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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
MOUSE TIES UP WHOLE TOWN.
Causes Short Circuit at Light Plant,
and Everything Stops.

Hutchinson (Kans.l Dispatch to Kan
sas City Star.
An understood mouse, short circuit
ing some wires in the city electric
light plant here, stopped the street
cars, put out all the lights in the city.
shut down certain parts of the SAT-
plants, chemical works, flour mills,
strawboard plant, newspaper typeses-
ting machines, II telegraph cora
pany, and other industries depending
on electric motors for power TO- an
hour.
Edward Benson, assistant engineer
at the plant, tried TO get the mo- Ae out
with a pair of tongs, without shut
ting down the plant, n the little
animal jumped into a connection that
e~lectrocuted it, causing several thou
sand people to taxi a vacation until
h burned out switches and wires
could be replaced.
Mr.. BensOn was badly burned Q
the hands, arms and face, but will re-
| cover.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
Another Horror of War.

From the New York Times.
Terrible times, thesei
The other day an innocent-eyed
young lady, whose demeanor has al
ways been sweet and gentle, went to
a bookstore and returned with three
volumes under her arm.
What have you there" she was
asked by a male friend. Or course
he expected for and answer the titles
of three fluffy novels full OF moon
light and love.
Instead the gentle young thing rat
tied Off glibly:
"Oh, I've just bought Armies and
Navies in the World War The Be
ginning Of the Great European Strug-
GLE and Battles Of the War on Land
and Sea-"
Eye gods:" gasped the man, and
then under his breath: Sherman vas
right
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24

Unusual C~Onfection For Nuptiais Of
An ESpy Girl.

Bloomsbury (Pa.) dispatch to the
Philadelphia Record.
Miss Olivia p. Prescott, of Espy.
near here, is believed to be the only
bride in America who had her wed.
ding cake made entirely Of ostrich
eggs.
She was welded TO Frederick Bien-
cove by the Rev. F. Q. Musser, rector
Of st. Pauls Episcopal church
Bloomsburg, at her home here. and
employees of the African Ostrich Farm
ana Feather Company, which also has
It's farm here, furnished the eggs and
hired a baker to make the unIsuaI
wedding CONNECTION.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24

that they would have some good pic
lures that afternOon-they We're go
ing to storm the German intrench-
Mr.. Thompson was on hand
with the camera, but the Belgians had
overlooked a masked battery OF Ger
man machine guns hidden in a cOun-
try house on their flank. In twenty
minutes the Relgians lost more than
4. 000 men.
.tBut didn't see them lose more
than the first thousand or TWO. SAID
Mr. THOMPSON. Il was falling back
~ the second line. And ii was an aw-
full moment when Belgian outpostS
held mp our automobile in front of the
lines. with the Germans firing behind
US and the Belgians in front
In Siege of Antwerp.
Then came the siege Of Antwerp.
Mr.. Thompson was in Waelhem, one
Of the ~outpoSts. when h Germans
b~ombarded it. The Smelling started as
he was dining with three Belgian Of
fcers on the ground f1oOr of a house
in the upper stories Of which eight
Belgian soldiers were quartered. A
shel hit the roo of the house and
destroyed the upper part of the build
ing.
THE ceiling wen TO pieces he
said. and through the holes III it
dead bodies fell down on the dinner
table. All that night they kept firing
42-centimeter shells at the forts and
water works and the town in between,
and when about midnight l sat down
on the CurbStOne and saw shells drop
ping all around j decided it vas time
to write q farewell note to my wife.
But just as [ had finished it a Bel
gian officer came along and said that
he had found q boat in which we
could get across The river. There
were five of us-one, an officer, des-
perately wounded: Il when he saw
that the was only big enough
for four he ordered the other officers,
his subOrdinates, to throw him over
board. The rest of Us got away.
Mr.. Thompson stayed in Antwerp
till the surrender. living in a hotel
with one or two COnSulS and a few
correspondents who spent their time
cooking their wv meals and putting
out fires on the roof where German
shells had struck. The hotel staff had
fled, and MI. Thompson was unable
TO find anyone to Wh,m TO pay his
bill when he left Antwerp. He fol
lowed the Germans or their march to
the coast, sat in a hotel on the Os-
tend water front while the British
fleet was Smelling the coast, and fl
nally progressed as far as Dixmude,
where ne was wounded by the British
shell. On his return, he said, he eX-
pected to stay with the German troops
in Belgium, as it was with them thai
most excitement could be looked for.
Mr.. Thompson did not see any
atrocities. Though he heard many
apparently reliable stories he was I'M
able to give personal testimony tc
the truth Of any Of them, land | was
on the spot fifteen minutes after some
of them were said to nave happened
he added. He praised the German
army, and said hat their officers al
ways had been extremely courteous t.
him.
And a man with a trunk full o
passes from half a dozen nation
ought to be ar authority on courtesy
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
GROOM IS 90 YEARS ON
Brides Age Was Burned With B;tt>
During Civil War
by the Associated Press.

Dal1on, ca, Nov. 21.-Samuel W.
Albertson, So years old, was married
mere today to Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas
who gave her age as about To-" ex
planning that the Bible.in which her
birth was Recorded was burned during
the war betWeen the States. Albert
son i believed to be the oldest man
ever 10 apply Tor a marriage license
III Georgia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
WAKE TAX LIST $351,4O9.45.

The Amount to Be Collected BY Sher-
if a Much Larger Than Last
Year.
The Wake county tax list is the larg.
est In its history. The amount is
~$352.4Os.45. This is considerablv
larger than last year. the mount then
being $33O.o0O. So far the pay,nent
Of taxes has been rather slow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24

When q man loses his head ne can
always ruu
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24
WORST OUTBREAK FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE

Present Epidemic Of Dreaded Stock
malady is more serious than n OF
he previous ones-lWeeklS News
Letter L. S. Department OF Agrlcul-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27

answer was in each case the same
negative. Thorpe grew desperate,
and even went so far as to pledge his
influence as republican central COM
mitteeman to each of the numerous
candidates for the Pullman post
office, but the much sought picture
was not forthcoming, the loyal demo-
Gratis refusing to be bribed to allow
the dissertation of the likeness of Mr..
Bryan for advertising purposes.
The window display is still incom-
plete and unless the advertisement
published above, with the attendant
explanation, softens the heart of
some good democrat and results in
the loan Of likeness OF the prem Ter
statesman, Mr.. Thorpes great idea"
will fail ingloriously In execution.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
AUTO HOODOoED, SAYS KERR

Dr.. L. A. Kerr of Colyille, game
commissioner for Stevens county,
was in Pullman yesterday on his way
to Spokane. DR.. Kerr was on an
automobile tour of this part of the
state and upon reaching Pullman the
engine refused to drive the car
further and the game commissioner
was required to take the train to
Spokane. Last fall Dr. Kerr was in
this section with his automobile and
then also he became stalled in
Pullman and had to forsake gasoline
machinery for the surer steam cars.
He is now convinced that Pullman is
a hoodoo for his automobile and says
that on his next trip he will go
around this city to preclude the pos
sibility of a third tie-up.
Mr.. Kerrs present trip is in the
interests of the fish hatchery which
was recently established at Colville
by the Stevens county game commits
sion. The commissioner is attempt
ing to dispose of the surplus fish
eyes" which the plant has turned
out and was dealing with Harry
Austin, one of the Whitman county
game commissioners for the purchase
Of 100000 Of the cutthroat trout,
which the Colville hatchery will sell
at 5 per thousand. In case the
Whitman game custodians accept the
offer, the "eyes" will be sent to the
state hatchery to complete Matching,
and the baby trout will be turned
loose in Whitman streams.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
POSTOFFICE SUB-STAT|ON WILL
NECESSITATE SPECIAL ELECTION

fully 80 per cent of the total out
going poundage is from the college,
with perhaps rs per cent of the total
humber OF incoming and outgoing
pieces to and from the college or
persons connected with the institu-
ton. A great amount of free mat
ter in the form of bulletins, cata-
logues, etc, is sent from the college,
ard this, as we'll as the smaller mail,
would all be handled at the sub
station. The incoming mail
addressed to College Station" will
go through the main postoffice in
locked pouches, but will not be
opened until it reaches the sub
station. Inspector Fullenweider has
requested the force in the postoffice
to weigh all the college mail during
next week to enable him to get a
line on the probable business of the
new station.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27

WASHINGTON, d. {. crop production
uei at Sl25lO700,
three in
OF crops in 1910, according reports
agriculture year, ammo
Angeles of
@4''-o0OO; Lancaster
valuation S13O590OO county, Illinois, was third
with
Other counties following showing Livingston,
and IaSalle
SlO2222O0 respectively
600.
The total value of the produced
S05i01 of
raised in the United S5,IS7
The figures of
the crops averaged SIG and $50
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
Pioneer Citizen Called by Death

here in the year 1882, as soon as a
Methodist church was established.
Mr.. Hickman was member of the
G. A. r. post of Colfax and always
took a keen interest in matters of
civic Importance. He was a staunch
advocate of statewide prohibition,
and even after he had been forced to
take to his bed with his final illness
for his daughter to drive him aboIt
the neighborhood SO that he could
circulate the petition asking that the
statewide prohibition question be
given a place on the election ballots
this fall. His last act in this world
was to sign the petition himself,
that he might live to see the measure
enacted into law.
Deceased is survived by a wife,
10 children and four brothers and
two sisters. The children are Frank
Of Moscow, Mrs. Anderson of Stock
ton, Cal, Mrs. George Burley of
Spokane, S. w. Hickman of Almota,
Mrs. James Emert of Aim ota Rhoda
Of Spokane, Mrs. l.. McCaw of AL
nrOta, Ora of Edmonton, Alberta,
Roy of near ColfaX, and Martha, who
is still at home. Three brothers, Ell
mer, Alexander and Henry, are all
well known and influential pioneer
farmers of this county.
Funeral services were held from
the family home Tuesday morning at
II O'Clock and interment was in
Onecho cemetery, near his place.
Many old friends from neighboring
towns were present at the last rites,
and the large funeral cortege but at
tested the high esteem in which the
pioneer farmer was held. The
funeral services were conducted by
the Rev. NJ. S. Anderson, an old
Illinois friend of Mr.. Hickman, who
later came to this county and or
ganized the first Methodist Episcopal
churches at Colfax, Moscow and
Pullman. Rev. Anderson was assist
ed by the Rev. C. E. Gibson of
Spokane and the Rev. Mr.. Armand
of Albion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
". i. Hickman, for Forty-two Years
Resident of Whitman County,
Dies at Age of Sixty-eight
Years

W. +. Hickman, better known as
Frank" Hickman, passed away ~
his farm home near Almota last Sun
day morning at Clio. and Whitman
county had lost one of its earliest
pioneers and man who has accom-
plished much in his efforts To assist
in the development Of this section.
Mr.. Hickman had been troubled with
heart weakness for some time and
the end was not unexpected.
William Frank Hickman was born
in Warren county, Indiana, March
80, 1916. and would have been 68
years old had he lived until the 30th
OF the present month. In March of
the year 1854 he moved with his
parents to Iroquois county, Illinois.
At the age of Is years he enlisted III
Company X OF the 18th Illinois vol
unteer infantry, and served three
years during the civil war, taking
part in the siege and capture of
lCkSDuTS, M lSS., also IN the Storm
ing and capture Of Fort Blakeley,
Ala, and seven other general en-
gagements, including Jackson, Miss,
where his regiment lost 1T officers
ard men. Following his discharge
from the army he returned to Illi-
nos and on February 16, 1868, was
married to Martha Wilson, who sur
wives him.
Mr.. Hickman came to Oregon, via
California, in the year 1871, and
spent the winter at Roseburg. The
following year he came to the then
Territory of Washington, locating
on September 8, 1872, on the home
stead five miles north of Almota
which formed the nucleus iof his
present land holdings consisting of
some 1887 acres.
Mr.. Hickman was a lifelong mem
Der of the Methodist Episcopal
church. uniting with that faith on
December 81, 1860, and re-uniting
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27

While the above advertisement is
not authorized by Mr.. Thorpe, it is
paid for by some of his friends as a
last resort to satisfy one of the latest
whims of the popular smoke house
proprietor. Mr.. Thorpe recently con-
ceiyed an idea, probably not his first,
but undoubtedly one OF his most
unique. Aforesaid idea was the in
stallation of a grape juice display in
one of his spacious show windows
His official window decorator did his
work admirably and the result was
one of the most artistically decorated
windows ever seen in Pullman, but
the keynote of the display, and that
part on which Mr.. Thorpe had set his
heart, was missing. 1t was his inten-
ton to place a large electrotyped re-
production of William jennings
Bryan, the grape juice cham pion, IN
the center of the window.
All went we'll until Mr.. Thorpe
journeyed forth to negotiate the loan
Of a picture of the great statesman
to add the necessary dignity to the
display. Local democratic admir-
ers of William Jennings Bryan were
approached, but when Thorpe ex-
planned the object of his visit the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
| PULLMAN MOOSE
ENJOY SMOKER
Three Boxing Matches and Two
Wrestling Bouts Provided En-
tertainment for Large Crowd
of Moose and Friends

The first purely smoker" enter
tainment ever held in Pullman was
that given last Thursday evening
under the auspices of Progress lodge,
Loyal order of Moose, and the great
success of the evenings entertain
ments, which included goodly
amount of good, clean sport, augurs
we'll for the future of such entertain
ments here The first boxing bout
was between Dee Gaddis and Boyd
Maynard both college students, who
went three fast rounds to a draw de-
cision. Earl Chiffon earned de-
cision over Bonnie Burns in the Sec
ond boxing event, and in the third
Gleason and Wills, both of Colfax,
boxed three rounds for a draw de-
cision. Doane, who last year won
ali-interscholastic football honors
when playing with North Central
high school Of Spokane, got two falls
from Arthur Henry in the first wrest-
ling match, neither man going to the
mat in one of the three periods.
Ellie Duffy won the same decision
over Bert Baird.
Turner Shirley again entertained
the audience with rendition of his
famous mule" song.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
BENEFIT FOR BASEBALL TEAM

A benefit dance for the Booster
baseball team will be held in the K.
of p. hall this evening. A big crowd
will assist materially in assuring
Pullman of a successful season of the
popular sport. The hall and the Or
chestra were provided for the team
free of charge and every dollar paid
for a ticket will add full dollar to
the diminished exchequer of the
team.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
ACCUSED OF STEALING WATER

NJ. A. Northrup, employed in the
machine shops at the college as an
engineer, was yesterday afternoon
taken before Justice George n.
Henry to answer to a charge of UNI
lawfully opening the street cock to
the service pipe of the city water sys-
tenn to obtain water for his premises
without authority. Mr.. Northruo
entered a plea of not guilty and
claimed that the water was turned
on when he moved onto the premises.
For lack of sufficient evidence Jus
tice Henry dismissed the case.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
b. f. CAMPBELL ILL

b. F. Campbell was taken sudden
Iy i'll with appendicitis last Thursday
and was taken to the Pullman hos
pitaI, where on Friday he was OPP
Grated upon. He rallied well from
the effects of the operation and it is
probable that he will be in a condi-
ton to return to his home in few
days.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
WILL LIST SMALL FARM TRACTS 7
FOR BENEFIT OF IMMIGRANTS

Oh the state Grange, were fortunate
IN having remained for the night
meeting. President Bryan gave =
comprehensive resume of the great
advantages offered by the state Of
ashington, mentioning the advan-
tages which are already being en-
Joyed by the people of the state and
those which are now in process of
development. President Rrvan
spoke OF the educational system in
Guiding the University, the State
College, the Normal schools. the
comm on school system, as we'll As
the reformatories, penal institutions
ana school for the mentally defic-
lent as ranking high in comparison
With that of older states in the
Union. The great agricultural re-
sources and the advantages Offered
BY the state for the many lines of
agriculture, including adequate
rainfall for all purposes in most sec
tions, and the excellent soil and eli
mate were mentioned as among the
greatest advantages enjoyed by the
people of the state.
The splendid railway systems
which reach every part of the state,
the excellent waterways, the great
coal deposits, the timber, the clay
deposits, and the unlimited water
power, most of which is yet unhar-
messed, were enumerated by Presi-
cent Bryan as advantages which
combine to cause general feeling
Of optimism and hopefulness among
the people Of the Evergreen State.
III closing, President Bryan gave
sCme tim ely remarks concerning the
opening of the Panama canal and
mentioned many ways in which the
great canal will aid materially in de-
veloping Washington and the entire
Northwest.
c. b. Kegley confined his remarks
to discussion of some of the Seven
Sisters measures. endorsed by the
joint legislative committee of the
Direct Legislation League of the
state of Washington, the State Fed
Grafton of Labor, the Farmers
Union and the State Grange. II
dealing with the merits of initiative
measure No. 8, which prohibits the
collection of fees by employment
bureaus, Mr.. Kegley mentioned the
employment agencies, with their
eXOrbitant charges for securing en-
ploym ent for workmen, as one of
the greatest evils which the people
of the state have to face. He men
toned one instance where teacher,
employed at a salary of $500 per
year, paid $3.50, or 10 per cent of the
salary, to the agency which secured
the position for the teacher. The
average lumberjack in the district
east of Palouse," said Mr.. Kegley,
pays $40 per year to the employ
ment agencies Tor securing POSITIONS.
These positions are constantly
changing, at least so men going into
the region and the same number go
ing out during each day, providing
an enormous and unreasonable
source of revenue for the employ
ment agencies"
Mr.. Kegley suggested that one of
the best plans of conducting the en-
ployment bureau system on basis
which would work a hardship on
Zone. would be the establishment OF
free agencies in each town, with the
city clerk, perhaps, in charge.
| The road bill included in the
Seven Sisters" was dubbed by Mr..
Kegley the "anti-pork barrel bill,
and the purpose of the measure was
explained in detail.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
BARLEY JUMPS

A fiye-cent raise in quotations on
feed barley and a one-cent raise IN
fortyfold wheat featured the actiy-
tiles OF the local grain market this
week. Yesterdays quotations were;
Fortyfold, Use; club, 7619c; red
Russian. 751a oats, s. per cwt; bar
ley, csc.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27

Brick work on the two new college
started in earnest this week
and the work will be rushed with all
possible haste.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-03-27
Throw Out the Life Line Idea Wrecked

WANTED-Large electrotyped re-
production of William Jennings
Bryan. Apply to e. W. Thorpe at
Thorpe's Smoke House.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Accordion Plaited Dresses

Should be sent to Frank Dietrich's Clothing Hospital to be re-plaited; also any other ladies or gents cloth ing that need cleaning, pressing or altering. We also put new Things in coats and do all general repair work on clothing
 Phone 1626. Over Cobb & Sons Shoe
 Store, 2201a Main St. if
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19

Monday Specialize Solid Ma hogany Tumbler Trays for 30 Monday only. Reap & Crawford. 12-11-3t
 The model Dairy will on Decem- Der 9 reduce the price of milk to 10- cents per quart and cream to 30-cents pint. c. h. Wilkerson, manager.
 12-1S-1m Our profession is the teaching of stenography and bookkeeping. Terms reasonable. Are you interested? Call today. Pine Bluff Commercial coi. lege. 1O-2stf Oh, you calomel, get out of the way and let Liy.yer-lax do the work Purely vegetable. Ask Bedelrs Fhar- macy. S-T-F~tf -Duntley is king. Only $9.75, one dollar cash and a dollar a week. Reap x Crawford sole agents. If You can pease most any boy With a rifle, air gun, football, a set of box ing gloves, a pocket knife, automobile velocipede or wagon, for sale by Cleveland Matthews Hdw. Go. If Girls like dolls, doll houses. beds. trunks, carriages; also roller skats, basketballs, chafing dishes. scissors and manicure sets, all of these can be bought at Cleveland-Matthews Hdw Go. If, --Hoosier, Duntley, and o'Cedar go hand in hand, and are necessities ill a we'll kept home. Reap & Crawford Furn, Go. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
APPROXIMATIONS"

Fire works of any description will not be permitted to be exploded in the business district.
 { Notice is hereby given that any one violating this rule will be severely punished by law.
 The town is full of Cotton, and we will ask that every one be safe and sane and not do things dangerous to life and property during the holidays.
 J. FRANK STEWART. 12-19-1Ot Chief of Police,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-19
Expect Business "BOOm.-

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Leading whole sale merchants and shippers of Chi cago were elated at the decision of the interstate commerce commission granting the railroads Application for an increase in freight rates The concensus of opinion among the merchants was that the decision will cause great bloom" in business :; that it will result in extensive orders for steel rails, cars and other railroad equipment, and that if will put to work scores of thousands new unemployed. They say the increase will not fall upon the consumer, but that the greatly increased volume of business will enable the shippers to bear it without any increase in the retail prices of goods.