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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-08
Statement of the Ownership, Manage
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Statement of the Ownership, Manage
mcnt, Circulation, etc., Required by
the Act of Congress of Aug. "a, 1917,
of Morgan County Democrat, published
weekly ar McConnelsyille, Ohio, fol
Oct l. 1925.
state of Ohio. County of Morgan. ss
Before nae a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid.
personally appeared Raymond Durbtn,
who having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says th.tl ne
iS the editor of the Morgan County
Democrat. and that the following Is. to
the Dest 0f ms knowledge ana belief,
true statement of the ownership, man
agemenl tand if a daily paper, the cir
cuiation), ETC., of the aforesaid publ
cation for the date shown in the above
caption, required by the Act Of August
"a, 1912, embodied in section 443, Pos
tai Laws and Regulations. printed on
the reverse of this form, to wit;
/. That the names and addresses OF
the publisher, editor. managing editor,
and business managers are:
Name Of Post office address
McConnelsville
Editsr, same.
Managing Editor. same.
Business Manager. Same.
2. That the owners are: (Give names
and addresses OF individual owners. or,
if corporation give its name and the
names and addresses of stockholders
owning or holding l percent or more
Of the total amount of stock.)
Raymond Durbin, McConnelsville. Ohio
James Z. Torbert. Sebring, Ohio.
g. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security holders
| owning or holding / percent or more
| of total amount OF bonds. mortgages,
| or other securities are: IF there are
none. so state.) None.
| RAYMOND DURBJN. Editor.
| Sworn to and subscribed before me
| this 28th day of Sept, 1925
ADA Il. HATTON,
| lSeaD Notary Public
/ (My commission expires July 23. 1920
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06
TOWN COUNCIL
 HOLDS MEETING
 MUCH BUSINESS

All members of the Seward Com mon Council were on hand at last nights regular meeting with the ex- ception of Councilman Ellsworth.
 Claims totaIing $1,133.61 were read and approved. A bill for work on the school rooms was ordered reported to the school board for payment.
 The committee on taxes moved that time be extended on certain delin- quent account and the city defer talk ing over the property until the next meeting, October 19.
 The committee on wharves reported that the Seward wharf float was in very poor shape and that a sum to- taling about $500 would be required to repair same.
 The glacier stream committee re- ported things in good shape at the present time
 The street committee was author ized to take steps regarding installing a storm sewer across Washington street.
 The city attorney reported he had been unable to secure an assignment of property from owners in the Bay View addition at the Jesse Lee Home, and that petitions to exclude the Home from the city limits would be drawn up to include only land occupied and owned by the Home.
 The school board requested a loan of 5000 from the city which was granted.
 The sum of $25 per month was set aside for the purpose of assisting the public school to maintain gymnasium for the school children.
 The sum of $10O was set aside for the Daily Gateway in payment of an advertisement to be run in the Pros perity edition, December 5, and an extra sum of $25 was allowed for pay ment of a half page cut of the city to appear in the same issue.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

At the risk of overdoing the matter we publish today verbatim, the judges opinion in the Seward light case. We gave a synopsis of the case in yester- days edition, and would have let it go at that, but number of townspeople have desired to see upon what Judge Ritchie based his conclusions There fore the entire opinion as written and signed by his honor, the Judge, is to be found in another section of the pa7 per.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06
COMMUNITY SPIRIT.

l like to see man proud of the place in which he lives. like to see man so live that his place will be proud of him. Be honest, but hate no one; overturn mans wrong doing, but do not overturn him unless it must be done in overturning the wrong.-Abraham Lincoln.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06
And a F'irst-ClasS Pathe News

Britton Barr, who departed Satur- day for Seattle and the East, accom- panied by his dad, Dr. Barr, took out with him moose head which meas ured g 1-2 inches, and a black bear pelt seven feet long. The Doctor and his son will return again to Seward next summer.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

One of the employees of the Alaska Road Commission at Mckinley Park, while attempting to extricate a big bull caribou from a tangle of tele- graph wire, was kicked by the bull and hurled several feet, but suffered no injuries. The incident took place last week |"
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

Capt. Heine Berger of the palatial gasboat Hazel, returned to port Sun day from special trip to East Gnu zach island.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

The Seward Athletic Club will meet this evening, at it's first regular busi- ness meeting, in the high school build ing.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

A. T. Steele, who has been employ ed on the Anchorage Daily Times for the past month as reporter, passed through Seward en route to the States.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

Miss Emily Rydberg, who has been employed in various stores at Anchor age during the past year and half, was a Southbound passenger Satur. day on the Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

A lot of our readers appear to en- joy our crime news more if preach CT is mixed up in it.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

The authorities have a lot of pro- hibition plans but some one appears to have stolen the blue print.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

If men wear it, we have it. Urbach.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-10-06

All rights tor republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are reserved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
RainStOrmS of Iron
CDR. r.. f.. Free in Forum)

(Dr r.. r. Free in Forum)
That storms in which the raindrops were pellets
of whitehot iron the rule earth is
one conclusion of modern scientific theory
In the first stage of its history, the earth bubble
was gaseous throughout. It's chief constituent was
gaseous iron, this metal evaporating, just water
does, when the temperature is above $500 degrees,
Fahrenheit. Mixed with this gaseous iron were the
vapors of aluminium, calcium, and the other rock.
forming elements, just gaseous oxygen, nitrogen.
carbon dioxde, and on, mixed together in the
present atmosphere of the EARTH
Slowly the globe of hot, metallic gases cooled OH
its outer surface. Presently the outer-most layer
of iron vapor condensed to droplets OF molten iron
Under the influence of gravity these dropets
fell toward the centre of the globe. Thus began the
period of the Rain Of Iron.
At first it is probable that these raindrops o..
molten iron evaporated Immediately by the heat
OF the interior, just desert travellers see today
the randrops from clouds high up in the air evap-
crate in the hotter air close to the ground produc-
ing no actual rain at ALL But gradually the interior
of the gas bubble cooled off also. Soon there
mulated at its centre ball of molten iron. Thus
originated the iron which scientists believe, on
the ground OF much diverse evidence, still fills the
central third or SO Of he earth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
A Losing Venture

Next Friday the United States reclamation serv-
ice will sell the irrigation plant located at Willis
ton. 1t is small project. but has been a failure
financially Yet it has given service in that sec
ton of the state. Williston gets it's electric light,
and water supply from the plant. A coal mine is
also operated by the plant.
Ordinarily an institution which served so many
community needs could be run upon a paying basis.
Doubtless some well managed corporation will pur-
chase the plant and run it at profit. The govern
ment rates for service furnished at the Wston
plant are low because the government operated it.
No private venture could absorb the losses and
keep on running. Governments have way of do
ing business far under the cost of production.
For the most part when the government seeks to
enter lines of business better left to private initia.
tive losses result. North Dakota has had some bit
ter experience in this line.
The public sale of federal property at Wiston
will end rather unfortunate venture
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
The Presidents Straw Hat
minneapolis JournaD

President Coolidge wore straw hat in Washing
on Oh hot day after the fifteenth of September
In his walks he is accompanied by secret service
agents who would prevent the sacrilege of the Ma
tons chief magistrate having his hat smashed on
his head. But, were he a private citizen and did
he sport straw hat in Chicago or New York after
September Is, he might invite upon himself small
violence.
The straw hat is sensible head covering on q
hot day, whether in June or October and it is the
privilege of an American citizen to wear any kind
of a lid he peases any day of the week, any month
of the year. But hoodlums object. They forciby
forbid an American citizens exercising his indi-
vdual right.
This straw hat matter is straw showing how
the wind blows in this Country OF ours. We must
all conform. Human beings must be standardized
like American products. We must all be as alike
as sardines in can, and if an individual refuses
his singulary is resented.
The Presidents refusal to bow to a decree o:
fashion, his Yankee common in needing hot
weather by sensible observation of comfort should
set new and sautary fashion Of Americans doing
the sensible thing and acting not as their fellows
in every matter, but they individually wis: to do
OF course, there limits The Arkansas court
which sustained restaurateur's act in ejectng
coat, was good law and good sense License is one
extreme and conventional tyranny is another.
Neither is proper and both are offensive. Middle OF
the road is the proper conduct for anybody--some
conformity and some individuality.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30

New York, Sept. 3O.-See- saving
up and down Broadway l saw Tom
Meighan and his wife, Frances Ring,
between acts alta first night. This
Meighan boy, off the screen, might
be taken for any husky young Irish
cop OH duty. Saw Michael
Arlen, whose name buZzes over the
teacups all about town. He was at
Il night club with Ethel Barrymore
and l note that she hath new
hair bob which maketh her @look
much younger. And speaking Of the
hObbers and bObbecs | note that, at
last, June Walker, Helen Hayes and
Ellen Mackcy have succumbed to
the mode. 80. Saw D. II. Lawrence,
who has shocked so many with his
psycho analytical novels, fresh from
his New Mexico ranch. eating at a
81 table d'hOtc emporium in the Viii
lage. even as I. And whereas he
shocketh the good folk of the hintcr-
land with his novels, his wife shock
eth the metropolis by wearing a
straw hat Of desert vintage. :. Saw
| John w. Fisher and his good wife, of
Petersburg, w. Va, where he edits
the Sentinel. and great good time
they were having in their annual
visit to Gotham. ...... Saw Maxwell
Anderson. the playwright, at the
premiere of his new play, and until
he did write "What Price Glory ?"
with Lawrence Stallings, he labored
at newspaper editorials and housed
his family in tight-fitting apart
ment, whereas now he struts luxuri.
ously. Saw Bobby Folsom, an
enchanting young entertainer, to
whom success came only after she
had run away from home in Joliet,
ILL.,, and been booted out of comedies
and operas in which she was inept.
....... Saw Catherine Dale Owen, a
new Belasco actress who, l hear,
has been called by prominent artist
zone of the worlds ten most beauti-
full women" When surpriseth not
at all since her mother before her.
Reba Humphreys, was one of the
fairest Of the Blue Grass bellies
Saw Leslie Howard, probably Broad
ways most popular Juvenile. yet I
am told that he is old enough to be
grandfather, albeit he looks like
that not at all. ....... >. Saw Suzanne
Caubet, who is Crane Wilbur's help
mate. She was protege of Sarah
Bernhard and made her debut at
six in "LAi. son.. Saw Joseph
Schildkraut. the fiery young blade
of "Thc Fircbrand," and am told that
he will 20 abroad for rest because
Of an enlargement of the heart, at
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
=: The Tangle ::

ents. Although l disapprovc Of her
greatly, l can't help but admire the
way she has improved herself and
her appearance. You'll probably see
her when you come down to see Sally
that is, if you come early, because
I'm quite sure she won't be here at
the end of the week.
Il don't expect to come down to
the office, Jimmie. You know it is
one Of my obsessions to stay away
from the plant. think my mother
taught me that. She never visited
the plant when my father was alive
except by special invitation, and then
they made quite a festival out of it.
Ny father, however, told my mother
a great many things about his bust
ness, and took her advice very often
"It's getting toward four o'clock,
and l think I'll dress and go down to
meet Sally, Jimmie. Shall ! see you
there?' ...-
You sure WILL" answered jimmie
Condor joyously. "There have been
times, Mrs. Prescott, as you perhaps
know, when | have hated Sally pretty
thoroughly, but when | CAME to my
senses l knew she was right and
was wrong; and now I've come to the
conclusion that she's just about the
dandiest woman in all the world.
"Once ! thought she would make
a splendid wife; and she might do
that for somebody else. But | know
now that the only thing and the best
thing she can be to James Condor is
good counsellor and friend. | know
she knows. more and is more logical,
and is much more just and decent
than l ever was"
"Just keep thinking this, Jimmie,
and you won't go far wrong" / said
as / hung up the receiver.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30

saving their clients from being hung imprisoned
for life. The woman in the received a sen
tence Of twenty years aud the man thirty.
Incidents such these stimulate crime and spur
the depravsd 10 deeds Of violence The poisoning OF
premeditated. Confession followed the discovery OF
the crime and public sentiment demanded the gal.
lows at least for the man in the case.
The cost to the county swayei the jury AVA
from its plain duty. As long uries fail 10 make
the penalty fit the crime and judges and prosecut
ing officials consider Of prosecution rather
than Justice crime will continue increase and
criminals Will slay with rnpunity
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO THE LITTLE MARQUlSE,
CARE OF THE SECRET
WER-CnNTJNIIEn

What is the young woman's name,
Jimmie?' | asked, as l had deter
mined to go and meet Sally and tell
her my predcament.
"She calls herself Margarita Stimp-
son, but l suspect her father and
mother call her Maggie. You know
very well, Mrs. Prescott, that no
family by the name of Simpson
would tack Margarita on to one of
their daughters. But her name will
be Dennis when Sally gets home
She'll realize she pulled boner the
moment she talks to her. You never
have seen a girl change so in all your
life. From being a rather quiet little
country girl, she has developed into
the. pertest stenographer you ever
saw in your life. She certainly got
the bighead when she got the job Of
secretary to the boss"
is she very pretty?' asked, and
then l could have bitten my tongue
out for asking the question.
"Sure, she's pretty, and that's
whatll surprise Sally the most
When she put the girl in three
months ago, she was as ugly rs a
mud fence. Her complexion was
pimply, her teeth muddy, her hail
usually stringy, and she stood very
badly. Now her complexion has
cleared up, her eyes are bright, she
is very handy with her lipstick, and
while l don't admire the way she
stands, it certainly is the latest thing
in debutante slouches. You see, Mrs
Prescott, the girl has the natural
shrcwdness which you find in some
who have risen from ignorant par
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30

Oliver Wendell Holmes was guilty
of the epigram: the best security
Of a long life is to acquire an incur
able disease" "
For proof, witness William Howard
Taft.
Not that the Chief Justice is ex-
actly afflicted with any disease, in
durable or otherwise. But of all his
generation of presidents and vice
presidents, he was doubtless the one
whom an insurance company would
have regarded as the worst risk.
He was, until care and self-denial
partly overcame it, much over
weight. He spent years in tropical
service.
He was advertised, at the close of
that service, as having had serious
operation, for the removal Of part
Of that important digestive and
moral organ, the liver. He has lived
a life full of hard work and useful
public service.
And he is the only survivor.
Not another man who has been
either president or vice president is
now alive. But Taft, still young at
GO, is an active contemporary.
Sixty eight is young, for every
body but presidents.
Consider Chauncey NJ. Depew and
Charles w. Eliot. They are the same
age. They already have lived
twenty-four years more than Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and twenty-five years
more than Woodrow Wilson.
Evidently the joyous life and the
contemplative life lasts longer than
Tho StranuONS ono
Few Honor Students Nationally
The list of the Phi Beta Kappa
scholarship honor society Of the
University of California is just out.
From the standpoint of national
news, there is only one name of i'm
portance on it.
That is Helen Wills. The cham
pion of the world, in physical achieve
ment, confers honor on the intellect
by achieving distinction in it also
and helps make scholarship respect
able by showing that she regards it
as worth even while.
The others on the list will doubt
less in some cases achieve dstinc-
ton also-the notion that "prize
scholars" are failures is outworn
fiction-but the only ones of them
who are of even local interest yet are
the two or three who have already
made names by athletics or Student
activity" success.
The triumphs of the intellect are
slow and not always spectacular.
No wonder impatient youth prefers
the triumphs Of music or Of per-
sonality.
But in the long run. brains and
scholarship count.
Happy the rare person who can
combine them with the quicker ave.
nues to distinction, also.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
MORE ACCIDENTS
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Forsall of Grubby Groundhog's
narrow escape when his automobile
hit the turtle in the road, he hadn't
learned his lesson.
His fender was mashed and light
was broken, but the engine wasn't
hurt bit.
In about half a shake of a guinea
pigs tail he was out of the ditch
and whooping it up again as hard as
he could got.
"Hooray!" he cried. "That gazoo-
kums certainly did fix my car fine.
I like gazookums, so l do. And l
hate folks that are always preaching
about being careful and running
slowly and all that. Those road
signs are silly old things, too"
He flew right along the hard, mar
row road and was going about q mile
a minute, when suddenly he saw q
long object lying right across the
path in front of him.
Grubby stepped on his brake like
lightning, and although the little car
nearly turned over, it didn't quite.
But it skidded of the road to one
side and tore off tire.
whats the NATTER" asked Sam
my Snake, raising his head and look
ing around in surprise.
els that you?" shrieked Grubby.
"You old goose!. What are you lying
there for? Don't you know that you
might get killed? And what's more,
you nearly killed me-"
"I'll answer your questions one at
a time," said the snake. eyes, it's
me. And I'm not goose. I don't
even look like one. And 1 know that
I might get killed, but just because
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30

other people have no sense. like
to stretch out in the sun and get
warm. have just as much right
here as you have"
well" said Grubby, wiping the
perspiration off his nose, II thought
you were log-or a ditch or some
thing that would wreck me, or l.
l."
Sammy Snake grinned.
Cor you wouldn't have stopped"
he finished. You'd have run right
over me and cut me in half. I've
good notion to tell your father. And
how did you get your fender
smashed?"
"I-oh--I hit something" said
Grubby sourly, getting out and start
ing to take off his spare tire.
He was wondering what his father
would say when he saw the car. No
one needed to tell him. He could
see for himself.
BY and by he got it fixed and ran
his car back on the road again.
Goodbye" called Sammy Snake.
But Grubby was too cross to even be
civil. And he didn't answer.
However, it wasn't two seconds
until ne was hlttlng the nigh spots
again. He'd completely forgotten all
about his accidents, and he flew like
the wind.
But there was still more trouble
ahead.
The trouble was Prickles Porcu-
pine. There was Prickles calmly
walking right across the road in front
of him. And he knew that if he
touched that walking pin-cushion he
was done for.
Grubby. stepped on the brakes for
a third time that morning and this
time his car turned clear over.
Grubby wasn't hurt, but the car was
nearly ruined. 1t cost a fortune to
get it fixed.
And Grubby never, raced again.
(To Be Continued)
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-30
MANDAN NEWS

Markets where there is a potato
shortage are being looked up by.
County Agent Newcomer and Secre-
tary Ketter of the chamber of COM
merce to take care of the surplus on
hand from the Mandan vicinity.
Yorkshire bacon type hogs, placed on
the farms this spring, have proved
very successful.
A Ford f6rdor sedan stolen from
the J. J. Howe garage in Mandan
about three weeks ago was recog-
nized by the Minneapolis police yes
terday morning and a man giving
his name as Jack Abbott was taken
into custody, according to a telegram
received by Chief of Police Barnes.
The wire advised that the car was
somewhat damaged and that Abbott
was willing to return without extra
dition papers being filed.
A test of the city water pressure
at hydrants in all parts Of the city
is being made today by Sanford Her
berg Of Minneapolis. representing
the Fire Protection Engineering de-
partment, under supervision of the
various insurance companies. Press.
ure was found to be 20 or 80 pounds
at most of the mains. At present
Mandan is ranked in class 4.