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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
Personal ItemS

! Deacon Butterworth lost two hen:
one night last week. He thinks they
was took by skunk human skunk
and the Deacon thinks he knows the
s1unks name being as he tracked him
home.
Abe Witherow of the Co. seat drove
to Bingvil1e last Thursday and brought
a horse with him that he wanted to
swap off with some of Our citizens, but
he couldn't manage to get decker
Abe is too we'll lenowu hereabouts.
The Widow Skinner has embellished
her home with a portrait of old Ben
Skinner, her recent husband, which a
artist at the Co. seat made for her.
The picture looks just like old Ben
looked when he was alive even to the
wart on his nose. A great many people
have dropped in to see the picture. She
paid $40 for it. She must of wanted
the picture awful bad.
Cyrus Hosl,ins met with painful loss
Friday night. Cy had barrel of cider
in the cellar which he has been treasur-
ing up ever since last fall. Cy had just
tapped the cider the week before and
hadn't scarcely drank any of it, being
as he wanted to save it to drink along
harvest time. Last Friday night Cy
thought he would just go down cellar
and take little swig before bedtime,
and so he Lit the candle and went down
with big tin dipper and took dipper-
full and it tasted so good that Cy took
another one, and he says that after that
his senses kinder wandered away from
him. When Mrs. Hoskins woke up next
morning she was surprised to find that
Cy was not in bed. She began to search
the house for him and at last found
him asleep on the floor of the cellar
near the cider barrel The candle had
burnt itself clean down to nothing and
went out and the cider was almost
foot deep on the floor. Like blamed
fool Cy had went and left the faucet
turned open and every drop of that
priceless cider had run outen the barrel
and is now lost forever. Cy almost
weeps when he thinks about it.
: Mrs. Martha Tucker made some soft
soap last week for home purposes and
got too much I've in it. Jabe Tucker,
her husband, washed with some of this
soap and it most took the skin often his
face for him. Jabe says he'd rather
never wash than use that kind of soap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
Local Items

Peter Hoskins Sundayed with his son
Israel Hoskins, who lives at Zion Cross
roads, last Sunday. Peter reports IL
and family doing well. We are glad to
hear this. 1t will be remembered that L
was arrested last year and spent 81
days in jail at the Co. seat for stealing
chickens. But we guess it cured him
no chickens has been missed in his
neighborhood since.
Hank Dewberry has a breaking out
on him something like rash which he
SAYS itches him something turrible.
Hank has tried everything everybody
has told him to on it, and as a result
with the itching itself and with trying
things he has been buzier this spring
than he ever was in his life. Hank
thinks he was pizened in the wood while
digging sassafras root.
Silas Osgoods of Hardscrabble was a
Bingville visitor last Tuesday We are
always glad to have Silas in our midst.
He says Hardscrabble is flourishing. Of
course Si1as wouldn't say anything
against the town he lives in, even if he
thought so.
Miss Suzan Woodbury. is helping Mrs
Cyrus Hoskins with her spring cleaning.
Mrs. Hoskins is a very tidy woman
about the house. Once every week reg
ular, generally on Fridays, she goes
over the house thoroughly. She shakes
the rugs and tears up things and raises
such dust and rurnpus that Cy always
goes down and loafs most OF the day in
Hen Weathersby's store, sometimes
never going home for his dinner because
he says his wife is always in a bad
humor house cleaning day and nags
him so.
Jed Peters, our intelligent school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
MarriageS

Sarah Hildcrbrand would of been
married to Zeke Skinner last week
Thursday if it hadn't of been for Mel
ancthon Hilderbrand. Sarah's pap. II
seems Zeke sold Mel horse few years
ago which turned out to be spawned
the worst way. Mel never thought very
much of Zeke after that and seemed to
have no hankering, as you might say, to
have Zeke for a son-in-law.
Zeke knowed this and so him and
Sarah planned to elope to the Co. seat
where they lowed to get married. Zeke
driv up about 9 p. m. and Sarah
crawled out on the porch roof. Zeke
got UP on a rain bari and was helping
her down when his foot slipped and he
fell into the bari, which was full of
water.
This woke Mel up and he run out
into the yard and seeing Zeke kicked
his often the premises. The course of
true love never runs smooth. It's too
bad Mel can't fergit his Indignation
and let bygones be bygones and permit
his daughter to marry Zeke. Goodness
knows the Hilderbrands amt so much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19

new wall paper, doing the work her
self, some time next month. The paper
which is now on the parlor has been on
the walls for IS years and is rather
dingy and out of date.
Doc Livermore, our expert human
specialist & veterinary, says he is going
to have a box stall built in his stable
for the new horse he purchased from
Jim Wallick of the Co. seat a month
ago.
Doc says unless he does he calkilates
the blamed horse will kick down the
stable. He will have the box stall built
out of three-inch p1anks and there will
be small window through which he
can feed the horse by means of long
handled shovel
Jabez Storrow is at present engaged
in making new wooden clothes horse
for his wife to hang clothes on in the
attic on wash days when it rains.
Hen Weathersby, prop. of our gen.
eral store, says that instead of having
chairs in his store for the customers to
set on he is going to have long wood
en- bench made and then have it painted
with paint that has sand in it. Hen
says it is a caution how good-for-noth-
ing lazy 1oafers come in his store to
pass the time, including some of the
and will white up his chairs with their
jack knives. Hen says he calkilates he
has had dozens of good chairs whitfield
Up in this manner, but when he puts in
bench which has been painted with
sand paint he fggers that there won't
be so much whiting did, esecially if
his customers desire to keep their knives
sharp.
Dad Henderson, our well-knowed sur
vivor of the War of the Rebellyon, will
have new wooden leg made for him
soon, being as his old one is almost
wore out with stunping around on it
so much. He has wore his present
wooden leg sinst 1879. which amt so
bad for a wood leg.
We might of found other improve
ments if we had of had the time to of
hunted for them, but the above indi-
Gates that Bingvil1e is experiencing a
healthy growth, of which we should all
be proud. We may get some new type
in the Bugle office ourself this spring.
All kinds of job work did neatly and
on short order-if it amt too blamed
short
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
Left for Furrin Parts

We have been reliable informed that
our old Doc Kennedy who used to prac-
tice medicine on folks in Kent (Which
town is located just beyond the county
border) has left Kent and is now pur-
sooing his perfession in the town of
Berlin, wherever that is.
We wish Doc more success in Berlin
than he had in Kent-Doc didn't seem
to ever have menny pashients when he
was in Kent, and most of them died
on him.
The party who told us about Docs
leaving Kent for furrin parts is Fred
Parker, who dropped into the office for
little chat tother day while in Bing-
Vile Fred and Doc is great personal
friends, yet in spite of this Fred didn't
seem to have much faith in Doc-he
told US confidential that he'd hesitate
long time before he'd let Doc Kenne-
dy doctor sick cat for him.
Be that as it may, we wish Doc a
lucrative practice in his new location
and good health, which he will probably
enjoy if he don't take none of his own
medieines,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
| have
flied

up cooper shop over Harve Hines
barber shop, where / am prepared
to do everything desired in the
way of coopering. l learnt the
cooper trade when 1 was a young
man, over fifty years ago, and have
worked at it off and on ever since.
l am a good hand to make bar.
rels of any size and dimensions de-
sired by the most fastidious per-
sons
have laid in a large stock of
kiln-dried lumber to be used in
making up barrels, and if you de-
sire any barrels made for any
purpose whatever, give me .
call.
You will generally find me either
in my cooper shop or else in Harve
Hines barber shop. When BUSI.
NESS is DULL, as it has been
most of the time since I started, I
sometimes go down and loaf with
Harve just to kill time. You win
probably want some barrels to
put your cider in next fall. WHY
not order them now? There. is moth.
ing like taking time by the forelock.
Foresight Is a tarnashion siIhA
better than hindsight.
Don't forget the locashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19

teacher, went fishing last Sunday near
Snake Bend. Jed had a three-lb pick
erel on his hook but it got off. There
is considerable criticism to think he
would go fishing on Sunday and thus set
a horrible example for his scholars, as
you might say. Jed says it amt no
harm to fish on Sundays perviding the
fish will bite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19

the dam and Hardscrabble Cross
roads.
MORAL-Its ali light to kom-
mune with Nachure, but you want
to look sharp where you set down
before you begin to kommune.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13

unextinguished near timber, un-
derbrush, grass or other infiamma-
BILE material on the public domain,
the offence was committed as
charged regardless of whether or
not the fire was upon government
or private ground or whether the
fire did actually burn any timber
or not. AS to the third count, the
court instructed the jury that in
order to find the defendants guilty
it would not be necessary for them
to determine that they had malic-
iously set the timber on fire but
that they should be found guilty
if all the attending circumstances
at the time the defendants set the
fire were such as to indicate they
had been careless in building the
fire, and as a result of which it WAS
reasonable to expect that the fire
would spread to the adjacent nat
ional forests.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER I3, 1913
GOVERNMENT SECURES
CONVICTION FOR DAM.
AGES TO TIMBER

In the case of the United States
vs.. Thomas Smith and Amos Smith
OF Pringle, South Dakota, jury
sitting at Deadwood on September
. found the defendants guilty OF
willful negligence in the matter Of
allowing brush fires to remain un.
attended and unextinguished, re.
sulting in fire covering about two
townships and the destruction Of
timber and other property amount.
ing to from twenty five to thirty
thousand dollars.
The defendants were found
guilty on all three counts contained
in the indictment returned by the
grand jury in the May term of the
Federal court, as follows:
First; for unlawfully leaving and
suffering fire to burn unattended
near timber, underbrush, grass
and other lnhammable material
upon the public domain.
Second; for building and caus.
ing to be built fire near timber
and other inhammable material
upon the public domain and going
away from and leaving the fire
without totally extinguishing it,
Third; for willfully setting on
lire and causing to be set on fire
timber, underbrush, and grass on
the public domain.
The courts instructions to the
jury as to the law concerning the
various counts in the indicimen,
are OF considerable importance tc
residents within the national for.
ests. With regard to the first two
counts, the court instructed the
Jury to the effect that if the eyi.
denoe as presented in the case was
sufficient to convince them that
the defendants had gone away and
left burning unattended or totally
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13
HEAR LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Eight automobiles carried Monte
Vista people to Alamosa Tuesday Y
evening to attend lecture on
Christian Science delivered by
bicknell Young of Chicago. The
Oliver Opera house was comfort.
ably filled with those interested in
the subject and the most careful
attention was accorded the speaker.
He prefaced his lecture with the
remark that it was not his purpose
to pursuade anyone in any way.
but suggested rather that belief
should be followed by understand
ing.
1T seems to me, said Mr.. Young,
that Christian Science appeals to
people Just naturally" and in fol.
lowing out that idea, spoke of the
law of self-preservation. The
thought of everyone is to preserve
his life and to improve it. Espeo al
stress was laid upon the idea of
cleanliness, the speaker maintain.
ing that if mans thoughts are
clean, he will be dissatisfied with
unolean body or unolean surround
ings.
Mr.. Young is an earnest and
torceful speaker, has a most pol.
lshed delivery and leaves with his
hearers a message of hope and as.
plra'ion, and the impression Of his
profound sincerity.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13

The live store is the one that sets the
Others to scratching to try and keep up
with them. We believe that we are the
live ones and that the others will have
TO do some scratching il they keep up
with us.
Mr.. Fornwald left Monday for Denver
via the Automobile route. He returned
Thursday and reports a very enjoyable
trip.
We received part OF carload Of FL
berta peaches from the Western Slope.
These are now reasonable in price, and
this is the time to make your purchases
in this line.
Among the people from the Store who
went out on the Excursion train to
Center Thursday we're Harry Loss,
Joseph Southworth and Mae Munsell.
We are showing some new picture
slides Of the Palmer garment for Women
at the Movies this week
September business has been very
good so far. Fall buying has started
earlier this year than ever before. We
have very large amount OF our Fall
merchandise already on display.
The Millinery department is showing
some new hats this week. The sale of
Ladies' hats has been much better than
we expected.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13

Check cough or cold in the lungs
before it develops a serious case. Bal.
lard's Horehound Syrup is an effective
remedy for all soreness or congestion in
the lungs or air passages. Price 25c, Soc
and sloo per bottle. Sold by Fuller
Drug Co.
N. S. Bum has good list of rentals
roomlng houses and restaurant.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13
BY FAssErrs DEPARTMENT STORE

Leonard Faus was out OF the store a
couple Of days this week on account OF
stepping on a nail, which gave him con-
siderable trouble.
This week we received from the Palmer
Garment people another shipment Of
suits and coats. All the new things are
to be found here now. Make early selec-
tions and get the best. We are selling
these garments every day.
The store picnic which was held at
the Seven Mile plaza last Sunday after
noon was attended by "a people. All
arrived in time for the big spread which
occurred at 2 o'clock. A ball game
after dinner furnished amusement for
both players and spectators. Full nine
innings were played with seven players
on each team. Final score was to 8.
We have received of late over three
large barrels of Baking Powders. These
each have about As dozen to the barrel;
this will give you some idea Of the way
we sell goods in our grocery department.
1t will soon be time that you will be-
gin to think about stoves. Remember
the Universal either in base burner or
heating stove. We have good stock of
these to show you.
Read our large advertisement on the
last page.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Maddox
and daughter Lucy returned Thurs.
Gay TO their home in Blackburn,
NO. after a visit of two month";
with relatives.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13
Conklin Fountain Pens won't
leak ink on your clothes.
Fuller Drug Co.
Desp0n dency

Is often caused by indigestion and
constipation, and quickly disappears
when Chamberlains Tablets are taken.
For sale by all dealers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13

The Lake City Times, in issue
of Sept. 4, is highly incensed at
the Farmers Union Reservoir
company which it says has not
provided a good road in the place
of the wagon road which was
destroyed when the reservoir was
built.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-09-13

Mrs. w. j. Clark and Mrs. w.
S. Woods left Thursday night for
Long Beach, California, on account
of the health of the latter and ex-
pect to be gone about two months.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
FIRE DESTROYS
 CLIFF BUILDINGS
Drying Room and Carpenter Shop Complete loss--Men Save
 MiII--Yukon Helps.

\ fire which started at 3'D'rlOrk 1 this morning destroyed the dry 1 ing room and the carpenter shop al the Cliff mine with a loss of about $500, fully covered by in surance.
 The cause of the fire is un- known,. but it originated in the drying room, where the men leave their working clothes, and it is supposed that a match in the pocket of some ones jumper started the blaze. The fire was discovered by night shift boss Stanley, who immediately sounded the alarm by footing the whistle, Ibringing the night shift to his aid and also the day men, who were sleeping, and the two lines of tWo-inch hose were strung out and. water played upon the build ing, but the fire had too much of start and the drying build ing and the carpenter shop were soon completely enveloped ill the flamek. |: Superintendent Ray Mil lard was on the scene soon after the alarm was sounded and di- rected the work of controlling. the flames and preventing them spreading to the mill building.
 Gapta.n Mckay of the Yukon, also did good work and soon had q crew of men from the boat with the ships Ssflre hose playing on the fire Aand the surrounding Buildings. The mill was not touched and the fire will not delay the oper- 1atftons of the inf iiiniiiinhisi,, , as < the biggest loss was to. the men. who lost thekr working elothes.-
 After the fire" of two years ago the drying room, in which the other fire originated, was placed in a separate building not con- nected with the mill and it was this foresight which saved the mill from second disastrous fire.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
SEATTLE JURY |S
 AFTER CHAPTERS
Find That County Paid for Bur- iai of Paupera Bodies Sold
 to Students.

Seattle, May 9.--Testimony be- fore the special grand jury now Investigating the graft in coun- ty offices, nave already started on a trail which bids fair to cause sensation.
 The bodies of 36O paupers bur jed at the expense of the cOun- ty were eXhumed and the collins were found to contain nothing but dirt gathered up on the floor of the county crematury and the bodies were sold to medical stu dents.
 The students pay $50 for each body which they use in their studies.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
UNDERWOOD BILL
 PASSES HOUSE
Tariff Measure Receives Support of Two Republicans and Four
 Bull Moosers.

Washington, D. G., May 9.--By d vote of 28l to 139 the House passed the Underwood Wilson tariff bill with but few changes from the bill drafted by the Dem- ocrats of the Way and Means committee.
 Four Progressives voted with the Democrats for the tariff and two Republicans broke away from thdir party and favored the Dem Ocratic measure.
 Many members of congress i'm medately left for their homes for a three days rest, as the House has adjourned until Monday noon. The House will continue to take Ihree-day adjournments until June first, when it is expected that the Senalc will have passed the bill. No other legislation is con- templated at present.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
AUTO |S
 COMING ON YUKON
Three Seated Combination Freight and Passenser WaI-
 ten camlno aaan.

Bhe three-seated combination
 freight and passenger Wilton au-
 tomobile ordered by E. P: Cash
 man, the proprietor of the Wort
 mans roadhouse, is, expected to arrive at Valdez On the return trip |Of the Yukon. The machine, which is being built especially for use over the |goverl1ment wagon road, will be |able to, handle two tons of merch-
 andise and ii passengers. It is a three-seated rig.
 !, Cashman will use it taking pas sengers and freight to and from
 his place at the foot of. the sum- Init, and expects to increase the travel from Valdez to the road
 house as he will make special ex-
 cursion trips for sightseers and
 berry pickers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
DOCTORS CLAIM FREEDMAN FAKE
His Exploitation of the Poor is Denounced--Patients Are
 No Better.

New York, May 9.--The Amer ican Medical Journal, in it's May issue, brands Dr.. Friedman as a fake, declaring his exploitation of the sick for money as disgrace to the profession.
 The association has cOmmen- ced'a national campaign exposing the fakir.
 Many patients inoculated by Friedmann at first showed some sign of Improvement, but later it was discovered that all had re- lapSes and at the end of GO days were no better off than at the start. The first improvement is attributed to suggestive influ- ence from the belief of the pa tient that he or she will get we'll, but this soon passes away.
 Friedman is said to have made considerable money while ill America.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
MEXICAN SOLDIERS
 ARE DROWNED
Had Mutinied and Stolen Steamer, Which Turns Turtle and
 prowns 15o.

San Diego, May 9.--Drink- -craz- ed Mexican soldiers, who had mutinied and captured a steamer, lost their lives when the steamer turned turtle, drowning more than 150 of the men off the province of Tabasco on the eastern coast of Mexico on the Yucatan Penin- sula.
 The federal troops in the south ern provinces. have become rest i've and the llureta government is unable to maintain order OF to protect foreign citizens.
 Guymas is the only port held by Huerta's forces in Sonora province, and it is expected to fall in few days, as the state troops are throwing shot into the town. The United States cruiser Cali fornia $ al the port to protect all Americans and foreigners.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
MORGAN OFFERED
 HELP GOVERNMENT
Would Have Secured Money for Administration lf Needed, So
 Says Colonel Harvey.

New York, May 9.--Colonel Geo. Harvey, the editor of Harper's $ Weekly. in an addrdSs before the Bankers Association here, said that J. D.. Morgan before his de- parture for Europe on the trip prior to his death had said that if the Wilson administration need ed money that they should appeal to him and that he would see to il that plenty was forthcoming
 Col. 'HarVey said that Morgan was the greatest constructive genius of modern times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
JOHNSON PUNCHED THE WHITE WOMEN So States Prosecuting Attorney in Opening Address--oave Them
 Hack Eyes.

Chicago, May 9.--The United States district attorney, in his op- ening address to the jury now try ing Jack Johnson for violating the Mann white slave law in that he took white women from state to state for immoral purposes, claimed that he would prove that the big coon used some of them for sparring partners and that he would beat them up unmerci- fully and in many cases the wO- men were taken to hospitals with black eyes and bruised bodies.
 Johnson has several indict- ments, against him for ~taking white women with him on his eX- hibition trips throughout the var iOus states.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-09
SAWA|[L START
 AExI MONDAY
Fiirt and, 3. E.. M. Bring Raft of Logs Fram Port vveI's--
 More Coming.

The Flirt and B.. F. M. arrived at midnight last night with f5O,- 900 feet of logs for the Copper River Lumber. company from Port Wells. Manager Ethical announ= ces that. the mill will start up next Monday to saw the raft in to lumber,. which is badly heed- ed, as: the yard. is almost depleted !bf certain sizes. ,:
 After, the prdsent raft is cut the Yukon will be secured to tow. 400, ,00O feet of logs belonging to the company, which they now have on the beach at Montague island.
 The demand for lumber has in creased the past year owing to the large amount used by the mining companies for buildings and for tagging.