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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
RE ECOVER BODY Of
POOR FARM SUICIDE
DROWNED IN RIVER
FLOATING REMAINS OF EDWARD
HOPKINS, AGED 20 TAKEN
FROM ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA
SALE MAN DISAPPEARED
JANUARY %.

The body of Edward Hopkins aged
10 years, the inmate Of the county
farm who disappeared on Wednesday
January 22nd was discovered float
ing down the Illinois river al La
Sale late Saturday afternoon. The
body was recovered ana taken to the
undertaking parI0rs of Frank Walsh.
in La Sale, from where the funeral
service was held this afternoon.
Mr.. Hopkins had suffered several
strokes of paralysis lately and while
he was not i'll enough to be confined
TO his bed, it was said he acted queer
at times and i is supposed he com
mitted suicide while suffering from
temporary insanity. He was last
seen in his room, along in the middle
of the afternoon.
The general suppositiOn had been
for more than two weeks, that he had
committed suicide, but The authori-
ties We're unable to confirm this sus
picion until Saturday, when his body
was recovered. II was rumOred
that he had threatened suicide on
several occasions. but a careful in
vestigation failed to find anyone who
had heard him make these threats
The deceased had been a patient
at the asylum for the past ten years
Previous TO this time he had resided
in La Sale For many years he had
been a sufferer of asthma.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
S1,889,571 IN TAXES
TO Be COLLECTED.
BY COUNTY TREAS.
TAXED VALUATION OF ALL KINDS
OF PROPERTY is FIXED AT
$36,e6o,635 BOOKS TURNED
OVER TO Mr.. REYNOLDS.

Taxes aggregating $1,SS9, ,57l2G will
be collected from La Sale county re-
siLents, by Treasurer &. NJ Reynolds
and his force Of deputies according
to the township books which were
turned over today to the collector
under the new sCate law by County
Clerk Thomas Ferguson. This re
presents collections on real and per
sonal property with an assessed va
uation of $36, ,635. Railway valu,
ations and taxations are not included
in these figures.
Farm lands are highest in the coun-
ty assessed valuations, a total O.
500, 1877 ,46S being placed on property
of this sort City and village lots are
appraised at $S,277, ,562 and persona
property at SS,4S5 sos bringing thC
grand Total to $3G ,9G0,G35.
From the $1,SS9.571 26 will be taKe1
amounts sufficient to cover all the
various departments to which parts
of the taxation "jack-pOt' are pre-
scribed This large sum viii furnish
the following:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
HOME ADVISOR TO
DELIVER ADDRESS AT
STATE INSTITUTE

A very excellent farmers institute
and household science convention is
to be held in Joliet on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, February 10.
20, and 21. The sessions are to be
held in the high school auditorium,
and in the Universalist church.
Some of the finest speakers in the
middle west on household science
problems and on farm problems VIII
take part on the program. Miss Helen
GIotfelter. La Sale county home ad-
visor, will deliver a talk on Friday
morning on Relating the Homes Of
the County
Miss Glotfelter is the only ottawa
person who will appear on the pre-,
gram.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10

posed Suffrage amend
ment to the federal con-
stitution to the states for
ratification. The vote
was: Ayes S.; nays 20.
The vote on October I, 1918, was So
to 81 with 12 voting present.
Women suffrage leaders gave no.
tice Immediately after the concius-
ion Of the roll call that they would de-
mand reconsideration of the resoIu-
tion by the senate before the present
session ends
The amendment was lost today by
one vote. A two-thirds vote of those
present was needed 50 that 56 votes
would have spelled victory.
Broaden Embargo Lines
Washington, Feb. 10 - Possibility
of a slackening OF the embargo
against American materials was seen
today in receipt by the state depart
ment of cablegram from Consul
ing modification of restrictions on i'm
ports OF shoes,
The cablegram stated that the
British government has decided to
permit importers to import one-fourth
The number of American boots and
shoes they imported during the year
1913
Union Chief for U. S. Control.
Washington, Feb. 10 Represent
ng he said 1860 GOO railroad workers
A b. GaiTetson today advocated per-
manent government ownership of
railways of the country, as the only
solution of the problem before the
Senate interstate commerce commit
tee. Garretson, who is at the head of
the arder Of railroad conductors,
spoke at the meeting for the Big Four
Brotherhood
Cut Prices--stimuIate Industry.
Washington, Feb. 10.-Presdent
Wilson was urged this afternoon in a
cablegram sent to him by Secretary
Of the Treasury Glass to approve Sec
retary of Commerce Redfeld's recent
announced plan to reduce prices
and consequently stimulate industry
and decrease unemployment.
Aliens On Way to Europe.
Washington, Feb. 10.-The aliens
now en- route from the northwest to
New York for deportation are made
Up of "conglomerate lot of undesira-
Dies" officials of the bureau of immi-
grafton explained today
They are to be deported for various
reasons, anarchism, anarchistic agita-
Jon, divers crimes, entrance into the
country Illegally, diseases and so
forth.
Want Lecture Tax Removed.
Washington, Feb. l0.-Senator
lodge of Massachusetts and Senator
,Smoot Of Utah today presented volum-
aous petitions urging thai the ten per
cent lecture taxes in the revenue bill
be striken out.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
SPARTACIDES CAPTURE
BRIDGES, BUT LOSE
STATIONS
) KILLED IN BERLIN
TERRORISM HAS HAMRERG IN
ITS GRIP - WHOLESALE BUR-
GLARIES AND ROBBERIES RE
PORTED-NEW CONSTITUTION
READY FOR ADOPTION.

Kiel, Feb. 10 Martial law has
been proclaimed as result of fight
ing between government and Spar
tacan troops Theatres and cafes
We're closed today The Spartacide
occupied all the bridges and tried to
sieze the railroad stations but were
repulsed
Street Fighting in Berlin.
Berlin, Feb. 10 Five persons
were killed and thirty wounded in :
clash between government, troops and
civilians in the neighborhood c
platz, yesterday evening.
The streets had been ordered clos
ed while soldiers searched the house
for arms and ammunition Street ven
ders refused to move when ordered
to do so. Then both sides were rein
forced.
The troops fred the first vollcy
over the heads of the civilians bu'
the next volley was aimed point blanl
Numerous red soldiers and sailor.
Joined the civilians shouting down
with the blood hounds.
Russ Reds Pursue Germans
Copenhagen, Feb 10 - Bolsheyib
troops have captured the Baltic port
of Winrau, in Courloand and today
were reported to be advancing 70
wards the German frontier with the
Germans fleeing in panic before hem
Elect President "Wednesday.
Weimar, Feb 10 - Germany's new
constitution which was introduced il
the National Assembly yesterday. il
expected to be adopted Tuesday a
president for the German Empire
as Germany is called in the consitn
ton. probably will be elected Wednes
day. The draft of the constitution
was put before the assembly by Sec
retary of the Interior Preuss.
1t will be called up for first aLG
second reading Monday.
Immediately after the election OF
Germany's first president a cabineD
will be appointed so that a legally
constituted government will be in
force to negotiate an extension OF the
armistice.
The national assembly is eXpecCe'
to authorize the government tC neg0
tiate with German-AustTia regarding
a union with Germany.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
Labor Savers.

Both time and trouble are saved by
placing an ordinary three-arm towel
rack above the right end of the sew
ing machine. On this rack can be hung
the sewing tape, etc, and pieces of IN
finished goods which otherwise slip
on the floor beneath the machine.--
From Good Housekeeping.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
DENVER SCHOOLS CLOSE
ENGINEERS ON STRIKE

Denver, Feb. 10.-2,500 schools of
Denver including the largest in the
city were closed indefinitely today
when engineers walked out. The
strikers ask for more pay and the
school board says it has no money
with which to meet the demand.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
AGREE ON PROVISIONS
FOR LEAGUE NATIONS

Paris. Feb. 1o.-The League Of
Nations comm ssion today finally
agreed upon all provisions Of final
draft for the league. II will be pre-
sented to the full penary confer
ence either Thursday or Friday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
Begin Paying Their Share

With the books in his hands Treas
urer Reynolds is now lining up hi.
forces for the grand rush Of tax pay
ers, which has already begun. Today
the first of the payees made their ap
pearances in the treasurer's office
and were given receipts for their 1919
taxes. From now on the treasurer
branch is insured in being one Of the
busiest spots in La Sale county. :
force of deputies is being employed t
handle the monumental task ahead
but as the treasurer AID his chic.
aid Robert Smith have outlined a
Inc of campaign that guarantees fac
lilated work it is expected that ever.
thing will go of smoothly while the
collections are being completed
Many Work en- Records.
The County Clerks TASK OF extend
ing the records closed Saturday nigh
when a corps of ten special deputies
finished with the last book, The
special clerks were employed over {
six weeks period getting the records
ready for the collector This morn
ing the last Of them We're turned Owe
10 Mr.. Reynolds, upon whose should
ers rests the responsibility Of getting
in the yase sum imposed by the Var
.ous taxing bodies OF tie state
county, cities and towns.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
TRENARY SUCCEEDS
BLOW AS MATTHiESSEN
REAL ESTATE AGENT

La Sale. Feb 10 - Fred G. Tire
nary, formerly of Ottawa for many
years private secretary of the late F.
w. Matthiessen, has been named by
the trustees of the Matthiessen es-
succeeding Capt Geo. =. Blow, who
ashresigued as general agent for the
Matthiessen interests. The fOllowing
notice has been issued
Notice is hereby given that Mr.
Geo. p. Blow has this day (Feb, II
has resigned as general agent for the
W. Matthiessen estate and that Mr.
F. c. Trenary has been appointed in
his stead in charge of all real estate" :"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
Militant Orbs.

From a story: Her unyielding
glance went fiercely over the top and
grappled mortal combat with his
domineering sneer'-Boston Tran
script.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10

A regular meeting of Santa Marie
Cour,, Daughters OF Isabella will be
held tomorrow evening in he X c.
hall A large attendance is requested
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
W0MAN'S SUFFRAGE LOST IN SENAT TE BY ONE VOTE
RATIFICATION BY
STATES IS BLOCKED

Washington, Feb. lO.-The senate for the
second time during the present session of
gress, declined this afternoon to submit the pro-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10

manner the electric wires leading to
the clock remained unchanged and
the clock kept on running and keep
ing good time. II was not until the
falling wall pulled down the clock
that the timeptace stopped.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
w EAThER

Mostly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday. Rising tenn
perature.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
Clock Keeps on Running

One of the last things in the store
to be destroyed by the fire was the
electrical cock on the side of the
wall This clock was one which is
regulated by the Wes ern Union
from their main office. The roof and
the floors fell, but in some miraculous
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20

across the White Pass, down the Yu- kon, up the Panama, etc., /to Nome and there take the Revenue Cutter to the Arctic ocean in an attempt to get with a full set of hospital supplies up to Point Barrow and out to St. Law tence and to the Pribiloffs.
 But that is not the best of the trip. Four rich hunters have offered to pay my expenses if I will introduce them to moose and mountain sheep of Kanai Pnninsula and the caribou and Kodiak bears of the Alaska Pen insula. Of course, I have jumped at the chance and am moving to ar range for boat, guides, etc. I have written to J. l.. Waller, Esq, of An chorage, about it and shall write to a number of others. I plan to get to Prince William Sound and Anchorage about September 15 and there pick up my hunting friends. Now what is the matter with your going along. Send me one-half dozen more of the pictures of you and your big bear skin that I may send them to these hun- ters and excite their passions to the limit.
 "Soberly I would greatly enjoy hay ing you along. Can you make it? You would be very valuable to the party from your knowledge of the country and your prowess as hun ter. Can you give me any light about any boat or gasoline launch big enough to house such party and sea worthy enough to brave the stormy passages of Cooks Inlet and the Paci- fife. Any information or suggestions from you will be very highly appre- ciated.
 "Please loose no time in answering this for I certainly mean business. I shall be only 73 years young next fall and expect to enjoy the greatest trip of my life"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20
RETURNING TO.
 ALASKA ON GAME HUNT

Dr. w. H. Chase is in receipt of a letter from Dr. s. Hall Young, former pastor of the Cordova Presbyterian church, now connected with the Board of Foreign Missions, with headquarters in New York, in which he says that he expects to return to Alaska next summer and spend a year in Alaska taking moving pie lures and piloting the big game hunt CTS through the Kenai and Alaska peninsulas. Excerpts from his letter follow:
 '1 have received many hundreds of letters during the past year but none of them excited me as much as yours with the accompanying picture of you some bear. It is so tremendous that my fellow D. Ds., to whom I have shown it begin at once to study and conjecture how you could possibly fake picture like that. They can't believe it is real. They show the same skepticism, however to my big bear stories and the hunting pictures l show on the screen in my lectures.
 You are sure q lucky man and l am green with envy. You are es- pecially lucky to be outside of that skin instead of inside. Have you pub lished the account of that hunt any where? If so, must have it.
 T am sending you my latest book, Adventures in Alaska with my com pltments It has three bear stories in it which I hope you will enjoy.
 Now to business. am getting very homesick for Alaska I am going back next summer and hope to spend almost a year tramping over my be- loved Territory. I plan to take an expert photographer, visiting almost every camp, old and new, in Alaska taking moving pictures of all the training schools, hospitals and mis- siOns of all denominations and also mining scenes, fisheries farms, rail roads, and, if I can get them, some good new pictures of walrus, polar bear, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, etc. To accomplish this I shall start on the summer trip about June first going through Southeastern Alaska
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20
CHRISTMAS CANDIES

French Mixed, Broken Mixed, Fresh made Chocolates, Caramels, etc. put up in fancy Chritmas boxes at the Sanitary Candy Kitchen.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20

Scarborough Pictures that please at prices that are right Over Cordova drug store. Phone 14O-3 rings.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20

Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every room in your house, can be found at the Northwestern Hardware Co.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20

Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmatic lenses replaced See Os- borne
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-20

Mrs. Dunham's homemade mince- meat at Finkelstein & Sapiro's. 1O-tf
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20
(To BE coNTINUED)
New WaterproofIna Oil.

A French oil for waterproofing
leather. cloth, paper and other mate
rails is mixture OF eight parts of
amyl acetate and four of castor oil,
with one part of sulphur chloride
stirred into it. Though this form "A
jelly, giving off hydrochlorlc acid, it
liquefies after being kept tightly COW
cred a few days, and, the acid being
then neutralized with barium carbon
ate, gives colorleSs solution on filter
ing. To make a varnish. nitroceilulose
is dissolved in the liquid after the adj
dition of alcohol or benzine.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20

ed the sheets and put them in her
trunk and we thought no more of
them until--but we shall know soon
what reminded US of the prophet
woman.
The autumn passed swiftly. | went
to the village one Saturday with Tn
Gle Peabody in high hope Of seeing
the Dunkelbergs. but at their door
We learned that they had gone up
the river ON picnic. What blow
it was to mel Tears flowed down
my cheeks and chung to my uncle's
hand and walked back to the main
street of the village. A squad Of small
boys jeered and stuck out their
tongues at me. 1t was pity for my
sorrows, no doubt, that led Uncle Pea
body TO take me TO the tavern for
dinner, where they were assuaged by
cakes and jellies and chicken pie.
AT Christmas I got plcture-book
end forty raisins and three sticks of
candy with red stripes en- them and a
jew's-harp. That was the Christmas
we went down to Aunt LiZa's to
spend the day and helped myself to
two pieces of cake when the plate
was passed and cried because they all
laughed at my greediness. 1t was the
day when Aunt Liza's boy, Truman.
got a silver watch and chain and her
daughter Mary gold ring, and when
all the relatives were invited to come
and be convinced, once and for all,
of Uncle RosWell's prosperity, agd
be filled with envy and reconclfcd
with jelly and preserves and roast
turkey with sage dressing and mince
and chicken pie. What an amount of
preparation we had made for the jour
ney. and how long we had talked about
it,
In the spring my uncle hired a man
to work for us-a noisy, brawny,
sharp-featured fellow with keen gray
eyes. OF the name of Dug Draper.
Aunt Dcel hated him. l feared him
but regarded him with great hope
because he had funny way of wink
ing ut me with one eye across the
table and. further. because he could
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20
CHAPTER II.
Meet the Silent Woman and SiIas
Wright, Jr.


Amos Grimshaw was there in our
dooryard the day that the old ragged
woman came along and told our for
tunes-she was called Rovin' Kate,
and was said to have the gift of sec
ond sight" whatever that may be. 1t
was a bright autumn day and the
leaves lay deep in the edge of the
woodlands. She spoke never word
but stood pointing at her palm and
then at Amos and at me.
Aunt Deel nodded and said;
"Ayes, Kate-tell their fortunes II
we've anything to say-ayes !"
She brought two sheets of paper and
the old woman sat down upon the
grass and began to write with lit
tie stub Of a pencil. l have now those
fateful sheets of paper covered by
the serawls of old Kate. / remember
how she shook her head and sighed
and sat beating her forehead with
the knuckleS of her bony hands after
she had locked at the palm OF Amos.
Swiftly the point of her pencil ran
over and up and down the sheet like
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20

the movements of a frightened SER
pent. In the silence how loudly the
pencil seemed TO hiss in It's swift lines
and loops.
My aunt exclaimed "Mercyl' as she
looked at the sheet; for while / knew
not, then, the strange device upon
the paper, l knew. by and by, that
1t was a gibbet. Beneath 1t were the
words: Money thirst shall burn like
n fire in him."
She rose and smiled as she looked
into my face. / saw a kind, gentle
glow In her eyes that reassured me.
She clapped her hands with joy. She
examined my palm and grew serious
and stood looking thoughtfully at the
setting sun.
/ see, now, her dark figure stand
ing against the sunlight as it stood
that day with Amos in its shadow.
What a singular eloquence in her pose
and gestures and in her silencei
remember how it bound our tongues
that silence of hers!
The woman turned with a kindly
smile and sat down in the grass again
and took the sheet of paper and
resting it on yellow-coveredb book be-
gan to write these words:
81 see the longing of the helper.
One, two, three, four great perls
shall strike at him. He shall not
be afraid God shall fill MS heart
with laughter. l hear guns. l hear
many voices. His name is in them.
He shall be strong. The powers Of
darkness shall fear him. he shall be
a lawmaker and the friend of God and
of many people, and great men shall
bow to his judgment and he shall"
She began shaking her head
thoughtfully and did not finish the
sentence, and by and by the notion
came to me that some unpleasant Wis
ion must have halted her pencil.
Aunt Deel brought some luncheon
wrapped in paper and the old woman
took 1t and went away. My aunt fold
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20
EASY MATTER TO LIVE LONG
Proper Attention to Diet Recommend
ed for Those Who Would Attain
Real Old Age.

The fact that life insurance com
panies have raised the normal ex-
pectation of life AT birth from forty
years in 1S53-lS54 TO fifty-one in 1908
1919 furnishes basis for sciences
latest statement that there Is no rea-
son why mans normal lifetime should
not reach the century mark.
Old age proper, they say, Is caused
by gradual accumulation of lime
throughout the system. leading to stiff
ness, osSitication and eventually death.
II this lime is eliminated. these proc
esSes will be checked, and one might
be expected to live indefinitely. bar
ring fall from an airplane or OFF
bicycle ut the tender age of one hun
dred and fifty or thereaboutS.
And. furthermore, the Sereet is III
vulged Drink sour milk. which de
stroys the acids in the system, and
eat apples, the original fruit of the
tree of life." and the miracle will be
accomplished, according - the Scien-
lists. Proof of which is offered in the
persons of aged Hindu fakirS, who
live on rice ana apples; on Michael
Angeles accidental death ut ninety
three. after he had lived for years on
grapes and Hight wine, aud on Buddhist
monks, who eat apples and live long.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20
BITTER TASTE
! SOUR STOMACH
Pills and Strong Medicines Made
This Lady's Troubles Worse,
But Thedf0rd's Black Draught
Improved Her Appetite and
Took Away Her Bile.

Nancy, Ky.-Mrs. Cora Waddle, a
resident OF this place, gives out this
statement: II have taken Black
Draught and found it to be the best
liver medicine | ever used. 1t has
Just been fine for indigestion, sour
stomach and bitter taste In the
mouth.
/ used to get bilious and eonstipated
md had 70 take something. Pills aud
other strong medicines would only tear
my stomach up and leave me in a
worse fix than before taking. | began
to have sick headache
After learning Of Black-Draught /
took 1t and was cured of sick head
aches. one or two doses week. or q
pinch after meals, kept the bowels
open and took away all bile. l have Il
good appetite, due to my use of Black
Draught."
If your liver is not acting properly
you may suffer from such symptoms
as headache biliOusness, constipation,
Indigestion, etc. and unless relief is
obtained serious trouble may result.
In its 20 years of successful use,
Thedford's Black Draught has been
found to relieve these ailments and
stimulate the liver 10 do its work.
At all druggists.-Adv.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-20

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