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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
THANKSGIVING EDDYTOR-
Jul

AS we take our pen in hand to
dash off a eddytoriul for this
ishue of the Bugle we desire to
state that we have jest had tur-
rible narrer excape from giving
you Our ushual Termed eddytoriul
on the subjeck of Thanksgiving.
In other words we come within
hairsbredth of going to press
with this ishue without havink it
ever ockur to us that Thanksgiv-
ing happens on next Thursday
We don't know as we would of
thort of it tall if it haddent been
for the fackt that Hez Perkins
come to our offs yesterday and
askd us if we was a going to have
turkey at our house Thanksgiving.
We told Hez there was plenty of
time to think about that and when
he up and told us that Thanksgiv-
ing would take place next Thurs
day rain or shine Our feelings of
surprise & amusement can better
be described than imagind.
That's whot we git for putting
emmy dependence in stitch a poor
excoose of a calender which Anne
Hillyer our talented loryer &
legal lite gifts every December
and persents to his custummers
with his compliments and 10 cts
catch per calender. The batch of
callenders which Anne got in last
yr (& which diddent cost him a
red cent although he must OF
made a clean profit of several dol
lars by selling EN- at the ridicklus
rate of 10 cts each) diddent have
Thanksgiving day printed in red
ink like a decent calender ort to
and as result Thanksgiving
might of came & went for all of
us if it haddent been for Hez Per
kins askin us that questshion con-
corning the turkey. being as on
Ames calender Thursday, Novem-
Der 80 was printed in black ink
and lookd jest like emmy other day
on the calender.
Praps afore we lash in and be-
gin to write about Thanksgiving
we had better anser Hezzes quest
shion as to whether US and Our
wife expeckt to etc turkey next
Thursday. In reply, we would
say, mo, we don't" Times is SO
hard with us at present that we
cant ford to indulge ourselfs with
turkey with great gusto and there
amt suffishent time betwixt now
and next Thursday to ascertain
whether there is emmy of our sub
scribers who would be willing to
swop us a turkey for a few yrs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
ISE
SaWduSt

Ise Sawdust! l desire to say TO
them that puts up Use that have hole
lot of sawdust which | will sell cheep
to you to put your Use up with. This
sawdust is made speshially to put up
Use with at my mill when l saw logs
and is garrynteed to keep Use from
meltin during the summer if enuff of it
IS used The more you use the more
Use you will save and the more will
get outen it. Until further notis Gun
less it is all sold in the meentime)
will sell this Use sawdust at the rate of
35 cts per 2-horse load. This is not
mulch for sawdust when you haft to
hawl it yourself. l will help you load
it up pervided l am not too bizzy. You
will find me at the mill evry day un-
less | am absent on bizness. Course this
is exseptin Sunday and if you want to
dicser with me for sawdust on Sun
day see me after church.
ABB WOODS.
Sawdust Merchant.
Snake Crick Sawmill. Bingville
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
Lokal Breefs

.Evry indicashion pints to the fackt
that winter has came at last The
wether has been chilly enuff the past
few mornings to make gooseflesh
break out on a persons person until
they shake like they had the ager until
they git into their clothes. AT least
that's our experients.
We have lernt on reliabul othoritty
(although we know of one or two
cases where he lied) that some fend in
huning form has been taking the clap
boards often the back side of the Bing-
vile church personally. to use EN- for
kindlings This is almost a sackri-
lidge in our opinyun. We informed
Seth Dewberry our hun harted town
constubble of this and as soon as we
informed him Seth told us he had his
suspishuns. We have too-Seth lives
closer to the church than ennybuddy
else in Bingvi1le and the clapboards
would be wuth more to him for kind
lings than ennybuddy else.
Miss Jerushy Perkins who is one of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
Disgraseful Perceed-
lngS

One evg last wk about dusk Vaughn
from the brewery at the co seat which
delivers beer at Hardscrabble and other
towns north of here which has fell so
low that they tolerate saloons in their
midst dropd off behint the Vaughn on
Main st in front of the P. o. 8-gal
key of beer
Deacon Andrews one of the stantch
pliers of the Bingville church and Lem
Brown our expert carpenter happend to
be walking down st at the time and
both seen the keg drop off. Lem was
lest agoing to boiler after the driver
of the TEEN who diddent see the key
drop off when the Deacon clapd his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25

the kindest so,es in Bingville without
the shadder of dout, left mess of
pork on our desk whilst we was out
of the offs tother day. Our cat
Thomas ct a considerable porshion of
same before we arrived back at the
offs but what was left was enjoyed
by us & our wife who ct same for
supper with great relish. P. S.-Jerushy
when you bring us pork after this
(which we trust will be offen) kind
ly leave somewheres where the dog
blamed cat wont git it.
Bud Hinckley who amt quite right in
his head & yet who at times displays
signs of almost huming intelligents had
quite thrilling experients with Alb
Woods houn dawg tother day Bud
grabd the houns tail with both hands
and tried to pull it out by the roots
and the dawg turnd and bit him on the
hand No dog likes to have his tail
puld but Bud don't pear to realise that
fackt
Hen Weathersby prop of our gen
era1 store & bizness emporium has laid
in stock of what he calls juice harps
whitch is playd by the huming mouth.
1t is a little contrapshion which yor
put a porshion of into your mouth and
play the tother porshion of it with
your finger. Hank Dewberry bought
one and cut mis- mouth with the blamed
thing.
Jasper Tarbe11 one of our medium
respectable citizens has set up his
wood stove in his sleeping chamber &
Jasp found it a turrible chore to do so.
being as he had to lug the stove up and
down stairs three times before he could
git it to fit the stove funnel. which was
in the seller. When Jasp told us about
this we cashually asked him why in
thunderashion he diddent lug the funnel
upstairs instid of 1uegin the stove down.
and Jasp says, Gosh tew hemlock.
newer thort of thatn'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25

i am a going to boiler in Bingville
and surrounding towns next wk pro-
vided I don't ketch cold & get horsed
up for old junk stitch as rags bottles
iron ct cettery to numerous to ment-
ehion- | am doing this for your bene-
fit and also for my benefit so if you
have emmy old junk what you don't
want see me and ] will take it often
your hands for nothink or | will pay
you balants of acct If | make mulch
profit l will pay ballants of act II
don't how can 1? Anser that If you
dare! Here is a good chanst to git
shet of things that | want and you
don't care a pickyune for
Yours for junk,
Bingville. IKE DOOLITTLE,
junk Huckster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25

twisted around somehow or other so
that the N S. E. & w. diddent pint
where they ort to. AS a result old
Dad Henderson and Glenn Wilkins got
into a argument about the pints of the
compass down to Hen Wethersbys store
about which was North, East, West &
South and blamed near come to blows
about it. Dad he give the twisted
wether vane as proof that East was
the direckshion which the E on the
wether vane pinted to and Glen told
| Dad that he knowd a tarnashion site
better becuz he had saw the sun come
up that morning and it diddent come
up in that direckshion a tall & emmy
buddy exsept a fool would know that
the sun riz in the East and Dad shuk
his fist under Clen1s nose & told him
he'd better not call him fool or else
he'd give him a tarnashion good
thrashing and then Glenn told Dad if
he wassent IS yrs old come his next
birthday and if he Glenn diddent have
so mulch respeck for Dads gray hairs
& old age he would wipe the ground
up with him after which Glenn walkd
off in disgust.
The questshion of whether Bingvi1le
ort to have poor farm is being ally
tated agin. Some thinks we need a
poor farm & some don't. AS for us
we don't know whot to think Some
says if we did have a poor farm no
buddy in Bingville would be willing to
90 to it being as they are too proud
In our opinyun if we had a poor farm
in our midst that wouldn't keep folks
hereabouts who is as poor as Jobs tur-
key & church mouse combined from
a going to tin Our opinyun some
of our most respeckted citizens and
well to do folks would go to it gladly
and live there the rest of their lifes
if they could do so at the expense of
the Town. We calkilate their pride
would be overcome by their pocket
books.
Our correspondent from Happy Val
ley writes to state that we will haft
to excoose him from sending emmy
items from his naberhood for this ishue
being as he attended cider party at
nabers tother evg & amt felt very
well sinct. If we may be permitted
to make a sujjestshion to our Happy
Valley correspondent it would be that
he would be a good cal better off if
he diddent monkey with the Demon
Rum when it moveth itself Alright in the
cup becuz in the end it biteth like a
adder & stingeth like a hornet.
Bill Hepburn, our artistick black
smith made his ushual visit to the co
seat on bizness & pleasure last Sat
terday & as ushual Bill come home
in a disgrasefu1 state of .nebriashion
& made a fool outen hisself by driv-
ing through town after all descent folks
was in bed & singing church hims &
riba1d songs in a loud voice If Bill
must sing he ort to conhne hisself to
riba1d songs and avoid singing church
hins becuz for a intoxicated person
to sing sakred church hims pears to
US like turrible sackrilidge.
Miss Amelia Tucker our raining
sossiety queen and leader of the Bing-
vile Four Hundred as we mite say
has a nounced that she will give
seleckt card party at her home some
time in the neer fuchure to which only
the aleet of Bingville will be invited.
|Orthurs" & "Old Maid" will be playd
with the cards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
Dad Got the Best of
Harve

Old Dad Henderson got the best of
Harve Hines our tonsoria1 barber
tother day down to Harves shop.
1t seems Dad had left his razzer
with Harve to be sharped up for him
which Harve agreed to do for the
small sum of IS cts being as it was
Dad so Dad he went for his razzer
and afore he paid Harve for it he
wanted to know if it was good and
sharp. Harve said it was but Dad
said he wouldn't take Harves word for
it and sujjested that Harve try it on
his Dads Ease.
Harve was agreeable to this SO Dad
TUX his collar off and got into the
chair and Harve shaved one side of
his Ease for him and askd him if the
razzer wassent sharp and Dad said it
peard to pull a leet1e mite and he
more it would shave better so Harve
he stropped it until his arms aked
then Dad told him to try it on his Ease
agin SO Harve shaved tother side of
Dads Ease aid Dad told him it shaved
god cal better SO he paid Harve the
IS Gets agreed upon and departed.
1t wassent until after Dad left that
Harvc got to thinkin the matter over
and realised that old Dad had got a
good shave and also his razzer sharped
up keen all for IS cts whereas the
prices of a shave alone is 10 cts and
so Harve considers himself beat being
as he only got cts for his labor of
sharping up the razzer after ALL
Harve says it makes his b1ud bile
when he thinks how mulch va1lyble
bay rum and lather he also used on
Dads ugly Ease on conneckshion with
shaving him and Harve says hell git
even with Dad if it takes a lifetime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
Personal Mentchion

This ishue of the Boogle wouldn't be
complete if we went to press without
emmy Personal Mentchion" and SO we
will have some as folders:
Tother night during the high wind
the big rooster wether vane which
adorns the Bingville Town Hall & is
not only useful but ornamental got
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
Boxing Under Ban

Because of a recent scandal
arising from quarrels between
boxers and fight promoters in
Tacoma, Commissioner Mills to-
day gave Chief of Police ID. O..
Smith orders to prohobit future
boxing contests in Tacoma, un-
less they are conducted strictly
in accordance with the state law.
Mills order came as surprise
to the police department. I'M
mediately after signing the men,
orandum to his chief, the COM
missioner started for La Grande.
Mills explained that his action
was caused by the recent scan
dial.
Heretofore the police have left
boxing in the hands of Prosecut-
or Remain, and only a few
months ago former Chief LOOMS
gave out a statement in which he
said that the police would not
interfere with boxing matches so
long as the prosecutor counten-
anced them.
In order to be legal, boxing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09

In the search.
Chief Smith said today that his
OFFICERS were working on clues
which might bring the gunner,
or at least part OF the gang, 10
Jail in the next few days.
Il am becoming more and
more convinced that the five men
whom We have in Jail also know
something about the murder"
said Chief Smith today.
But they will not talk. feel
certain that they could tell who
committed the murder"
The five men, who were all
companions of Lindsay, and said
to be members of the same gang
of 'yeggmen, were taken to po-
lice court Yesterday afternoon
and arraigned on charges of yag-
rancy. Each pleaded guilty. Sem
fences of 80 days were imposed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
BY Jack Jungmeyer

You need not pity A. l..
Brown, master farmer, be-
cause he's millionaire.
He has just as much fun
working and earns his bread
by jtist as much sweat as you
do.
- watched him butchering
hogs for his packing plant,
and that Is real work.
i saw him supervising the
manufacture of sausage.
"A. lie has with his own hands
Installed practically all the
plumbing on his big ranch at
Nisqually.
His jeans reck Of cattle and
horses.
He helps plow and thresh snt
garner his crops.
He tolls as hard ~ any of hi
90 ranch helpers.
1t doesn't pay to be q diet
tante farmer, and Brown is IN
the business to make Ii pay.
He keeps as close touch on tn,
pulse of his ranch % does th'
Of any big industrial
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
It Was System Built
That $500,000 Farm

pldnt.
And he could organize your
kitchen, your carpenter shop or
small business project to the same
degree of efficiency.
System" he asserts, "can be
learned almost anywhere, and 1t
can be applied profitably to any
venture, but the average man
never thinks of organizing his
work, leaving that only to the
larger commercial and Industrial
enterprises.
Lack of system-hapbaz-
ard methods--spells failure
or the next thing to IL for
many so-called practical
farmer, as well as to the
citl man who attempts to go
back to the land.
How simple 1t would be for
any rancher to determine, by
keeping books, whether certain
cow In his herd is paying a proper
margin above her keep. Or GER
tain chicken, even.
IF the animal doesn't pay as
milch COW, make mincemeat Of
her and get a better grade ami
NAL.
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
A Beautiful Design for Bank
Front and New Equipment

Heath & Cove, architects,
have just completed plans
and specifications for the
Puget Sound State Bank,
Tacoma, Washington, who
owns the Glass "A" Building
It 1115 Pacific Avenue.
The Bank has grown so
rapidly in the last few years
that it becomes necessary for
them to have more room.
Only a few months ago they
purchased the building and
now extensive improvements
are contemplated, which are
expected to be completed
and ready for use by July /,
1915.
The new front will have
the octagon Classical Col
umns, and the Vault will
contain large circular
screw Door of the latest and
most secure make. The
fixtures will be conveniently
and beautifully arranged.
Safety deposit boxes of the
latest type will be installed
in the new Vault.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09

At the outbreak of the war,
Portugal announced a benevolent
neutrality toward the allies, and
Portuguese troops are said to have
aided the entente soldiers in the
African expeditions.
Germany issued a statement to-
day pointing out that the seizure
of the ships violated the Ger
man-Portuguese treaties, which
provided that, in event of such a
seizure, an adequate compensation
must first be made.
The German minister at Lisbon
who handed the war declaration
to the foreign minister said: THE
German government therefore
now considers herself from this
date at war with Portugal"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
Germany Declares
War On Portugal

BERLIN, March Germany
declared war on Portugal today,
following the Portuguese refusal
to restore the informed Teuton
vessels seized on the Tagus river.
The refusal was handed to Ger
many Saturday and its contents
disclosed today.
This makes the 14th power in
volved in the war.
The Portuguese navy consists
OF one second class and four third
class cruisers, Is gunboats, five
four torpedo boats, one
and 5000 navymen.
The standing army consists of
$1,000, while the colonial guard
contains 5000 more. Land forces
of 26O. 600 men can be recruited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09

match must be conducted before
members of regularly organiz-
ed athletic club, and between
members in good standing. Bouts
are limited 10 four rounds.
Although the four-round limit
has been religiously observed in
Tacoma since the state boxing
code was established, little at
tention has been paid to the
membership provision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
Identify Yeggmen

Photographs of every one
of the five gunner who at
tackled Policeman Nix Mon
day night, and who are be-
lieved to have been implicat-
ed i'm the murder of Vernon
Lindsay, "a cripple, the same
night, have been identified
in the Bertillon records, or
"rogue's gallery" of the Ia
coma police department.
Police Chief Smith admit
ted today that each of the
five was II hardened GRIM
inal, according to the rec
Ords. and had "seryed time"
In various prisons. He with
held the names and records 4.
of the gunner.
Identification of the pictur,
viii assist the police material
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
vi Lila
RAJ DS
IN US.

Ell PASO, Tex, March o.
descending suddenly upon
Columbus, New Mexico, at 4
o'clock this morning, bandits
led by Villa killed four L. 5.
soldiers and seven citizens,
wounded many and burned
several buildings.
Many of the bandits were slain.
Brig. Gen. Pershing reported
that the 18th cavalry, stationed
near Columbus, drove the Mexi-
cans across the border after a
sharp skirmish.
Col. Slocum, commander of the
cavalry, is declared to have been
killed.
The bodies of MeXicans
litter the streets of COlum-
bus this morning, i'm places
where they had been posted
to pick off Americans as they
emerged from their homes
and hotels.
Four hundred Villiastas deliv-
cred their attack under the COW
err of darkness on both sides of
Columbus. The wild mob of Mexi-
cans tore up the streets of the
town, shooting into the windows
of the homes.
This aroused the Americans,
who fired several shots from
their doors at the running Mexi-
cans.
Several Americans were shot
standing in the doors of their
homes. Others were killed in
the street fighting which occurred
before the invaders were driven
across the border three miles
away.
Use Machine Guns.
Rumors that several guests
persisted in the Commercial hO-
tel, which was fired, are discred-
tied. James Gean and wife were
both killed while defending their
home. T. c. Miller was slain
in his drug store.
w. T. Hichey, proprietor Of
the hotel, attempted to defend
his property and was shot. Three
other citizens gave their lives
while aiding the troops.
Cavalrymen stationed nearby
arrived quickly. The fighting
lasted two hours. The Ameri-
cans dragged machine guns to
the streets and sprayed the BAN
dts with lead.
Villa Led Bandits.
Some declared that Villa him
self led the raiders. He had
been camped for two days at
Paloma, across the border. Near
ly 40 dead were left by the Mexl-
cans, when they mounted their
horses and struggled across the
line.
J. l.. Greenwood, president of
the Columbus bank, who was an
eye witness, described the fight.
1.-THE whole town was
aroused by the first volleys,"
he said. EARNED citizens
tried to help the troops; but
the Mexicans' first rush car
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09

ried them through our pa
troll lines into the heart of
the town.
Three dead Mexicans were
found in front of the bank. They
probably intended to loot 1t.
1T certainly was hot fight.
I understand that Col. Slocum
hasn't asked for achievements,
but we certainly needed more
troops here OF protect our peo-
ple."
BY noon all was quiet in the
town. Retreating Villistas car
ried off several American caval-
ny horses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
CRE0S0TINC
PLAN 7 LOSS
IS $4,000

The boiler house of the concern
was demolished, and more than
one-half of the tar paper plant
was ruined by the flames.
Firemen soon had the blaze
under control and prevented them
from spreading to other manu-
featuring plants nearby.
The fire was followed by an
explosion of one of the boilers.
No one was injured.
The loss is estimated at
$4,000. I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
BAKERS FIRST JOB

WASHINGTON, d. c., March
9.-Newton Baker, of Cleveland,
was sworn in today as secretary
of war. = s..
On entering his new office, he
found the worst difficulty facing
the war department, the Mexican
situation, demanding his immedi-
ate attention.
When shown dispatches telling
of the Villa raid on Columbus,
N. NJ, he said:
at looks as il I'd have some
thing to do Immediately. How
ever, getting busy is the best way
to prevent homesickness."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09

Fire caused by an eNplo-
sion shortly after noon to-
day practically wiped ont the
plant of j. II. Berkheimer
Co., manufacturers of creo-
sote and tar paper, a st. Paul
avenue, tideflats.
The explosion occurred in one
OF the big watts containing the
creosote and Immediately the
flames shot up 100 feet in the
air.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
Loses License:
Punched Again

Nine hours after his license as
iitney driver had been cancel
ed by the city council, Peter Mar
inc, former operator of a PIT. De-
fiance bus, was arrested last
evening by the police for speed
ing. 1t was his 18th arrest since
starting business here.
Marine transformed his auto
mobile into q rent car" yester-
day. after losing his Jitney IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
10000 ARE
REGISTERED

Registration of ovters crossed
the 10000 mark this morning.
At noon the list had reached co.
053. More than 500 persons
registered at the city clerks Of
flee yesterday and in the even-
ing. The boks close at midnight
next Tuesday, March IA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-09
DIAZ IN U. 8.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March
State department officials
wer informed today that Felix
Diaz was in hiding in New Or
leans. They feel satisfied that
this information is correct and
that the revolutionary leader has
not landed in Mexico with an
armed expedition.