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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21

CHICAGO, July eo.-Mrs. Adolph j.
Borgme!er knows no Law, but she's
keeping things moving in the Law OF.
fees Of her husband. a militia captain,
who laid down his Law books to follow
the nag TO the Mexican border.
By doing the clerical YORK. appear.
ing in court TO ask co%ntinuances OF
cases IN which her husband is inter.
ested and explaining the situation"
to her husbands clients, Mrs. Borg.
meier is making enough money TO keep
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21
HAROLD L.NUoD

Mrs. Judd, on the arrival OF a new
son. has announced she will start the
newcomer in life with a bank &C
count Of sl.00o.00e. The babe vas born
At the sl.o0o.000 home OF Mrs. Judd,
who is the widow OF Charles C. Gates,
in Minneapolis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21
Nothing Done by Indifference,

indifference nere wrote great
works. nor thought out striking inrea-
tons, 0 reared the solemn arehitec-
tuce that awes the soul. nor breathed
sublime music, nor painted glorious
pictures, nor undertook heroic philan-
thsopies. All these gyandeurs are
born Of enthusiasm, and are done
haruly.-Anon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21

want.
Baby Alice Is Mrs Borgmeier's
partner" IN the Law Office. The baby
cltngs to her mother while the latter
types letters. The other day mother
and baby went to court and closed two
unfinished divorce cases.
"ot course ! can't practice law"
says Mrs. Bo7gme!er. but I'm a good
collector of old bills and / can hold
many OF the clients by explaining the
situation 10 them"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21
His rome s,h.r

what will they do with that eldest
son Of theirs? I heard his father say
he had neither judgment nor fore
sight" Then why don't they make
him a weather sharpS-Bafamose
American
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21
Preparation for Greatness.

It does not matter Il the greatest
thing for you TO do be not In itself
great. The best preparation for great
ness comes in doing faithfully the lit
tie things that lie nearest. The near
est is the greatest IN most human lives.
David Starr Jordan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21

was In this place last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E o. Murray were a.
tanned in this place last Thur. owing
TO the storm.
Harry Smith Of wadestorn was Q
business visitor in this plaza Tues
day.
william Haught is cleaning out.ths
oil well on the John Baker fasin.
South Penn on eompanyss wen on
Hord.Batson farm that camejin q rev
days ago is showing up for D good
well. The same company has made
No. . location.
Haught Bros have put In their 9
inch casing In the Afford Kendall wen.
Fred Bartlett well on Q. Batson n
stu holding up at 500 barrels per
day.
The we'll drilled on Henry Gump
farm on Flat Run IS showing up Tor
8 nice pumper.
Scott Hinerman contractor On said
well came near meeting with q 90
rious accident In trying to pun the
sxlo inch casing pulling IN ne rig
down TO the beam.
@at aGLN -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21
Danger In insineerfty.

OF all the evil spirits abroad at this
hour in the world. ipsincerty IS the
most dangerous-Froude.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21

The judges pinned more than one ribbon on her mount, and Miss Mary
Lanm was a blue rtbboner' herself. as fashion critics OF the South Shore
Country club horse show, recently held Chicago, voted her the best dressed
horsewoman at the show.
Miss Lamms riding habit is not exactly loud. but /. is rather rady.
The loose fitting coat Is scarlet broadcloth; the breeches that button 50
tightly at the knee are bright green. Her shirt waist is white tafeta: the
Tie knotted man fashion, and the saucy sailor ar black. The equestrian
lady follows the fashion set by the Chicago society girl is following the
latest style IN riding ,ogs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-21

Miss Gypsy Duncan Of Warrington
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
MONTANA SQUIBS

Poison is to have a municipal
Christmas tree.
Women of Butte say the price of
turkeys must drop from As cents to
2S cents, or there will be no sales.
The funeral services of Daniel
MUIR, whfo was accidentally shot last
Tuesday near his homestead in the
Thompson river country, were held
at Kalispell Sunday.
The Whitefish high school won the
debate held with the Columbia Falls
high school. The question was, Re
solved, That the incorporated towns
of Montana should own and operate
their public utilities" Whitefish had
the affirmative.
A farm bulletin, edited by Profess
sor c. A. Bush, is being mailed to
the farmers of the Flathead It's chief
aim is to encourage a greater inter
est in the meetings, conventions and
experiments being made. The Deem
Der issue is devoted to the farmers
during the week December 26 to 30.
Details as to the manner in which
Ernest Carlisle of Livingston met his
death in a snowslide in Miner Ba.
sin, near Yellowstone National Park
Friday, shows that Carlisle in de-
scending the mountainside, covered
with 10 to IL feet of snow, suddenly
broke through the crust and was com
pletely lost He had been smothered
Flathead county citizens have paid
s500,645 covering taxes of all kinds
for the year 1916. This leaves a de
linquent list on real and personal
property amounting to S16,373, oil
which $2645 is personal property tax
The general school fund was s50,723
which will permit of a distribution OF
nearly $3.50 for each school child in
the county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
The CIemmer Theater.

'The Victoria Cross from the play
by Paul Potter, featuring Lou Telle-
gen, will be the attraction this week
for the first three days.
1.-THE Victoria Cross is a drama
founded on the massacre of the Eng
lish at Cawnpore during the Sepoy re-
bellion.
Paramount photographs and Burton
Holmes travel pictures will supplant
the feature photoplay.
Pauline Frederick will be seen the
last. four days in "Nantette of the
Wild" by Willard Mack, a story which
deals with the Canadian northwest
mounted police. Willard Mack will
play opposite Miss Frederick.
The advance seat sale for the Clar.
ence Eddy organ recital, January 4, is
now on.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
FRENCH VICTORY
GAINS TWO MILES
FORCE GERMANS BACK ALMOST
TO POSITION THEY HAD
BEFORE BIG DRIVE.
VICINITY OF VERDUN FORTS
over $500 Teuton Prisoners Captured
and More Are coming-Several
Villages Now in French Hands
Advance On Whole Front

Verdun Front, Dec, ia short,
sharp battle brought to the French
Saturday their third smashing victory
within two months in the vicinity OF
Verdun. Every objective of the
French commanders was obtained. They
are now nearly back to their original
positions.
Although the Gehmans offered a
desperate defense, the attack was so
powerful there was no withstanding
it, with the result that the Germans
were pushed back along the line by
the French, who only ceased on orders
when the detectives had been gained.
Thousands Of German prisoners
poured into the French lines during
the day, including 200 officers and are
still arriving. The total count already
is 1900. One division alone captured
more than 1900 Germans within an
hour More than 80 canon were cap
tured or destroyed.
The villages Of Vacherauville, Lowe
mont and Besonvaux and Hardaumont
wood are now in French hands.
The. front was 10 kilometers long.
When the fighting ceased, owing to
darkness, the French advance had ex-
coded an average of three gilometers
along the whole front.
French Winning at Verdun.
London, Dec 1S.-The French are
continuing their great offensive in
the Mouse sector of the Verdun front
and have made further gains. The
British also have made progress and
succeeded in Saturday night engage
ments in raiding enemy trenches near
Ransart and southwest of Wytsch
acte, gaining a foothold in both cases
The German war office admits the
loss to the French of the village OF
Bezonvaux and a wood to the west
of that place, but aserts that the
French thrust further to the north
ward broke down before the German
fire on a height north of Bezonvaux
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19

sender of those post cards to have got
that money, but all efforts to find him
proved unavailing.
One cannot help wishing well to the
person who wishes others well. Good
wishes are the biggest bond on earth,
Isn't it a delightful thing to think that
others are thinking of us?
The well-wisher is thinking of us
He also puts his good thought for us
into words: 81 wish you every good
luck" or something of that kind. II
is like a grasp of a hand pressing
ours. 1t blesses both the giver and
the receiver. 1 don't know which gets
the most out of 1t.
There are times when the worlC
breaks out into mighty shout, as II
were, of good wishes. Christmas time
is the great season. Never had We
more need of them than at this coming
Christmas time. 1t is an enormous op
portunity for the good wisher to make
his power felt.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
GOOD WISHES
BY FORTUNE FREE.

OMEONE said that the richest
- person was the one who was
l. fullest of good wishes for others
and who received their good
wishes in return. Wishing others well
did him or her all the good In the
world, and the good wishes In return
were powerful for good. Don't we find
1t so ourselves? No one can do with
out them. They are our dearest pos
sessions.
Montague Williams, the celebrated
British barrister, once related the story
of a rather unlovely old gentleman of
misery habits and rejoicing in the
nickname amongst the urchins of the
neighborhood of "Old Pickbones." Gen
crosby was not one of his virtues, and
If he wished any human creatures well
he kept Ii a secret to himself. He was
a man who seemed impervious to all
good wishes-a solitary old grudger
who cared nothing for the good or the
bad wishes of any human creature.
When he died, however, it turned out
that he had been by no means as thick
skinned as he seemed. He left a will
In which he bequeathed money to diff
ferent persons, and ten thousand
pounds to some unknown individual
whom he directed his solicitor to dis
cover II possible. That person had
been accustomed to send him yearly
an anonymous post card with Just,
BEST wishes at this time to you"
The writer gave no clue as to who
he was. Did the old gentleman tear
the cards up or throw them into the
fret Not bit of 1t. He had carefully
preserved them-tied them up In a
nice packeL. "If the writer can be dis
covered" he ordered in his will, 81
bequeath him ten thousand pounds for
his good WILL"
1 would dearly have liked for the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Loan Act Is for Real Farmer.

ashington.-Herbert Quick of the
federal farm loan board, in a recent
address before the annual conference
of county agent leaders employed
jointly by the agricultural colleges of
the country and the department of
agriculture, declared the farm loan
act would be administered in the in
terests of actual farming and actual
farmers and not in the interest of
landlording or tenancy. He described
the rural credits system as "a system
not for loaning government money
to farmers, but system by which the
farmer is afforded the opportunity of
borrowing from investors on secu-
rity"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Railroads and Men Meet

Hale Holden, president of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad,
who was chairman of the committee
of railroad executives which met
President Wilson and the brotherhood
officials in Washington last summer
when a railroad strike was threaten
ed, confirms that an informal confer
ence had been held recently by rail
road representatives with the brother
hood officials concerning a settlement
out of court of the controversy be
eween the railroads and their EN-
ployes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
AT Los ANGELES
GASOLINE BLADDERS USED TO
SPREAD FLAMES ACCORDING
FIRE CHIEFS REPORT
LLEWELLYN IRON WORKS GO
John McNarama, Now Felon, Bomb
ed Same Building on Christmas
Day. Loss is Placed Between
100000 and 100000

Los Angeles, Cal.-Fire which de-
stroyed the greater part of the Lew
ellyn iron works here Saturday was
caused by gasoline bladders, accord
ing to the report of A. J. Ely, chief of
the fire department. He said nc
bombs were used.
1T was apparent the fire was of in
cendary origin, said the chief
when l reached the scene, several
minutes after the first alarm, the
building was virtually destroyed. The
flames had spread to the acetylene
tanks and caused several explosions
From evidence | have | am confident
gasoline bladders were used. These
are made of canvas and some hold as
much as five gallons of gasoline. They
do not explode"
A little over half of the company's
plant, which covered II acres, was
burned, destroying seven departments
The loss is placed between 100000
and 100000.
1t was at the front entrance of the
building, on Redondo street, where the
fire was discovered Saturday thai
there occurred a bomb explosion OF
Christmas morning, 1910.
John j. Mcnamara, former secre
tary-treasurer of the Internationa
Bridge and structural Iron Workers
one of the four men charged with dy
namiting the Los Angeles Times build
ing, pleaded guilty to the LIewellyI
dynamiting, and now is serving a 10
year sentence for it at San Quentin
penitentiary.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Battling in VoIhynia.
Washington State Items.

The value of cold storage in the
handling of the fruit crop is demon
strated by a report made by the hor-
ticultural union, North Yakima, which
shows that growers who marketed
through the union this year and held
their pears in storage profited to the
extent of $4,000 on 25 carloads.
r. d. Jarboe, state grain inspector,
states that profits derived by farmers
from the sale of grain during the
present year promise to surpass those
of 1915, when the bumper crop of the
state was harvested
The total production for the state
this year is estimated at Al ,528,061
bushels, or 80 per cent of the produc-
ton of 1915, which was $685. 45
bushels. This includes grain privately
handled and stock kept for seed.
1T is evident that the farmers held
back a large part of the 1915 crop
in expectation of better prices" Mr..
Jarboe states. with receipts Of
35,62S,061 bushels up to date for 1916,
plus a carry over of 9,389,309 bushels
and 100000 bushels more represent
ed by deliveries yet to come and ship
ments through private warehouses,
we can duplicate last years grain
shipments and still have a surplus of
100000 bushels. AS the wheat has
been selling this year at the highest
average prices known in Washington,
ranging up to $1.60 at interior points
the money value of the 1916 business
surpasses anything in the previous
! history of the state"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Meat Packers Pension Employees

Chicago Morris, chairman
of the board of directors of Morris &
Co., meat packers announced recent
ly a gift of $4,000 to the pension
fund, to which employees have con.
tributed for years, has reached $685.
2OS. The gift, he said, enables an in
crease of % per cent in all pensions
Under the rules any employee is now
entitled, upon retirement, to a pension
of 21a per cent of his salary for each
year of service.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19

offered and the movement has been
shut off so far as the eastern mar
kets are concerned by the embargo
placed by the railroads. While it is
probable that the market will re-
cover later, it may not go as high
as it was a few weeks ago. At the
moment, quotations are hard to give
with accuracy, but figures offered are
S1.35 for bluestem, club s1.32 and red
Russian $1.30.
Flour-There has been on change
as yet in the quotations on local
flour, and it is probable that there
Feed-No change as to prices has
been made in the feed line this week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
The One-Idea Man.

1t pays to stick to one thing. Only
those persons In whose lives some one
great purpose outweighs everything
else rise above the shoulders of the
crowd. Concentration does 1t. Strug-
glers In the commercial world are re-
minded that "the man who minds his
own business will soon have business
of his own to mind" Paul had a pas
sion for one thing, as he said. Forget
ting the things which are behind, and
stretching forward to the things which
are before, 1 press on toward the goal
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Garrison For Preparedness

New York.-To question the power
and imperative necessity of the nation
al government to make preparation
for defense lis little short of treason, -
it was declared here Saturday by
former Secretary of War Garrison in
an address on "Nationalism" before
the lawyers club. He reviewed the
passing of many powers and duties
from the state governments to the
national government
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Allies TO Pass Tarnowski.

Washington.-Amb Page at
London Saturday officially notified
the state department that the allied
naval commanders had been instruct
ed to grant unhindered passage to
Count Tarnoski, the new ambassador
to the United States from Austria
Hungary. The entente powers reced-
ed from their refusal to do so on
representations by the American gov
eminent
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Bio Increase in Pay

An advance of IS 1927 per cent in
wages was granted $4,000 stove and
foundry workers throughout the coun-
try under an agreement ratified by
representatives of the manufacturers
and the International Moulders' union.
The work day will be reduced a half
hour. The new scale will become eff
fective January l.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Sylvia Pankhurst Mobbed.

London.-Sylvia Pankhurst, the mil
liant suffragette, and a number of
sympathizers endeavored to hold a
demonstration" at the East India
dock gates Sunday to demand peace.
A big crowd assembled and mobbed
the speaker.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
G u &
Taking Him at His Word.

Hem (opening a fancy box)-What
do you think of the new necktie?
Shimmer-Gee, it's marvel OF
beauty. Where'd you get it?
81 got it from one of my aunts for
Christmas, but l have decided to give
it to you. Put it right on and wear IT"
saw. go on Can't you take joker
Youngstown Telegram.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

OniCdSO.
Hogs-Active, 1Oc above yester-
days average; bulk, s9.6O@1O; light,
$9.10Q9.s5; mixed, $9.35@1O1O;
heavy, $9.55@1O15; rough, $3.50
9.7o; pigs. S7@s.75.
Cattle-Weak. Native beef cattle,
S6.50@12.60; western steers, $4,000
1910; stockers and feeders, $4.5O@
us; COWS and heifers, $3.75@1O1O;
calves, Ss.25@12.5O.
Sheep - Firm. Wethers, $3.50
9.75; lambs, $1O.75@13.25.
Wheat-No. ? red, nominal; No. 3
red, S1.62; No. 2 hard, nominal; No.
3 hard, $1.67.
Corn-No. ? yellow. 91@91hc; No.
a yellow, s71s @9oc; No, A white, $3.50
Q9Oc.
Oats-No. white, 511AQ52Ac;
standard, 52@52hc.
Rye-No. ?, $1.39.
Barley-s5c@$1.25
Timothy-$3.3O@5.
Clover-$12@17.
New York.
Raw sugar easy; centrifugal, $500
molasses, 4.52c refined, dull; fine
graduated, 715c.
Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands
1S.3Oc.
Coffee-Spot firm; Rio rs, ossc;
Santos As, 1880.
Portland.
Hogs-Steady. Prime light, $4,000
9.75; prime strong weights, $4,000
9.75 good to prime mixed, $S.25d
$50; rough heavy packing, $s.5OQ91O;
pigs and skips, $s@s.25; stock hogs
$70s.
Cattle-Steady. Steers-Prime light
$7@75O; prime heavy, $725@7.5Oi
good, S6.5O@7; COWS, choice, $3.50
G.25; medium to good, $4,000; ordi
nary to fair, $5@5.5O; heifers, $5G
CPS; bulls. $2.75Q5; calves, $5@7.
Sheep-Higher. Choice lambs, $9Q
0.75; common lambs, $707.5O; choice
yearling wethers, $s@s.5O; good year
lings, $7@775; choice light ewes, sea
Z; heavy ewes, $5@5.5O.
San Francisco.
Unchanged.
Eggs-Fresh extras, SOC.
Cheese-Unchanged
Tacoma.
Wheat-Bluestem, STAG; fortyfold
$1.45; club and red fife, $l.44; ret
Russian, $1.40.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
New Emperor For Peace

Paris.-Emperor Charles of Austria
Hungary is credited with having taken
the initiative in the peace move by the
coalation of the central powers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19

unto the prize of the high calling of
God In Christ Jesus" And Paul sue.
ceeded, by holding to that one thing
so that his life was glorified by the
presence of Christ, and made fruitful
to the rest of the world. as few If any
other lives OF the Christian era. Have
you decided what your one goal ISL
Sunday School Times.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19

1t is a curious and beautiful
thing about this Christmas spirit
that year after year it leads us
to attempt the all but impos-
sible, in order to give pleasure
to others; while in the end ev-
eryone's joy is the result, not of
what he has received from 9TH
ers, but of what he has done
for them.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-19
Wilson Contributes to Deficiency.

ngton.-President Wilson has
sent a check for $4,000 to Treasurer
Marsh of the democratic national COM
mittee as his contribution toward
meeting the deficiency in the COM
mittee's campaign fund.