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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

Well, after the failure of The big
roundup, the biological survey sent
out Williams. His instructions were
get the Custer wolf and stay till
you do" That was in March, 1920.
Williams first went into the hills
west of Pringle and found that the
woif was staying around some old
dens in the Pelgar mountains. So
Williams started operations by lay.
ing a string Of traps.
Williams started out by playing a
mean trick on the Custer wolf. In
stead of relying on the usual tricks
to hide his tracks and obliterate his
man smell, he scented up the soles OF
his shoes. The wolf followed his trail
that night, clear around the line OF
traps. And then the savage old killer
was SO fused up over that scent that
he went straight to the Pelgars,
cleaned out two old dens and dug
new one that ran back into a hill
about so feet. One guess as to the
scent Williams used.
The old wolf, however, soon got
over being ratified and proceeded to
play hide-and-seek with Williams
The hunter tried TO get shot at him
but was baked by the coyotes. Then
he shot, the coyotes. Thereafter the
wolf took few chances. He back
trailad Williams, or took to fallen
timber to hide his trail. But twice
during May the wolf stepped on the
Jaws Of traps, and in July he actually
rolled into one or lay down on It. II
sprang and pulled out lot of hair,
This scared him so that he disap-
peared for a whole month apparent.
/ ly he left the, territory. He came
back in August ana announced his re-
turn by killing and mutilating right
and left. In September and again IN
October he stepped on the pan Of a
trap. In each case he was caught by
the side of paw and was able to pull
loose.
The wolf that steps too often in the
trap gets caught at last. And the
Custer wolf stepped once too often
Here's what happened as Williams
himself very modestly tells it:
| ..He stepped into a trap in the
morning and it got good grip on him
He fan with it about $50 yards when
the hook caught on tree. but that
did not seem to stop him at all. He
broke the swivel of the trap and ran
on with it on his front foot. / trailed
him three miles and got a shot at him
and got him. He had been so lucky
that expected the gun would fail to
shoot, but it worked 0. K.
ssHe is smaller than the average
male wolf, weighed 98 pounds and
measured just feet from tip to tip
Ii inches from toe to hook, and had q
tail IA inches long. His teeth would
be good for Is years longer. he broke
some of them off on the trap, but
aside from that they were in good con
dition. He is an old wolf, with a full
! that is almost white"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Not 4 Complete STRANGER

A man who used to lamp ties on a
railroad section was summoned as a
witness at an inquest. He had been
cautioned that he must be very exact
in his statements.
'sWas the deceased complete
stranger" asked the coroner.
After duly bordering the question
he replied: "He was what should
call a partial stranger"
Either you knew him or you did
not" said the coroner sternly, There
is no such thing as partial stranger
"Well," he answered, II don't
know how else to describe him. He
was one-legged man."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

rocket that flashes in midair for few
seconds and then falls to earth with
a dull thud. If people think am
going to do something sensational,
they're mistaken. l am conservative.
The platform upon which was elect
ed is II am Christian; I am an
American; am Republican,
Discussing woman's dress, she said !:
II do not believe that the modern
short skirts, if they do not go TO ex-
tremes, are much worse than the prud-
ish long skirts Of the Victorian
period that were held so high when
crossing the street"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

mn ILLIONS Of dollars-and probably
Nl billions are represented in the
great tide of lawsuits beginning to
pour into the United States Court of
Claims as one Of the results of the
World war. The court was expressly
created to determine legal controver-
sizes between private citizens and the
government.
Actions upon claims involving APP
proximately $124O0O,OOO have already
been filed. The ultimate aggregate of
claims, it is estimated, will reach be-
tween two and three billion dollars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

girl passed amid group of adoring
young men.
The diplomat nodded towards the
pretty girl and said dryly:
'Tm afraid she's got swelled head.
She doesn't believe in hiding her light
under a bushel."
AT this point the young girl threw
herself into her deck chair, crossing
her knees in such manner as to dis
play a very considerable expanse of
silk stocking
Nor her ankles under her skirt,
said Mrs. Glyn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
So thoughtful Of Him.

"Oh, ma" ventured Hercules, the
youngster. Don't you want the back
yard swept out?"
~No, that can wait until this eve
ning."
Hadn't | better stay at home and
do some work in the garden?'
.No. it looks like rain today
Don't you want me TO clean out the
paper cupboard?'
NJ. you can do that on SATURDAY
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
IPetrified Forest in Arizona

The petrified forest is in the midst
jof the great desert of Apache. These
trees are of a coniferous. extinct spe-
!cies with the exception of single
COTTON wood trunk. They lie prone up
ION the ground as they drifted in a
Inrehistorfc sea. Water-logged and
Iheavy. they sank TO the bottom. ana
were there covered with sand and
Ichanged into chalcedony. The sand
hardened and cemented into stone and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
SENTENCE HYMNS"

The term sentence hymn" came
xron the practice of earlier days,
Lon HYMN books were scarce. In
order. that all the congregation might
ha able to join in the singing the
s,astor would read aloud the first two
Ines which were then sung and the
reading and singing would continue
alternately the end OF the hymn,
Epbis practice IS still continued IN
some of the rurnl churches Of the
Bouth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

finally rose above the waters. This
stone forest lay hidden from view for
countless ages. By slow disintegra-
ton the Embedded rock was all washed
away and the petrified trees, being
much harder and more durable, were
left scattered in dense profusion on
the surface of the earth, where they
had SO long lain buried.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
small THINGS cause pIscord.

1t isn't the long journey on foot that
makes you footsore but it is the grain
of wheat in your shoe or the wrinkle
in your sock. 1t isn't the thousand
miles your auto runs that wears it out
but the grain Of sand in the bearings.
Little things make discord. Little
things disturb our happiness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31


the weekly News Letter, published
by the Agricultural department FOR
the Custer wolf was the dad man Oh
the predatory animals of southwest
ern South Dakota. And he 'died with
his boots on" For years he had been
an outlaw with price on his head.
And it took the better part of a year
for III. p. Williams, one of Uncle
Sans best professional hunters, to get
his scalp.
incidentally, the American gray
wolf is marvel of animal intel
Iigence. John Burroughs, who leads
the instinct school" of American nat
uralists as opposed to the reason
school" will have it that animals do
not reason and are actuated entirely
by instinct. Consider the presence in
our midst of the gray wolf and figure
out for yourself where John Bur
Eoughs gets off.
In the days of the red man the wolf
had only to keep outside of the range
of the arrow Then came the pale face
with firearms. The wolf had to learn
in succession the death-dealing possi-
bilities of the explorers smooth-bore,
the pioneers muzzle-loading rife, the
bree ch-loading buffalo gun, and the
modern high-power magazine gun.
In the days Of the red man the
wolf had to cope with the handmade
snare. With the white man came the
steel trap, the cunning poison capsule
and the bounty on wolf scalps. And
wherever civilization has got foot
hold every hand has been against the
wolf summer and winter, rain and
shine, night and day.
Yet the wolf persists. Every year
the federal government appropriates
thousands Of dollars for the specific
purpose of his taking off. Every year,
professional hunters and national park
and national forest rangers wage re-
,lentless war. Yet the wolf persists.
EVERY year. cattlemen and sheepmen
combine TO fight the despoiler of herds
and fiocks. Yet the wolf persists.
Now, if you still have faith in John
Burroughs instinct" theory after
these facts, listen to the story of the
Custer wolf.
The Custer VOLTS early history is
"a blank. His public career. begins with
his appearance nine years ago in Gus
Ter county, South Dakota. This cnun-
Ity is in the southwestern corner of
tthe state, adjoining the Wyoming line,
and one county removed from the Ne
braska line. 1t is Black Hills coun-
try. but by no means a wilderness.
he has towns. railroads and automo-
bile highways. Why, last summer,
wind Cave national park had 26.312
visitors and $40 private automobiles
land all went through the Custer
hvolfs hunting ground.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

mn ISSOURI is now 100 years old and
lvA wants to show the rest Of the
country by having 50-cent piece
struck off by the mint in commemora-
ton and celebration of her birthday
anniversary. The bill passed by the
senate in the last congress reads in
part as follows:
Be 1t enacted, etc., That in commem-
grafton Of the one hundredth anniver-
sary Of the admission Of Missouri into
the Union there shall be coined at the
minis of the United States 5O-cent
pieces to the number of 25O, 600. such
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
c,,ticp,., for.pinnIv Faces.

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear Them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash Off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to iD-
clude Cuticura Talcum.--Adg.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

'But, mother, isn't there anything
that 1 can do today2'
Eyes, you can go to school, and be
quick about it, too"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Experiences COMPARED

"Were you hazed when you were at
college?"
Eyes, replied Senator Sorghum;
sbut It wasn't anything like the heck
ling 7 have gone through since"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
The Belle of the Bout.

Elinor Glyn, the novelist, was TAX
ing tea on the Mauretania with a
diplomat when marvelously pretty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

Where the full force of the wind
was felt practically every tree was
thrown down, and all roads, trails and
telephone lines were completely oblit-
Grated.
"A large number IF buildings were
destroyed and some cattle killed. 1t
is believed that many of the elk were
killed and that others will slowly
starve. The storm zone reached en-
tirely through the best winter feeding
grounds of these animals"
Airplanes will have to be used for
survey, since it is impossible to tray-
erse the uprooted forests.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
ave Lona ,Air.

"How intolerably conceited must
clans are as rule!"
"Oh, well, what can you expect from
people who are naturally full of airs?"
--Pearson's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

Fortune smiles on some people and
laughs at many.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
Quite in keepfnd.

a society woman called on famous
painter who, when necessity arose,
could express himself with emphasis.
Her ceaseless chatter did not permit
him to get in a word edgeways.
At length pause to take breath al
lowed him to say, Eve had boiled NUT
ton and turnips for dinner today"
sWhat a strange observation the
woman exclaimed.
"Wby," he said, ut is as good as
anything you have been saying for the
last two hours"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31

1t doesn't cost half as much to live
as it does to make favorable impress
sion on the neighbors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-03-31
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.
HE Custer wolf is deau'
so announces the bu-

OU dutIOOhIINOo
reau of biological sur
vey, Department OF
Agriculture. Nor Is
Uncle Sam content
with a mere death
notice" He considers
the Custer wolf worth
an obituary writeup'
of several columns In
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17

Fire, Wi.l anl ishtning InsW-
i rs wooDFoRD { BRYAN
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17

Miss Elizabeth Chenault, of Lexing-
ton. Salad courses and ices were
served.
Miss Edith Wright continues
quite ill at her home on Pleasant
street.
Misses Bertha and Jessie Tabor
have returned from a visit to MISS
Madeline Cornett, in Winchester.
Paris society people attended
dances given this week in Winches-
ter, Mt. Sterling, Georgetown and
Lexington.
Mrs. Frank Kiser has returned
to her home on Houston Avenue
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. c. c.
Strong, in Richmond, Va.
Mr.. Albert Wright, who has been
a patient at the Massie Memorial,
Hospital, is improving, and will soon
be able to return to his home.
Winchester Sun: miss Allie
Phillips. of Lexington, and Mr..
Bradley, of Paris, were recent guests
of Miss Alice Shelton, on Macy Az
enue."
Carl Lusk, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lusk, of Stoner avenue, and
Fay Ardery, ST., were operated on
recently at the Massie Memorial
Hospital, for removal of tonsils.
Both were reported yesterday as do
ing nicely.
-Cynthiana Democrat: ''Cynthi-
ana regrets the departure of Miss
Virginia Mcclure, who has been the
popular and efficient principal OF
the High School for several terms.
%nA
Paris High School"
Carlisle Mercury: "Mr. and Mrs.
! Stanley Blake attended the recent
commencement exercises at the Paris
High School. Mrs. Blake's sister,
Miss Milton Donnell, was q member
of the graduating class. Mrs.
Henrietta Moreland has return
ed to her home in Bourbon county
after a visit to her cousin, Mrs. Fan
ME DinsmOre."
! Mrs. Robert M. johnson enter
tanned the members of her bridge
club at her home on Mt. Airy ave-
nue., Wednesday afternoon. Those
present were Mesdames Edward
Prichard, Edward Spears, Withers
Davis. John M. Stuart, Clay Ward
Alex Miller, George Watkins; Misses
Helen Swearengen and Mary Allen
Hutchcraft.
John Kriener entertained num-
her of friends at the Sweet Shop al
Idinner-bridge. The tables were at
tractively decorated with sweet peas
Prizes were awarded to Miss Ollie
Butler. and to Clarence X. Thomas
THE guests we're: Miss Anita Crom
erlin, Holland; Mrs. Embry GoooWiu
Lexington; Miss Ollie Butter, MIS-
Lorraine Butler; John Allen, Lexlng
ton: Gerard Cromerlin and clarence
TX. Thomas.
fOther Personals on Page 81
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
OIL STOVES FOB SUMMER USE
SPECIALLY PRICED OIL STOVES
"RED STAR" AND PURITAN"
eUARANTEED By THE STANDAkD
f1I, co. THE BEST OIL STOVE
MADE. THE REAL SUMNER TINE
STOVES.
{17t) A. F. WHEELER q ".
B0uRBON MEN ON FEDERAL
JURIES.

In the q. S. Federal Court, in ses-
sion at Lexington, Sam Weathers' OF
near Clintonville, was chosen 1ore-
man of the grand jury. Serving as
Jurors on the petit jury are the FOL
lowing from Bourbon county: Roy
Turner. ]. T. Martin, John Estes
and John w. Young, Jr.
Among indictments returned were
two against Arts Owens, OF bour-
bon county on charges OF possessing
property designated for manufactur-
ing intoxicating liquor and also TOT
manufacturing liquor. 1t is saio
that Owens was once before convict,
ed on a similar charge, in the Federa,
Court at Lexington, but was reieaseo
when his crop of tobacco was oeS'
troyed by IRE. I'D,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
BINDERS TWINE
VERY BEST BINDERS TWlNI
AT rs CENTS PER POUND.
FARMERS SUPPLY CO.
B0URBON CIRCUIT COURT

The June term of the Bourbon Cir
cult Court will convene Monday Tor
q two-weeks' session. The docket is
sarge one, comprising large numper
Of commonwealth cases. Judge Ropt.
Lee Stout will preside.
One of the cases of more than or.
binary interest to the citizens OF
Paris. which will probably be heard
at this term, is the Injunction SUITS
filed against the Paris Water Com
nanv to prevent cutting off the sup
Civ of water from consumers who mao
refused to pay the increased rates
announced by the company. lnJunc-
ton suits were fled by the PARIS
Commercial Club for over hve nun
dred water consumers, who are unia-
ing in the fight against the Water
Companys new schedule OF rates.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
FRESH FISH FOR TO-DAY.
Nice fresh fish received to-day
and tomorrow. Remember we
dpess fiji free and deliver them
promptly.
GENTRY BROS CIRCUS HERE ON
JUNE %.

People who love horses, ponies ana
dogs. land there are few of us who
do not) may be interested in the
news that this year Gentry BROS.
are carrying with their famous
shows a veterinarian, a highly spec
ialized surgeon and practitioner, VINO
explains to visitors interested In an
finals how Gentry Brothers carry
over two hundred ponies on the road
and never have any ill for any length
of time. This is true of the Gentry
horses and dogs, also to say nothing
of the wild animals in the interest
ing arena of the show.
The veterinary surgeon invites an
stockmen to visit him at the circus
grounds in Paris, June ~. wnen
Gentry Brothers Famous SHOWS
come to town.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
VOTE FOR PEARCE PATTON.
CHAUTAUQUA AGENT COMING

An advance agent for the Red
path ChautauQua will be in Paris,
friday, to distribute posters ana
other advertising matter preparatory
10 the opening Of the program July
3. Some 800 tickets have already
oeen placed on sale with a number
az persons and business houses. Be-
tween now and the opening OF the
Chautauqua 700 season tickets must
no disposed of in order to make 1T
a financial success.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
CANDIDATES MUST FILE PAPERS
BY JUNE q.

Candidates whose names Will De
presented to voters in the August
primary have until June Fl to hie
their declaration and notification pa
ners with Secretary of State Fred A.
Vaughn. All papers of candidates
,o,,st no on file with the Secretary of
state nv midnight of the twenty
seventh. -, .,
THE BOURBON NEWS VIII nave
2 large supply of the necessary
blank on hand soon, and VIII
1lI them in and file them for pros
Dective candidates at a reasonable
figure.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
SPECIAL
SPECIAL PRICES ON BINDERS,
MOWERS, RAKES, CULTIvATORS
FARMERS SUPPLY co.
AGRICULTURAL CLUB TOUR

Members of the Bourbon County
Agricultural Club, of Millersburg, re-
evenly made an automobile tour OF
tine county, visiting the following
nIaces: The farms of Ermine Mat
sox- VIM. Saunders, Thaxton & Ball,
and the North Middletown Graded
School and the Summer Normal
School in Paris.
The purpose of the tour was edu-
eational, giving the Club members
hetter ideas of stock, farm conditions
and rural educational facilities.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-17
VOTE FOR PEARCE PATTON.
SAVE MONEY

SPECIAL PRICES ON BINDERS,
MOWERS. RAKES, CULTIVATORS.
FARMERS SUPPLY co.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-12
WOMAN Is SAVED
FROM JAIL TERM
BY HER HUSBAND

The arrival of her husband in
police court this morning saved
Ethel Williams, Sixth avenue and
Seventeenth street, from being SEN
fenced TO the county Jail for 80 days
as a vagrant.
The woman was arrested by the
police Friday night with p. A.
Hampton, Robert Foot, Adolph
Goosin and William McClarren. The
four men claimed she had stolen So
from them.
They admitted having gone to
her home and that whisky had been
obtained. Money was then gathered
to pay for a taxi ride and it was
during this time that the money was
lost, it was claimed.
The woman denied the charge,
but Edward l.. Eagle, assistant
states attorney, recommended that
she be given a Jail term. 1t was
then that her husband appeared and
said that if his wife was not given
a Jail term he would take her to
Moline and that the couple would
live there. The case was ended
when the woman and the four men
were fined IS each on charges of
conduct
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-12
OIL
MAKES CAIN OF
SEVEN POINTS

New York, Nov 12.-Oils and
equipments were the most prom
inent features of today's brief but
fairly broad stock market Prices
were irregular in the initial deal
ings, but hardened later in marked
strength shown by high grade OILS
notably Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey, which rose points. The CLOS
ing was strong. Sales approximat-
ed $50 900 shares.
Selected issues furnished the
only features of interest at the dull
and irregular opening of todays
stock market. Mexican Petroleum,
Pullman, Haskell & Barker and
Railway Steel Springs were firm To
strong, as were also some OF the
domestic oils. Coppers and food
and textile specialties strengthened,
but changes among rails were
slight and restricted to secondary
issues. Sears Rosebuck declined l
point and American Sugar pre-
ferred, United States Rubber and
Allys-Chambers were under pres
sure. European advices over the
holiday were without influence on
local foreign exchange rates.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-12
NOON LETTER

Chicago, Nov. 12.-Grain markets
impressed by chance of enormous
new wheat loss il the southwest
and signs of small receipts. Kan
sas complaints are increasing.
Alarming southwest reports main
drift in at any moment. Modern
Miller report confirms the general
fears OF the southwest. Kansas
City News suggests one OF the worst
crop starts in Texas and Oklahoma,
so per cent of Kansas and some of
Nebraska ever known. Kansas
forecast is unsettled, but looks dry
for Monday. Nebraska is rain or
snow. Other friendly factors of to-
day comprise talks OF a wheat yisi-
BILE decrease. Liverpool wheat up
near / cent and Argentine up pa &C
Winnipeg strong on Friday. Mar
kets may continue firm over Mo1-
day. +. w. WAGNER d co.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-12
BULLISH TONE
TOMART BASED
ON CROP REPORT

Chicago, Nov. 1z.--Generai COM
mission house buying together with
ligbtness OF offerings gave strength
10 the wheat market today in the
early dealings. Bullish sentiment
sappeared to be chiefly based on the
fart that receipts continued small
and that in some quarters the win
ter crop start in the southwest was
regarded as the worst ever known.
Resides advices were at hand that
the stock of No 1 Manitoba in Liv-
erpooI was exhausted. Opening
prices, which ranged from 1Ac to
1hc higher, with December $1.05A
20 sl.O5A and May $L101z to Sill.
were followed by further moderate
gains.
Prospects of a decrease In the
United States visible supply total
on Monday tended to help the bulls.
prices closed strong, $50 to 35sc
net higher, with December at LOG
70 1891 and May at 1.13k to
1.I37s.
Corn and oats hardened with
wheat. After opening &c to 40
&c higher, May 52A to $3.50, the
market scored slight additional
gains.
Seaboard adyices told of an &C
tive European demand for corn.
The market closed steady at "a to
lie net advance, with May at 527s
d53 to SO.
Oats started unchanged to &c
higher, May 1890 to 3714c. The
market gathered little more firm
ness later.
Provisions were dull, and show
ed a tendency to sag, notwith-
standing higher quotations, both on
hogs and grain.