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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
Hidden Fortune Has lured Men
to Toll for Half Century
on Iowa Farm.
TRAGEDY WOVEN IN ROMANCE
Murder of Man 46 Years Ago Brings
Strange Characters Into a
Court-Mystery Vet
to Be Solved.

bedford, lathe mystery of II hid
den treasure, a mystery that has puZ-
zied the people of southwestern Iowa
for half a century, has been brought
nearer solution by an investigation
which has shown how ii little group
of picturesque characters of that SEC
fion Of the state toiled for years in
quest of riches buried, according TO
tradition, on the klondike farm.
Lying n miles southwest of Bed
FORD. Ia. is the Iiuntsman farm. and
adjoining it is the Anderson home
stead. Iitted with holes and Scared
with many excavations, the farms
pruVe the urduous toll of men driven
iy dreams of gold. First it was Dr.
=. Il. IIuntsman ana his brother,
Bates, who searched for the treasure.
No" IL is Bates and his two SON
and their families.
Searching for the Treasure.
Samuel Anderson moved To Iowa in
the early seventies. Soon after he 10
.Hjed on the farm Anderson received
p cull FROM the lluntsIuauS, who told
liiili liitil lltit Wis II lHi 81 Sbll buIitfI
nu the place and thnt they wanted To
dig for It. Anderson Vas asked t.
aid ia the work. For nearly II quarter
century the three dug, pluwed and eN-
CaYated.
one day II years ago the searchers
uncovered three stakes set in u direct
iinc pointing to Il spring. Anderson,
Inspired by the vision of his share of
the fortune, dug ou feverishly. lie
sirSt came onto some white sand that
ir knew was not common to that part
al the country. Anderson then uncov-
cred a big rock. under which was a
metal box. one of the lluntsuans
told Anderson that he could go, prom
,sins him his share OF the fortune
when the money was counted. lie
sever saw the DON again nor learned
uf its contents.
Soon after the discovery of the
metal box the elder lluntsman died
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
New YORK Judge Gives Indignant
Fashion Victim No Sat
isfaction.

Ses York.-If you don't retnove
yoar straw hat when fashion dictates
q new style. anybody may knock it Of
The decision of Magistrate Sweetser
H. mems night court in the case Of
Moses Gardner. 81 Chrystie street
seainst Ely Miller. seventeen years
oIa. 81 100 Henry street. is cited a.
authority.
Il was sitting in Seward park when
. gang came up. laughing AT my hat.
explained Gardner. a city employee
The tefandant took If from my head
and tore it,
The magistrate asked; Was it a
new lot or a repeaterT
"w9at has that to do with liz" de
manded Gardner Indignantly. 1T was
nv personal property
Said the magistrate Well you
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
PERSHING GIVES TO FRANCE
eral and Staff to Red Cross
for Orphans.

Washington. - General Pershing's
final days in France contained an incl
dent which is disclosed in "A report
just reaching national headquarters OF
the American Red Cross from Paris.
II was II gift of 9f,625.40 francs.
more than $4,000 from General PERISH
ing and the officers of hla staff to the
Red Cross.
Several weeks ago, ii now is re-
vealed, II chaplain attached to General
Iershing's headquarters visited Amer
lean Red Cross headquarters in Paris.
asking 10 be shown the various phases
of the work being carried on.
The check. hearing ~Pershing's sigma
turc. was the result. reaching the Red
Cross the day the general babe fare
well Ia France.
\. letter accompanying the donation
~stipulateS that the money be placed in
the ''Stars and Stripes" war orphan
fund. which. assisted by the Red
has adopted" thousands OF
French children whose fathers were
killed in battle, insuring for them sup
port and the means of educating them
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
$500 for Berries.

Newburg. Ore.-William Kincaid.
buyer of dried berries at Springbrook
says the banner load of dried rasp-
berries for Oregon was that Of W. T.
West and son. which was delivered a
few days ago. The weight of the
load was a little above $500 pounds
and tine check drawn in payment for
the same called for s2.3O2.J0. The
berries were picked from bushes grown
as filters in a young prune orchard Of
II acres. and aside from the berries
dried. West and son sold to the car
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
SEARCH LONG FOR
BURIED TREASURE

suddenly. Samuel Anderson, weary
ing of long waiting for his share of
the treasure he believed he had uncov-
cred. filed a suit against Bates Hunts
man. asking pay for his years of toll.
SO peculiar was his story that state
officials became interested. An inves-
tigation followed. and other persons
acquainted with some of the circum-
stances of the affair were found. One
of these "a Maria Collins Porter of
Quitman, Mo-. who spent her girlhood
in the vicinity.
The woman's story seemed TO throw
clear light on the source of the treas
ure the Huntsmans had sought SD
long. The story, too, seemed To link
the treasure with the hoard found in
the cabin of old DR.. A. NJ. Golliday of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
AUSTRIA FORCED WAR

that Italy and ltoumania could be
compensated afterwnrd for not hav.
ing been consulted beforehand"
Count Stephen Tisza, then Hungar-
ian premier. opposed the war, demand.
ing that diplomatic action be taken
first and then that an ultimatum of an
acceptable nature he sent. Only in
case both failed would he have resort.
ed to arms.
Count Won Berchtold %thereupon said /:
Now. is the right moment because
Germany is ready to assist
Count Tisza again warned against
the danger Of a general European war
as "A result of steps which were con.
templated. whereupon Count Won
Berchtold said The opportunity is so
favorable that immediate action is
necessary"
Finally a resolution was adopted
that such far-reaching demands be
made of Serbia that she could not full
I'LL them and thus a way would be
opened to a resort to arms.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
Doc in FondIino Farewell.

London.-Following the funeral Of
the late Harold Bannisfer. outfitter,
Leyland. the dead mans favorite dog,
went into the church and sat by the
bier.
While the service was read the dog
shifted occasionally at the coffin and
when the body was lowered into the
grave it put its paws ON the edge and
looked down as if taking a farewell
view of its master.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17

An inventor has invented a compact
telephone table which a be folded to
even smaller dimensions for moving
from room t. room.
BY adding about II per cent of
chromium to mild carbon steel an Eng
fish inventor has brought out a metal
for tableware that is said to be rust
and tarnish proof.
OF English invention is a machine
for harvesting fax that in passing ovo-
a field seizes the grain In lunches. digs
its roots out of the soil and conveys
it to one side by and endless belt.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
Minutes of Mutiny Of Privy Coua.
Gil Reveal Secret.
Count Won Berchtoid Solely Respon.
sible for Outbreak OF
Hostilities.

Nienua.-There were made public
from the archives of the former Aus
trO-iIungarian government minutes Of
the meeting of the privy council on
July .. 1914. at which it was virtually
decided io begin war on Serbia.
According to this publication the
ministry of Austria Hungary. especial
~ Count Leopold - Berchtold.
foreign minister. u solely RESPONSE
bile for the outbreak of hustilitics.
The minutes show the meeting to
have been opened by Count o Berch-
told. who pleaded for an immediate
resort to arms against Serbia. gtating
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17

Uruguay has joined the list of ma
tons which recognize 24-hour time
officially.
st. Peters. Rome. was three and
a half centuries in construction and
during this time AZ popes reigned.
Harvesting a fly TO a tiny wagon.
an English scientist found II could
draw 170 times its w weight over
smooth surfaces.
The shrub from which the French
manufacture the perfume known as
cassie has been found growing album
dainty in TIE philippines.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17

An automobile horn and headlight
have been combined by an inventor.
the sound being produced back of the
reflector and issuing around II.
The average length Of life is great
er In Norway than in any other
country. This Is attributed to the fact
that the temperature is cool and uni
form throughout the rear.
Eleven hospitals in Philadelphia now
have women as head pharmacists, and
In other cities. also. women are rapidly
taking the places Of men as phsrma-
cists II the hospitals
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
Time TanqIe Saves Fine.

New Philadelphia. O.-The extra
hours Of daylight weren't legal any.
how. so Judge j. III. Mitchell decided
recently in common pleas court when
he reversed the decision of Mayor vii.
liam Kuenzel. who had fined G. C.
Stoller. ex-saloonkeeper. $50 and costs
for keeping his saloon open past ten
O'Clock daylight time. StOller kept
central time. which the court held is
the only legal time in Ohio.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
RULES STRAW HAT FAIR GAME

can get q new one II IL was - re-
peater."
The complainant Objected. u am a
city employee. can't afford a new
hat. Besides. that isn't the point.
That Isn't justice"
The court remarked: STRAW hats
have been called in. You're late. my
way. step down"
He discharged Miller.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
PosTscRIPTs

If has been estimated that 100000
q rubber stamps are in use in the
United States.
The science of hell casting has been
.nracticed in one English foundry for
nearly $50 years.
A new baby" airplane of Swedish
make weighs only 200 pounds. and has
a speed of 50 miles an hour
A signal will pass over the Atlantic
sable ZOO miles. in three-tenths OF
Q ss-cop't-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
Maybe the Next Batch
OF Pets Will Be SkunkS

Portchrster. - VT will not
lee possible Ia keep goats in ten
rment houses hereafter " the
irnrd Of health has its way.
After pigs were barred from
dwellings during the influenza
cpidrtnir last fall. families
adopted goats rs pets. Accord
ing To- Sanitary Inspector Bitz.
the animals are kept on second.
third and even fourth floors. He
suggests that they Doe licensed.
tie same as dogs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17
Farmer Gets 5000 Pearl.

Vinccnncs. Ind.-Whilc digging mus
,eiS IN the Wabash river recently
Martin Straw. a farmer. found a pearl
which he Sold to a MI. Carmel, ILL.,.
iewrler Tor 5000. Mr.. Straw had only
dog one round Of shells wen he
started cooking them and made the
tad.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-17

5000. making n total Of more than
$500 received from the crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
BACK..F|RES
 r ROM AUTO-ROW
By LEWIS RAEMON

Milton E. Simms, manager of the Simms Tire and Accessory company who recently took over the distribu- ton of the well known line of Mono gram oils and greases for Jefferson county is very enthusiastic over the way the sales of this product are total- Ing up. MT. Simms recently instituted D new service for owners, he offers to drain and wash out the crank cases of cars with kerosene and refill them with Monogram the service being free except for the oil used in fefilling. MT. Simms states that many owners are availing themselves of this new offer The motorists of this city are quick to show their partiality to well known line of merit as is shown by the rapid distribution of the Monogram line says MT. Simms, and he predicts that it will not be great length of time until the use of Monogram will be almost uni- versal with car owners.
 MT. c. C. Macleod local representa- tive for the U. and J. carburetor com pany is leaving the city within the next few days for the purpose of visiting the U. and J. headquarters for the purpose of securing more territory for distribution from this office. At present the local sales force can only work Alabama and Georgia and they are so well pleased with the hold that the U. and J. carburetor has taken on car owners that MT. Macleod is making every effort to secure more territory TOT the distribution of this carburetor which is so easily install ed and adjusted as the U. and J. na- turally gains popularity very quickly, explains Mr.. Macleod.
 MT. Whitman of the Whitman Taxo- cab company announces that the com pany is making an addition of sedans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
HOUSEKEEpERS OF
 ITALY IN TROUBLE
Seven Hours of Each Day Must Be Spent in Buying
 FOor For Family

Rome, July 8.-(Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-Seven hours of each day of the Italian housekeeper must be devoted to buying food. The problems of the ordinary American housekeeper pale into lnsignificance even with their troublesome servants when compared to the Italian. Domestic servants strikes in Italy are chronic.
 The recert upheaval in Italian econom- ics when the government ordered prices of foodstuffs and clothing re iuced 50 per cent has begun it's reaction and the fac tor affected most is the housekeeper. She must start to market at z o'clock in the morning and is forced to hurry from enc store to another. To obtain a piece of meat usually takes tive hours. To obtain bread about an hour, eggs two hours. vegetables one hour and a half, and canned goods about an hour.
 The tous ekeepers' day starts by placing herself at the back of iopg line of waiting customers. The lIne sometimes extends for a half block guarded by armed carabineers. When the buyer is permitted to enter the store she finds inside scramble for all sorts of com modities. Guards are stationed there to prevent any mischief. If she obtains what she wants she is lucky.
 She treads over the streets a whole morning searching for the things for lunch and then, in the afternoon must start on the hunt again for food If she is looking for butter she is usually dis appointed for there is little to be had. She may obtain meat, but is usually thankful to go away with a can of Amer ican bully beef"
 It often happens that her family must miss z. meal, but that is usually over looked. It is too evident on every hand.
 Housekeepers sometimes watch car of produce unloaded at the railroad sta- ton and follow the motor trucks to the store where the produce will be sold When a carload of eggs arrived the other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

twenty-five. These meals consisted of soup, meat, vegetables. cheese, bread
 ana co1tee. At any sman cafe cup of coffee costs 60 centimes two cents). meat dish 60 centimes, vegetables 20-3O centimes, cheese 20 centimes. Today the midinette has to pay three francs fifty or four francs Tor a much poorer meal. The same difficulty confronts her if she cooks for herself in 8 furnished room. The French buy their bread by the yard and eat it picturesquely by The foot. Before the war meter of bread. white and crisp. would have cost some thing like twenty-five centimes Now the same amount of poorer quality costs about three times as much. Cheese and milk are unprocurable except for the sick and nursing mothers. Cheese is both
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

to their taxicab service. Mr. Whit man states that the dignified and dis tinctive appearance and the comfort gained from the use of sedans will be feature that will be welcomed by his patrons. He states that he is stand ardizing on Nash cars and in short time he expects to use nothing but a string of the very latest model cars in his service. Whitman service has always been commended by the public and with the addition of this new equipment our pattons are assured of even more than they expect says MT. Whitman.
 The Consolidated Motor company despite the fact of their recent success full sale of used cars still have some splendid used car bargains on hand according to MT. l.. A. Nece sales manager. The Consolidated Motor company always transacts a volume of business and since the closing of their sale they have taken in some good cars which have been put into the best of mechanical condition. Mr. Niece says that if there is some one who is not satisfied with the car that they are now driving or if they want a good car Tor any purpose they had better come around real soon for there are some exceptional bargains on hand that will be treat for some one.
 MT. Ramsey, manager of Ramsey and company, service station and repair shop which began operation a compara- lively short time ago is pleased with the way his work is being received. MT Ramsey is a skilled automobile mechanic and his work is his hobby. Being intensely interested with every case left to him and personally super vising all work done in his shop he as- sures all of the very best obtainaple in automobile repairing MT. Ramsey states that he rigidly tests each car throughout before passing it back to the owner and this careful practice makes all patrons true friends of the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

day women clung to the trucks carrying the eggs to stores while others ran alongside. At the stores the clerks stood in doorways and handed out the eggs three only to a customer. Some custom CTS reached over others heads with their hats while others pushed aside the weaker ones.
 Servants take their rest days by telling the housekeeper they are going for a day or two. They come back when it suits them. The days of those perfect Italian servants" as American used to call them have passed away and housekeeper is lucky to have a servant at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
BRITISH FEAR FOR
 EXPORT TRADE

London, July 15.-Steadily increas- ing production costs, due to increase labor and higher prices for raw ma terials, have developed the fear in Eng land that British export trade is to suffer a severe jolt, if not serious in- jury. Comparisons are constantly being made with foreign costs, but it is noted that most men fear American competition more than any other.
 Sir Auckland Geddes, discussing in the House of Commons the effects of increased coal prices. compared British
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

iron and steel prices with those pre- vailing in the United States.
 steel rails in England, he said cost $S5 a ton while in the United States they were $50, and steel plates for shipbuilding sS750, and in the United States s70. Crown bars were s110 a ton as compared with the American price of $5750 The spread in pig iron, he pointed out was s10 ton, the British cost being $40 to the American s30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Costly Lying in Paris

NJ. K. Wfsehart, in Leslies
 And the midinettes were on strike be- cause of la vie chere. Before the war they could buy all over Paris, especially in the restaurants favored by the mid inettes, a five-eourse meal for one franc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

One of the richest iron ore deposits in the world is in the Rajara hills, India
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

luxury and a necessity for the French
 It has gone up from 10 centimes for a little suisse to B centimes. Chocolate, which the milinette ate as a bread cov- ering at Il o'clock in the morning, costs several times as much, or can't be had at all Eggs are beyond the purse of the poor. Butter cannot be had as a gen. eral rule; and meat cannot be afforded. Two small outlets cost francs or more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
She Filled the Bill

She Filled the Bill From the Edinburgh Scotsman. Gaiboy: "Why did you leave your last placer"
 Comedy Applicant; T was caught kiss ing my employer, sir" Gaiboy: "Er--um-you can start tornor- row morning."
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-04
VERNON CLUB TRIMS
 CHICAGO CUBS, Al

LOS ANGELES. April 3.-The Chi cago National league baseball team was defeated here today by the Yer non team of the Pacific Coast league, 4 to 1. The 200 fans who witnessed the game considered the victory all easy one for the Tigers, whose field ing was perfect and who took kindly to the delivery of Weaver, while the visitors could not bat either Dell or FrOmme.
 The score: R. H. E. Chicago ' Z Vernon .
 Batteries: Weaver, Hendricks and Daly; Dell, Fromme and De Vormer, Cooke.
 The Cubs will play the Los Angeles team tomorrow for the benefit of the home service campaign fund for the Salvation Army The first ball will be pitched by William G. McAdoO.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-04
GEN. RLANouET IN MEXICO

NEW YORK, April 9.-General Are liano Banquet, Mexican minister of war during the administration of Pres ident Victoriano Huerta ,and described as second in command to General Fe- lix Diaz, recently reported as having undertaken a revolutionary movement against President Carranza, has ar rived safely in Mexico "after a very dangerous trip" according to an an- nouncement made here today by Rob ert Gayon, his secretary.
 The purpose of General Blanquet's return, Mr. GayoE said, was to re- organize the Diaz forces overthrow the Carranza government and re-es- tablish tn econstitution of 1857, which
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-04
FRYArr DEATH PROBE ENDS

COPENHAGEN. April S.-The com mission Investigating the execution of Capt. Charles Fryatt by the Germans in 1916 has decided that the shooting of the sea captain did not violate in- ternational law. The commission, how. ever, expressed regret at the rapidity with which the sentence of death was carried out, according to advices re- ceived here from Berlin, where the Sn- yestigation was held.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-04
McMURRIN PRESIDENT
 OF MORMON MISSION

SALT LAKE April 9.--J. W. Nc Murrin, member of the first council of seventy fthe Mormon church, has been appointed president of the Cali fornia mission, with headquarters in Los Angeles, it was made known here today. MT. McNlurrin will succeed Joseph E. Robinson, who has had charge of the California mission for 19 years.
 The California mission includes the state of Arizona.