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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17

News of the striking of new
five hundred barrel oil well in this
county, has reached us. The new
well is very close to the famous
Standing Rock, the corner of Lee,
Wolfe and Powell counties, and
is the first big strike in that inn
mediate territory, and the largest
in all that section. 1t is located
on land of j. B. Whie, the wide.
Unknown Irvine lawyer, and was
brought in by Hearne & Watson.
Several other promising strikes
are reported, many of them Civ.
ing as high as $50 barrels a day,
while 200. barrel producer was
struck by j. 7. Hervey on Elijah
Baker, as reported in our Slade
letter this week. This is not far
from Ashley's, and in Pilot Dis.
trict. The oil filled this we'll 200
feet above the sand in a few
hours.
There were over 200 wells
drilled in Kentucky, in April,
less than thirty of which were
reported dry.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17
Farmers Meeting.

There will be farmers meet
ing at the city school building
Saturday, the 10 at 2 O'Clock p.
m. Matters of great Importance
to the farmers will he discussed
and plans worked upon to bring
about better conditions for the
farmers of Powell county. And
every one of them in the west
end of the county should be
there.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17
Getting Ready for Trial.

Dispositions were taken last
week in the famous OIL suit
in Estill Circuit Court by JohnJ.
Curtis heirs to recover a portion
of the rich Marcum lease near
Union Hall. 5. X. Curtis, of
this city, is one of the heirs. They
have a clear title to a portion of
this land, they claim, and it will
be heard for trial at the June
term of the Irvine court.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17
Strawberries Ripening

Ripe, home. grown strawber.
ries, are making their appearance
in the gardens of many of our
readers. The cool weather which
has prevailed since the blooming
of the berries, has kept them
from developing the usual tart
taste and for this reason il seems
they will be finer than usual.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17
Curtis--Branham.

AT the residence of Mrs. Tan
Curtis, mother of the bride, on
Snow Creek, Monday, May l4th
at 4 p. m, Miss Margaret Curtis
was married to Mr.. James Bran.
ham, of Thompson Station. El-
der w. A. Smethers ofiiciated.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17
Welcome News.

The weather man says we are
now TO have summer weather for
awhile. This will be welcome
news to farmer who has, in most
instances, all seasonable crops
fixed ready to grow.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17

The l.. a. N. has decided to
build depot at Irvine to cost
$40, 900. This is good news for
the patient people of Irvine who
have done without a depot other
than two box cars for more than
a year.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17
STANTON.
(By p. o. Derthick.)

+. II. Fuller made business
trip last week To Lexington.
Miss Betsy Profit of Lombard
was visiting in Stanton this past
week.
Dave Baker went to Slade Sat.
urday IN the interest of his eoah
mines.
Miss Luna Adams visited with
home folks at Zachariah, over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon left Sat.
urday for Fllson, on a visit to the
oil fields.
Emmett Gilbert. wife and baby,
visited over Sunday with friends
at Fllson.
Elijah Boyd and brother and
John Kinser, of South Fork, were
in town last week on business.
Walter Thacker and wife Wis.
tied the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ide Boone, over Fri lay night
Mrs. J. w. Williams aud Miss
Nancy Even were in Lexington
this past week on shopping trip
Mrs. Morgan Lyle has complete.
y recovered from her illness and
is about her work in home and
garden.
Mr.. Shusselberg of Jackson, a
loyal German, was in Stanton
last week buying timber stocs
for autos.
Tilford Abney and daugbtey
Patsy left Saturday for Campton
to visit his son Sherman Abney,
near that town.
Mrs j. w. Baker and daughter
Catherine, and Mia and Lille
Knox, were shopping in LexiDg.
ton the other Saturday.
DIR. j. K. Lemming was calle3
by telegram to WillismstowD,
Ky, osee his half brother who.
was reported as dying.
Charley Miller and Nick Hall.
who were both shot recently, are
doing well. Miller will soon be
able to be around again.
John Ashley has rented the H.
q. Owens farm of 154 acres, near
Winchester, for $500, cash, and
takes possession at once.
DR.. A. t. Knox, County Judge,
was in Frankfort last week to see
about having the increase in
Powell county taxes lowered.
Matt Strange, sou of Rev. John
Strange of Spruce Greek, and
Mintie Willoughby, daughter ot
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Willoughby,
were married here last week.
Edgar Arnett was recalled 20
Lexington Thursday to complete
Ills examination as an officer IN
raining camp. lie expects 10
cave for Fort Harrison, Ind,
Monday.
Mr.. ShackelfOrd of Winchester
topped of in Stanton last wees
IN his way to Fincaste. He So
thinking about putting up cot
age on his lot in the Patrick
Addition.
Misses Ida Paisley, Alice Hope,
Alice Childs, Julia Evans and
Prof. Johnson, spent Friday night
With Prof. and Mrs. Neal Ran.
'on, at Clay City, and enjoyed
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-05-17

Continued on page Sd
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

The Phoenix Republican says
Gov. Campbell has made an Of
fetal visit to the penitentiary to
investigate it's management.
The Governor should make trip
to Tucson and investigate the
Colodny Incident. Perhaps he
might find place to use the ak
to good advantage, and save the
good name of the state.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

An unscrupulous mining COM
pany in New Mexico is advertis-
ing in circular letters that asso-
ciated with them is A. w. Cole,
member of the Arizona Corpora
tion Commission, and Mr.. Cole
is out in an announcement that
he knows nothing about it, and
that if any person has purchased
stock on such false representa-
tions he wants to know it so he
can bring an action against the
company. We don't blame Cole
for being sore. 1t is bad enough
to be known as a member of the
Corporation Commission without
having his name connected with
some blue sky" mining com
pany that is trying to rope in
suckers with good money.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

The state university is asking
for an appropriation of S400, 900
from the legislature, but before
it is finally passed the legislature
should take a look into the mat
ter of the dismissal of Prof.
Colodny by the regents. If the
regents are firing" professor
for activity in cleaning out the
red light" district perhaps it
would be better to cut out the
appropriation altogether an d
close the university. Iflegalized
prostitution has its hands on the
throat of the university and can
compel the dismissal of instruc-
tors at will, the institution is a
disgrace to the state, and no
support should be given until a
new board of regents are in
control, and new president
elected. The Colodny incident
is live question, and the univer-
sity will be irreparably damaged
unless this matter is sifted to the
bottom.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

Mr.. Flake, of this county has
introduced bill in the House
providing for the creation of ju-
dicial districts of two or more
counties on referendum vote,
and the bill ought to pass so that
small counties can have some
measure of relief from the bur-
den of maintaining a superior
Judge, when one judge could at
tend to all the court work in sew
eral counties if put in one district.
This state could easily be divid-
ed in to eight judicial districts,
thus reducing the number of
superior judges nearly one half,
and not in the least affect the
efficiency of the court proceed
ings, and at the same time re-
duce the expense of maintaining
the court nearly $4,000 a year.
If the legislature is honestly af-
ter economy in state affairs let
them lop off all needless expense
where it can be done without de-
stroying efficiency.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

The lower house adjourned in
honor of ground hog" day, but
refused to adjourn in honor OF
Lincoln's birthday last Monday.
The members decided there was
too much work to do to take an
adjournment at that time espe-
cially when it was not a state
holiday, and Admission Day, "
a state holiday, came two days
later. There is the satisfaction
of knowing Lincoln will be re-
membered long after all the
members of the house are for
gotten.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

Judge Stafford, who is trying
the Hunt-Campbell contest, gets
peeved because the newspapers
of Phoenix do not report the
court proceedings to his liking.
Why should he care, or pay any
attention to the reports publish
ed in newspapers if he is honest
ly doing his duty? Of course if
he is playing for public applause
that is different matter.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

Immediately following the
election the democratic press of
the state were bowling them
selves hoarse that gross frauds
had been committed in the elec-
ton, which accounted for the
defeat of Mr.. Hunt on the face
of the returns; and claimed a
recount would show Mr.. Hunt
had a big majority. Now with
the recount in progress, and
Hunt gains are so negligible,
coming almost entirely from
rulings of the court on ballots
that the election boards had
honestly rejected, thesdemocratic
press is changing it's tune, claim
ing there was no wholesale
fraud,
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

The supreme court handed
down an opinion last week, in
the case of Frank L. Hunt VS..
Mohave county, declaring un-
constitutional the law classifying
counties for the setting of salar-
les of county officers. The court
holds that the 1912 enactment OF
the legislature was special and
local legislation. This was q
case where Hunt, who was as
SCISSOR of Mohave county, brought
a suit to collect his salary under
the provisions of the 1901 law,
and the court upheld his conten-
ton. Under this ruling of the
court some of the county officers
are entitled to more salary, and
some are entitled to less, and it
is a fair bet that all who are en-
titled to more will make a
demand for it, while those en-
titled to less will make no refund.
In other words the county will
get it coming and going.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

The legislature of New Mex
leo is considering the question OF
repeating the law creating a state
militia, on the theory that it is
an unnecessary expense with nc
corresponding benefits. This
was forcibly impressed on them
when the adjutant general of the
state asked for an appropriation
of $33, 900 to maintain the expense
of the guards for the coming
year. There are four branches
of government-eXecutive, judi.
cial, legislative and decora-
tive. The state militia comes
under the latter head, and about
the only people interested in il
are the tin-soldier officers, who
have the chance to cover them,
selves with brass buttons and
gold tinsel on all occasions OF
dress parade.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

A bill has been introduced
in the legislature providing for a
company o. state rangers, who
in addition to the regular duties
of such an organization, will be
empowered to assist in the en-
forcement of the prohibition law.
1t is estim ated the cost to the
state will amount to about $40, :
600 year. If the state would
follow the lead of New Mexico
and wipe out the state militia,
the money saved might be ex-
pended as an experiment on the
company of rangers.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

There is evidently something
rotten in the management of the
University of Arizona, when the
regents, with the connivance Of
Kleinsmid, can dismiss an in
structor because his wife led a
successful crusade against the
red light" district in Tucson,
the seat of the university. And
then get away with it without
any investigation from the gov
ernor's office or by the legis]a-
ture. Is it possible that the
gamblers, pimps and prostitutes
operating in the state have more
political power than the decent,
law-abiding element?
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

The national association Of
tailors have decided that man
should have fifteen suits Of
clothes to be a real fellow. We
are just short fourteen coats,
fifteen vests, and thirteen pairs
of trousers, not counting the
overalls. And still our church
women are shipping clothes
away to the heathen!
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16
Friday, February 16, 1917.

Senator Chamberlain of Oregon
has introduced a compulsory
military training bill in the
senate, which if it becomes a
law will require every young man
to take six months training in
the regular army during the year
he becomes nineteen years old.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

Why not patronize the Win
slow Laundry? We have the most
up-to- date plant in the state, and
it is a credit to any city. We
are doing high grade work. We
are home people; we employ
fourteen people, and the money
paid to them is spent right here
in town. All we ask is a trial
bundle.
F. D. HOWE, Lessee.
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16

If the president of the state
university was named Rufus B.
Kleinsmid in Indiana, where is
the court record to show he was
permitted to write his name as
R. B. Won KleinSmid when he
landed in Arizona?
The Winslow mail., 1917-02-16


their last meeting passed a reso-
luton ordering a bond election
for $125, 900 to construct roads
in Navajo county. 1t is unfor-
tunate the board should have
called the election at this time as
the bonds are sure to be defeated,
and the couple of thousands of
dollars expended in holding the
election is money wasted. Over
a year ago now a bond issue of
S63, 600 was voted for the con-
struction of nine bridges, and the
bond proposition provided a GER
tain sum to be expended on each
bridge which was not to be ex-
ceeded, and any left over on any
bridge was to revert to the
treasury. When the bids were
let one contractor was awarded
the contracts on six bridges for
a lump sum exceeding several
thousand dollars the amount vot-
ed for those bridges, and the
WinsloW bridge that called for
S28, 900 was let for $23, 600. and
the contract for two Of the
bridges was never let because
the bond issue was exhausted.
lhe St. Joe bridge across the
Little Colorado is nearly COM
oleted, and there is no indication
when the work will be commenc-
ed on the construction of the
WinsloW bridge, the one bridge
of the whole lot that was urgent
| ly needed. This whole bridge
| deal was a rotten, crooked mess,
| the inside facts of which will
probably never be known, but
)ne thing is certain there was
plenty of loose money floating
around at the time the contracts
were let. One contractor who
had bids in on the work admit
ted he had $4,000 to distribute
where it would do the.most good.
The bridge bonds carried by the
unanimous vote of Winslow, our
citizens believing the supervisors
would deal honestly and fairly
with the city in getting a bridge
across the river east of town
with all reasonable dispatch, and
make plans and specifications for
as substantial a structure as
could be built for the $28, 900 Of
the bond issue and the SIS, 900
to be given by the government
to aid the project. Instead they
were handed a lemon both in the
funds to be expended on the
bridge, and the unnecessary
delay in it's construction. With
these matters still fresh in the
minds of our citizens it is hardly
to be expected they will grow
very enthusiastic in voting $685.
1000 to build roads when there is
no assurance whatever that the
of Winslow will be
taken care of when the money is
expended. The new board of
supervisors may, and probably
do intend to deal fairly by this
city in the distribution of the
funds in the event that the bonds
carry, but the experience of Win
IsloW in the past will make her
hesitate some time before adding
additional tax burdens with no
accruing benefits. According to
the new county engineer, j. H.
Frost, about $4,000 has been
raised by taxes during the past
| two years for the road funds of
this county. and one-half of this
sum has been contributed by
Winslow, and what has she got
to show for it? We doubt very
much if $4,000 has been spent in
the west half of the county dur
ing that time, and the few miles of
road in this section are about the
worst to be found in the county.
With ANYTHING like a decent eOui-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20
Are RESCUED BY
U. DESTROYERS
Eighty Survivors OF British
Ships Picked Up By
Americans

The Base of the American FIotilIa
In British Waters, June 20.-Two
American destroyers have returned
here with eighty survivors OF two
torpedoed British ships. The ships
were sunk at the farthest point west
ward in the Atlantic. The U-boats
have appeared since the ruthless
submarine campaign began. the de-
stroyers coming to their aid in answer
to 8. o. s.. calls.
When the American warships arr
rived on the scene they found the
ships were gone and for many hours
they groped about in the dark in
search of them. Thirty-one OF the
crew Of the first boat were later found
and forty-nine of the second boat.
Admiral Sims and other naval offi-
GERS met the destroyers on their re-
turn and complimented the comman-
ders on their work.
Although there are no war time
restrictions on the sale Of liquor in
the ports here the saloons are not the
rendezvous OF either the Americans
or Britishers. One OF the diversions
OF the Americans is initiating their
colleagues into the mysteries OF the
American national game. Of baseball.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20
COMPLAINS OF
CONDITIONS
AT NEWPORT
Secretary Daniels Appeals
to Governor to Close
Resorts
WAS
DENIED BY MAYOR
Duty of Government to Give
The Men Decent Sur
roundings
(Rn AssocIated Press.l

Washington, June 20.-Sensational
charges that recruits at the Newport
naval training station are exposed to
open gambling houses, immoral houses
and illegal sales OF liquor were made
by Secretary Daniels today in an
nouncing that he had appealed to
Governor Beckman.
In response to the complaint several
days ago, the mayor Of Newport made
a general denial and said there was
no unusual degree OF immortality
there. The naval department there
upon made q second investigation and
as a result Secretary Daniels renewed
his complaint to the governor.
"At Newport and other places are
gathered several thousands of the fin
est youths OF the land who have Of
time when this sacrifice is no figure OF
speech, said Mr. Daniels. Most Of
them have come from carefully guard
ed homes and their parents have given
them to their country in sacred trust
that the government will safeguard
them from unnecessary perils.
II am charged with the duty Of
training these young men for service.
State and local officers are charged
Win Ine DUTY OF seeing tnaC Ine laws
OF nation and city are executed.
Those dangers are bad enough in
ordinary times; in time of war when
great bodies Of men are necessarily
gathered away from the restraints of
home and under the stress OF emo
tions whose actions tend to dislodge
normal conditions, they are increased.
If we fail in vigilance under these
conditions the mothers and fathers of
these lads and the country generally,
will rightly hold us responsible.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20
RED CROSS FUND
TAKES BIG JUMP
More Than $35,OOO,OOO Has
Been Subscribed in
Two Days
(Ry Associated Presa.N

Washington, June 20.-Incomplete
reports to American Red Cross head
quarters here last night showed more
than $35, 100000 subscribed during the
first two days of the weeks campaign
to raise $100,000,000 for war relief.
Several great individual donations
helped to swell the total, but the Red
Cross war council expects later re-
ports to include a great multitude Of
smaller donations by people OF mod
crate means whose subscriptions went
far toward, the eleventh over
subscription of the Liberty loan.
Last nights total did not include
the contributions of many small city
or town contributions, particularly in
the west, where 1t is said local COM
mittees plan to withhold their totals
until late in the week in hope of
avoiding q too optimistic spirit. New
York city's total was nearing the $780,
100000 mark with $1,000,000 contribu-
tions from J. p. Morgan and G. F..
Baker.
A single pledge of 100000 has
been given the war council tentatively
for use in fighting tuberculosis in
France. The name of the contributor
was not made public.
A feature OF the reports was the
generous subscriptions from Cincin-
natl, Milwaukee, Buffalo and other
cities having large German popula-
tions.
United States senators and other
public officials appealed to citizens of
their home states to open their pocket
books for the Red Cross fund. Cardi-
nal Gibbons gave his endorsement to
the movement in a letter to Henry p.
Davidson.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20

session Of the twenty seventh annual
convention of the North Dakota Sun
day School association, this morning.
Speaking on cooperation he refer
red to the organization Of the ma
tional patriotic service and told Of the
relief work it has been called to do
during the period OF the war by Presi-
dent Wilson. The first purpose is to
arrange for Bible class work in the
camps and amongN the soldiers i'm CO.
operation with the Y. M. @. A.
The organization will also keep the
local churches and Sunday schools in
formed as to the life and activities of
their own boys who have gone into
the camps by stimulating correspond
ence with those who have been. called
into the service of the country.
A program will be arranged for war
relief service and the principal activi-
ties win be the preparation Of sup
plies by the pupils of all ages in the
Sunday schools throughout America.
This is absolutely essential as the
country is not awake to the fact that
the country is now at war. it was the
belief.
viii Not Wake Up.
"This country will not wake up"
said Mr.. Alexander, until IL gets
the report from the first 100000 of our
men who are sent to the front If this
proves like. the first 100000 sent from
England to Flanders. of whom but five
were alive and uninJured two weeks
ago, the realization will come. Or, IL
the percentage is as high as It was
with the first 100. 600 sent from Cam
ada-only six per cent Of the men alive
and well. the country will wake up to
the fact that we are at war"
Mr.. Alexander urged that plans be
begun at once for the observation Of
Patriotic Day. Sunday, July !. in all
of the Sunday schools of North Da-
kota. Make II an intense patriotic
Sunday by cooperating for this Is
the opportunity of the Sunday schools
Of North America to put themselves
on the map for all time. The fund
raised on Patriotic Sunday by the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20

me to many underground dives.
may say now that it was my hunt for
Ruth Crugers body which forced me
to the conclusion which I had been
forming slowly in my two years Of
Investigations of this kind that this
tragedy was the direct result Of the
white slave traffic in New York.
''As soon as Cocchi was arrested in
Italy the entire case snapped into
place in my mind and was compare
lively simple, although 1t did take
some time to work IL ouA.
His statement that he had heard
she had been kidnapped and taken to
Europe was perfectly clear evidence
that she had not disappeared volun-
tarily, that she was a victim and that
his having heard" meant he had con-
federares in his work. Then my
hunch became absolute convictfon
that Ruth Cruger had been killed and
her body disposed of. Naturally there
was only one conclusion, that her
body had been made away with
somewhere around Cocchi place.
Then followed the search for the
body made doubly difficult by the red
tape and official interference"
That Mrs. Humiston's investigation
into the disappearance of Ruth Cruger
disclosed to her the disappearance Of
twenty-five other girls. still missing:
has been made known by members of
the group that financed her search for
Miss Cruger. This has resulted in
the annnuncenneuso Of 1rs. ilEoistonss
decision to give up her practice and
devote her career to stamping out the
white SLAYER Behind her are many
women of wealth and social position
who have pledged themselves to back
her with their money and influence.