. The governor declares
that a majority of the members OF
the house have pledged themselves
to vote for the direct primary law
but that thus far only II members
of the senate have agreed to sup
port the measure. The names OF
the II senators who have agreed
to vote for the bill are given by
the governor as Duncan, Everett
Croft, George, Larson, Leary, Nc
Carthy, McCone, Never, Stout anc
Sykes. The governor fixes July
20 as the last date upon which he
will consider calling the specia
session.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
Elk ARE NOT
SUFFERING

Edward Rice, a grizzled rancher
living near the Jackson Hole coun-
try, thinks that lecturers and
writer's in magazines are doing
more damage to the Wyoming elk
than the SHOWS. He was in Butte
yesterday for the first time in five
years. The much talked of suffer
ing among the elk in the Jackson
Hole country is not as real as de-
picted, he says.
The state legislature, he says,
appropriated funds for the pur-
chase Of hay to feed elk driven
from the Yellowstone park during
the periods Of heavy SHOWS. The
game Wintered much better than
last wear, he added. In Fremont
county the elk fed in the valleys
with cattle, while at Dubois the
elk entered the corrals and fed
with the stock.
The dying elk that are pictured
in the magazines did not die o1
starvation" said the old timer
but from old age and sickness. II
is only natural that with a colo
winter the old ellxs should die
more rapidly than in summer
While the ranchers are being ap
pealed to save the elk, the natura
increase is so great that it will be
only short time until they be 81
thick that they will be a public
nuisance.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
FORD AUTO
GIVEN AWAY

At the hour stated, in front Of
the Urner Mercantile Co. store,
May 1st, the following gentlemen
Messrs. Dick McQuitty, O. f.,
Dreyer and Herman Maars, who
held no tickets on the car, acting
as judges, followed out the plan
of drawing as outlined in former
issues of this paper, to the entire
satisfaction of the large crowd OF
interested persons who witnessed
the drawing. -.rzG
Miss Bernice SWartz, aged ten,
was chosen by the judges to do
the drawing. and after being blind
folded, drew out the following
numbers:
First, 97,014; Second, 30,0O2:
third, 59,035; fourth, "a 4,219; fifth,
6,1SO; sixth, 5l,344.
Scarcely had the last number
been drawn when Mr.. H. A. Weber
produced to the judges the lucky
number.
The boys say that Hank" was
a little nervous when he discover
ed that he held the number, but
we all agree that he is sure a
lucky guy"
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

The only fair apportionment to
be made at this time is on the
present regristration list. Assum-
ing that half of the voters in the
county are republican,, the above
apportionment is made on one half
the regristration list, one delegate
for every ten votes or major frac
ton thereof.
The following forms must be
adhered to in holding caucuses:
At caucus held in....... precinct
between the hours of 2 ant. =,
o'clock p. M, of Saturday, May II,
l912..... was elected chairman,
and..........., secretary. Those par
! ticipating in the caucus were as
| follows: Give the names of all
| voting at the caucus) The follow
ing delegates were elected to at
tend the republican county con
vention at Harlowton, Monday,
May 13, 1912, which county con,
vention will elect II delegates and
III alternates to the Livingston
convention to be held on May 10
i 1912. (Give names of delegates
i elected by your caucus.
4 By order of the Republicans o
Meagher County, Who Believe
in a Square deal.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
s1RAYED OR STOLEN

Gray gelding, six years old,
branded snow-shoe on left hip and
D. on left shoulder, weight about
$50 pounds, had halter on when
last seen, Will pay $5 for infor
nation as IL { bouts, or fol
return of same to Fred L. Bourke
Harlowton, Mont.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
THEIR
new OFFICERS

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AT the regular annual meeting
of the Harlowton Light and
Water Company, held on Monday
afternoon last, the following Off
GERS and directors were chosen for
the ensuing year:
Presidential. G. Graves.
Vice e-Pres.-Benjamin Urner.
Secretary-S. X. Campbell.
Directors-A. G. Graves, Benz.
Urner, S. X. Campbell, L. d.
Glenn and Fl. A. Weber.
At this meeting a levy of S25
per share was made ON all stock
which will 90 towards clearing up
all outstanding Indebtedness and
place the company on q dividend
paying basis. This company is in
corporated for $4,000 with about
a dozen shareholders.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

4 CONVENT ton

We, the republican voters Of
Mcagher county, protesting against
the action of q rump committee in
selecting eleven delegates to the
Livingston state convention at q
meeting of less than majority of
the republican county central com
mittee at White Sulphur Springs
on Wednesday evening, April "a.
1912 hereby call a delegate con
vention to meet in HarloWJon.
Montana, on Monday, May 13,
1912, at / o'clock p. H., for the
purpose of electing eleven dele
gates and alternates to the repub-
lican state convention to be held
in Livingston, Montana, on Thurs.
day, May 16, 1912.
We claim that the action of the
republican county central commit
tee in selecting delegates was un-
fair, unrepublican and illegal for
the following reasons: +.
That the committee was called
together for the express purpose
of setting date for holding a
county convention to elect these
delegates, and to make an appor-
tionment from each precinct to
this county convention.
That less than majority OF the
committee was present in White
Sulphur Springs, either personally
or by proxy.
That the committee as constl
tuted on that occasion did moi
represent the presidential prefer
ence of the republican voters whe1
it arbitrarily selected Taft dele
cation.
i That the committee was pun
posely packed for that purpose b.
j office stockholders.
That the action Of this rum,
, committee was clearly a willfu
: and illegal ursurpation of funt
ton of government not delegate
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
HEAVY SNOW
IN The PARK

Six feet Of snow fell in Yellow
stone park last week. Five feet
covered the ground at Gardner.
The fall is the heaviest in history
for this time of year. In Livings-
ton the depth of the snow was six
inches. In the Livingston valley,
just outside of Livingston, the
snow was two feet deep.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

find prosperity and contentment
on new home forty miles from
Musselshell in Fergus county, the
station agent, under orders from
his superiors, notified them that
before they could remove their
goods, they would have to pay the
Milwaukee $176.7O more.
Isn't this an injustice to Mon
tana and an outrage ON the new
settler? -. ~
Rather than to pay the over
charge the gentlemen are weighing
their goods and the first car saved
them an even $50. They propose
to weigh the others. The EN-
barge has cost them more than a
weeks extra time. But who cares9
Surely the railroad companies
don't, for the settler pays the bills
and suffers the hardships.
Do the business men and com
mercial clubs of Montana care? il
they do let them wake up.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
'OU TRACE ON
/ new SETTLERS r
(Musselshell Advocate.

lnc GREATEST lnJuStlCe uIlbb poo-
sibly can come to Montana Is the
nefarious, petit larceny, "hold-up'
game that is being practiced by
the railway companies all over this
state on the new settlers who are
coming here to build homes, bet
ter their condition and improve
the country. Not alone are Lhe
railway companies knocking this
state, the best in the west for a
poor man, but the State Board Of
Stock Inspectors are waging a re-
lentless war like flock Of haws on
the settlers stock. Tt is not in
any one town, but in every town
in Montana, that this nefarious
work of soaking" the settler is
going on, and no one seems willing
to give the newcomer a helping
hand. &.E
The case we are about to recita
is typical of hundreds Of others,
and will illustrate the means en-
ployed, in the majority of cases, to
bleed the settler.
Last Sunday morning Charles
and AL Bohn, and Will Kent ar
rived in Musselshel from Chicago,
bringing with them three cars in
which was stored s head of horses,
4 cows, calves, their pet dogs,
chickens, geese. doves, guinea
fowls, some lumber, household
goods, machinery and other arti-
Il 7.e & y 4 8 4 I'd IE
|cles such as a settler needs and
will make farm life pleasant.
Before leaving Chicago their
stock was inspected by a state
veterinarian Of Illinois, who issued
them clean bill of health. They
also paid the railroad company it's
demands, $379.73 for hauling their
three cars to this point. Every
thing went fairly well as far as
Marmath, N. D. Here their cars
were set out, and the railway com,
pany informed them if they wished
to proceed it would first be neces
sary to have their stock inspected
by authority of the state of Mon
| tana. A three days wait resulted
at the end of which time a state
veterinarian showed up, inspected
their stock, condemned and killed
their best horse, a 4year old mare
worth, so the gentleman told the
writer. $3.50. The certificate shows
the animals temperature was l.
degrees above normal, and the al
sease 'mallaine," although one O
the Bohn boys said the veterina
rian told him the horse had CLAN
ders. This is where it is eviden
/ the State of Montana got in lG
: knock" on the new settler, for /
+ the horse had glanders the lllinol
J. veterinarian failed to discover It
1t must be taken into considera
tion the change the morse ha'
been subjected to from a qule
stable to more than weeks ia
and jam on freight train.
Was this all? No! There wa
another pound Of flesh" t1"t ha'
not been rendered unto 6 ek.
~ When these sturdy so4. If II
.. dustry, the flower of Illinois, VIII
! have toiled and saved, and by din
6, of economy, wrested from tn
, worlds share their portion OF
y few hundred dollars by honest TO
arrived in Musselshell on I'll
Lords day, hopeful that the da
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03
FOR RENT

Rooms, and light housekeeping
rooms. Under new management.
We will treat you right.
Cliff House.
The Harlowton news., 1912-05-03

When in need of a new suit or
overcoat, or want your old one re-
paired CT renovated come in and
see me. / have had twenty years
experien ce in large shops, as a
guarantee to you that your work
will be done right.
Ell. Minshall, The Tailor,
Succe assor to Hottlieb, the tailor
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
AUSTRIA MAKES
TOUCH IN U. S.
Secures S25,OOO,OOO IL I'd
in War Preparations.

London, Dec. 10 European peace
hangs by slender thread, according
to a prevailing belief in high diplo-
matte eircles and apprehension in the
capitals is growing as a result Of the
developments. Of the past "a hours.
Even the British foreign office,
which remained optimistic throughout
the dark days Just prior to the Balkan
armistice, is said now to, regard pes
simistically the outcome as regards a
clash between Austria and Servia that
eventually will drag in Russia
The loan of $25,00O,00O negotiated
by the Austrian government in the
United States and the unexpected re-
organization Of Austria's war STAFF
were tie chief subjects of discussion
in every European capital.
1t WIS rotted out that Austria's
domestic situation Is not such as to
make big loan necessary and the
shortHess and duration of the treaty
bonds SHOWS apparent urgency of the
governments need Of money.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
ADHEREs TO POLICY.
Austria Continues to Guard interests
In Peaceful Manner


In Peaceful Manner.
Vienna, Dec. 10. - In spite of the
misgiNines and doubts still entertain
ed by many: European politicians,
Austro Hungary .adheres to her single
policy Of peacefully safeguarding her
interests.
Count Won Mensdorff, the Austro-
Hungarian ambassador at London.
will come to Vienna to receive in
structions for his part in the confer
ence OF ambassadors of the powers,
the locale of which has not yet been
officially settled. London will prob
ably be the place for the conference.
Aha las independence and fnteg
rity are regarded by Austria as be.
yond the field Of discussion The rest
of Europe recognizes this even the
civil government of Servia though
the military circles are still inclined
to be recalcitrant
The vested interests, outside of the
powers in what hitherto has been
Turkish territory, must also be con
sidered. especially those of Germany
and Austria Among these interests
the administration of the Ottoman
railroads are important. The roads
form he Servian frontier to Con
stantinople and from Salonica to Nit
Toyitza are practically owned in Aus
tria-Hungary and Germany, where the
funds for their construction were
raised ard where a great majority OF
~ .
the shares are held.
The Ottoman company which nom
inally runs the roads must either be
bought out entirely or arrangements
made With the new owners of the ter
ritory not to hinder its management
of the administration.
Austria Hungary is again deeply
/ concerned as regards. her commercial
position. She is the greatest importer
of sugar into the territories now pass
/ ing from Turkey, and as Turkey has
no factories Austria has no competi-
ton.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
NOT INTERESTED IN PEACE.
Morgan Snubs Austrian Countess
When Asked to Help Movement.

Moraan Snubs Austrian Countess
When Asked to Help Movement
New York, Dec. 10.-Baroness Ber-
tina Won Suttner of Vienna, who re-
ceived the Nobel peace prize in 1909
as a result of her efforts to advance
the cause of universal peace, had
many Pleasant. things said about her
at the Hotel Astor at a banquet given
BY the New York Peace society.
Before the banquet the baroness
confirmed cable message from
Vienna that she had written to a
friend there to the effect that she had
called upon J. P. Morgan in the inter
est OF her great mission and was
quickly informed by Mr. Morgan that
he didn't have the slightest interest
in world peace. She said she called
on Mr.. Morgan in his library with a
letter of introduction from the Prince
of Monaco, whom the finanoier had
entertained on his yacht, and Mt
Morgan wasn't long in telling her
what he thought about international
peace.
Andrew Carnegie, president OF the
society, was asked what he thought
of Morgan's stand, and he replied
I'm not thinking"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
HONEYMOON is OVER.
Young Daugherty and Actress Wife
Separate In Texas.

Columbus, o., Dec. 10. = Draper
Daugberty, %, son of Harry NJ Dansh
erty, Republican state chairman and
wealthy lawyer Of Columbus, and his
wife, Dessa NJ. Gibson, former Fiolo
dora Sextet girl whom he married
two years ago, have separated att Fort
Worth, Tex The wedding of young
Daugherty and Dessa Gibson at Buff
falo Dec. Is, 1910, attracted nation
wide interest ..
Incompatibility of temperament is
given as the reason for the separation
by Daugherty's father. He doesn't
blame the girl altogether. While he
said Dessa was fond Of the gay side
of life, he said Draper was not with
out his faults that he was head
strong He intimated there might be
a reconciliation.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
NOT FOR WAR PURPOSES.
Kuhn, Loeb 6 Company Explain Big
Loan to Austria

Kuhn, Loeb Company Explain Big
Loan to Austria.
New York, Dec. l0.-It was on the
assurance that there was no likeli-
hood of war between the great pow
ers OF Europe that New York bankers
undertook the floatation of $25 000,-
600 Austrian loan in this country, as
announced at Vienna. Kuhn Loeb &
Company issued this statement:
Kuhn, Loeb & Company and the
National City bank confirm that they
had purchased in conjunction with the
Austrian group $25,000,000 Az per
cent one and one-half and two year
imperial treasury notes, The con-
tracing firms have been assured that
the political situation is much improv-
ed and that there is no reason for ap-
pretending war-like developments be-
tween the great powers The larger
part of the proceeds of the loan will
not be withdrawn until the middle of
January, 1913
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
Human Horse Gets Divorce.

Lisbon, O., Dec 10. Mrs Emma
zimmerman. % and pretty, despite
the hardshirs endured as the OF
horse in the blowing episode on the
Zimmerman farm, near Welsville,
last spring, was granted divorce
from Jacob Zimmerman by Judge
Moore The charge was extreme cru
city. According to the testimony, Zim-
norman hitched his wife and her
brother, Walter Yeager. u. years old.
to pillow and drove them like a team
OF oxen over his fields.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
Francis Denies Frank Rumor.

Washington, Dec. 10. Word reach
ed Washington from Martins Ferry
O., that the grand jury there was in
yestigating a charge that Representa-
tive Francis Of the Fifteenth Ohio
district franked horse blankets to the
rural free delivery. carriers in his dis
trict last December When the mat
ter was called to Mr. Francis attan-
tom he stated that it was true that
he had sent the horse blankets to the
carriers, but that he had sent them by
express
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
Gold Taken bv Train Robbers.

Bakersfield, Cal, Dec 10 Twenty
thousand dollars in gold was the haal
of two robbers who held up the ex-
press car of the Sunset western train,
bound from Bakersfield for Taft. tai.
The money was consigned to tn Fis5t
National bank of Taft by the FIJI It
National bank of Bakersfield 1t vas
not placed in the express safe.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
BURIED UNDER sNowsLlDG.
Nine Men Reported Dead In Disaster
at Cofdova, Alaska.

Cordova Alaska, Dec 10. Nine
men are believed to have been killed
when a snowslide on CoHFcr 2.3a,nt IN
carried away 1 buildings OF ting reet
Northern Development cGta5a9vt
Eleven men were buried under the
avalanche ard emily two Eaye been Ne.
moved alive Three are Known 70 ha
dead and no hope is entertained for
six others
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
Ashbrook Recommends Buildings.

Washington, Dec. l0.-Representa,
tive w. A. Ashbrook of Ohio reported
to the house committee on public
buildings and grounds a recommends
ton favoring appropriations aggre-
eating 100000 for II Ohio projects
The cities whose projects will PROB
ably be incorporated in the appropri-
alton bill are Coshocton, Van Vert,
Washington c. H., Sidney Fremont,
Martins Ferry, Kenton, Wilmington,
Middletown, Logan and Akron.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-12
OUTLINE PROPOSED LAWS.
New York Factory investigation Com
mittee Completes Labors.

mittee Completes LapoFs.
Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 10.-The state
factory investigating committee, held
its final session here, taking up the
81 bills which have been tentatively
framed for introduction at the coming
session of the legislature. Abram /.
Elkus Of New York, counsel for the
commission, opened the public hear
ing, outlining some Of the striking
features of the work.
"The commission has prepared bills
to ameliorate conditions in state fac
tories" said Mr. Elkus, these being
merely suggestions in bill form. This
is new departure, as it alloys the
proposed legislation to be discussed
before it even appears before the leg
islature."
Health Commissioner Francis E.
Franczak of Buffalo was the first wit
ness called, being examined regard
ing conditions in the citY's packing
houses and in the canneries Regard.
ing the employment of women II
packing house work Mr.. Franczak
said that the employment of women,
and especially children, in the can,
ming factories in this district, was de
plorable. The children should not be
allowed under any circumstances to
work as they are obliged to do He
said that in many instances whole
families emigrate to the factories, ard
that the moral conditions resulting
from crowded living conditions are
very bad indeed
The chief difficulty is that women
can be hired for good deal less than
men" said Mr. Parker. A man gets
$3.50 day for work that is to all in.
tents and purposes the same as what
a girl gets SO week for"