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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-05-14

pursuant to law within ninety days
| from and after the date of this order
the said Commissioners of Benton
County, Washington, will proceed to
levy an assessment on the lands en-
/ braced within said district for the cost
I of organization and construction OF
said drainage ditch according to law;
due and timely notice, however, VIII be
piyen to the property owners embraced
within said district Of the levy of said
assessment hereafter.
That the boundaries of said Haxton
Drainage District No. are as follows:
Commencing at point where the
township line between Townships Elgnt
(S) and Nine co., North Range Thirty
(30, r. w. M, intersects with the
South bank Of h e Columbia river;
thence running West from said point
along the said township line to point
where the SAID township line intersects
with the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany's right of way, being fifty (50
feet from the center line of said rail-
road: thence Southwesterly and West
ly along the South line of said right OF
way of said Northern Pacific Railway
company to a point where the said
South line of said right of way inter-
sects with the West line of Hover Park
Villa tracts: thence South along the
West line of Hover Park Tracts to the
Southwest corner of said Tracts; thence
East along the South line of said Tracts
to the Southwest corner of the North
east quarter of said section; thence
South along the West line o f t h
Southeast quarter of said section to a
point where said West line intersecJs
with the North line of the right of way
of the Northern Pacific Irrigation COM
pany's canal, known as Lateral No. /,
thence East and Southerly along the
North line of said Irrigation company's
right of way line, said lateralE or canal
! crosses or intersects the South line of
section eight a.; thence East along
the South line of Section eight (8) to
thence East along the/ South line of
section nine (9 to the Southeast corner
of the Southwest quarter. of said section
nine (9); thence North along the East
line of the said Southwest quarter to
the Northeast corner of said quarter;
thence East along the South line of the
Northeast quarter to the East line of
section nine (9); thence North along
the East line of section nine 90 to
where the said East line of section nine
90 intersects with the South bank of
the Columbia river; thence North and
easterly along the South bank of the
Columbia river through sections nine
90, four az, five 90 and six (6) to the
place of beginning, the said Drainage
District containing portions of sections
four "a, five (5), six (6), eight (8), and
nine (9l. township eight (8), North
range thirty (30), E. w. M, covering
an area of about two thousand (2,000)
acres more or less.
Witness the hand of the chairman of
the board this 7th day of April. A. d.
1914, and the seal of the Commissioners
Court affixed.
Fl. M. WALTHEw
Chairman of the Board of Commits
sioners of Benton County, Washington.
Attest: l.. L. LYNN
Auditor and Ex-Officio clerk of the
Board. 4-16.5-14
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NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE,

NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE,
In the Superior Court of the State IF
Washington, in and for the Countyfof
Adams.
Int In the matter, matter of the Estate P.
Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of an order made and entered in the
above entitled cause in the above entitl-
ed court, the undersigned w. C. Martin,
the duly appointed, qualified and acting
administrator of the estate of L. p. Mar
tin, deceased, will sell at public auction
on Saturday, the 9Th day of June, 1915,
at the hour of 2 80 o clock p. NJ. of said
day at the front door of the court house
in Prosser, Benton County, Washington,
the following described real estate, to-
WIT:
That portion of the Southeastquarter
of the Southwest quarter of the North
west quarter of Section Thirteen (13) in
Township Nine s9) North, of Range
twenty-eight (28) E. w. NJ, lying west
of the coulee, being in Benton County,
Washington, and containing six and one
, half acres; Lot Twenty coy in Block One
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!. beast did not spring. Clayton was al
most unconscious from the prolonged
agony Of fright. His knees trembled-
moment more and he would collapse.
Jane Porter could endure it no long
err. She opened her eyes. Could she
be dreaming?
"William." she whispered, '.lookr'
Clayton mastered himself sufficient
ly to raise his head and turn toward
the lion. An ejaculation of surprise
burst from his lips. Xt their very feet
the beast lay crumpled in death. A
heavy war spear protruded from the
tawny hide 1t had entered the great
back above the right shoulder. and,
passing entirely through the body, had
pierced the savage heart.
Jane Porter had risen to her feet: as
Clayton turned back to her she stag
gered in weakness. He put out his
arms to save her from falling, and then
drew her close to him-pressing her
head against his shoulder, he stopped
to kiss her in thanksgiving.
Gently the girl pushed him away.
'Please do not do that, William" she
said. "I have lived thousand years
in the past brief moments. The last
few seconds of my life have taught me
that it would be hideous to attempt
further to deceive myself and you, or
to entertain for an instant longer the
possibility Of ever becoming your wife,
should we regain civilization
''Why, Jane" he cried, "what do
you mean? What has our providential
rescue to do with altering your feelings
toward me? You are but unstrung-
tomorrow you will be yourself again."
II am more nearly myself this min
ute than have been for over year"
she replied. 1.-THE thing that has just
happened has again forced to my mem
DRY the fact that the bravest man
that ever lived honored me with his
love. Until 1T was too late 1 did not
realize that l returned it, and so I
sent him away. He is dead now, and
I shall never marry. Do you under
stand me?"
eyes," he answered, with bowed
head, his face mantling with the flush
of shame.
And it was the next day that the
great calamity befell.
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"a of the town of Richland, Benton
County, Washington; that the terms on
which said real estate will be sold are
cash.
Witness my hand this "a day of April,
1914.
w. C. MARTIN
Administrator of the the Es-
tate L. P. Martin, Deceased.
Walter Staser, Ritzville, Wash.
Attorney for Administrator.
5-7-5-2s
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NOTICE

In the matter of the Haxton Drainage
District No. 1, Benton County,
Washington.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN: That
pursuant to writ of mandamus issued
out of the Superior Court of Benton
County, Washington. on the 7th day of
January, 1914. and directed to the
County Commissioners of Benton Coun-
ty, Washington, tn said Board of
County Commissioners of Benton Coun-
ty, Washington, have on this 7th day OF
April, 1914, in regular session, entered
an order that the said Haxton Drainage
District No. i, and the ditch therein
provided to be constructed be aban.
doned, and that unless the said Haxtor
Drainage District shall be re-organized
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

u. S. Land Office at Walla Walla,
Washington, April a, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that John T.
Hardt, of Hover, Washington who, on
July 18th, 1910, made Homestead En-
try, No. 04642, for NWA, Section 10,
Township IN, Range 3OE., Will. Mer-
idian, has filed notice of intention to
make three-year Proof, to- establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore E. w. Trenbath, US. Commits
sioner, at his Office, att Kennewick,
Washington, on the 10th day of May,
1914.
Claimant names as witnesses: Charles
Rand, Edward Layton, both, of Kenne-
wick, Wash. Wiley E. Walker, of Ho-
yer, Wash. Silas WATSON, of Finley,
Wash.
JOHN H. MCDONALD,
Not coal land Register
4-9-5-4
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL STOCKHOLD
Frs MEETING of the Caywash Min.
ing Company.
Office of Caywash Mining Company,
Kennewick, Wash, April 30/1914.
RNotice is hereby given. that there will
be special stockholderN meeting Of
the Caywash Mining Company, at its
office in Kennewick, Washington, or
the LIST day of June, 1914, at the hour
of 8 o'clock p. M, for the purpose OF
amending the articles of incorporation
of said company, making its stock as.
sessable.
L. H. PRATHER, President.
ID. L. TAYLOR. Secretary.
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minutes they CROPPED slowly along a
winding passage until at length they
came to a closed door. Here he heard
her fumbling with key, and present
" came the sound of a metal bolt graf
ing against metal. The door swung in
on scraping hinges, and they entered.
"You will be safe here until tomor-
row night" she said.
Then she went out and, closing the
door, locked it behind her.
Where Tarzan stood it was dark as
Erebus. Not even his trained eyes
could penetrate the utter blackness.
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H. M. WALTHEw
Chairman of the Board of Commits
sioners of Benton County, Washington.
Attest: l.. l.. LYNN
Auditor and Ex-Officio clerk of the
Board. 4-16-5-l4
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coming 1Or nile DolOre we saw
them, and as we had other business in
hand we withdrew into the forest and
let them pass They were waddling
rapidly along upon short legs. and now
and then one would go on all f0urs
like BOlgani, the gorilla. They were
indeed fifty frightful men, Waziri."
When Tarzan had related his adven-
lures and told them of the yellow met
al he had found not one demurred
when he outlined plan to return by
night and bring away what they could
carry of the vast treasure, and SO 1t
was that as dusk fell across the desc
late valley of Opar fifty ebon warriors
trailed at smart trot over the dry and
dusty ground toward the giant bowlder
that doomed before the city.
II it had seemed difficult task to
descend the face OF the bowlder Tar.
IAN soon found that 1t would be next
to impossible to get his fifty warriors
to the summit. Finally the feat was
accomplished by dint OF herculean eff.
forts upon the part Of the ape-man.
Ten spears were fastened end to end
and with one end Of this remarkable
chain attached to his waist Tarzan al
last succeeded in reaching the summit
Once there he drew up one Of his
blacks. and in this way the entire par.
ty was finally landed in safety upon
the powders top. Immediately Tar.
IAN led them to the treasure chamber
where to each was allotted load of two
ingots, for each about eighty pounds.
BY midnight the entire party stood
once more at the foot Of the bowlder
hut with their heavy loads It was mid.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-28
Citation

State Of North Dakota.
County Of BOttineau )ss
County court
In the matter of the estate of John ".
Linton. deceased.
John Mckenzie ............\
Petition
Mary Anna LintOn.I
John Albert L,inton.(
Alexander William
Linton. Sarah Jane/
Blizzard. MarthaAnnk
Shearer. Eliza Ellenv
Anderson. Mary
Louisa Linton. Viola
Linton. RespOndents/
The State of North Dakota. to the above
named respondents greetings:
You and each of you are hereby cited
and required to- apDea before the county
court of the county of ISottineau in the
state of North Dakota. at the office of the
house in the city of Bottineau on the 18th
day of September, A. ID. 1914. at 2 O'Clock p.
M. of that day. hen and there TO SHOW
cause if any there be why the final &C
count of John Mckenzie as adminiStratO
be settled and allowed. the residue of said
estate be distributed to the persons there.
to entitled. the said estate closed and said
administrator discharged.
Let service of his citation be made a.
follows:
BY publication in the BOttineau Courant
for four successive weeks and by personal
service on each of the respondents reSid-
ing In the county of Bottineau. state of
North Dakota. at least ten days prior to the
Dated this 18th day of August A. ID. 1914.
Irving X. parkway,
Judge of County Court.
aug DIN Sept AID
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Notice il hereby given. that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by Chris
Henter. mortgagOr, 10 L. w. L@eithead Drug
company. a corporation, mortgage, dated
the nth day Of May. 1872, and filed for re.
cord In the Office oil the Register of Deeds
IN n for h County of Bottineau. State
OF North Dakota. on the Is day of Aug. 1919
ct 9:o2 O'Clock a. NJ. and recorded in Book
% OF Nortgages on page ae. will be fore.
closed by q sale of the premises in such
mortgage and hereinafter described, at the
'front.' door ofthe Court House In the city of
County of Bottineau. and State
Of North Dakota. IN the 10th day of Sept.
!9l4.at the hour of 2 O'Clock p. m. to satisfy
the amount due upOn said mortgage on
the date of sale.
The premises described in such mort.
gage and which will he sold to satisfy the
same. are described as follows.
Lot Sight 80 In Block (5) In the Village of
Gardena.. County of Bottineau. State OF
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage on
the date of sale the sum of One Thousand
fifty nine and l2-l0Oths u.O69.l II Dollars.
: Dated this 10th day of Aug. 1914.
L. w. Leithead Drug Company
a., MOrtXaRee.
weeks q Noun. .
Attorneys for mOrtgaRee.
BOttineau. North Dakota.
aug. 4-2l-2S-Sept 4-i1.lS)
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-28
Stletto or
Password?
- y g. -
An Episode In Mexico
BY BURKE JENKINS
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.

Nick's little back room on the ground
door was our customary meeting place.
Here we came together in the equality
of true democracy. There have been
evenings when eleven or twelve differ
ent professions Of our throbbing me-
tropolis were represented about Nick's
little three legged table.
This evening attentive ears were
turned toward Carusworthy. the opu-
lent. That gentleman busted himself
for a moment with a settler siphOn.
EYES," he commented. 81 rather be-
lieve in secret societies, fraternitieS.
brOtherhOOds or whatever you choose
to call 'em-that is. some Of them"
He lounged into an easier attitude.
1t happened down In Mexico in the
state of Chihuahua-little. old, driedup
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-28
Notice 10 Creditors
State of North Dakota

State of North Dakota
County of B%Ottineau
County court.
In the matter of thel
estate of Jasper NJ Notice to
Wright, Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by Alice Wright.
the administrative of the estate of Jasper
n. Wright, deceased. to the creditors of.
and all persons having claims against
said deceased. to present them. with the
necessary vouchers, to the said Alice
Wright at her residence at Kramer
he first publication of this notice.
Dated this 18th day of August. 1914.
Alice Wright,
Adrninistratrix of the Estate of Jasper
n. Wright. deceased.
First publication Aug ~.
(Aug PIN Sept AID
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Notlce TO Creditors
State of North Dakota

State of North Dakota
County of Bottineau
County Court
In the matter of the estate of William N.
Stafford, deceased.
administrator with the will annexed of the
estate of William NJ. Stafford. deceased. to
the creditors of. and all persons having
claims against said deceased, to present
them. with the necessary vouchers. to the
said AK. MacKay, administrator az afore-
said. at his Office in B%ottineau. North
Dakota. within six months after the first
publication of this notice.
Dated this 18th day of August. 1914.
A. X. MacKay.
Administrator with the will annexed of
the estate of William M. Stafford. deccas-
ed.
First publication August q. 1914.
(Aug. 2i-2S Sept 4.lN
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A Billion.


Great Britain clIngs to its own nu.
merical system and regards q billion
as u million times a million. But
America differs, a'billion in the United
States being only u thousand millions.
This is perhaps the only instance In
which a thing is bigger in the old
country than in the new. One has to
60 only a little way from England-to
Calais-to find the billion lessened. for
France dignifies u thousand millions
with the name Of billion. They are
wasting a word In France IL this con.
nection. however. inasmuch as there is
already a word. milliard. which IL used
to designate this number. Chicago
Herald .r
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Not His Fault,

The POet-POets are born. not made.
The Girl know. | wasn't blaming
you Boston Transcript.
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Obeyine Papa.

Stern Father Now. now. my boys.
luarreling again and for a miserab bic
little h~alfpenny? One Of the Boys
Well. you said. father, the less we
quarreled about the betterl - London
Tit Bits.
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THE TAhB WAS RATHER A TALL ONE"
town-can't exactly recall the name
but it began with a ""
"Varrejo?" inquired Shaw. the de,
t~ective. quietly.
"The very place." agreed Carus'
worthy. glad to come by the name
you know your geography. Shaw"
Have to-" was Shaw's lacOnic an,
swer.
WELL" went on the narrator. 81
had been making a thorough investi.
cation Of certain mines in which I was
interested.
"Of course it had been convenient
to make my visits to the cares ship
ping points of the mines In my private
car, and | had managed pretty well
to avoid those sad hostelries Of a flea
bitten populace. l carried my own no.
tel. On the night Of which I'm telling
my car had been sided at a little town
not all inch on the map from the Tex
as border, and l was counting on hit
ting the states some time the next day.
VarrejO was the name. az Shaw re-
minded me.
But the through limited that was
TO pick me up was reported full six
hours late. and an attack of acute in
digestion didn't help Inc to look on the
bright side of the situation.
81 went to bed early. but sleep
wouldn't WOO for a copper. So ! got
up, slipped on the universal duck and
Panama rig of the cline and time, left
the car without being, seen by any of
my attendants and made for anything
that might show semblance Of a drug
store. rustled into a dilapidated
wickiup. reused a profusely polite Mex
lean from pOstprandial slumber and de-
manded some cure all device Of the
doctors for that n Of oppression.
HE led, with many explanations. to
a stuny little rear room. and there l
underwent the ordeal Of the most on
glomerate mixture Of all the Russian
TurkO-Fiz Zip. steam calorific baths
that eve l suffered the shock of.
But. nOta bene. 1t did the trick. l
became another pleased patron and
reached for my roll for the wherewith
to requite my deliverer.
"My hasty toilet had omitted the
prime necessity. l explained matters;
fastened back to the siding.
my car vas gone. The through
limited had caught up some Of that
lost time and. likewise. as per sched-
ule. had caught up my outfit and was
now merrily whirling my belongings
northward. And my crew thought I
was comfortably e%nsconced for the
night. It was distinctly annoying.
81 fastened back to the apOthecary
and explained the situation. l could
not blame him for that smile Of In
credulity which broke through his set
politeness. The tale was rather a tall
one. and it was evident that he took
me for a new species Of the genus
CRATER.
81 first turned my attention toward
a civilized expedient in this extremity.
will you direct me to the telegraph
Officer assumed more or less of an
imperial tone. for l calculated on soon
disabusing my creditor Of his erroneous
impression concerning myself and
standing. 4 will telegraph to New
York for money
His expression changed from n Of
sarcasm to one of alarm. You're from
New York senor?'
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Crushed.

Crushed.
Really. Louise. this bill is out.
rageOus You must not try to dress
like the milliOnaires' wives"
MY dear Ned. control yourself. |
am only trying to appear rs well dress.
ed as the shopgiris."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-28
In No Hurry.

A lecturer one torrential night ad.
dressed an audience which might have
been much larger without taxing the
seating capacity Of the hall. Naturally
be was willing to curtail his address.
and. having reached what be consid.
cred the psychological moment, said
I'm afraid I've kept you too long,
aWhereupon a voice replied. go on
it's still raining"
Eh !, A..3 343fs sf #8 .Wt3 rt5N #h
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Enthusiastic Photoorapher,

Fair Ones Father Why did you
bring that III with you? Poor Low.
er-That ] might catch your expression
Of establishment when | asked you for
your daughters hand -Fliegende Blat,
for
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An Unfair World.
"What's the matter nowr"
"Pop-pop-papa sp-panked me!'

what for?'
"F-f-for calling him."
what did you say?"
II called him just wh-what you called
him this morning when be wouldn't
g-gfve you q d-doIIar. Plain
Dealer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-22
Precinct Primaries Roanoke Rapids
Township

The precinct primary for the
purpose of sending delegates to
the County Convention and elect
inga precinct committee Of five
members was held in Roanoke
Rapids on last Saturday at 500
P. M.
A. L. Clark presided as Chair
man. The following delegates
were elected to go to the County
Convention to be held in Halifax
on next Saturday, May 23rd, at
1900 M: A. L. Clark, Lafayette
Powell, j. j. Rock, Hannibal
Shea4in, W. F. Horner, j. G.
Butts, S. P. Harris, T. W. M.
Long, J. R. Beard, J. W. House,
j. T. Stainback and WI. Long.
A precinct committee of five
were elected, composed as fol-
lows: Hannibal Shearin, A. L.
Clark, W. F. Horner, j. R.
Beard, J. W. House.
A vote was taken in the pri-
mary in favor of Jno. H. Kerr of
Warren as solicitor, and by this
vote the delegates were pledged
to his support.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-22
Contestants bring your sub
scriptions in TOMORROW.
NORTH CAROLINA.
HALIFAX COUNTY.

Having qualified as admins
traitor of the estate of S. H.
Smythe, deceased, late of Halifax
county, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Roanoke Rapids,
N. C. on or before the 9Th day
of May, 1915, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their reco-
very. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make i'm
mediate payment.
C. 0. Byrd Administrator of
S. H. Smythe.
This 9Th day of May AID. 1914.
A. l.. Clark, Atty.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-22
Announcement

Subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary, | hereby
announce myself as a candidate
to become one of the representa-
tives from Halifax County, in
the next session of the General
Assembly of North Carolina; and
respectfully solicit the support
of all good Democrats.
J. H. DARDEN,
Spring Hill, N. c.
May End, 1914.