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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-20

A year after Robbie diAap.
pcared. several women ia Columbla
Miss. noticed an old cabin sudden.
ly inhabited They saw a boy play.
Ing in the yard.
The Dunbar boy" the women
exclaimed. The ne,t day the Dun.
bars got n letter urging them TO
come TO Columbia and see tho lad
The father and mother hurry TO
Columbia and they arrive ut mid.
night. In an auto they drive sew.
erai miles 20 the hut ny tho flick.
ering glare OF an oil light Mrs. Dun.
bar stoops over a dirty faced, sleep
Ing boy In n pile OF straw.
IT'S my hoy--thsnk oodi" she
cries
The boy failed 10 show any signs
OF recognition OF HIS mother.
Walters. declaring vehemontlv
that tho child was not Robert Dun.
bar. but Bruce Anderson OF south
Carolina. was placed In jail.
julia Anderson. the other moth.
err" was brought TO Opelousas.
The boy failed TO recognize her
also.
But she is positive that the boy
II her child.
The supreme court OF Mississippi
decided Walters should be sent to
Louisiana for trial.
And now the battle Of moth.
ers is ready! II promises TO
be the most wonderful trial
ever known In America.
Tho Dunbars said that one OF
their main identificatlons IN a scar
on the child's left foot.
The burn was covered by new
smooth skin" said Mrs. Dunbar
"See-this child's left foot has that
same mark"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-20

They shs'n't take hin, from me-"
cried Mrs.. Dunbar, one mother. u
don't care II all the luries and
courts In the world say he Isn't
mine. va mother dossn', know her
own child. then. please tell me, Who
doesf tell you he 10 mine. and
III keep him"
And yet Julia Anderson. a typical
South CariinAn" from the hills.
has seen tho child and declares tho
child Is hers or ,ha, she II abso-
lutcly sure.
ITS NOT GOING TO NJ A
LEGAL BATTLE. THIS DUNBAR
CASE INSTEAD. IT'S GOING TO
HE A BATTLE or MOTHERS roR
WHAT EACH BELIEVES Is HER
OWN CHILD.
And the boy Is too young 10
realize what this 10 all about.
Robert Dunbar and Bruce Ander.
son were born. four years ago. the
same month. the former ia ope-
lousas. the latter In a hut In South
Carolina.
The Dunbar child had every ad
vantage. toy and pleasure known.
the iii.sitimaie Anderson child had
nothing except. perhaps. n stick for
n toy.
The Anderson child was taken on
trip In wagon through the farm
lands OF Louisiana and Mississippi
by a man named Walters.
The mother says sh. sent tho boy
away because he was very lonely.
The child was looked on with
contempt by other children because
OF his birth.
One month later Rober, Dunbar
was playing on tho banks OF ALI
gator.ridden Lake SwayKe.
ne failed TO return In several
hours and HE mother and father be.
gan . hunt. His cap was found
that was ALI All night the search
kept UP. The hunt ~as called OF.
u was believed the child had been
drowned and the slllostors de.
soured HE body.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-20

Of the worlds best
All o of standard make a stencil them
exchange Bush Lane Grand
still brand but
damage in shipment
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-10
Bids For TRANSFERRING
Fallon County Records
Ekalaka. Montana.

Dec. Is, 1913
To the Honorable Board of
County commissioners
Gentlemen:- We desire to sub
NIT the following bid for the
transcr,bing of the records for
the new county of Fallon from
the present records of the county
of Custer:-
l. We will do all the work of
copying, without indexing or
maps at The rate Of five and one
quarter cents Is 1-4) per humid
red words.
2. We will do the indexing to
all records included in the above
mentioned work at the rate of
two and one-half cents e. IL e.
per name per instrument.
3. If desired. we will furnish
a copy IF all plats and road maps
now on file in Custer County in
cluded in the above mentioned
work for the sum of Two Hun
dred and Fifty (250. 0O) Dollars.
4. W. will furnish a Twenty
Five Thousand Dollar ($25, OOO)
bond. not only guaranteeing the
correctness of this work but COW
ering any other points that your
honorable body thinks within
reason to ask.
5. No records to be copied
which are now dead, or will not
be IF any good to FalIon County
at any time in the future.
We will agree that this con-
tract shall not exceed the sum of
Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred
dollars. If the amount runs over
this amount no more shall be
paid.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) Carl j. Skinner
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-10
Ekalaka, Montana,

Dec. 10. 1913
To the Honorable Board of
County Commissioners.
Fallon County. Montana.
Gentlemen:-
| herewith submit the follow
. ing bid for transcribing such of
the records of Custer County.
or tracts of land as effects the
territory detached from Custer
county. as desired and required
for the records of Fallon county.
l.. For transcribing Townsite
Plats, Road Plats and tracings.
Seventy per cent OF the Statu-
tory rate which is 25c per lot up
to and including one hundred
lots; five cents per lot for lots in
excess of one hundred: twenty
cents per hundred words for all
certificates of acknowledgement.
field notes. etc.
2. For transcribing all re-
cords at the rate of five cents
per folio of one hundred words.
3. For indexing each and
every instrument transcribed,
without description of property.
four cents and including descrip-
ton. seven cents.
4. For transcribing the name
of registered voters in the Great
Register. the SUM of five cents
per name.
S. For transcribing all oaths
and affidavits of registered vot-
ers. three cents per folio of one
hundred words.
&. For transcribihg the pre-
sent ownership books showing
owners of real estate. five cents
per description, showing name
of owner. description of proper
ty, improvements thereon and
valuation thereof.
Z. | will furnish a good and
sufficient bond, such as the board
of county commissioners may di-
rect.
8. will do all the work neat
" and accurately. all |onghand
work to be plain legable and uni
form.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-10
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) Thos. Butler.

Dec. 16, 1913
To the Honorable Board of
County commissioners, Fallon
county, Montana.
We. the undersigned. agree to
transcribe all instruments from
the records of Custer county,
Montana which in anyway effects
the title to real estate or person.
al property now in the county of
Fallon for the sum of five and
three quarter cents per folio: to
index said instruments in suit
able books and to transcribe the
names of all registered voters in
said F'allon County for the sum
of three and one-half cents per
name: to furnish all pIats of
townsites. township plats. road
p)ats ~ any other plats which
may be de jred by your honorable
board at a price equal to the best
bid that can be received from
your county surveyor or any
other person you may desire to
bid on the same. 1t being Under
stood that you are to furnish all
books and paper necessary to do
the work. We further agree to
prepare a complete abstract Of
delinquent taxes from the re-
cords of Custer county for which
we will make no charge. This
is something you will need and
will save you considerable money
We further agree to allow the
the county clerk and his deputy
to have free excess to our alb
stract books and agree to keep
them in his vault. if he so desires
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-10

for a period of one year except
ing that he nor any other person
shall have the right to said books
for the purpose of making alb
stracts OF title.
Mr.. Clark, our vice president
and manager will have charge Of
all transcribing work and his
neatness and correctness in the
past speak for him.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) Custer Abstract. Co.
c. B. Calvin,
President.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-10
GALL FOR


All Contingent Fund warrants
of Fallon County. Mont. register
ed prior to and including Fehru-
airy z, 1914. are hereby called for
payment. Interest on such war
rants will cease from this date
hereuf.
Dated April 10th. 1914.
E. f. LENTZ,
County Treasurer.
For Sale or Trade Grade
Percheron Stallion. coming four
years o'd: broke gentle: has pas
sed malline and one dourine test.
Will trade for yearling or two
year-old ewes. Reason for selling:
have no further use for him.
Horse can be seen at farm one
half mile south of Laney ranch.
Earl Tooke, Ekalaka. 3-13 If
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-04-10
The Miles City Horse Sales Company.
MILES CITY, MONTANA
1000 HORSES 1000
APRIL IS, Is, and IL, 1914

The success of the February Sale of harness broken and
granite horses and the demand for this character of
Of harness-broken horses on April Is, Is. II. At this
time there will be offered at least 900 head of harness
broken and granted horses, ready for spring work
and every indication is that the sale will be as good as
the February sale. when nearly l,SOO horses were dis
posed of. The horses that will be offered at the COM
ing sale will be fully equal to those offered at the Feb
ruary sale. If you are interested in the horse deal and
want to buy or sell keep in touch with the Miles City
Horse Sales Company.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
GETTING A POINTER

After l had cot my mail at the post
ohice in Nebraska village. I asked
the way - the bank that ! might get
some small bills. but the pedestrian Of
whom inquired looked at ME envtous!y
and did not reply. II was so with a
second and yet a third man, hut the
fourth looked me over and replied
Are you friend of the late de-
ceased?''
What late deceased?'
Why. the banker"
Then he's dead. eh? No I didn't know
him. Is the business going on as usuaI?'
'Skassly as usual. stranger. cause
when a mans bin hung and his money
bin divided up. and his bank bin rented
out for a grocery. his business can't go
on as usual"
Did the people here hang him."
"Of course. His BODY was taken down
two days ago but I'll show you the tree.
Yes, we hung him"
What for?''
He was packed up and ready to skip.
Mebbe you was thinkin' Of openin' a
bank
Cause if you was I'd give you
pointer. We've hung four bankers on
the same limb from the same tree. and
though it might be crowGin' a lettle.
we've saved a spot for the ffth"'
The fifth bank had not opened when the
town was last heard from.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
ATHREE-CORNERED SWINDLE

1t wasn't what a conservative old
lawyer would call a straight case.
had been sent 10 London to look up
sharper and make him disgorge for the
benert Of the heirs of another sharper.
The wife Ct one John Saunders, an
Englishman who had died in Buffalo
several Years previously, had put her
claim IN the hands of a New York
lawyer This Saunders had been mixed
up in a big swindle before leaving
England Something like 10000
rounds had been reaped from it, but
his partner in the transaction had
gobbled on to most of it and had also
managed to pull his neck out OF the
moose. while Saunders had been hunt
ed Uyt of tie country. 1t was the
claim of ore swindler against an
other-no mere, no less. The leverage
we had consisted of a number OF pa
pers to which both names were at
taChed. The name Of the living part
ntr was SmalIwoOd, and it was un-
deTstood that he had set up s money
lender. These papers eliminated
SmalIwood in a sense, but in case he
ives dehanl We could not push the
ose against him.
After some little trouble 1 found
SraIwood and his den. He was a
huriy, big man. with a loud voice and
d dOminee-ing way. In assisting -
TerPetrate hat swindle he had a mar
row escape and he realized that I'm
a way he was still under the surveil-
lance of tie po!iCC. but l put him
dov Il as a man not to be easily fright
med l foILd I was right in this
When I had stated my errand. ne
laughed in my face and called me a
C,,I Becw ourselves he did not
ceny the sw ndla. On the contrary ne
Lussted of the slick way in which Il
had been worried. He had secured
.g,CO pounus u Re money and es-
cared the law whiro his partner haI
Gsd TO a for sigr land with the remna mt
and died among strangers
NV dear sir" he said, as he smiled
and rocked to and fro, you were a dolt
TO come on any such errand- You have
papers, but 1 would not give you the
price of a dinner for them l am solid,
and YOU can't disturb me. Go to Scotland
Yard. 20 TO tie attorney, do what you
will, and l shall only laugh at you"
Neither Scotland Yard nor the attor-
neys could help me in the case. While it
couldn't be called blackmail it was an
attempt to squeeze money out OF a swind-
Ter. The one interview satisfied me that
my mission was a failure, and l bade Mr..
SmsIiwood goodday with as much cour-
tesy as / could assume. 1t was about
luncheon time when left his office, and
I dropped into a modest restaurant for a
light Hasal, I had scarcely got seated
when . stranger who had = ssedy-gen,
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

Smallwood had drugged and abducted
me. 1t might not be A private insane
asylum. but the man had surely been
bribed to hold me fast for a time. II
l raised a row it would be the worse for
me. II | remained passive, / would be
set at liberty as soon as the money
lender left the country. decided to
make the best of things, and when the
doctor returned l was very quiet. The
two Of us ate supper together in a room
and were waited upon by an old woman
He called me Mr.. Perrine, and accord
ing to his talk, I was a member Of a
mercantile firm in London. Next morn
ing | was taken to walk in a narrow
garden surrounded by high walls. l got
sight of no other person. nor could
make out what sort OF place I was in.
During the day had the use OF a sitting
room off my bedroom.
was given plenty Of reading mat
ter, and the doctor played chess with me.
and taken altogether the time did not
pass unpleasantly. In the three weeks
was in the house l saw only the doctor
and the old woman. At o'clock one
evening l was told that the cure was
complete and ten minutes later was be-
ing driven away from the building in a
closed carriage. After an hours ride l
was set down in a street in White-chapel.
and had / been backed by all the police
Of London 1 could not have found the
house where 1 had been held captive.
Smallwood had been gone a week-gone
no one knew where. While 1 do not
believe there was anything in the Liver
pool story told me by Duff. the money
lender was more afraid Of me than he
need have been and had played me
pretty little trick to give himself time
to settle up his affairs and move on.
did not go TO the police officially, but
l did tell the story TO a detective on the
quiet. How they would have regarde1
1t at Scotland Yard may be judged from /
what the officer said to me. At the rnd !
of the story he winked and grinned and |
observed:
What a race Of natural-born liars you |
Yankees areIp
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

Our predecessor in the postoffice made
a practice Of licking on postage stamps
for all persons who requested 1t, and
one of the first changes we made after
taking possession was in regard 10 this
matter We had printed ana nung up IN
the corridor half a dozen different signs
OF No Lick Here" and, Notwithstanding
the vigorous kick on the part OF the
public we have strictly adhered 10 the
change. Tuesday evening, as We were
temporarily in charge Of the stamp win
dow a buffer from New Mexico handed
in two letters and four stamps and com
manded us TO lick. We knew by the CLINT
in his eye that he was reaching down
for his gun, but we had one on shelf
beside US, and had him covered before ne
could wink twice. He was somewhat sur
prised and disappointed at first, but We
gave him credit for recognizing the situ-
alton after a bit and backing of as grace
fully as possible under the circumstances.
AS postmaster we are willing to oblige
all corners in every hing pertaining TO
business, but our duty ends with selling
the stamps. We can't lick EN- grace
fully, and we don't mean to try.
= little thing happened las; Monday
afternoon for which We we're in no wise
TO blame. and vet for which We feel it
our duty to apologize TO our fellow
townsmen. Ten days ago ou- estcemei
contemporary saw a forty pound krg Of
ink delivered at the Kicker Office. and all
at once. He has never been financially
able 10 purchase over ten pounds Of ink
at one time in all his new spaper expert
enCe. and the sight of that keg which
had been paid for cash down, rendered
the old reprohate half crazy. For about
the hundreth time in the last I'VE years
he determined to assassinaJe us and as
we left the mayors office for the post
office he took up our trail and BEGAN
shooting. We heard the reports "t his
gun. hut gave them no attention. and il
was not until the cTitter had fired six
teen bullets at Us that we became aware
Of rs presence. Then We suddenly lost
control of ou- temper and turned On
nm and picked him W and iammod him
-Utu an empty barrel and spent five min
ut,> Cr.flaG his CaIa- H. claims to ne
ha'ly b p i.. tra ..'ue. hHf aside from
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

much OF a weapon to fight a wildcat
with. The critter lodged half the blows
and the other half didn't seem 10 hurt
any. yelled fur my dawE. but he didn't
cum. I yelled for the old woman. and
bout the time ! yelled l cotched sight OF
her two rods on, lOokin' on. She had
my rife in her hands. and I hOllered fur
her 10 cum closer and shoot the cat.
- Zeb White sez she, it amt fur me
to mix in this fout! You went out in de-
fiance Of the Lawd TO co'ch a coon, and
II you've CotChed a wildcat instead it's
a proper punishment"
Her words made me mad and teched
my pride. and I determined to kill that
cat without her help nr be clawed 20
death a-tryin.' / got in two or three good
blows and sorter evened up things. but
it was nip and tuck. Bimeby. when 1 be-
gun TO weaken. l saws TO the old woman:
I amt akin you to shoot the var
mint, but you might shoot OF a paw or
two and gimme a far show.
How about Sunday she asks. never
movin' a foot.
It's a pUr:y good day
Yes. it's the lawd's day l reckon.
Gwine to stand thar till the meat IS
clawcd of my bones?'
Can't tell yit When the Lawd brings
about a calamitOus calamity to punish a
keerful how they mix In
' Nobody has axed you to mix in
says l and then I went fur that cat like
a hawk fur a chicken. For the next five
minutes had the advantage and was be-
ginnin' to feel pesrt, but the loss Of
blood began to tell. and I found myself
CROWN weak. The old woman noticed
il and called out:
e Zeb. how about the Bible?'
e I'm beiievin' in it, says I. as
makes an awful blow a; the cat
And how about the children of
Israeli
I'm a-be-lievin' in them. too.
"a Did they cross the Red Sea dry
shod?'
I'm bet they did"
"' Was Phario overwhelned2
'' He was. and I'll lick any man who
denies it,
Jest one mo question Zeb says
the old woman as she Gums forward.
Are thar gwine to be any mo- huntin'
on Sunday?
% Not il We never hcv another pint OF
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

tceI look about him asked permission 10
take the opposite side OF the table. say
ing he had some information to give me.
When We had begun on cur meal, he
said:
4 saw you leave Old Smaliwood's Of
flee and l followed you. Has he done
you a bad turn
did not give my case away in reply
ing. hut gave him to understand that
the money-lender had refuseG to do the
square thing by me.
He's a cur, a cheat, a swindler and
all that's mean and contemplate" con-
tinued the stranger. with good deal of
feeling. He has cheated aud wrOnGed
me, and ! can get lao satisfaction. To-
day. however. I learned Of an incident
in his past life that will ;ivs me a good
hold on him. I must so TO Liverpool
to complete my information. If you will
go along and become responsible for tx
penses, l will share the information with
you
For awhile I was chary OF the man,
thinking he might be in the pay of Small
wood, but l finally decided that l could
lose nothing ny trusting him. Smallwood
had once lived in Liverpool under an
other name and had been guilty of a
crime for which he had to flee to Brazil
and remain for several years. This man,
who gave the name of Dun. proposed to
go down and look up the matter and put
the police on the scent. He was go
ing 10 do this his revenge to crafty.
thought it might be a good thing to hold
over SmaIlwood as a bluff. however. and
! promised to reward Dun if anything
came Of it. In the course Of a couple
of hours l turned 10 the money lenders
office He greeted me anably and
laughingly said:
I have heard that you Yankees are
a persistent race. but in this case you
are simply wasting your shoe leather. /
suppose you have come TO make a new
Offer"
I have about that Liverpool affair"
/ replied. and l went on and stated the
nature of his crime and the name he
used to sail under.
The shot told. The man grew nervous
and pale-faced. and when I had con-
cluded he said:
How you secured your information l
do not know, but l will frankly admit
that it is partly correct. l have little
fear that the police would meddle with
me at this late date, but I do not care
TO nave the affair stirred up. l am will
ing to make fair financial arrangement
with Saunders widow"
mat was n matter to be talked over
at another meeting. / was bit sur
prised that Smallwood should give in
so quickly, but concluded that the Liver I
pool anair was rather serious, and that I
Ike a man OF sense he preferred to part /
with a couple of thousand sooner than I
have i resurrected- He had rooms over
ms oulcss and was Up with him On the |
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
BOWSER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW
She Is ILL., and He Goes to Chirk Her Up

Mrs. Bowser was in tears
The cook was in tears.
The cat was in tears.
When Mr. Bowser reached home and
saw the fearful state Of affairs, he was
about to make a great roar. but Mrs.
Bowser handed him a telegram.
1t was from her mother. and read that
the old lady was very i'll.
BY heCkT' said Mr.. Bowser.
Amt it awful" sobbed Mrs. Bowser.
''It surely is" he replied, and magnani-
mously added:
She's my mother-in-law, OF course,
and she never visits us except to make
things uncomfortable for me, but I'll for
give her. I'll not only forgive her. but
as you are not feeling well I'll run Up
to Concord and see just how she is and
chirk her up all l can
''You-you don't mean it, gasped Mrs.
Bowser in the greatest astonishment
Why, of course l do! Just throw A
few things in the satchel for me and III
take the night train up. | haven't been
out Of town for year, and shall rather
enjoy a short trip
But I'm afraid you can't sleep On
the sleeping car"
I'll sleep like a top. It's all settled
that l 60"
And two hours later Mr.. Bowser was
passenger aboard the night train en-
joying the feeling that a good action
always brings happiness. Every berth in
his sleeper was taken, and there HsTe
several children aboard. He made friends
with two or three from the start, and
before the train had gone fifty miles he
was gratified on hearing one mother Say
TO another:
Now there's a man who makes his
home and his whole neiGhboThoOd happy
l don't believe that anything ever puts
him out, or that he has a cross word for
anybody"
Mr. Bowser is in the habit OF tumbling
into bed. rolling on his back and falling
asleep within five minutes. As soon as
he strikes the bed the family cat, rats
and mice walk about on tiptOe. and the
grocery wagons, butcher-Carts, and fire
engines never pass his house II II can
be avoided. The small boy who would
dare utter one "cOo-ee' in front OF his
house after 10 O'Clock at night would
realize that he was taking his life in
his hands. He got into his berth IN the
sleeper expecting the Usiai results to fol-
low, but somewhat TO his surprise they
didn't AS is usually the case, two or
three men were not yet ready to turn in.
and they began discussing politics. Every
word was audible from end to end of
the car. For about ten minutes. Mr..
Bowser wondered over their impudence.
For five more he was amazed al their
disregard for the rights of others. Then
he jumped to the conclusion that It
was personal matter and he called the
porter and said:
This is the sleeping car. l have gone
to bed 10 sleep. Those men must shut up
or get out"
Yes. sah." replied :he porter. and
he went off about his business instead OF
delivering the message He had been
on a sleeping car long enough To- know
that twen;y-three people had no rights in