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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-11-03

To Al Naa Bs.gsvs IN Iatslcr
an tse eatAer q, 1oT sac be
,usrs eAs toally -t~-ys The cir
eamsaAatial Aae 4isvts ess4xaev posaI
coarlassrvly 90 tAAi tAet Use srtHse
uAs committed IN tae useep Grave
mine al Wade / sroaS@t al. tAs
facts AzG circ4mstAzcvs 20 sac eors-
nsT aaa District 2,s1racg J as every
th!Rs la NY pGzeE 30 secure al n
vrsrigAl.0z. aat al 20 No await
thea made aveails1goa and taTzis9-
"a 20 iae district A;tarzeg 4 bss q
;ae Witnesses and the evi4s5cs CO..
gectea aaG demanded q al=s saa. re
arlag ), before the graaG lary he
aev~r sssgoenAeG one witness J
nAze3. but rather sabpcenae,i avseit
1zd q styn~ss Tor ne 3etsnse ~aon
j Z hsA soc named. and Waen asked
sie % coais oaS and investigate the
aAsks A.d oaadi,scns IA regard 10
Z 7lG-41g s.msea in a position to prop
t-}y as1rs tie matter before ,Ae sraa1
i4-y. -v~ssvsd the following letter
NJ g. 3 Webb.
HAAi0, Oreson.
Erssa,s weNs.
Your letter oi re,,ent date received
az4 S.ll iaiorn yoa than any evi-
l~ace that yca might De aole to %
tasa VII be prodaced before the
srand iary ia the April ,erm
i see no occasion for my goSns 10
Waldo, when could see NO more
lthaz yOa or anyone else Who are there
on the ground While | appreciate
the tAet that when persons meet with
death. when there is any ground o;
susplesea whatever. the matter shoald
De Thoroughly Investigated by the Or
aeers % the laW. and while /; IS no,
the province OF the district attorneys S
otcr 10 20 oat and discover evidence
| DO not feel that woald be iusti-
aed in doing 50 al this time.
We have sherihs and consiables
with deputies. 20 investigate matters
% this KIND, and do not feel that
| should Ne called upon 10 play the
part % detective 50 long as We
have men especially for tina, pur.
pose. Yours sincerely.
Signed ". r. MILLER
From the above letter Il can De-
clearly seen hon Insecure are our
lives nader the present district At.
;OrnSy he would NOT even jnvesti-
gate ;L he Soald not put himself
0ug ia ascertain whether the facts
Narrated an arrest. san not SEE
a0s any lower ot Justice can vote
tor stt,s6 a man g0r tae otice VI dis
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22
South Georgia Briefs

hat more children are attend
ing school than ever before in
Worth county as result of the
illiteracy campaign is the opinion
OF Superintendent w. r. Sumner
OF Sylvester.
Records show that an average
OF 800 packages a week are re-
ceived at Triton, or drink and
tWo-thirds for every citizen of the
county.
When a telephone pole caught
in the hood of his automobile and
brought pole down on his head,
Deputy Sheriff Rosie Shaw, of
Tiff county, had a narrow es-
cape.
Triton is kicking about having
so many carnivals.
Dublin will have the Radcliffe
chautauqua for three days next
March.
Accused Of extracting $14 from
ODE Coney, negro, by promising
him to withdraw prosecution
againt the black for selling. wills
key, ]. w. Lee, deputy of the
city court of Dublin, is under ar
rest and declines to make a state
ment.
Complaining of the high price
of living Mayor J. Hunter Hop
kins and other city officials of
Brunswick will ask the city coun-
Gil for increases in salaries.
Charged with speeding in his
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

auto and running down Ben Ram
sey and badly inju1ing him Frank
Owens, a rural carrier at Bruins
wick, has been fined $40.
Several Sumter county farmers
are planning to enroll for the
short course in agriculture, which
opens an 5, and runs through I'M
til Jan. IA, at Athens.
Farmers of the Shiloh section
OF Sumter county formed a Pre-
paredness Club" yesterday.
Hundreds of Valdosta negroes,
who left for the north to find the
promised land" found nothing
but cold, suffering and poverty,
and are returning home.
More meat than ever Lefore is
being stored in Valdosta.
90
At meeting held recently
at Dawson of whites and negroes,
the dark skinned citizens were
given to understand that their
lives and their property rights
in Terrell county were secure,
where opportunities were just as
abundant, and that there is no
reason to run from the boil weevil
when other crops beside cotton
can be grown.
A. B. Hamilton, we'll known
Dawson man, is dead.
Several well-laden boxes have
been sent to Ell Paso to lend
Christmas cheer to the men of the
Americas Light infantry.
Ellaville voters have authorized
a bond issue of $4,000 for the
erection of school building to
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

The natives of New Guinea are the
shortest lived people in the world, and
this result is attributed to their diet
or the larvae of certain beetles and
their practice of drinking sea water.-
London TELEGRAPH
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

take the place Of the one recently
destroyed by fire.
Plans for the erection of 5000
ton drydock at Brunswick are
now under way.
That the whiskey he was run
nlng off from lard can Still"
found on the stove in his kitchen
was for his personal use, was the
assertion made by Jack Moore,
who resides north of Norman
Park, where he was arrested bv
revenue officers.
Work on the Southern railway
bridge across Taylor street in
Griffin has started, and it will cost
the railroad several thousands of
dollars.
Scores of voices will be heard
IN the courthouse of Pulaski
county on the evening of Dec. "a,
when Christmas carols will be
sung.
There is a report to the effect
that the general Offices of the
Della Southern will be moved to
Hawkinsville from Ocilla.
William Jennings Bryan is to
speak at Waycross next Tues
day.
The weather man must have
his dates mixed. This is Christ
mas, not Easter.-Dublin Courier
Herald.
Judge and Mrs. d. B. Nichol-
son, Sr., left Thursday for Lake
land, Fla, to spend three months
with their son.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

Il fear that Algernon does not real
ly care for me-"
why you got letter from him to-
day, grille"
Yes. but he wrote only eight pages"
Buffalo News.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

Il don't see why you call Perkins
stupid. He says clever thing quite
often"
Exactly! He doesn't seem to real
ize that it should be said only once
Boston Transcript.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

Judge and Mrs. d. B. Nichol-
son, Sr., left Thursday for Lake
land, Fla, to spend three months
with their son.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

take the place Of the one recently
destroyed by fire.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

The weather man must have
his dates mixed. This is Christ
mas, not Easter.-Dublin Courier
Herald.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

Plans for the erection of 5000
ton drydock at Brunswick are
now under way.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

Charged with speeding in his
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-22

William Jennings Bryan is to
speak at Waycross next Tues
day.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-11

Buy Prince Albert every-
where tobacco is sold in
toppy red bass, Sc; tidy red
tins, l0c; handsome pound
and half.pound tin hun,i.
dors-and-that corkins fine
pound crystai- glass hun,i-
dor suith sponge Moistener
top that keeps the tobacco
in such clever trim-alvays!
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-11

At 10 o'clock a. M, August 7th,
1916, Board Of County Commissioners
of Valley County, Montana, met pur-
suant to law. Peter A. West, C. w.
Baylor and Carl j. Anderson, Com
missioners and the Clerk present.
Minutes of July meeting and inter-
vening meetings. were read and ap-
proved.
The action of Chairman West in
instnucting Supervisor Geo. w. Point
er to remove obstruction from pub
lie road near Eighth Point and to
keep same open is hereby approved
Following appointments of Deputy
Registration Agents by Clerk and Re-
corder was on motion approved:
Eugene L. Archibald, Precinct No.2,
Polling Place No. 5.
Stephen Weber, Precinct No. 7, Poll
ing Place No. 2.
Walter l.. Frazier, Precinct No. 4
Polling Place No. 2.
Royal E. House, Precinct No. H.
! Polling Place No. 3.
Roy Shippam, Precinct No. /.
Following reports were examined
and approved:
Superintendent of Poor Farm.
Coroner's Monthly Report.
Sheriff's report of Jail boarders.
At II o'clock noon, on motion, board
took a recess until 2 o'clock p. M, of
even date.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman.
w. B. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk.
At 2 o'clock p. m. August 7th, 1916
Board of County Commissioners OF
Valley County, Montana, resumed pur-
suant to adjournment of even date
All members and the Clerk present
On motion the Treasurer is here
by ordered to transfer 100000 from
the Contingent Fund to the Road
Fund and $4,000 from the Contin-
gent Fund to the Poor Fund.
The Board proceeded to allow bills
on Road Fund as follows:
A. H. Whitbread, freight on
material AZ 00
]. McMurdo, road work dis
trict No. 3............................. 75C
Melvin Honrud, road work dis
trict No. 3............................... 81 80
Earl Besonday, road work dis
trict No. 122. 5(
Ed Fournier, road work dis
trict No. 1896
Ed Fournier, assigned Frank
Kimbler, road work district
No. 3 .......... 37.5(
Ed Fournier, assigned j. j. Ar
thur road work district No. 3 115.5(
Ed Fournier, assigned Ed Rog-
ers, road work district No. 3 42.O'
Fred Hendricks, road work
district No. 3............................ 1896
w. J. Mclean, road work dis
trict No. 3 ................. IT'S
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-11
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS

At 10 o'clock a. m., July 31st, 1915,
Board of County Commissioners of
Valley County, Montana, resumed, as
a Board of Equalization, Peter A.
West, C. w. Baylor and Carl j. An
derson, Commissioners and the Clerk
present.
Upon the information obtained from
Marvin Browning, the order to assess
Geo. Simons, 500 stock sheep is here
by changed to 400 stock sheep. See
commissioners Journal No. 5, Page
36.
At II o'clock, noon on motion, Board
took a recess until O'Clock p. N. of
even date.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman.
w. B. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk.
At o'clock p. m. July 31st, 1916,
Board of Equalization of Valley Coun-
ty, Montana, resumed, all members
and the Clerk present.
Equalization of Taxes for the year
1916 was taken up.
At O'Clock p. m., on motion Board
adjourned until 10 o'clock a. M, Au-
gust 1st, 1916.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman.
w. B. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk.
At 10 o'clock a. M, August 1st,
1916, Board of Equalization of Valley
County, Montana, resumed. All men,
bers and the Clerk present.
Sam Grossman appeared before the
Board and made application for re-
duction in his assessment, after an ex-
animation of said assessment, the ap-
plication was on motion denied.
At IL o'clock, noon on motion, Board
took recess until O'Clock D. m. of
even date.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman
w.B. SHOEMAKER,
Clerk
At 2 o'clock p. M, August 1st, 1916
Board of Equalization of Valley coun
ty, Montana resumed, all members ant
; the clerk present.
No protests having been filed, since
last adjournment and no one appear
ing in person at o'clock p. m., Boar'
adjourned, subject to the call of tn
Chairman.
PETER A. WEST,
Attest: Chairman
w. B. SHOEMAKER.
Clerk.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
FINANCE, OIL AND GAS
New York

NEW YORK, Dec 2G..-.r':ices broke
violently on Tn" sack marie. ,c.,"I.
day alter the publication o. The ~
marks o: L!cyd G""I;,r 90 the G"r4raa
peace proposal. '%hc tnwa"ayG move
TneDt did not begin EcT Cy1i. .-rti an
hour after ne rrsCp'. ah.ut O'c:Oci..
0f the !iT.t r'."rIr," 'r.D - speech
DG-ing thi- ;tue a ~, ilarD ntary
additions cane in. Val stree: spent
one CT The tpuScs; 81 mtDutcs in its
history "ndeavOiiIg 10 interpret the
Ei2nificaLce OF the British Premiers
c!sCpu's".
onfusIdn aud perpl"Xity seemed to
lpiGr wnlrh wa" effected IN hesits HCy
little rallies ana declines and a bound
upward before The slump began. Then
suddenly the stool; ticker began to
zeal of the message that stocks were
heinG offered down The market fell
OF rapidly, and before the final hour
OF trading YVES over extreme declines
o: from ! to 10 points had been reg
istered.
AS has been the case in the several
other drastic downward movements
which have occurred in the stock mar.
ket since Germany's peace proposal a
week ago today. the stocks which SUI
sfered chiefly were those OF concerns
which have derived huge incomes from
, the sale of war supplies and other
products for which there has been a
big European demand. There was a
rally just at the close. however, OF
from TO ) points.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
EDNEsDAY EVENINGS DECEMBER %

farm Is stifl holding up at So barrels
a day. Holders OF territory in that
locality are losing no time In getting
new work strated.
On Long Bottom Run, Cabin Creek
district, Kanawha county, the Column
BUS Producing company's run OF good
luck on the Williams Coal cOmpany's
tract continues. The late compilations
are not large, but very satisfactory pro.
ducers. Nos. AZ and SO have both
been completed and shot and are good
for 90 and 20 barrels. respectively.
On Gil Run, Clay district. Writ cOun.
ty. Cox e. Lockhart drilled their No.
6 on the Burton Robinson farm
through the second Cow Run sand. II
shows for q 10.barrel pumper. On Nut.
ter Fork, the Carter Oil company drill.
ed its No. on the f. l.. Chaltant farm
INTO the Big Injun sand. 1t IS very
light punper
Il IS reported that the Victoria Oil
company has secured an option On The
r. ". Bartlett property in the Dents
Run pool, Marion county. The prop
q rty consists OF a 6G.acre lease on
the Z. +. Batson farm on which five
wells have cen completed. The aggre.
gate production as shown BY the last
reported gauge is about 400 barrels
day.
The northern end of the deep sand
territory in southwestern Ohio has
presented another good producer. II
Is located in the Junction City district
Pike township, Perry county, and il
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
WANTED

railroad cross ties. Luth.
err Harrington, Norwood Mines.
12.l6.3t No. l143
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Oil and Gas.

e The Carnegie Natural Gas cOmpanys
Sush"r on the George Isminger farm
in SprnGhiIl township. Greene county.
Pa" continues to maintain a very
creditable daily production. For the
"A hours ending yesterday morning
the we'll placed 700 barrels to its
credit. IN face Of the fact that it has
not been drilled any deepcr. it is a
very good record. No. on the same
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
ROOMS TO RENT

FOR RENT-Two light housekccpin;
rooms, ffs floor. 2l5 Albert Court.
749.W Bell l!.l5.%t No, 1910
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FOR RENT - Large room for light
housekeeping. Alp jackson street
l2.lL.3t no. l744
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WANTED-tIirl FOR general house,
work. small family. Apply at Bert
Leopold, FL Fairmont avenue.
l2.2O.St No 1880
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LEGAL NOTICES
TRUSTEES SALE OF FAlRMoNT
REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue Of the authority in nue.
vested by certain deed OF trust bear
ing date May 23rd, 1914. made and
executed by l.. L. Wadsworth and
husband 10 the undersigned trustees.
to secure the payment OF certain debts
therein mentioned. as OF record in the
Clerks office OF the County Court OF
Marion county. West Virginia, in
Trust Deed Book No. SO, page 423. and
default having been made in the pay.
ment thereof, the undersigned as such
trustee will on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %. 1916,
beginning at two O'Clock p. III. sell at
public auction at the front door the
Court House. the following described
real estate. that is TO say:
Lot No. In Block No. 2 OF Plat &c"
OF the Monongahela Industrial Addi.
ton TO the City OF Fairmont, fronting
on East Park Avenue, so feet and ex.
tending back between parallel lines
1872 feet on one side and 154 feet ON
the other side to a ten foot alley
along the Google line where it fronts
As feet, together with the two story
frame dwelling house thereon situate.
Being the same property which was
conveyed by George Cordray and wife
TO the said l.. L. Wadsworth, by deed
dated May 10th. 1914. and recorded in
said office in Deed Book No. 1877 at
page 1853.
TERMS.
Cash IN hand on day OF sale.
Given under my hand this eth day
OF November. 1916.
NJ. W. OGDEN, Trustee.
11-g9-l2.6-l3.20.
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FOR RENT-7.toom house or Clay
street Apply Geo. Brand. McCrOry
Bldg, l2.l6.2t No. l7A2
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the ohio Cities Gas company,s No.
3 on the ]. ]. Skinner farm. The
first "a hours after 1t was complet.
ed and shot It produced So barrels.
There is quite good deal of new work
starting in the extreme northern end
Of the field.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 20.-The Pitts.
burgh share market was draggy at the
opening yesterday morning and con
tinued In that condition throughout
the session. Brokers had few orders
in either substantial or mining stocks
that could be executed The latter
half the market turned in spots and
declined.
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OFFICES TO RENT

FOR RENT-One outside well lighted
ulIice il Peoples National Bank
BuAaing. Inquire ~ Peoples National
Bank. l2.S'6t No. t7t7s
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AGENTS WANTED

CUT INCREASING COAL BILLS. Use
kOaIne. Danish cliDkers, cinders,
SCOT Sells On sight, Send 81 fofs
trial and prove it, Big profits to eoun.S
ty agents. "Koaliue," Bradley Beach,s
y. J. 12.lS.1t No l7A7
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO. Dec. 20.-After skyroc.
ket ascent of 7Mc yesterday. wheat
prices fell 7i4c and closed in a state
Of semi.collapse at range varying
wildly from &c under Yesterdays fin.
ish to sc net advance. with May at
&l.6A;a TO sl.G5iS and July at $l.3SE
to Sj.3S7
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HELP WANTEp-MALE

= - -, - HSr>sH<>s~l
WANTED-Men. steady employment
al inside work. AeImick Foundry
Machine Co. l2.7.tf No i7i6
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
ONE CENT WORD CASH WITH ORDER
HELP WhHTED-FEMALE

WANTED - Girls at the Fairmonel
Stogie Co Good wages, steady work
Must he over IL years old, Sairmone
Stogie Co l2-4.tf No. lfVAS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

Spring sale of curtains at Abbott's
| Fourdrawer thread cabinet 81, at
Knights.
! Mrs r. ID. Monkey. dressmaker, IL Aid
rich block, Mcdonnell system. adv.
! Mrs Elmer Maxtield and son and Mrs.
Clarence Maxfield Of Plaindeld were Wis
itors in the city to-day.
Miss Nina Bates OF Orange street is
visiting for few days at the home Of
Mrs. r. Il. Beard of Orange.
Granite workers at the plant OF Mari
& Gordon are engaged in getting out the
first consignment of building stone for
the new State House annex at the cap
ital. A superintendent from Holowell,
Me-, is in charge of the work and an aug
mented force of men is employed on the
contract, Stock from the Wetmore &
Morse quarries is being hauled to the
Mari & Gordon plant regularly and work
on the contract will not slacken until it
is completed.
Dan A. Perry has returned from Grot-
on, where he conducted an auction sale
yesterday afternoon for Beckley g.
Whitehill. One hundred and three head
of stock were sold; al COWS, to freshen
in the fall and early winter, sold from
$40 to $50 and averaged $1,000; 80 two
year-old heifers averaged Sal and sold
from 1913 to SAG each; 25 yearlngs aver
aged S26 each; pair of four. year old
steers sold for Sl55; one two year old
Ayrshire bull brought $3.50; one horse
sold for 500 and one for $40. This
afternoon Mr. Perry is in East Mont
pelier conducting an auction for Levi
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mrs John Walker went this morning
to Burlington, where she is making few
days visit with relatives.
Dorothy Phillips and Ben Wilson in a
three-reel feature, "A Bachelors Christ
mas also a comedy, at the Bijou to-
daY.-adv.
Notice to the members of Monitor: I'm
portant business to come before the reg
ular meeting May 8, so please attend.
Refreshments will be served.
The body of Mrs. Luke Paro was
brought from the state hospital at Wat
erbury last night. in Whitcomb's auto
ambulance and taken to the home of her
sister, Mrs LaPier. at East Barre. The
funeral will be held from st. Sylvester's
church Saturday morning at o o'clock.
Henry C. Whitaker of Chicago, ILL.,. edi-
tor and publisher of allied monumental
and cemetery publications, arrived in the
city last night for a visit at the home of
his father, DIR. F. B. Whitaker of Mer-
chant street, while passing several days
in the Barre granite belt on business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-04
TALK OF THE TOWN
See the new gloves at vaughan's.

See the new gloves at Naughans.
The following news note from the
Enosburg Falls correspondence in the
Burlington Free Press will be OF interest
locally: "Alr. and Mrs. Z. l.. Stanton an
nounce the marriage engagement of their
daughter. Miss Evelyn Arilla Stanton to
Stanley +. Marsh of Barre"
Harry w Morey of East Fairfield,
who was in the city yesterday to attend
a meeting of the executive committee OF
the Vermont Funeral Directors q En-
balmers' association. returned to his
home this morning. A. f. Hale of Brad
ford, secretary of the association, who
was here for the meeting, returned to
his home this afternoon.
Seventy couples were in attendance at
an enjoyable dancing party given in
Rowland hall last evening under the aus
pices of division No. of the ladies'
auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians. An orchestra Of local must
clans furnished concert before the dane
ing and at intermission dainty refresh
ments of punch and waters we're served
bv Misses Theresa Carroll and Gladys
Gropan. Financially, the outcome of the
affair was very successful and it is pos
sble that the dance may be repeated at
nm early date. The committee in charge
Of the party consisted of Mrs. S. Carroll.
Mrs. F.>C. Wetmore and Mrs. Henry
Brown.