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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-23

Telephones we're urtearf o. then and
Bicycles we're Gov. Tho stories Vcre
written i1 .rrEhrrI fv Oh. reporters.
and tsr type sec Hy hand
tr $50. be- was arr1.ufef corEfruc-
f.1r H-pertrfr-trrf 90 che Rockford.
Rock leland and So Louis railroad.
a.H vac completed and put into op-
Grafton under F.r rIrerIrfrrIsrey.
Geo. res srri char position iH 1870 90
accept chat 0f chief operator tr s.
Louis. uEleh position be- held for three
years.
t'r Fr~ri~r frr- came m Rock fF-
land r fr.I. and vaE rrir Do wears uf
asr af chat tl~r. and eift ta~ e2rrp-
flrr rf q fFH years had lived here
most ~ 'hr time since.
tr Che days ateH 1ir Fleming was
engaged fri frirsrnrhi- work. iuFf-I-
nrHFs ana other equipment ver~
crude. and sr faif many interesting
stories rf Efs career Wr Fleming
vas an excellent example OF q self
made man and bad made hIs nwr way
0r F.r world since Fr was %. Hr ai-
Hsrs -rfHerI tH give q detailed ar-
eaarF af rie career when men called
for H.s Biography. being opposed 90
E..ilert nr ans Kind and uaE VERY
He-rsr. Er-srHu~rftv. many irtFresf-
ire rH.lFs or Eis .f~ vtt probably
sever Hr srraF
siaauei Republican.
fE politics be- wee stsGaeh rfpgb.
lear sst bad ftwavs taken an active
interest," is tar affairs ~ the party
ll- eas kind hearted sympathetic and
leaves o. BOSE rt warm fFierts 90
EHeFH n.s 9asa.rE
Er FIrw.rs married fuIes. fhr trEf
E.a.r t1 H..ss ,s.Ealr g. Graham. in
Davenport urf. a. I.s1. She passed
sHaT rrHv years ESQ. tn 1909 be- was
41.fri ir marriage tp klei.ae shears 20
CaEtaH as Chicago.
Hrs.1rs tis uf~ E~ iE survived ~
one brother. James 1f EdiabagFE. ana
o=r sister. Nrs. sophia Cerouid. Cen
traI.a B~ vas a member % the Mas
1uic fraternity.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
Is AGAIN BROKE

Broke again. is the best way TO put
the case Of the Oklahoma City Times
whieh has for some time been pilot
ed By Tom Lssta- Lztta soon sau
that the thing vas white elephant,
70 he let the bOndhoidsrs take Il, and
Il Is being sold 10 Try TO get the var
ious stockholders part Of their mon
ey back Seven or eight years ago.
when OmeF Benedict vas editor. and
r. O. Eastman was business manager
The oklzhoza City Times was one OF
the best afternoon papers In the en-
tire southwest and vas a rnurh bet
ter edited and breezier paper than
fhe Oklahonan Is now- II soon be-
gan 70 80 rrong. and thsn wenf from
had 70 worse. and every new nnana-
ger or oEnsr seemed 10 kick Il far
ther down khs hill There are sn,s
two sftern6on papers in the capital
stty. The News. a penny string
paper. and the Frss Pointer.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31

cngressznan Frank buchanan o'
Illinois. with others. has been indiet-
ed By > New York grand jury foI
eompikcity in plots TO fornent strikes
N American factories furnishing mu-
aitins Of wzr to the Allies Mr. Bu-
ehanan has refused 70 give u his
sal In Congr-ss pending mis- eonvir-
tion or vtndteation. for the reason.
as he says. thai he Is innocent Of
the charges against him The snci-
dent has made . great SIR in official
etrele&
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
RoRBED BANKER FoIrlows
AND sHo0rs DOWN TMEvEs
Cashier % Grant Rank E<capcs from
yanlt Where He Was 1ssckc,i.
and Uscs Purnp Gun and Back
shot On Bandits a. They
Carried Away Loot.


Monday afternoon Al s.se o'cloc,
Two young men entered the Bank ol
Grant. at Grant. Okla. in Chocsau
county. while A. a. webb. the assist.
ant cashier was waiting On = cnsto.
rer. = A. Murphy. o. Novcrs. and
covering oth o. them with pistols.
tied their hands ana marched both o.
them into the vault. After gesslne
into the vault the robbers united the
hands % the cashier and forced hir,
% opea the safe. The contents. 70
The amount o. about four thousand
dollars. including sixty dollars in
coRpers. and weighing between fafty
and sixty pounds. were placed in 4
-four Sack which the men had carried
With them.
When the robbers left the vault
they closed the door and turned In
the bolt. thinking they had fastened
the cashier and customer inside. but
Nr. webb had placed hts foot BE-
tween The VAN and the edge Of the
door and II failed 20 elose. The ban
dts took Mr. webb's pistol from the
drawer as they passsd ont. bet over
cooked pump gun loaded with buck
shf that vas kept in the vault. ne
robbers started vay On foot. Eoinz
northwest
As soon as the men left the bank
Cashier Web. srizes sks pump xun
and followed. taking a near cut with
the depot and cotton platform con-
cealing him from the view Of the two
nesing robbers. who had gone about
.ea yards from the hank. One was
in front with the bag OF money. whiie
The other covered the rear.
Cashier Webb called On them 10
halt. and as the nearest robber made
a gun play he brought him down With
his uuP gun and pursued the other.
Who vas sho, down fifty yards furth-
er On The cashier fired, five shots
az them After shootine both OF tnsI
men the cashier went forwzrd and
Tisked NJ the bag OF money and car
Ttet Il hack 10 the hank.
The robbers. one Of whom vas
about 2s. and the other about 20
years old. we're idenufied as living
I've miles northwest Of town.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31

1st Insertion Dec. 81. 1915.
srd Insertion Jan IA. 1915.
IN the District Court OF Bryan coun-
II. Oklahoma
Edna Miller - =. Plaintiff.
Va no 243i
Sam P. Miller - Defendant
NOTICE
State Of OklAho-na 10 the Above
Named De.snd1nt. sam p. Miller.
Greeting:
You are hereby notified that On
the 1sth day of October. 1918. the
Rlstntiff sued yo1 in the District
Court OF Bryzn County. OklAhonz.
IN the above styled cause for divorce
and custody Of Lille B. Miller. min
or child Of the plaintiff and y0nrxelf:
that the grounds for divorce as AZ
lsgHd By plaintiff are that you de-
serted her and while living with her
vas guilty o. gross neglect of duty.
Nov. Therefore. yoa are hereby
rotffied that yo1 have been sued for
divorce As above stated. and for the
custody o, the said minor eAiId as
above stated. and yO1 must answer
the petition filed By plaintiff On or
tefore the Isth day Of February.
1915. OF plaintiffs petition will oeI
taken as true and Judgment for alb
sOAnte divorce and custody OF the
said minor child VIII BE rendered ze
ecrdingiy-
siEEed this the 2sth day of Deeera-
her. 1918
tsezll W A JONES.
Court Clerk. Ryan
County. okiahozaz-
RATcHErT q FERGUSON.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
MARTIN BOYS IN rHE rons

Lester and Howard Martha wers
arrested Tuesday By Deppty Sheriff
EIghtover. o. Tarnaby. on charges
% transporting. They had some doz-
en quarts OF whisky in their posses.
sion- Both OF the boys made bOnd
and we're released Howard Martin
has besn frequent court figure,
having been tried twice for rape. both
trials resulting in hung juries. and
once for stealing oats. which resulted
in an aeQuittal
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
KNIGHTS TxsPLARs
ELECT OFFICERS

Durant commandery No 81, o,
the Knights Templars- held an elee-
ton Of officers on Tuesday night Of
this week. With the following re-
suits: c. C. Hatche;t. Eminent Com
mander; Frank P. Semple. General
isstno; D. 5. Macdonald. Captain
General; s A. Whale. Senior War
den: C. o. yohnsoz. Junior Warden:
W L Boner. Recorder. nd Green
ThOmPson. Treasurer.
J. E Scott. Of Oklahoma City. the
Grand Commander for the state o,
oklaho1a- was here visiting the
cunmandery.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
1850 nAIEs oF cnTrnN Sd rAR

$50 RALEs OF COTTON so FAR
According TO the figures Of coun-
u weigher Bob Bishop. there have
been $3.50 bales of ootton marketed
on the streets Of Durans this year up
70 Monday o. this week. as against
a total Of 7soe bales up to the same
tine last rear. TIE prices paid this
year. however. have been almost
twice those paid isst season
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31

eoSapaEy's 1915 TAX in this county
TIE whole TAX IS twice that SUN. Q;
s3s.sss-4e. The Frisco tax and ths
n. o. & c.. combined. Is mere THAI
that Of the Katy Public service cor
p0rzti0nz pay fully oae-third Of al
tax moneys collected By the c0unry.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31

take this means 81 thanking nv
Patrons for tks2r lsbsral patronage n
1915. and wishing one ard all = very
Prosperous New Year. am. Yours
for = bigger business than ever.
wis1 J. q. Haynes
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
KATY PAYS Ms TAXES

c1znfy Treasurer George Harrison
xhEs week received a check from the
arszszrsr Of the Missoari. Kansas &
Tezzs Railway Company for sIs.-
ss1-Ts. beins Che first half OF the
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-31
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FIRST insertion Dee 81. 1915.
Flnh insertion Jan. IS. 1915.
Notice Of Shersfrs sale of Land ana
-Tencmeats Under Foreclosure oi
Mortesg~-
Notice Is hereby given that IN pur-
sr1ncc o. order q sale issued out
o the District CourS q Bran Coun-
Y. State o. okl4hona. on the sStA
day Of December. 1915, In an action
wherein NJ c Vaughan. a. Guardian
os Ralph Vaughan. 7. J. Vaughan
and Cecil Vaughan. minors. vas
plaintiff. and c. D Ellis and Anna
Ellis were defendants. directed TO me.
the Undersigned. sheriff OF Bran
County. eon-artinE ne to levy up
On, ARpraise and sell the following
described properly;
Lots i. ?. and s. in Block
sol. in the City of D7rAnt. Ac-
according 10 the official map ana
plat of said city.
70 satisfy 4 Judgment and decree o.
foreclosure in favor Of said plaiat.ff
and against said defendants. oStainea
and made ~, said Court on the lIth
day Of November. 1915. for the sur
q sSss-To. With Interest thereon AZ
the rate OF 10 per cert per annum
from the seth day of Novernber. 1913
until paid. and costs aetiTuiug: I vii.
on the S1st day of January. 1915. az
the hour Of e.oQ o'clock , n. Of sasa
day. AZ the front door Of the corit
house in the city Of DurAnt. in sad
County and STATE. sell 10 she highest
bidder fer cash the said property
above described. or SO much as viii
satisfy said Judgment With interest
and costs.
Witness my hand this ASIA day OF
December. 1915.
JOHN A PHILLIPS.
Sheriff OF Bryan County. Okla
HAYES & MCINTOSH. Attorneys
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

A rumor says that a ledge of free milling ore bas been discovered near Skagway.
 All the canneries in the Ketchikan district are preparing 10 put up the limit pack.
 The ice in the river at Fairbanks broke on the morning ot April 27th, the earliest on record.
 Complaint has been made in Cordova that dog poisouers are busy and in one instance the canine died
 Mayor Beegle, of Ketchikau, off, cially designated the last seven days of April as "clean up week"
 George Kostrometinof, of Sitka, superintendent of Russian churches in Alaska, died Saturday at Seattle. ! A Fairbanks woman lost diamond about a year ago; found the precious stone this spring in the incubator.
 Pat Campbell, formerly a guard at the federal jail at Fairbanks, is re ported to have died at Mayo Brothers' hospital recently.
 The White Pass company has cut local freight rates on the Yukon river, but not as much as the people Of Fair banks would like.
 J. W. Frame, recognized head of the democratic.party in Alaska, has been elected clerk and magistrate in his home town-Valdez
 The cannery at Funter bay, owned by the Thlinget Packing company, is said 10 be the largest independent sal mon cauuery in the North.
 "I consider it au honor to be able to register from Alaska" said F. II. Hall, a Spokane business man, who only came as far north as Ketchikau. D. Sehink recently reached Dawson from the gold fields of the Chisaua. On the way out he lost a horse, which went through the ice on Beaver creek.
 About a dozen men working with rockers and longtoms on the bars of the Kenai river below the lake are taking out an average of between g and S3 a day.
 Nome pay dirt washing out S6 per pan tint such a great strike after all, when it is remembere tbat the same quantity of ham and eggs is worth S5. Boston Transcript.
 Deputy Marshal Jim Wardell, of Batalla, bas been appointed deputy marshal at Ship creek He has been in the service for some time and is we'll known all over that part of Alaska.
 The order has been sent from Wash iugtou to spend fifty thousand dollars repairing tho naval stations in Alaska. The detailed description of the work to be done has not yet been published,
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

The Portland OregOnlan says: dud- son Stuck, archdeacon of the Yukon, is himself a mountain climber of re- nown and he has only lately ascended Mount Mckinley, which he thinks best to call by it's Indian name of Denali. Would that his taste might prevail aud the beautiful native names of all the western mountains be restored. Poli- ticians might then find some other road to immortality.
 The Yukon council at it's recent ses. sion at Dawson, Y. T., passed a resolu. ton exempting for three years the Klondike Mines railway from the pay ment of it's annual territorial tax of 1000 per mile. The reason assigned is that the road has been out of opera ton for several seasons and that if business revives sufficiently to warrant it being started up again the roadway and rolling stock will require a large outlay of money to put them in shape again
 Dave Cascaden, of Fairbanks, who recently took out a permit authorizing him to cut 100000 feet of lumber on Tolovan river, is reported to have pur- chased the interests of Jay Livingood, the discoverer of the new camp. The purchase price is said 10 have been S4O,OOO, with a cash payment of s5,OOO Other Fairbanks operators are prepar ing to acquire interests in the new placer camp, believing that it will de velop into one of the best camps dis covered in years.
 The Fairbanks Times of April 12th says: "With throat cut from ear 10 ear, the gash being so deep that the head was half severed from the body, Mrs. William c, Harp, known in the under world as Alice Astor, was found in her cabin on Fifth avenue yesterday after noon by William Young. the milkman. When the body was found, it was thought that it was a case of suicide, but within a few minutes after arriving on the scene, Chief of Police Frank Wiseman declared it a clear case of foul murder, and later developments proved his statement to be correct. Who murdered the unfortunate wom- an is not known, but both the munich pal and federal authorities are working on the case. and while they will make no public statement, it is said that they have several people under sur veillance."
 A communication from Washington, D. C., says: "The United States pub- lie health service, which has maintain ed a sanitary service in Alaska for the past three years, finds that the mor- tality from communicable diseases is generally falling. In the majority of the settlements the teacher is the only doctor, but medical officers of the pub lio health service make frequent visits to the various communities and teach both to the natives aud the whites the methods by which tuberculosis, eye diseases and other common ailments are spread, and the way in which they may be prevented. This warfare against disease has resulted in tbe abolition of the deadly roller towel aud the common drinking cup by the natives in general, and this hygienic reform has spread even as far as Point Barrows, the most northerly point in North AmerjCan
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

Ed. Wickersham, of Fairbanks, lost a dog on election day. It was taken chain and all. This is the frst time that anyone by the name of Wicker sham ever lost on election day in Alaska.
 The Granite Gold Mining company, of Valdez, which has already produced . sl5O,OOO with a small equipment, now has in operation it's new plant, which will result in tremendous increase in the output of the mine.
 Over five thousand dollars was con tributed by the people of Valdez dur ing the fiscal year ended March 3lst, towards the maintenance of the post. office department, being an increase of S7O4.O6 over the previous year.
 When George Milich was sent Co jail at Fairbanks for having killed noun tain sheep illegally, his dogs were left to starve in the streets, until the U. S. marshal came to the rescue and led them up to the government pie counter.
 Postmaster General Burleson has ap- pointed Boyden Chase, chief clerk of the Alaska engineering commission, as postmaster at Anchorage, which is the new name for the town established at the mouth of Ship creek, in the Cook inlet country.
 Every Alaska newspaper exchange that has reached the News has favor able comment to make on the large list of settlers whose names were pub. lished in this paper This week eight prospective homesteaders arrived to look over the country. And there's still room for more.-Kuik News.
 The river is open nearly all the way from Whitehorse to Dawson and Lake Lebarge will be open within few days and fully month earlier than usual. Yet there is not sufficient water on the flats at the head of the lake for steam CTS to cross and probably will not be much before the first of June.-White. horse Star
 Fritz Block, who was found dead some weeks ago on the KOyukuk trail, bad in one of his pockets a bank book showing that he had on deposit in a San Francisco bank sl7,OOO Any man is liable to be found dead, but give us seventeen thousand dollars and we will never be found dead on KOyu kuk trail FIX
 Bert HoweD, a canneryman, met death at mile 55, on the Copper River Ry.. as the outcome of a quarrel over hot cakes. Howen threw a can of milk and a brick to emphasize his remarks and Ed. Lee Thinnus came back with a sugar bowl which knocked Howen against the table infictinR. wounds from which he died. The coroner's jury said it was self-defense.
 B. M. Stone has purchased the entire interests of Charles D. Heron in the Seward Gateway Publishing company aud is now sole owner of the Gateway aud the Knik News as all stock held in the company by anyone at any time has been taken over by him. Mir. Her. ron is about to enter into large mining operations which will occupy all his time and attention and which promise to be a source of benefit to the whole district.
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

The city council of Fairbanks has abolished the night police force of that place in the interests of economy, and hencetorth the members of the fire department will be required to perform the work of safeguarding the city during tho stilly hours of the night.
 Oliver Baker, who met his death near Yost's roadhouse, on the Chitina- Fairbanks trail, March 3l, really was "blown" to death The Delta river at that point from the summit down the few miles intervening is nothing but a great glacier, with sometimes snow on it and sometimes not. ca this occasion a 6O.mile wind took it off, leaving glare ice in many places. Baker, it is be- lieved by those who were with him aud who found the body, slipped aud fells perhaps while catching his hat, and the wind simply blew him around until he was dead. Once down, it would be all most impossible for him to rise. These heavy winds will take a double ender and turn it around and around, which causes the stage company to provide their double enders with knife clamps for use in heavy winds on the ice- Bakers body was bruised black aud blue all over. He was literally pound- ed by the ice if he wasn't frozen, death would have resulted anyway. The upper Delta country is a dangerous country at any time and especially SO in a winter or spring blizzard. No word has yet been received as 10 the disposition of his body.-Cordova Times.
 It is many a day sluce mining looked more promising than it does in the Ketchikau Mining district at this time. Copper, according to the last quota- tions-receiyed, is worth from Sl750 to SlZ62 per hundred pounds, This means that many of the properties tn this region are either now at work, or preparing 10 resume operations. For in- stance, tue Granby people are working a full crew at the Mamie above Eadiey, and in addition are doiug a great deal of work at the It and Alarm properties on Kassan bay, and 10 handle same have ordered a gasoline locomotive. The dock there has been rebuilt, and recent development work has brought more ore to light. Rush & Brown are working all the men they can handle, and expect to have a shipment ready to send down to the smelter within the next couple of weeks that gives promise of better values than any. thing shipped thus far. Word comes from Sulzer that the Jumbo will soon be shipping again, and the Copper mount property also expects to do something in the shipping line this season. The same condition is true of the gold properties. Work Is being pushed on all the different holdings at and near Hollis; the Princeton Mining & Milling company, operating the Val pariso at Dolomi, shipped close to one hundred and fifty tons of mining and milling supplies in on the last steamer, which alone speaks we'll for conditions at that place, and several small camps are working along steadily in the Smuggler's Cove-Helm bay region. lt looks good, very, very good for the immediate future of mining in this regiou.-Ketchikan Miner,
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

Aurora Encampment No. oee,s ,t Odd Fellows hall first and third Mondays at 8 p.m. p-o+bers of the Royal Purple are cordially invited. DAVID SWANSON, c. p. ". H. MCBLAINE, Scribe. Northern Light Rebekah Lodge Mo- ,.stsat Odd Fellows hall second and fourth Thursdays.
 Visitors are cordially invited.
 IRENE GlLLAlM, N. G. CHAS. $. SWIHART, Secretary
Douglas Island news., 1915-05-05

The city council of Fairbanks has abolished the night police force of that place in the interests of economy, and hencetorth the members of the fire department will be required to perform the work of safeguarding the city during tho stilly hours of the night.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-09

measure logging and numbering oper-
ations by the memories Of the old
days, means a whole lot to the bust
ness men of the town.
Although Governor Phillip was
unable to spend the 4th here as ex-
pected, several members of his official
family did, leaving Monday for
Rhinelander where they lad places
on the program Of the day.
The I. e. &. Film Co. Of Chicago
sent an outfit aud staff Of operators
here yesterday and viii take views of
Dam Lake and Sugar Camp scenery
and the Indians as they inhabit those
localities. f. III Dildine viii have
charge of the transportation.
An auditing company examining the
books Of the city of Rhinelander. has
found City Treasurer, Sutton, short
over 5000, and are not tlrough yet.
He has held the otfice twenty years
and was supposed to be immune
against temptation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-09
MARRIED

Fr. Toplak of ST. Peters catholic
church solemnized two marriages at
that place Monday morning. One
was a young Polish couple from the
Muskallunge lake district whose
names we are unable to get.
Tie other Of more interest to EAgIe
River was that Of Miss Gertrude
Stein to August Il LaRenzie. Fol-
lowing the ceremony and breakfast.at
the homo 81 the brides par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stein. they
left for various points down state to
visit relatives Of the bride. Both are
well and fayorably known here and
their many friends extend congratu-.
lations.