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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
AmiabIe surmlse.

Mrs. Gaddy-What is that queer
noise like a rattle in the room?
Visiting Cherub (l,opefully)-Ma
it's the skeleton ma says you have
in your closet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Their Attribute.

There is trio of English authors
who certainly ought to be full of ami
NAL magnetism
Who are they?"
Lamb, Hogg and Bacon"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Better Late Than Never.

81 don't believe in early weddings"
Her mother said: ITS all too soon"
I'm quite agreed her daughter an
swered
I'm willing 10 wed at noon"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Corporate Confidence.

Don't you feel frightened in this
tunnel?"
"Why no. The company got us in
this hole, and. as look at it. they
are bound to see us through"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Premature Joy.

He popped; the maiden answered, Yes
With joy he thought he'd smother.
But she'd not finished: Yesterday
said Yes to another"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
A Irifle Peevish.

THAT broth of mine must be good" +"
said the querulous patient.
Why"
II notice that six different nurses
have had sip of it,
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Old Enouah for IL.

Sir. wish to inform you ] am an
active worker in an anticosmetic
movement
Well. aunty, l must say you look
the part"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Shame on You. Paw,

Little Lemuel-Say. paw. what's
the good of war, anyway?
Paw-Well. son. it takes lot of
brass bands to the front.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
One MITIGATION.

She-When women vote, suppose
the electioneering ones will. like the
English beauty, be offering kisses for
votes.
He-Then I hope they'll be repeat
ers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16


SAs Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
panoerous Proceeding

Where is that fellow Gum you
had around here?"
Il fired him.
Il should think you would have
been afraid ne would kick"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Homely Girl.

Glasses improve Maud's looks a
good deal"
Naturally; they conceal part of her
face
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
The Objection.

Motorist-The streets would be sim
ply ideal for us il it were not for one
thing.
Friend-What is it?
Motorist-People will persist in
walking on then.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16

not
ONT
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16

of
hospital
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
A Suffering Case.

Those detectives have just arrested
an osteopath as a felon."
THAT must have been painful
dttt, ~
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16

Big Sister-Fred says if | don't
keep you out of the room when he
calls he will stop calling.
Willie Well, sis, deys others, you
know.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16

why painful?'
Didn't it give them bone felon
on their hands?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlYSO[lOOL
LESSON
0y E. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course The Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago, ILL
LESSON FOR APRIL 1s
THE SHEPHERDS PSALM.

LESSON TExT-Psalm %.
GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord is my Shep
herd.-Ps. 23:i
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
More or Less Important.

Can get off today. boss?"
What for?'
"A weddin'.''
do you have to go?"
I'D like to. sir-lm the bride
groom."-Cornell Widow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Unpcrturbed.

After a man gets to be about so
old the insurance solicitors give him
a rest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16

She-Papa says if | will remain sin
gle. can have everything my heart
desires.
He-But what If your heart desires
a husband? Can you have that. too?
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-16
Clever Deduction.

Does Wombat own or rent his
house?"
Rents it,
How do you know"
II know. all right. He scratches
matches or the paint"
The record., 1915-09-07

lie was a steady young man.
about twenty years old, and was
we'll liked by his associates and
all who knew him. His brother
Ned Dawson, lives in this city and
together with his mother, who
was here from the east. was with
him when he died.
Besides his brother here, he
leaves his parents and another
brother who reside at Marion.
Iowa. He was member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and belonged to lodge No. $40 OF
Marion, Iowa. The remains
were taken to that place this
morning for burial and were ac-
companied by his mother and Mr..
and Mrs. Ned Dawson.
The record., 1915-09-07

imately S25,iii ON the improve
ments i'm district number 3 and
that of the Two Miracle company
was approximately S23,5t5, or
oyer sixteen hunGred dollars low
er.
There was only one bid sub
'mitted to do the work i'm improve
ment district number Z, that of
the Two Miracle company for
between thirty-seven and thirty
eight hundred dollars.
On motion the bids were refer
ed to the street and alley com
mittee and the city engineer to
be figured out and tabulated with
instructions that a report be made
the next evening.
AT the meeting Saturday even
ing the contract for the sale of
the bonds was awarded to the
Lumbermens Trust Go. of Port
land and the contract to do the
improving i'm both districts was
awarded to the Two Miracle Con
lcrete company The contract
has not been drawn yet but it i,
understood that the city is plan
ming on doing the work of rails
ing and lowering the water mains
itself. This was an importan
item i'm the bids and if the cit,
! does the work it will MATERIAL,
lower the total of the price bid
S23,5f5.
The record., 1915-09-07

Petersen requested him to go
away.
Without any warning Smith
struck Petersen a blow i'm the
fact. The blow was am exceed
hgly severe one, breaking Peter
SENS nose i'm three places. 1t
was entirely unproVoked and con-
siderable feeling was expressed
against Smith and ne would like
ly have been severely dealt with
by petersen's companions if he
had not been hurried out of the
place.
He was arrested and remained
i'm Jail until lhe next morning
when he was brought before JUS
tice Of the Peace William ID.
Keeton. He plead not guilty to
The charge of battery and gave
bail in the sum of $1,000 for his
appearance at ten o'clock today
for trial.
The record., 1915-09-07
TedCheTS'S Institute
At COeur d'AIeRc

The joint teachers institute for
The counties OF Benewah. Koote-
mai and Shoshone is in session at
Coeur d'Alene This week and is
being we'll attended by teachers
from here. County Superintend-
ent Miss Ruth Gerhart and some
OF the teachers left Sunday for
Occur d'Alene and others left
Monday.
The institute is under the SUI
pervision of the county superin-
tcndents of the three counties.
The first session was held Mon
day afternoon commencing at
1880. There are a number Of
prominent educators of the state
present, including DR.. Sisson. the
head of the educational depart
ment of the state and Bernice Nc
Coy, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
Prof. f. f Lukens, superintend-
ent of the st Maries school. is
on the program for an address
this afternoon His subject is
Making the High School Justi-
fy Itself"
The record., 1915-09-07
Many Bidders
For County Bonds
SPOKANE COMPANY SUBMITS BEST BID
$4,000 Of Refunding Bonds Will Draw Only S
Per Cent interest

The bond sale advertised by the
county brought forth large
number or prospective buyers
many more than the sale of the
city bonds. Although the issue
was small, only llfty-ninc thou
sand dollars, the demand for
them was almost unprecedented.
When the bids were laid before
the county commissioners lherc
were found to be iWenty-four of
them. each accompanied by a
certified check To show the bid
der's good faith and all the bids
were exceptionally good from the
counly's standpoint The offers
were considerably better as =
whole than were the bids for the
.city's bonds.
The majority of the offers
were for bonds bearing less than
six per cent interest, the most of
them five and one half per cent,
although some bid the interest
down as low as five per cent and
one even offered premium for
the bonds at that rate.
Both of The local banks were
desirious of securing the bonds
and put i'm bids for them and both
were exceedingly good bids. The
Iumbermen's banks bid was par
and accrued interest for bonds
bearing five and one half per cent
interest and the First Nationals
bid was trine better, being par
and accrued interest for bonds
bearing five and two nfths per
cent interest.
The two best bids were those
Of Ferris & Hardgrave of Spo-
kane and the Central Savings
Bank and Trust Co., of Denver,
IColorado. The former offered
to pay a premium of 1878 and ac-
crued interest for bonds bearing
five per cent, payable serially
] blltI ltll gtul0 anu btlVlt AWTllAg y
years. The second offered "A
premium of Si55 for bonds bear
ing five per cent interest to run
twenty years, redeemable after
ten years at the option of the
county.
The county had asked for bids
ON bonds redeemable after iiv,
years at the option of the county
and on that kind of a bond bear
ing five per cent the Denver hous'
wanted a small discount while
the Spokane firm had no bid witt
the five year option clause. The
bids we're opened Saturday and j
took practically all day to rea'
and tabulate them and the boar'
adjourned until Tuesday withou
closing a contract.
The record., 1915-09-07
Fred Dawson Dies
AT Hospital

Fred Dawson, a young man
who has been i'm the employ of
Che railroad company here for
some time and who is we'll known
about the city died yesterday
morning at the 81. Maries hos
pital. His death is directly trac-
able to an accident which occur
ed some time ago. He was at
work i'm the round house and fell
from a ladder striking on his head
and has never recovered from the
effects of the fall.
After the accident the doctors
thought there was either a piece
piece Of bone or a blood clot
pressing on the brain and he was
taken to Spokane and operated on
hut nothing was discovered. He
recovered from the effects Of the
operation and made trip east
to visit his parents. Since his
return his head has been bother-
ing him a great deal and a shorI
time ago it was thought neces-
sary for him TO undergo another
operation. It was performed ;
few days ago but he never recov
Tered.
The record., 1915-09-07
Dwelling House
Burns Saturday

The dwelling house and con-
tents owned by Jack Powell and
situated on Main avenue near
22nd street in the Government
Townsite. were totally destroyed
by fire Saturday evening. The
fire broke out about nine O'Clock
and no one was at home at the
time, the family being out of the
city and Mr.. Powell down town
The house was a mass of
flames when the fire was first dis
covered and gained such head
way that the neighbors from the
adjoining houses were unable ia
get in TO carry out the furniture
and nothing whatever was saved
The water from the city reser-
voirs had been cut OF because 81
a lack of supply and the neigh
bors had a hard fight carrynl
water from a spring i'm pals tC
keep the flames from spreading
to adjoining buildings.
The origin of the fire is un-
known but it is supposed TO have
started from deTective wiring
The loss is estimated at abou
two thousand dollars with insur
ance of one thousand dollars.
The record., 1915-09-07
Council Awards
Grading Contract
TWO MIRACLE co. SUCCESSFUL BIDDE
Water Works Bonds Sold To Lumbemen'S Trust
Company Of Portland

The stringency i'm the money
market which we see SO much
about jim the papers was not ia
evidence at the bidding for the
county and city bonds Friday and
Saturday.
The city had advertised that il
would receive bids for bonds to
the amount of S37, 200 bearing
interest at the rate of 6 per cent.
A large number of bids had been
received and a meeting of the
council was held to open them and
also the bids for grading and i'm
proving the streets i'm improve
ment districts numbers three and
four There were fourteen bids
received for the bonds, none of
which were for less than the face
and accrued interest for the bonds
bearing six per cent interest and
ranging as high as SlO95 prem
lium on 6 per cent bonds.
Several Of the bidders put i'm
lcffers ON 3 y per cent bonds and
several ON per cent bonds. JAS.
NJ. Wright & Co., whose bid ON
8 per cent bonds of a premium of
lSi295, appeared to the best on
6 per cent bonds, also offered a
premium of S52.OOon 81 pei
cent bonds and wanted a discount
lof Sl295 on 5 per cent bonds.
The best bid and The one thai
was accepted by the council was
that of the Lumbermen's Trust
Co. of Portland, which offered q
bonus of S485 and accrued in
terest for bonds bearing 5 ~ pei
cent interest. After the bids ha,
all been opened a motion wa.
passed to refer them to the finance
committee, the city attorney an,
the city treasurer, with instruc.
tions to report back at a meeting
to be held Saturday evening
The bids to do the street inn
provements were then taken M
j and read. There were five o
! these. They were all onihe uni
, basis and were not totaled bu
the two which appeared To be On
: closest on the face were those @
; C. A. Bennett of Spokane and th
= Two Miracle Concrete compan
= of Great Falls, Montana. tn
bid of c.. A. Bennett was approx
The record., 1915-09-07
Six Day ChauIauqua
Fer This City

A six day Chautauqua is as
surred for St. Maries next year,
probably some time i'm July or
August. This will be put on by
the Ellison-White Chautauqua
system. This system had lO7
chautaquas west of the Rocky
mountains during the past sum
mer and practically every city i'm
which one was held has signed
up for next season and i'm addI-
tion a number of places have
contracted for a chautauqua next
season that have never held one
before.
The contract for the chautau-
qua here was signed up Friday 10y
James l.. White on the part G
the system and twenty-five of the
leading public spirited citizens o.
the city whothus personally wen
good for The expenses of the en-.
terprise.
81. Maries is to be congratu.
Hated, not only ON that fact lha
SO good am educational enter
ltainment is an assured thing, bu
ON the fact that she possesse
the wide-awake, progressive me-
who recognize the benit that al
ENTERTAINMENT of This kind is Go
community and who are also pub
llic spirited enough to back On
project with their names and in
llluence and TO stand good for an
deficit there may be i'm connec
ton with it.
The record., 1915-09-07
Young Lady
Injured By Train
MISS CENEVIEVE SAUCSTtO THE VICTIM
Deafness Causes Failure To Hear Approach OF
Freight Train

A very serious accident oc-
cured Friday ON the Milwaukee
road a few rods east of the tun-
mel between Herrick and Marble
Greek, by which Miss Genevieve
Saugsled, niece of William
Saugsted of Herrick sustained
serious injuries.
Miss Saugsted, who is a deaf
mute, was walking ON the tack
when a freight train came up be-
hind her. Owing TO her deafness
she was unaware of its approach.
The engineer blew The whistle to
warn her from the track and by
the time he realized that she was
paying no attention to his warn
ing and was making no attempt
to leave the track the train was
SO close that he could not stop
it in time to keep from striking
her.
The engine struck her fairly,
throwing her from the track The
train was stopped as quickly as
possible and the crew hurried To
her assistance finding her UNI
conscious. One of her limbs had
been broken i'm two places and i'm
falling she had struck ON her
head and had a bad cut on her
forehead besides numerous severe
scalp wounds.
She was brought To the city and
taken to the st. Maries hospital
where it was found that he IN
iuries we're extremely serious.
In addition to the broken limb anc
the scalp wounds there was a
fracture of the skull and numer-
Gus conclusions and bruises. Al
the last report she was doing as
we'll as could be expected ano
there was a fair chance of hel
recovery.
The record., 1915-09-07
BUILDS LARGhMo

Ralph w. Anderson, formerly
connected with The Branson &
Max Hardware company of Occur
G'Alene, was i'm the city yesterday.
lie now represents The Eureka
Silo company of Bellingham and
was here to put up a silo for NJ.
C. Cleary.
The silo Which Mr. Cleary has
purchased is a large one, twenty
one feet i'm diameter by thirty
two feet high and will hold one
hundred tons. It is built of wood
and has double walls with an ain
space between and is considered
one of the best silos on the mar
ket for the pric.
The record., 1915-09-07
ADVERTISE NOW
and
NEVER LET UP
("DADDY")

The bell has rung. The clock has struck The
people of this country in every industrial center, have
voted for a return of prosperity. From this time on
rust-busting and railroad smashing Will not be
fashionable they have been. The result of the
cent elections all finished will encourage the in
vesiment of capital in new enterprises discourage
attacks our railroads and industries and lead to a
more conservative sentiment among Lawmakers at
Washington and state capitals.
Bankers will feel better, business will be en-
couraged, the working men will be hopeful
There will DE less talk of closed factories and
wages. We have seen the swing of the pendulum to
the low point. From now ON it will move upward aud
forward; GET BUSY
Business men, don't let the yellow pessimist fright
EN- you; get busy branch out little. look out look up
We will see the biggest and best times i'm this country
very soon that has been privilege To see i'm our
day. CT busy-cET BUSY
Read Che Records next issue
The record., 1915-09-07
TOOhey Arrests
insane Man

Monday the sheriff's Office re-
ccived word from Clarkia that a
man by the name of John Pore
pott had become insane and had
cut a man there and asking that
the sheriff come up and take care
of him. Although Clarkia is not
jn this county Deputy Sheric Too
hey went up to look after the man.
He found that the story had been
greatly exaggerated and that al
though the man seemed to be
slightly demented he was not at
.ill dangerous. Toohey brought
him back and notified Deputy
Sheriff Oleson Of Shoshone coun-
ty who came here and took charge
of the man. Porepott was con-
fined in the county Jail here over
night and Oleson left with him
for Wallace this morning.
The record., 1915-09-07
State Receives
Big Price

The slate received record
price for timber sold last week i'm
IaDah county when it received
5000 from the pollatch Lum-
her company on section l6, town
ship 40, Latah county, six miles
east of Bovill. That company's
successful bid was made by w. ID.
Humiston, its agent. The bid
ding was spirited between Mr.
Humiston and Fred Herrick of
the Milwaukee Lumber company
of 81. Maries. The states agent
B. j.. Bush, conducted the sale.
The land had been appraised at
ISl9,l0O by the representatives of
the slate land board. The ST.
Maries branch of the Milwaukee
railroad to- Elk river passes over
a portion of this section.
The spirited bidding was a sur
prise, as it is we'll known that the
timber is mostly of second growth
Besides being small timber the
buyer has only two years in which
to remove his timber from the
Hand. The sale was for the tim
her only, the state retaining the
land.
The record., 1915-09-07
Is Arrested
For Assault

I. C. Smith, better known as
peg" Smith, was arrested Sun
day afternoon on the charge of
assault and battery. alleged to
have been committed on one Olaf
Peterson. According 90 the
story told by several Witnesses OF
the incident. Petersen and some
friends were seated aft a table i'm
Spiesman & KrengeFs pool room
playing cards when Smith came
in. Smith, who had been drink
ing, kept hanging over The table
and leaning on the players and
The record., 1915-09-07

Miss Sophia Messenger, Music
and Drawing Supervisor of the
public schools, arrived in the city
Wednesday. She has held a
similar position in the schools of
Grants Pass, Oregon, for three
years.
The record., 1915-09-07

The merchants of the city have
cconsidered their agreement to
close their business places next
Thursday and Friday afternoons
for the fair. Instead of closing
two afternoons they will close all
day Thursday aud remain open
all day Friday.
The record., 1915-09-07

County Commits rChas.
Wells was here frol G5iida Sat-
urday to attend a IneetiAg of the
bda(d of county commissioners.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-10-14

chilly pledged himself to support.
No less clear and satisfactory
were Mr.. Harrington's references to
other matters Of particular interest
TO Baltimore. He said
i am in favor Of the full mea-
sure of home rule for Baltimore
city and in favor of Baltimore
city's settling is own contro-
yersy with the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
And continuing, he made the fol
lowing admirable promise
And j want to go one step
further If the appointment Of
the Police Commissioners and
Liquor License Board shall re-
main IN the hands of the Gov
ernor of the State. want TO
say in language as emphatic as
i can bring 20 my command
that the Police Board and Liq-
nor License Board of Baltimore
citv will be under the domino
ton and control of no man.
care not who he il. OF one
thing the people of our State
may be assured-and he who
thinks otherwise does not yet
know me. the Police
Board of Baltimore city and
the Liquor License Board shall
be men of such distinguished
ability, Independence and integ-
rity that they will do neither
my bidding no. the bidding of
any man. / think the
police force and the Liquor
License Board ought 10 be kept
out of politics.
On the annexation question Mr.
Harrington was less specific thar
we might have hoped, and yet hs
not only went as far as he had ever
gone, but rather father, aud as he
expressed il did not close the door
of hope TO even the most radical an.
nexatiOnist. He favored the control
of its harbor by Baltimore, and any
further annexation he said would be
up to the Legislature. By infer
ence, he would not attempt to defeat
any fair measure that it might enact
and he declared that he had made
no promise of any kind on the sub
iect other than that contained in the
platform.
Altogether, Mr.. Harrington
speech was admirable in its tone.
its evident sincerity, It's defniteness
and in its expression of high ideals
of public service.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-10-14
The Great Event of The
Iear---The County Fair

Additional prizes in Live Stock
Department.
Amount Of prizes for Ladies
Fancy Work and Kitchen Goods
will be increased.
Applications for entry spaces
pouring in.
Housing room, that was formerly
more than sufficient, now inadequate.
This necessitates the erection of a
new building, which is being rush
ed to completion.
Free attractions every day of the
Fair-ll A. NJ, =. NJ, and 4
p. M.
Theatricals daily p. NJ, and
=. M.
The st. Aloysius' Choral Club
will give entertainments at i. NJ,
Oct. 20 and 81.
Daily demonstrations i'm tractor
blowing, sulky blowing, cream
separating.
Mr.. James Burch will give de-
mOnstration with his corn shredder,
l p. NJ, Oct. 81.
Mr.. Kenneth Il. Duke, assisted
by Mr.. Robert Il. Payne, will give
exhibitions in milk-testing daily at
4 p. M.