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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
mo- NEW GASES REPoRTEp

So far as we can learn there have
been no more cases Of infantile par
alysis reported in Medina county dur
ing the past week, and therefore there
should be no further occasion for
alarm. Schools are opening through
out the county, which in itself may
be taken as a safe criterion. The
Medina county fair begins on the 18th,
and with both the infantile paralysis
and hog cholera scares subsidized, nc
one need fear attending this big an
nual event, or bringing their i've
stock exhibits.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
BIG WADSWORTH CLUB

The Ohio Motorist has published q
list Of club memberships Throughout
the state. The paid-up membership
OF the AWadsworth Automobile club Is
given as 231. The Medina County
Automobile and Coed Roads associa-
ton Of Medina, has d membership .of
10. There are, however, several
clubs in the state with memhershipa
lass than dedina's. Y NJ N \
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
REeoRDER,s AuGusT REPORT

Comparative report of the County
Recorders Office for August 1917 and
1916, respectively, is as follows:
1917beeds recorded, 44; mortgag-
es recorded, 30; leases recorded, 251;
mortgages cancelled, 70; leases can
celled, 4; fees, $447.68. ''e
l0l6 Deeds recorded, 66; mort
cages recorded, SS; leases recorded,
80: mortgages cancelled, 81; leases
|c1nc6Iled . . tees, 91oO.6e. Cain over
August, 1916, Cf S26TDO.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
SHEEP CLAIMS ALLOWED

The following claims were allowed
BY the County Commissioners, Nom
day, for sheep killed and injured BY
dogs: -s7
Medina township Mrs. ]. B. Crurlp
2 sheep badly bitten, SIS; 2 lamb
bitten, 81. r. @, Clark, 4 sheep killed.
SIS. NJ an IN 3
Sharon township John Nixon, /
sheep killed, S12. N N IN N
Liverpool t0wnehip JaceA Hr0vin \
sheep hlled, s2C: 2 laznbs, Torn. "a. N
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
EXTRA RACE At FAIR

The, inanag cement Of The Medina
County Fair association announce q
2:16 pace for Thursday, the last day
of the fair. This will be an addi-
tt;Oiisl race and Will take tie place u
the usual free attractions. This Is the
class In which Maggie WadgwoOd
PAGES and she will then meet tile
horges that defeated her At the Herea
fair on Wednesday III this ste To-
gether with several 6thsPAs N
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
SCHOOL NEWS

Spencer Board of Education met
Wednesday night and elected Mr.. L..
E. Hayes of Wakeman, O., as prin-
cipal Of their schools for the coming
year. Mr.. Hayes has been principal
at Brownhelm, Lorain county, the past
three years and comes to Spencer
strongly recommended. He is grad
.uate of Oberlin College and has taken
advanced work in Columbia univers-
ity. Mr.. Hayes succeeds Mr.. Wallace
Arnholt, who has been called to serve
in the S. s. army.
Mr.. Walter Arnholt, who was in
structor in science at Spencer the past
year, has resigned to accept position
as head Of the manual training de-
partment at Sandusky, under Supt.
w. s. Edmund. Mr.. Arnholt was
formerly a student Of Supt. Edmund
at Junction City.
The Spencer board also elected Miss
Dora Summer of Shelby to teach ir
the high school. Miss Summer is d
graduate Of Ohio State university
class Of 1917. Miss Lucina Shaw d
Savannah, O., was elected primary
teacher, to succeed Miss Dorothy
Brown, who resigned to accept a po.
sition in her home town, Massillon.
M -------- IN
Five districts opened their schools
Tuesday -Litchfeld, Liverpool, Bruins
wick, Sharon and Wadsworth. IN,
attendance ia all these schools shows
q good increase over 1915, especially
lin high schools. Brunswick viii havl
over 40 this year, Liverpool about th,
came number Sharon nearly fifty an,
the new high school III WadswOrtl
ltCwnship opened With 25s with NOR
Ito ~ heard froIK.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07

large number OF Medlna people
attended the Berea fair on Wednesday
and Thursday, more the former day,
On account Of the races, and because
Maggie Wedgwood, DR.. H. p, n. Rob
insor's .pacer, was to be in the lime
light BUT Maggie failed to make good,
coming IN fifth in the 2:16 pace. Doc
says Maggie was not well, having q
temperature 2 degrees above normal.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07
HUSBAND HELD FOR
MURDER or WIFE

| Daily papers of Tuesday carried a
1 dispatch from Tifin, O., to the effect
that Walter o. Bigham of Attica was
in jail there charged with the murder
of his wife, Mrs. Mary BigAam, in
their home, on August %.
| The Sentinel published an account
OF the death in its issue the following
day, and a further notice of the af-
fair last week, that the husband would
likely be legally charged with hav-
ing slain his wife.
The following paragraph is taken
from the Hub, an Attica paper, dated
Aug. 23, regarding the death Of Mrs.
Bigham:
"The dull thud following a fall, then
an outcry Of human voice, aroused
Walter Bigham at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning, and rushing down stairs, he
found his wife laying on the floor,
gasping for breath, with the hilt of a
knife protruding from her side. The
blade had been plunged into her heart.
He awoke her father, William Fulks,
OF Spencer, O., who had come to visit
In her home. Before physician ar
rived, she died in her fathers arms.
and without speaking"
Mary E. Fulks was born in Spencer.
Medina county, Ohio, November IL,
1891, and departed this life August %,
1917, aged rs years, 9 months and ii
days. She was married to Walter D.
Bigham, December rs, 1909. For three
years after marriage they lived with
his parents on the farm, when they
moved to Attica, where they had since
resided. When she was 18 months
old her mother died, and when 8 years
old until her marriage, she had the
loving care of a stepmother, Mrs.
Fulks. A child was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bigham May Is, 1915, but lived
only a few hours. Mrs. Bigham unit
ed with the Baptist church of Spencer,
under the ministry of Rev. E o.
Thompson, and when she came to At
tica transferred her letter to the
church there.
Funeral services and burial were in
Attica.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-09-07

The public schools open here NEXT
Monday morning. sss
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
SEEKS cRoEsUS' WEALTH.
Professor Butler Will Dig For Treasure
Buried In Sardis.

Peekskill, n. Y,-Croesus, king OF
Lydia and the w6sds first great fnaD-
cier, escorted committee of his sub
jects through his palace one afternoon
in February, II, and after the commit
tee had looked at CrOesus heaps OF
gold one Of the visitors, the first muck
raker evidently, said it was wicked that
any one should have so much wealth
and that something was going to hap
pen. 1t did. Half an hour later most
Of the big mountain overhanging Sar-
dis buried the city, and when the earth
quake was over Croesus' wealth was
buried below mining depth.
Professor Howard Butler Of the de-
partment of art and archaeology IN
Princeton university announced that be
was going over to Asia Minor very soon
to resurrect the buried treasure. In
1909 Professor Butler headed an expe-
dition to Sardis, and, though he found
only bronze statues, his excavations
were of great scientific worth. His de-
cision to return was made following
the receipt of a message at his home In
Croton Falls sent To- Consul George
Horton at Smyrna, which asserted that
Professor Buffers old excavations were
unframed notwithstanding war opera
tons.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09

The soil and atmosphere are so cold
and dry in Labrador that scarcely any
vegetation thrives at all. The larch is
species of pine tree which is found
In all northern countries, but its
growth is so stunted in Labrador that
a specimen found on the most southern
part Of that dreary land was but nine
inches in height and the trunk was but
three-eighths Of inch In diameter. A
careful examination Of the miniature
tree revealed its age to be at least thir-
ty-two years, for there were that num-
Der Of ring growths shown In its small
trunk. The very cold currents pouring
down from the north and the fact that
Labrador has less sunshine than Alas
ka, together with several inland eli
matte conditions, make the summer
seasons shorter and colder than are
those of Aaska.-Exchange.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
order 10 show Cause Why pistrtbu
tIOn should Not BE Made

In the Superior Court of the state of Wash
ington in and for Chelan County.
In Probate
In the Matter of the Estate of William
Crawford, Deceased.
Vernon L, Garner, administrator Of the
estate of William Crawford, deceased, hav-
ing filed in this court his petition setting
forth that said estate is now ready to be
closed and is ready for distribution Of the
residue thereof to the person entitled by
law thereto, and 1t appearing to the court
that said petition sets forth facts SUFFICIENT
to authorize the distribution OF the residue
of said estate.
1t is hereby ordered by the court that all
persons interested in the estate of the said
William Crawford. deceased, be and appear
before the said Superior Court Of the State
of Washington, in and for ChelAn County,
at the court room of said court, at the court
house in the City of Wenstchee, Chelan
county, Washington, on the list day OF
March A. u. 1917, at the hour of e:80 a. m.
of said day, then and there to show cause, II
any there be- why an order for distribution
should not be made of the residue OF said
estate among the heirs and persons in said
petition mentioned, according to law.
1t is further ordered that copy OF TINS
order be published once a week Tor four sue
cessive weeks, before the 2lst day OF March
A. u. 1917, in Beavenworth Echo, news
paper printed and published in said Chelan
county, and of general circulation therein
Done in open court this sth DAY OF tenru-
airy, A. D. 1917 ". j. MCCOY
fSeaI1 Court Commissioner
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
OUR SECRETARIES OF WAR.
Only Few of Them Had Any Practical
Military Experienes.

Military Experience,
The first secretary OF war OF the
United States was Henry Knox, who
was born in Boston July &c, 1850, of
Scotch Irish parentage. Knox was the
chief commander Of the artillery
throughout the Revolution and was
secretary of war both before and after
Washington assumed the presidency,
being one Of the few soldiers appointed
to that position.
His successor, Timothy Pickering,
had also seen active service, and
James McHenry, the third to hold the
post had been a surgeon In the Revo-
luton. Samuel Dexter, the next In line
was a lawyer, but Henry Dearborn,
Jefferson's secretary Of war. had had
much military experience. William
Eustis, appointed by Madison, was
physician and gave way to a military
man, John Armstrong. James Monroe
and William H. Crawford were law
yers, and since their time most presi-
dents have apparently considered
legal education the best qualification
for a head Of the war department.
Z. S. Grant, who held the war port
folio for a brief period In 1867, and
William T. Sherman. whose tenure of
office was equally short, were the only
distinguished military men to hold the
post within the last half century.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
FIFTH AVENUE THE JOYOUS.
Sparkle and Vivseity Of New York's
Famous Thorouphfars.

Perhaps the chief impression which
the metropolis makes is Of the vivacity
Of its life. 1t is the completest express
sion of our national joie de vivre. And
1t is pleasant to record that for the
most characteristic moment Of this
quality you would not cite Broadway
at night, but Fifth avenue by day. The
sparkle Of this famous street is per
haps largely due to the New York eli
mate.
Climates are never perfect but
among the worlds great cities the
American metropolis is singularly for
tunate. It is flooded with sunlight and
on its best days the air has q crisp and
tonic quality. BY tacit understanding
Ill dressed and sad people keep of
Fifth avenue. On a bright morning
there is no resisting the streets gay
lntoxication. The most expensive shops
in the world are close at hand, the best
restaurants near by. Brave men lounge
at the windows Of exclusive clubs, and
fair women cut coupons at fashionable
banks. Life seems indeed worth Nv
ing. The whole town is gay. Even
children and nursemaids in the park
seem more engagingly clean and limo
cent and spirited than elsewhere, as II
they, too, felt the call Of happiness.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
COUNTING HEADS.
The First Census Was Taken by Moses
In the Wilderness.

There is a record Of a census In China
as far back as the year 2042 B. @. and
Of one in japan In the last century be-
fore Christ. Under the constitution Of
Scion the citizens Of Athens were d.
vided and registered in four classes,
according TO the amount Of their tax
able property or income. The Roman
census was burdened with more stats
tics than any Of these. however. It had
Its origin under Servius Tullius, sixth
king Of Rome, and was an affair OF
much solemnity. Every citizen had TO
appear upon the Campus Martius and
declare upon oath his name and dwell
ing and the value Of his property under
the penalty Of having his goods conf1s-
Gated.
The most ancient statistical record of
a census is found in the Bible. The
census was taken by Moses in the will
derness, and, as shown by the first
chapter Of Numbers, the enumeration
must have been very simple. Take
ye, SAID this account, tine sum OF al
the congregations of the children of
Israel, after their families, by the
house Of their fathers, with the num-
Der of their names, every male by
their polls; from twenty years old and
upward, all that are able to go forth TO
war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall
number them by their armies" This
census was an affair that must have
been soon over, lasting no longer than
a day, being merely a counting Of the
heads Of the fighting men. The women
and children and cripples and the old
men were not included; neither were
the Levites numbered among them"
Those who did stand up to be num-
bered totaled 603,550
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
BUILDING A BOOK.
Cases Where the Ending Was Written
Before the Beginning.

Before the Beginning.
There has been more than one In
stance in the history of literature Of
book being written upside downfall
is, its end becoming its beginning or
its beginning becoming its end.
Probably the most outstanding In
stance Of the topsy turvydom is 1.-THE
Idylls OF the King" Tennyson's great
masterpiece. As every poetry lover
knows. this great series of poems ends
with The Passing Of Arthur" and
there can be no doubt that this is the
proper and inevitable close of the won
derful pageant Of the kings life. But
Tennyson wrote that closing passage
when he was youth Of twenty, and
it was not until, forty years later, the
whole series was finished and pub
lished In one book that the old poem
of his boyhood was found TO fit into its
place as naturally as the broken arm
or foot of q classical statue fits the
place from which 1t has been removed.
Thus the first became last.
A case Of double change is presented
by the novel David Harum." The
first part of that book to be written by
the author constitutes now chapters 10
to 24-that is, almost the last chapters
in the book. Then, when the author
had practically finished his book, he
found that two Of his main characters
were not introduced to the reader at
all until he was halfway through the
work. He therefore wrote last Of all
the two opening chapters for the ex-
press purpose Of introducing these two
essential personages TO the reader. This
is probably a record case Of topsy turvy
thorship.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
Notice 10 Creditors
M 900

In the Superior Court of the State of Wash
fngton in and for Chelan County.
In the matter OF the Estate Of Samuel G.
Warner, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters OF ad-
ministration on the estate OF Samuel q.
Warner, deceased, were granted to the IN
dersiEned on the Path day Of February, A.
n. 1917, by the said Superior court.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are required to present them, with the
necessary vouchers, to me at the law office
Of A n Corbin. Wenatchee, Chelan county,
Was hington. within one year after the date
Of this notice, towtt, one year from the 2nd
day of March, A. d. 1917.
Dated at Wenatehee Washington, this
9Th day OF February, A. D. 1917.
ALICE Z. WARNER.
Administrator.
First pub. Mch. 2 fifth pub. Mar. 30.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
Notice of Settlement of Final Account

NO. 7bO
In the Superior Court of the State Of Wash
inrton in and for the County of Chelan.
In Probate)
In the Matter of the Estate of William
Crawford, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Vernon L.
Garner, administrator of the estate of VIII
liam Crawford, deceased, has rendered and
presented for settlement, and filed in the
Superior court of Ohelan county, state OF
Washington, his final account as such ad-
ministrAtor, and that Wednesday, the list
day of March, A. d. 1917, at $50 O'Clock a. m.
of said day in the court room OF said Su-
perior Court at the Court House in the City
Of Wenatchee, in said County of Chelan and
state of Washington, has been duly ap-
pointed by said Superior Court for the hear
ing and settlement of said final account. at
which time and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and file their OBJ
jections in writing TO the said final account
and contest the same
Witness the Honorable William A. Grim
81 aw. Judge of the said Superior Court, and
the seal OF said conrt hereunto affixed this
Sth day OF February, A. ID. 1917. -
MARTIN j. SPENCER,
County CLERK and Ex-officio Clerk OF the SUI
perior Court Of Chelan County, state OF
Washington.
First pub. Feb. 10; fourth pub. Mch. Q.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09

It is worth while noting the clear
ness Of much Of New York's air, doing
Justice to the clean and simple nveh-
ness of much Of its enjoyment be-
cause its prominence as one Of the
worlds chief eenters Of dissipation and
pleasure seeking has done its reputa-
ton bad service with many people OF
virtue and good taste.-Harper's Mag
vine
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
Certificate

In the Superior Court of the state Of Wash
ington, for Chelan County.
I'm Probate)
In the matter of the Estate of William
Crawford, Deceased.
l, Martin P. Spencer, County CLERK, and
by virtue of the laws OF the State Of Wash
ington ex-off clio CLERK OF the superior Court
of the state of Washington, in and for SAID
County, do hereby certify that the annexed
and foregoing is true and correct copy OF
the order to Show Cause Why Distribution
should Not be Made in the above entitled
cause as the same now appears on hle ano
of record in my office.
In testimony whereof have hereunto sci
my hand and affixed the seal OF said Court
this Sth day of February, 1917.
MARTIN P. SPENCER. CLERK.
First pub. Feb. IS; fourth pub. Mch. 9
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
serinI No. 10000
Department of the Interior,
q. :. Land Office at Waterville, Wash
EnIr-IIar-N Il 10Y

Ilt pNTLTltuI OF NIIt IIIItI IVI
L : Land Office at Waterville, Wash
February II, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that George d.
Mahar OF Merritt, Washington, who, on
June 10th 1911. made homestead entry, Sc
rial No Ol02OO for Lot 2 and the s12 ne5s NV
u section 3, township 20 north, range Is
east, Willamette Meridian. has filed notice
az Intention to make Final five-year proof,
10 establish claim TO the land above de
scribed, before r S. Ludington, United
states Commissioner. at Wenhtchee, Wash
fngtop, on the 26th day OF March, 1917.
CIafmaut names as witnesses: Jack Muir
pby, Of Merritt, Washington; n. 3. Smith.
al Merritt, Washington. Frank Black, OF
Merritt Washington; AlonEo Black, Of
BFN SPEAR, Register.
First pub. Feb. aB fifth pub. Mar. -.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09

II want a slogan" said the manu-
facturer of phonograph records, some
thing that viii convey the idea that
our records never wear out"
The advertising man lit a fresh olga
rette and thought for eight seconds by
the clock.
How will this doY" be asked zone
Of our dance records will outlast the
best hardwood dancing floors ever
built. New York World
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
Cause of the Trouble.

Specialist - Your heart is acting
rather irregularly. Is there anything
worrying you? Patient-Not particu-
larry. Only just now when you put
your hand in your pocket thought for
a moment you were going to give me
your bill.-Puck.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
Milan lie Rernem hers.

Willie, don't you know that it is
wrong to fght?'
Eyes. ma. know its wrong but I
never think Of it that way unless the
fellow who tackles me is one I'm sure
I can't lick."-Detroit Free Press.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09

Seven garages, to cost $3.50, 600
have already been announced in Spo
kane for 1917.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09

He who is firm and resolute in win
moIds the world to himself.-Goethe.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-03-09
Must Have Been In the Dark Age.

How many years ago did he liver
"Who?"
1.-THE man who said that two could
live as cheaply as oneT'-Detroit Free
Press
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-01
MARKET REPORT.
FURNISHED by the Waxahadhie Cot
ton Exchange.)
Cotton-New York Fut Elres.
1otton-New circumstances.
Ess9sl

Yesd'y I Today
Closed Open Hight Low Closed
Mar 1913 16.35 16.5Y 1856 1856
May 1852 1880 1851 1917 1929
iJEly 1928 1920 1921 1908 1925
Oct 1854 15.4S 1851 f5.43 1851
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-01
At tlk Empire

The feature 5traction for the En-
pire theatre uday is a three act
drama by thq Broadway Star Fea-
ture players, starring Sunshine"
Mary AnderSbn, William Duncan and
George Holfin BILLY Smoke The
Falstaff cWaedy company IS present
ing FranE MeNish with q star cast
in sThe fYerworked overseer. The
other II III is a Kalem drama featur-
ing He6n Gibson III the Mogul Noun
tain u Mystery" Charlie Chaplin will
play I return engagement Of THE
Rinkf at the Empire Saturday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-01

the cellar where they break through
the dividing wall to the treasure
vault. And while Capital PARIS
men are guarding the vault on the
outside, the crafty Huroki hoves the
immense treasure througf the va
cant house and takes II away in
moving vans, along withSthe furni-
ture as blind.
The Dixie is also 81 bwing Bea-
trice Fairfax, Harry Fq and Grace
Darling in Pathe twq1reel feature,
THE Adventure Of fthe Jealous
Wife," and a Pathe cdhedy, "Luke's
Lost Lamb featuring Lonesome
Luke. Tomorrow III Fry B. Walthall
will play a Triangk feature, Pill
lars OF Society" ala Saturday Bes-
sic Barriscale viii appear in THE
Payment
j.