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VOL. XIX.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903.
No. 40.
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I'rout Street, Grants Pass, Oregon.
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The Southern Oregon
Title Guaranty & Abstract Company
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PHONE 593
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Our ciistomei nri a-,,ireil of courteoin treatment anil ovjry ronii,teratiin con
sistent with sound hanking principle.
bafety deposit boxes tor rent. J. HiANK WATSON. 1'res.
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OF SOUTHERN OREGON.
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pine S'ore or the Iemarec
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W. II. HEATON,
Grants Pass, Ore.
TRACES OF LEWIS & CLARK
Found In Southern Oregon Near
Wngner Butte.
Traceaof Captains Lewis and Clark,
whose journey across the continent
mulH known for the first time the
vastiipxs of tho western part of North
America, have twn foond in the
Rogne river rallej. The traces were
found iu 1875, lot at that time there
was uot so much interest tuko.11 iu tho
jourueys of these famous men, so that
the persons who discovered the marks
paid bnt little attention to the names
and would uot have noticed them at
all had it rot beeu for the date 1805.
It was Iu the spring of 18'.5 that
J. V. Smith, Andrew Woldeu and
John Wells started from near whore
Phoenix now is, for the summit of
Wagner Butte. They reached the
summit, and upon the rock which
crowns'the lofty emineuco, found tho
names of Lewis ana Clark carved iu
tho stone, together witn tho date.
They had but little idea of whom
'Lewis and Clark had been, but tho
early duto atttraeted th.dr notice.
On their return they told of what
they had seen. In the changing
events of pioneer days, little atteutioti
was paid to the discovery. History
had little attraction fur the. people in
thoso days.
Of late years, however, the story
has "come to be revived, and the
brother of one of tho parties was the
informant of Thu Mail as to the above
story.
Traveli'jK through an unknown and
track less country, the explorers would
naturally sin k tho highest points in
order to get n view of the surrounding
country and to pick out tho best routo
to pursue, and probably the first
w hite men to view the magnificent
panoraira of the Rogue river valley
and tho rolling summits of tho Siski
ous and tho Cascades from the top of
Wagner Rutte, wero tho intrepid ex
plorers, whose names am carved deep
ly in the tablets ot history. Med ford
Mail.
Needles, rciiairs and supplies for
all makes of sewiiu machines at tho
White sewing machine agency Huir
Kiilillo Hardware Co.
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Assay OHiee
CHARGES:
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, $1 each.
Gold and Silver, l.
GOLD DUST
Rought and Refined for Dental Trade.
Each and every ussay done with the
idea that it may bo checked.
JRED'K. I). STRICKER, M. D.
HOMEOPATHIC
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4
Grants Pass,
'Phone 633
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ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
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Olbce over First National Bank.
irants Pahs,
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II. II. 1JARTON,
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full lUMirtment of Watches, CI01 k., fail
verwure ami Jewelry. A Good
AxMirlinftit of Hra-rleU and
Heart Bangles,
Jlsinena' Drug Store.
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TRUCK, and DELIVERY
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GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
The papular barber (hop
Get your tonsorial work done at
IRA TOMPKINS'
On Sixth Street Three chairs
Hath room in connection
Hentv BooKs
For Boys
10 Cents
Also a large line of
other paper bound books
at low prices.
Col. W. Johnson,
Main st.
near Sugar Pine Factory,
LADIES, ATTENTION I
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Accept ne tubttituta.
A VISIT TO THE "BANKS"
Fred Menech Investigates Color
tkdo'a Fuel Source.
The people of Eastern Colorado are
utterly dependant ou the coal supply
lor their fuel, so when the late fool
ish and utterly inexcusable strike waa
declared in the coal mines of that
state, the mauy who had not yet laid
iu a supply of coal found themselves
with a prospect of possible hardship
which was uncomfortable in the ex
treme, for a Co'orado winter is not
nsualiy the most gentle thing in ex
istence. The strike is now virtually
lost, while the canso of unionism has
suffered a severe blow by the an
tagonism of pnblio sentiment.
In some districts the only rpossil lity
of obtaining fuel was from the coal
'bauks", little mines operated on a
small and primitive scale, by their
suiallness escaping the fetters of
unionism by which the larger
mines were reudered inoperative.
Never having seen coal "diggings".
I accepted with pleasure an invitation
to visit tho "banks" situated some
U miles away. The way led across
the irrigated and fertile valley of the
South Platte and then miles south
over a series of of saudy ridges with
gentle slopes as barren and desolate
now as they were a liundro l yearamgo.
Almost eveiy one within a radios
of 15 miles or more was patronizing
the "banks." The wagons had been
coming in ninch more rapidly than
they could be loaded, and at this time
thoro were probably ?00 wagons,
loaded and empty, grouped about the
mine.
That the fuel might be more quickly
distributed, an inflexible rule was
made that no mora than a ton of ooal
should bo loaded ou each wagon. As
the capacity of tho mine was only
some 10 or 13 tons per day. some of
the wagons would stand at the mine
a week or more before they conld be
loaded.
Farmers who wore fortnuate enough
to have two wagons, therefore, took
the oldest ami most decrepit ono to the
hanks" and left it there to be load
ed. The array of wairons. then, at
tho "bauks", wis doubtless one of the
most interesting aggregations ever
en. It was a wagou mosoum. All
the antiquated makes and patterns
iiungiuahlo were in evidence, for any
thing ou wheels that would stand
np under a ton of coal, was foroed in
to use.
On the arrival of a wagon, it was
immediately marked by the manager
of the mine with its proper number,
iu chalk ou the side of the box. Tho
wagons ere loaded consecutively ac
cording to number and uo favoritism
was shown. The coal is not f the
best quality, but the advent of a ton
of it into an empty cellar brought
Joy this winter to many a Colorado
homo.
The mine is located 011 a broad,
sandy ridge, exactly like thousands of
others about it, and my inexperienced
eyes detect no reason why anyone
should ever have imagined that there
might be coal below the surface.
My coniianinn and myself descended
into the miuo. The power for hoist
ing is furnished by a black horse,
totally blind and desperately wicked
in tenipor. We wore lowered nearly
100 feet down the main shaft and
then stepped out into the main entry.
a passngo way some ten feet wide and
about five feet iu height.
Hern we were taken in charge, by
thu "pusher" tho man who ruus the
empty cars to tho miners aud takes
away tho loaded ones. We walked
back into the entry and the ceiling
lowered to about three feet. Here we
wero ordered two of ns, Into the little
car, about two feet wido and threo
feet long. We squeezed ourselves
into, or rather ou it, and made our
selves exceedingly smalL Then we
had a ride that will not soon be for
gotten. Tho "pusher" wore on his
hat a little lamp, shaped like a minia
ture teapot. This went out promptly
aud we were shoved into the solid
darkness at a wonderful rate of speed.
In places lie ceiling was uot more
than two and a half feet above the
floor. When I felt the ceiling scrap
ing my bark I "scrouched" until I
womlo'ed if I would ever regain my
normal dimensions. Tho "pusher"
ran behind and shoved the car. How
he eoald run passes my comprehen
sion, but he did it
Tho coal vein is about three feet
thick, smooth slate above and below.
The miners work on their knees,
which are protected by heavy leather
mils. They aro paid according to the
amount of coal they take out and most
of them make quite large wages.
When we returned to the main en
try, of course wo conld not rioVi as the
outgoing cars were loaded with coaL
We wero, therefore, obliged to scram
bl some ftOQ feet ou onr hands and
knees. The experienced "pusher"
galloped through the passages with
ease, shoving the cars ahead of him.
We made desjierate efforts to keep
iu sight of the "pusher" and his
lamp, but we might as well have
tried to keep op with the fast niaiL
Hands and knees was the only possible
node of progression. I tried to vary
it by going on my hands and feet, bnt
the ceiling was too low. The fet
would ilidcwway behind and leave
the traveler prone on his stomach
The floor was carpeted with broken
bits of coal of various sizes and before
I had gone half the distance, the con
dition of my knees had aaaisted the
deciaion that the perpendicular atti
tude was good enough for me.
Look at an ordinary dinii g table
ami imaginatively stretch it out to a
length of COO fot, with several turua
I at right angles. Let the floor be
strewn with brokeu rock and, in the
darkest night of the year, pnt oat the
lamp and ran it from one end to the
other. The experience would be
similar to a visit to the "banks. " It
is uovel, but one does not feel like
repeating it with much frequency.
; F. M.
Revolutloa Immlatat.
A sure sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system is
nervousness, sleeplessness, or stomach
upsets. Etoctrlo Bitters will quickly
dismember the troublesome causes.
It never fails to tone the stomach,
regulati the Kidneys and Bowola.
sitmulate the Liver, and clarify the
blood. Ran down systems benefit
particularly aud all the usual attend
ing aches vanish nndor its searching
and thorough effectiveness. Electric
Bitters is only 50c, and this Is return
ed if it don't give perfect satisfaction.
Guaranteed by National Drag Store
and Grants Pass Pharmacy.
HITCHCOCK YIELDS POINT
President Orders Secretary to Re
voke His Order,
A Washington dispatch says that
Presidout Roosevelt, after a confer
ence with the Oregon senators, direct
ed Secretary Hitchcock to abandon
the practice that has been In vogue
for more than a year past, of suspend
ing all entries made under the timber
aud stone act in Oregou, Washlutgon
and California. In accordance with
that diroction, the secretary issued
tho following statement:
'The order under which final action
upon timber and stoue entries was
suspended has boon revoked br the
secretary of the interior, and all
inch entries will now be aoted upon
in the General Ijjnd Office in regular
order."
This suspension served good put-
pose, and was the means of prevent
ing many fraudulent entries. While
a rigid scrutiny of all entries under
that act will be continued, it will
have the effect of allowing all valid
entries to be patented.
At the conference at the White
House Monday morning the public
laud situation in Oregon was
thoroughly reviewed. The senators
stoutly protested against the contin
uance of the present policy of the
Interior Department, on the ground
that it worked inoxcnsable hardship
ou bona fide settlers, and was serious
ly returning the development 0' the
statu.
While they admitted some fraud
had undoubtedly been committed,
they insisted that the detection of
fraud did not justify the extreme
methods that have boon In vogue since
November, 1D02. They told the presi
dent that unless something was done
to relieve the strain, the voto of
Oregon uext year would be seriously
affected because of the general discou
tent of the people.
Dne precaution will still be taken
to see that the timber and stone act is
uot violated, but the obnoxious prac
tices complained of, the apparently
iuexcusnblo delays, and the unneces
sary hounding of entrymen, Is to t
done away with. The president,
living up to his promise to the Oregon
a nators two weeks ago, stnpjied In
aid ordered the secretary to cease
those methods which wore injuring
the development of the state and in
terfering with the rights of settlers.
Hereafter, every timber eutry will be
examined by a special agent of the
Land Office or some other available
official within the WO day period if
jKissible, and npon the agent's report,
the commissioner will base his recom
mendation. KNOCKED OFF OF TRESTLE
Luther Maddux Remains all Night
Where ha Fell.
Luther Maddux, a boy of 15 years
living with his renta In Grants
Pass, was returnng from a hunting
trip Thursday evening aud while
crossing thu Grave Creek trestle was
overtaken by the local freight. He
was evidently unable to get entirely
out of the way aud was struck by the
engine aud knocked off the trestle,
falling -a distance of about 20 feet.
Ho was rendered unconscious by the
tall received and so remained there
from about 6 o'clock in the evening
until the next morning, when he
regained consciousness and crawled
op the bank to the track. Thoro lie
wbs discovered and taken to Wolf
Creek by the crew of a wood train.
Later ho was brought to Grants Pass
on the passenger.
Maddux was rot aud braised about
the bead aud his ankle broken aud
sprained. His side was also bruised.
The night was dark and foggy and
the yoong man did not see the train
until It was almost upon him and the
trainmen did not kuow that an acci
dent had happened.
Flflht Will B BitUr.
Those who will persist In closing
their eais against the continual
recommendation of Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, will have
a long and bitter fight with their
troubles, If not ended earlier by fatal
termination. Read what T. R. flea 11,
Miss., has to say: "Last fall my
wife bad every symptom of oonsomp
tiou. She took Dr. King's New Dis
covery after everything else had fail
ed. Improvement came at once and
four bottles entirely cured her."
Guaranteed by National Drag Store
and Grants Pass Pharmacy. Price
50c, and 11.00. Trial bottles free.
Pountain Pens Waterman's Ideal
W W to H.OO at Cramer Bros.
INDIANS AT WORLD'S FAIR
Exhibit Will Conte-ln Ono Thous
sxnd Indiana, Over 40 Acres.
The Indian Exhibit at the World's
Fair will be under the direct charge
of expert representatives of the United
States Government S. M. McGowan,
superintendent of the Indian school at
Chilocco, Oklahoma, will be superin
tendent of the exhibits The govern
ment has appropriated 175,000 for the
maintouanoe of it The Louisiana
Purchase Exposition has allotted an
advantageous site ot 40 acres for the
purpose. The tract lies in the west
ern section of the grounds, north of
the great United States map that is
worked out in representative crops cf
the states and adjoining Uncle Sam's
model farm. The eastern end of the
Indian reservation is a precipitous
bluff, about 30 feet high, and it over
looks practically the entire exposition
grounds.
This Indian exhibit will uot only
be the largest and best that was ever
assembled, but in all probability it
will be the last representative gather
ing that cau bo scoured. Iu but few
places do the Indiana retain their
primitive mode of life. Each year
the oircle narrows. Even now one
can count on the fingers of one hand
the Indian Chloftlans who gained
their prominence in wars. Further
Iuidau wars are looked on as Impos
sible and before another exposition of
the magnitude of the present enter
prise can be launched, the primitive
red man of the forest will bo but a
memory.
Uorouimo, the onco. blood-thirsty
Apache chief, who spread terror
throughout the southwest until he
was finally captured by Oeu. Nelson
A. Miles, will bo one of the striking
features of the Iudiau Exhibit
Of all the tribes that roamed
Amorioa's forests the Apaches wore
the most cruel aud treacherous. And
of all the Apaches Goronimo was the
most vicious. He fought desperately
when escape was possible by no other
means. Rut slaughter from ambush
and tho slaying of the defenceless was
tho mure to his choosing. Long years
of captivity hnvo broken his spirit
and he is doollo booauso ho has met
his master. When Gen. Miles first
made Oeronaimo captive he was sent
to Florida, bnt iu a short whllo he
was returned to the prison at Ft Bill.
Gerouliiio will bo nominally free at
the World's Fair, but practically a
prisouor of war.
Chief Joseph, of the Nos Forces,
also will be 0110 of the interesting
personalities, no too, is aged, aud
while he fought raliuatly against the
enoroachiiiouts of the white man, he
met the foe 'as a brave man should
and has tho respect of the men who
conquered him.
The Indian Exhibit will show tho
aborigine aud the civilized Indian.
Ou tho 40-aore tract there will be a
village of Sioux Indians from the
Dakotas. They will wear their
native pictorcsquo costumes and will
live in teepees fashioned from sticks
and tin) skius of wild animals. Tho
warriors will be armed with bows,
arrows and tomahawks. Tho sur
roundings of the huts w ill be made
as trne to nature as posstblo aud the
patch of corn toudod during tho sum
mer by the squaws to augment the
food supply brought In from tho chato
by her master will bo shown as It
was in the early days.
Among the other blanket Indians
will be families of Washoea.Hhoslioncs,
Navajoes, Mission aud Digger Indi
ana, Crows, r latlicnrls, Apaches,
Pimas, ('hip)iowaa, Cheyeunca, Ara
hoes, Comuiauehes, Witchltaa, O sa
ges, and l'awnees. They will all
maintain separate villages aud they
will live exactly as they would were
they at home on their reservation In
stead of being in tho center of the
greatest exposition ever held.
Tho exhibit of tho educated In
dians will not be so picturesque but
It will be none the less Interesting.
Ou the 40-acre ruervatiou the U.
H. government will erect many modem
buildings to show the progress that
the Indian has made.
The prlncljial structorve will be a
thrm-story building, HA font by lot)
foet At the rear will bo au auditor
ium 40 by (K) feet Ou the first floor
will be an exhibit of the manual
training department with the Indian
students at work at their machines,
manufacturing varloos articles.
Across a wide aisle, that runs the
full length of the buildings, will be
typical blanket Indians making their
baskets, leather articles, strings of
beads, aud other articles Just a they
did before the advent of thu white
uiau and his schools.
In the andltorium will be given
lectures and programmes will be
rendered by the various Iudiau
societies. Muslo enters largely into
their entertainments, and one of the
regular features will be concerts by a
UalueJ Iudiau hand of 60 piecas.
One interesting feature of the Indian
Exhibit will be a reproduction of a
frontier trading post. Here the In
dians will assemble and trade t'.olr
products for supplies Just as they did
in the early days.
A FrljhUacd ItorM.
Running like mad down tho strwit,
dumping the occupants, or a hunrded
other accidents, are .everyday occur
re noes. It becomes every body to
have a reliable salve handy and
there's none sua good as Bucklen's
Arnica salve. Burns, tuts, sores, etc,
disappear quickly under Its soothing
effect 35o at National Drug Store
and Grants Pass Pharmacy.
Baa Voorbles about Kodaks and Supplies
Easy on the Pocket Books
and Pleasing to the Eye.
Satisfactory in Every Way
, You aro most cordially invited to call
and inspect the finest display of
Fine China
Fine Furniture
Ever shown in Southern Oregon.
Tho Big Salo still poos on and our patrons
aro profiting by it.
Try tho 10 cent Bargain Counter.
Hot Prices on Hot Bargains.
MONEY TO CRATER LAKE
Secretary ol Interior Asks Liber-
a.1 Appropriation.
The lutorlor department recognizes
that more liberal appropriation aro
necossary for the Improvement of tho
Crater Lake National Park than have
boon mado In tho past. The last sun
dry olvll hill appropriated only 13,000
for this work aud out of this an al
lowance goes to the salary of the su
perintendent. With such a meagro
appropriation, littlo progress can be
mado In tho direction of constructing
roads aud making other Improvements
which will facilitate the across to
Crater Lako aud other points of scenic
interest scattered all through the
park. This year, the secretary of the
treasury hopes to havo at least (1,000
mado availnblo so that tho improve
ments can bo mado during tho summer
of 1U04.
Mount Hauler National Park Iu
Washington is so far without a super
intendent, and, beyond a road survey
mado hist summer, littlo has been
done looking to its Improvement.
Tho secretary now asks for ('4,4100 to
be expended in the management and
Improvement of this park and on the
Improvement of roads. The Washing
ton delegation will ask for a larger
amount, although there is some doubt
if they will succeed in getting It.
TRANSPORTS MADE READY
Supposition Is That Troops May
ba Ordered to Panama,
Orders havo been received at Hun
Frnuolsco from Washington by local
transport olllclals to got the troop
ships Sherman and Newport iu readi
ness for sea and work has beeu Im
mediately commenced. The tranpsort
ofllelnls maintain secrecy as to the
orders rocoived and refuse to divulge
tho Intended destination of tho vessels.
It Is generally believed, however,
that it is tho intent Ion to have the
troopships in readiness for nny move
ment towards Panama.
The guuhout Benulngtou has arriv
ed In Jiort from the Bremerton Navy
Yard. It was understood sho would
leave In company with the liufTnrd,
acting as a convoy to the toriaulo
boats Paul Jones aud Preble ou their
passage south.
Was This Our Slrowbrldge?
Under tho above head the Gleii-
dlo News prints tho following dis-
teh from Los Angeles, dated Decem
ber 20th, which appeared in tho S. F,
Kiiimluer. Whether this was tin
milling man who was tu Glendnle
lust Spring, we do not know, but the
probabilities are that It was, as he
was down in that juirt of the country :
"Tho dead body of a man supiosed
to he W. 11. Strowhridge, was found
lying near the t'a. ks of the Long
Beach electric, line at t'oiiiptiin this
morning. The body wns identified by
tho conductor of a Long Reach
electrio train, who stated Hint the
man got ou his car late last night
aud was unable to pity his fare to
Long Beach, which the conductor ad
vanced h in.
"The passenger to ik a seat ou the
outside of the car and at Couipton tho
conductor missed him hut supposed
that he had fallen olf tho car. The
skull of tho dead man was crushed,
pieaumably by his fall from tho cur.
There was nothing on the body by
which It could lie identified, except
au envelotm addressed to W. 11.
Strowhridge, Hnn I.ulk Obispo."
Mow to Prevent Croup.
It will be" good news to the mothers
of small children to h am that croup
can be prevented. The first sign of
croup Is hoarseness. A day or two be
foro the attack the child becomei
hoarse. Givo Chamberlain's Cn : I
Remedy freely as soon as the child be
comes horse, or even after tho rough
cough appears, and it will dispell
all symptoms of croup. It is in fact,
the ouly remedy that cau always be
depended upou and that is pleasant
and safe to take. For salo by all
druggists.
Austiu's Report Cards for school
use for sale at the Courier ofllee T3o
per hundred.
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Xa. G.Z.XI. Column
Tho regular meeting of the W. O.
T. U. will bo hold -at the home Mrs.
Lee Calvort, Friday, Jau. 1, at t :c0 p.
m.
Thoagltatipn over the slot machines
is uot confined to Portland. Tho
Mlehlgnn courts are now atfer them
and tliey don't draw the line any
where this side of their complete ex
tinction.
Jndgo Coolldgo of tho circuit bench
nit St Joseph said: "Comnlaiut has
been mndo to me of the use of slot
machines among minors. It is
practice without excuse. The police
of the cities aud tne Tillage oflloers
am tlioreforo ordered to remove all
slot nmohinn-i within their jurisdic
tion. If the machines aro uot remov
ed by tho proprietors thoy must be
confiscated. Playing of slot machines
has become rampant It leads youths
to the tomptatlon of thieving and em
bezzlement, ending behind i prison
bars. If the police neglect their duty,
I will see that tho prosecuting attor
ney takes steps towards their prose
cution for olllclal negligence. Play
ing slot machines in hops of gain is
tho first sood whereby la sowu the good
of crinio which ends the careers of
promising youtig men behind prison
bars."
Whou asked whether any distinction
would be mado In the several .kinds
of machines ho said no restrictions
could bo made, they wero all operated
for the sumo purpose and all most go,
Portland officials In comparison
with this, havo undertaken an easy
task.
Why cannot the ofllolals of Grants
Pass undertake tho same methods to
abolish the slut machines from Our
midst, thereby helping, to say the
least, to save our young men from
rulu.
Cleveland, O., Oct 4. "I wont out
with thu boys aud took my first glass.
The liquor fascinated mo. Now, lot
mo die, I only want to die."
William D. Patton, C4 Ward street,
tosses restlessly ou a cot at Cleveland
General Hospital. He has several
knife wounds in his breast When
left alone, he tries to tear tha band
ages from thete, so that he will die.
Now York, Oct 1. James Shana
han, 114 years old, a laborer of 023
Columbus avenue, drew his wages
' (In) Saturday night, entered a saloon,
displayed his niouey, was followed by
two strangers, and attacked. He is
now Iu the J. Hood Wright Hospital
mtrVring from a fractured skull.
A raso of depravity that deserves
the severest censure was called to
the attention of tho city authorities,
says Tin. Dulles Chronicle A farmor
who lives a few miles out of town
I'nmu In with a wagou and team,
hringiiig his 13-year-old daughter
with him. He left the child to hold
the team whilo ho did soma trailing,
but his greatest purchase was whisky.
All day tho little girl stayed with the
team In tho lint sun aud late in the
evening ho appeared and started
home. When a milo out of town he
told the girl to drive home while ha
returned to town. Coming back he
proceeded to fill up and was soon
landed iu Jail, and tho next morning
he was given the, choice of paying $15
or serving 10 days in Jail. Next
morning sentence was suspended aud
the brutn was allowed to go dome to
provide for his family, bot should he .
ri'iwiit bis act of depravity he will ba
si veroly dealt with.
Coughing Spall Cauiad Death.
"Harry Duck well, aged J5 years,
choked to death early yesterday morn
ing at his home, In tho presence of
his wife and child. Ho contracted a
slight cold a few days ago and paid
but little attention to it. Yesterday
morning he was seized with a fit of
coughing which continued for soma
time. His wifo sent for a physician,
bet before ho could arrive, another
coughing spell came on and Duekwell
died from suffocatiou. St Louis
Gloho-Dcmocrat. Deo. 1, WO!."
Ballard's Horehound Syrup would
have saved him. Sac, 50c and (1.00 at
Slover Drag Co.