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Hie Loop City Northwestern I. W. B( 1UXIGR, Publisher Coup city, . . Nebraska HEWS OF TOE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER CR LESSEN IMPORTANCE. I BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS Nat onsL Political. Personal and Other Matters mi Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. P« it>cal Notea RosreteU dd iared ta favor of gor s--ram.ni cafe of let era. Uaocrt'i of Michigan held a har mamiotM stale navtataa Hrj a* a: Uvm. Ntv. made a p:e Anna at a clena sweep for Wilson Mi Boas even ;» counting confident. Ijr us the support of Governor Hadley. The prohibition party of North Da kuta • 11 place bm electoral ticket in the field. Wlas'oa Churchill was nominated for g-neraor by New Hampshire pro. ■res*, tes A call for further coo’ributkm# has bem made by the democratic national la a doses addresses at Im Ange les * J Hr* an discussed Roosevelt's aii»ged sboncvtamgs. New York republicans are consider tag the advisability of nominating linear Humus for governor Mr. Roosevelt says it is difficult to draw a distinction between the repute lean and democratic parties. Mr Bryan. following the route of I » > >elt is the west, is dealing l-sty Blows to the progressive lender Kt-President Roosevelt In his po I.rural swing around the circle, is not doing mack handshaking. but lots of talk Sooth Dakota Riosevelt electors sdl sot be disturbed on the ballot, ac cording to n ruling of the state au Tbe fc nr weeks' campaign of the west and middle west of Governor Jahaaoa at Callfcenin closed in Cleve land with n largely attended meeting at the Central armory. Champ Clark made his first cam paign speech in bis own district when he addressed the voters of Hawk Point. Mo. He devoted the greater par at his speoch to the tariff, espe. rial > as M affects the farmers of the middle west Arrangements have been completed for the opening if South Dakota cam paign hesdquarters for the handling of the pnrr-esive campaign, with John Ss'bertknn ns the head of the orgat ration to act independently of the state republican headquarter* latest, m on the part of attorneys for il« *,-grr~ Taft electors to press the litigation over the right of Kooie •eft awii to re-n.ain os the republic an electoral ticket was indicated in Washington, despite reports that a compromise had bees reached l ’charge that former President Roosevelt had done “an illegal thing hi order to build up aa irresistible power' la permittlag the purchase by tbs l Sited States Steel corpora'll n *f the Tennessee Coal and Iron com pany was made la a speech by Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson. Governor T C McGovern issued a format statement favoring the candi dacy if Theodore Roosevelt, dec la r bag hue the sutural choice of all re ysUioM. and worthy of the support at all progressives McGovern's de darstws means a parting of the ways her w ees himself and Senator La Kol Brtte GmmL Coventor Fee* Vat renominated ia the TliimimKU primaries A kjo Jaauetv loan of 115.000.0'JO ad 1 per cent ia diortly to be Boated. Tbe battleship Wyoming was tam ed ever to the government at tbe Philadelphia aary yard Governor Wilson twitted Colonel Mouse* ett about tbe alleged growth of trusts during hi* administration. Major General Leonard Wood, chief of stag of the I sited State* army, ar rived is Chicago oa a tour of taspec The treasury department author ised tbe retarw of boraes belonging to Helen federal* Which have been beM at Eagle Pass oa the American •Me *f the Mexican border Total euptrihutlor.s to date to the democratic campaign fund amount to *S* TW. It wan announced by Henry Mergcathsu. chairman of tbe demo cratd- national finance committee. A petition naming lea aew Roote eedt elector* to go oa the iadepend. eat ballot la Kansas was filed by Wil liam Alien While. Kaaaa* progressive national committeeman The petition bore tjNI signatur- • Meporta of aaikmal hacks la the re •*tt» cities made la response.to tbe last caB of the comptroller of tbe car den*-;-. It waa announced at Washing ton. abew a M per cent redaction of enceaalte loawa aa compared with the caB of Jane 11 Taeaty seven divorce# were grant ed In Wee than two hours |B the ta dapeedetace dittaaon of the circuit court at Kansas City. la ht* Jewmey from Montana to Mahe William J . Ur van made several agieechca from the rear platform ot bis train sad ia ail he assailed Co tsar I Moose* eh Tbe v#ie*»o fitrombull again it in irupra at Messina. Italy. < tedera. ••be*, aad tacaadescent* and are be lar ejected from mis# craters and dtmt w tall.ttg ia large fuanttes over the aerranadiag country and outlying Inlands A fend of Ifljribi to aid the cause at hoaae rale for Ireland was raised la Philadelphia at aa esihaaiastie mats Joseph Marotic editor of tha fronaa Herald of Pittsburgh. Pa., was elected pr.eldest of tbe f.atlotml Craotma society, which ia bolding its Governor Johnson denied the pro gressive pisiform was too radical. France has decided to build a squad ron of swift armed dirigibles for its serial war fleet, in addition to the aeroplanes already possessed by the army. Mrs Helen Pierce Gray was ar | rested in Washington at the behest of > the Indian office. A policy of non-competition in cer tain territory was adopted by the Standard Oil company. A lakes-to-the-gulf waterway was arced as a necessary feeder for the completed Panama canal. Three women were appointed to serve on the state committee of the , progressive party of Massachusetts. The Kan>as prohibition candidates | failed to get their petitions filed in time fur their names to appear on the teneral election ballot in the Xovem I her election. A widespread warning has been sen? out from Red Cloud, Nebraska, that practically all the horses that have been vaccinated for the new dis ease. are dying. Governor Carroll of Iowa, started on a f wo-weeks’ trip through Colora | do. Arkansas. Mississippi and Georgia, for the purpose of studying road-build ing by prisoners. Tbe first stone of a monument to i Victor Hugo was laid at Wateroo, Belgium, on the battlefield immortal ] lied by the French poet and novelist in "Les Miserables.” Siiteen persons were injured, one j seriously, ner Tates, Kansas, when emstbound Missouri Pacific passenger tram No. 410 was derailed. A broken ; rail caused the accident. "Gentlemen burglars or highway- i - men” were declared to be "much | I more honorable than the Roosevelt leaders in Kansas" by John Maynard Harlan In a recent speech. There were 615 mine workers killed 1 in the hard coal mines of Pennsylva nia in 1911. according to the annual report issued by James E Roderick. ! chief of the state bureau of mines. The Maid of the Mist, the little i steamer that has for years carried • I tourist* dose to the tumbling waters j ( of Niagara Falls, ran on the rocks Sunday a short distance from the cataract Eugene \V Chafin. prohibition can- j uidate tor president of the United j Ftate*. on Sunday was denied pertnis- j sion to speak from the pulpits of •liree Methodist churches of Grand | Rapid*. Mich. E M Clendeninc. secretary of the Commercial club of Kansas City, was elected president of the Central As soc.a*ion of Commercial Secretaries in Indianapolis. Next year's meeting will be in Omaha. The democratic state convention of Michigan harmoniously adopted a platform characterized as strongly progressive, and defeated an effort to retire a majority of the old members of the state central committee. In London, a man giving his name | as Titus and claiming to be an tmencan citizen, shot and killed a ! bar maid, seriously wounded three »tber people, and for a time caused.a semi panic in the west end. The body of an unidentified mail. 60 ! .•ears old. was found in a straw stack j near Columbia. S. D.. by two hunters. Tbe supposition is that the man crawled Into the stack last winter, as he was dressed in heavy winter clothing buttoned tight. General Emelio Campa. under ar rest at Tucson. Arizona, has declared that Orozco, rebel leader, has more than fl.oW.W*# in European banks, as a tesult of his revolution. Campa de clares that Genera] Salazar also has iccumulated a large fortune. A dispatch to the navy department j from Rear Admiral Southerland an- | nounced the arrival of Major Butler j and a force of marines at Granada with Red Cross supplies for the citi zens and pupils of the French college, who had been isolated nearly fifty days A ball which was to be given at Balmoral castle by King George was cancelled. The general opinion is that his majesty was too busy con -nlting with Sir Edward Grey, secre tary of foreign affairs, on the present situation in Ireland to give his atten tion a social function. All doubt as to the determination o' the Chinese government to reject the proposed international bankers’ loan of 1350,000.000 was removed when Preslden} Yuan Shi Kai formal- ! I* declined the proposal in answer to a direct question by Sir John L. oJr dan. the British minister at Peking. \V 8. Tinsman. assistant to Presi- i dent Mudge of the Chicago. Rock I (eland A Pacific railroad, was chosen ruairman of the General Managers' j association of Chicago and of the As- j sooiatk.n of Western Railways. There tre thirty-two railways affiliated with the General Managers' association. Xits-gations of collision between '■'biemo city officials and resort keep <-r» are said to have been presented ■n the September grand jury in a ctuEtymide vice investigation The r. ime., of several prominent police <*f ti< Lais are said to have been mention e<! bv witnesses who testified before the Inquisitorial body at the opening of the Inquiry. Te’egraphic and telephonic commun ication between the Mediterranean city of Port Bou. Gerona and Barce lona hat been cut by the railroad strikers. Personal. President Taft and Governor Wfl 1 son greeted each other at Boston. Attorney General Wickersham inter I preted the new newspaper law for the postuflice department. Mhny big men have been summoned to testify on campaign contributions i before the senate committee. President Taft spoke at Altooua. Pa., on the fiftieth anniversary of the meeiing of war governors. Woodrow Wilson hedged on the ju diciary recall, but admitted mild op-‘ position to the plan. liiratn W Johnson opened the pro r-easivc campaign in Massachusetts by a speech at Worcester.._ Fifty-one men accused of dynamite plots are about to face trial in the 'ederal court at Indianapolis. At fVnver. when Mr*. Emethia Vin t«-nt called on her former husband, to <i>Uert her alimony, he refused to k:*§ her and she refused the money. I - OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ASSIST DEPOSITORS. RECORDS OPEN TO SCRUTINY Money Set Aside According to Law and Is to be Found in the State Banks. In Nebraska there are no dark room methods connected with the ad ministration of the guaranty of bank deposit law, such as bad a tendency to discredit the administration of a similar law in Oklahoma, says the State Journal. The records of Secretary Royse of the state banking board are open to the world, and there is no dispute or doubt as to the amount of money in the guaranty fund, or what it is being used for, such as arose in Oklahoma. Neither are there any bank failures in Nebraska, such as there have been in Oklahoma. Neither were there any bank failures, practically speaking, in Nebraska for a period of about fight years before the guar- [ anty law was passed. The records of (he state banking j board show tha^ on the first of July | there was $552,075.34 in the guar- I anty fund. There is no dispute as to where this money is to be found. It i is in possession of the state banks, j which set it aside according to law. I and it will remain in the care of these banks until such time as it may be called for to pay the losses of state banks that may fail to meet their obligations. necenny an emergency assess ment of about $150,000 was levied in Oklahoma to take up certificates of deposit lost In a failed bank, a debt which other banks had assumed be cause when the failure took place there were no funds in the guaranty fund. About the same time the emer gency assessment was made in Okla homa another bank In that state failed. The guaranty fund In possession of Nebraska state banks is security for $S2,i*O0,000 of deposits. The fund was raised by the semi-annual assess ments against state banks provided for by law. There have been three semi-annual assessments of one fourth of 1 per cent of deposits since the law went into effect in 1911. The first assessment of July 1, 1911, produced $165.3#3.3G. The second as sessment of January 1. 1912. raised tl82,173.G0, and the third assessment of July 1, 1912. added $192,590.92. To this was added the assessment of several new su*te banks just organ ized and from i1 was deducted some money refunded, leaving a total of $552,075.34 on July 1, 1912. Secretary Royse of the state bank ing board says there will be one more assessment of one-fourth of 1 per cent against banks. After that semi-annual assessments at the rate of one-twentieth of 1 per cent of de posits will be made until the guar anty fund for the protection of de positors reaches lVi per cent of the total deposits. After that there will be no more assessments unless the fund is depleted below 1 per cent of the deposits. However, an emergency assessment of i per cent each year can be levied on deposits if the guar anty fund is depleted below 1 per cent of the deposits. The total de posits now in state banks being $82,000,000 the guaranty fund at no one time can exceed $1,230,000, or l1* per cent of the total deposits. year and the farmers there again have shown that they are "some pump kins.' — Asks About Sandhills. To show that the publicity given the vacant lands of Nebraska by La bor Commissioner Guye has reached beyond the confines of the state, a letter was received by him asking for information regarding the lands and also for a book describing the sand hills of Nebraska. The letter was from Huenos Avres, South America. Few Fires in Picture Houses. State Fire Warden Randall has re cei.-ed reports of only three fires in moving picture houses thus far this year. Last year four fires of this kind were reported from Nebraska towns. Considering that there are at least 1.200 moving picture houses in operation in the state, and the in flammability of the films used. Mr. Randall believes three fires is a very' small number. He lias insisted on the use of fireproofing of the oper. ators' stand and also on the use of an automatic device which closes the door of the operators' booth in case of a fire. This is done by the sim ple use of cords which hold a door to the booth. Valuable Newspaper File. Secretary C. S. Paine of the4 state historical society received from C. TV. Smails the files of the Fremont Daily Herald from the year 18T2 down to the time when the paper was received regularly by the society. The Herald was the first daily published at Fre mont and the date of the first edition was January 24, 1872. Prior to that time it had been issued as a weekly and the number of the first daily was No. 2ti. The papers will be bound and catalogued for prcs-rvation with oth er records in the office. Relay Rider Killed. TV. R. Mellor, secretary of the state fair board, received notice that A. C. Curtis, one of the riders in the relay race at the Nebraska fair, was killed at Walla Walla. Ore., while riding in a relay race. Curtis will be remem bered by fair visitors who saw the re lay race as the man who made the sensational changes from one horse to another in front of the grandstand with the horses going at full speed. His death was caused by the slipping of the saddle cinch while rounding a turn. WARNING ON JUACKS. Farmers Advised to Avoid Their Horse Nostrums. State Veterinarian Bostrom has returned from Phelps county, where he was called to investigate what was thought to be the ravage of spinal meningitis in cattle of that section. The disease, however, was diagnosed as blackleg and with the remedies suggested to farmers the state veter inarian believes the malady will soon be stamped out. I'pon his return Dr. Bostrom made recommendation to the governor that every effort be made to stop the fraudulent means being taken by vari ius quacks to sell remedies for the alleged cure of the horse disease which has caused severe losses over fhe state in the past month. Accord ing to the veterinarian, a huge sum of money has been spent in this way without any beneficial results being obtained. The state veterinarian de sires the governor, through the vari ous state departments, to do all he can to stop the misuse of money in thU way. A public statement on the matter will likely be forthcoming within a short time. Yal Johnson of KujU, Okla., a veter inarian who came to the state to in vestigate the horse disease, declared that the mold on foxtail growths since the late summer rains is responsible for the spread of the malady. He de clares that it is a form of fungus poisoning. l'ield Chief Davfaon of Xew York City and his four federal experts will leave the state within a few days. They have made a wide investigation and are said to have collected many facts with relation to the baffling disease. They are. however, not ready to suggest any remedy. Their only concern at the present time is to urge that preventive means be ldopted to guard against the spread of the disease. They will review ‘heir Investigation in research work it federal experiment stations after hey leave this state. Analyzing Purchases. Land Commissioner Cowles started the system of having the state board of purchase and supplies submit goods to chemical analysis. He has had State Chemist Redfern analyze coffee and soap and tests have been made of eoai before being purchased by the svate. Mr. Cowles is now having the chemist analyze lubricat ing oils for use in the power plants at the different state institutions. Four or five markings are made on each sample, the principal ones being for viscosctty and the temperature at which the oil burns and flashes. Valuation of Right of Way. Principal Assistant Engineer C. H. Gerber and Right-Of-Way Expert E. W. Reed of the physical valuation de partment ctf the state railway com mission have returned from Adams county, where they spent a week in investigation of land values on the Union Pacific •'ut-off from Gibbon to Kearney. A satisfactory idea of val ues was obtained on the tiip, accord ing to Mr. Reed and it is expected that much of the data collected will be used in the physical valuation hearings which are to be held later before the commission. The question of right-of-way valuation has been the chief dividing point in the hearings already held and differences between the state's and railroads figures have in many instances been marked. Actual valuations of surrounding property were in many cases agreed i upon by the two sets of engineers, but opinions differed when it came to the matter or using a multiple for com puting the right-of-way valuation. Memorial for Calkins. The supreme court appointed a committee to draft resolutions on the death of Judge E. C. Calkins of Kearney, who was a former commis sioner of the court. Oil Inspection Report. State Oil Inspector Husenetter has issued his report for September, which shows a healthy amount of business done. The amount on hand on August 1 was $1,200; received dur ing the month, $6,956.72, making a to tal amount on hand of $8,156.72. The disbursements were $1,449.76, leaving a nice balance of $6,706.96. Insurance Company Outlook. Attorney General Martin says it is up to the auditor to say whether the Equitable Endowment company of Omaha shall be placed in the hands of a receiver. The auditor, if he dis covers that such a thing is necessary, has the power to have a receiver ap pointed. Adjutant Lillie Resign*. The resignation of Captain Jerome Lillie as adjutant of the First reg iment of the National Guard has been accepted. Also the resignation of Lieutenant John W. Burnett of M company of the Second regiment at McCook. Order by Railway Commission. The state railway commission has ordered the Burlington and North western railroads to connect their lines at O'Neill by building a transfer switch. The order was written by Commissioner H. T. Clarke. The ac tion follows twenty years of effort to secure this concession, the first step being taken in the early nineties, when a bill looking to tbe accomplish ment of that task was introduced in the state legislature. It passed the bill, but tbe switch was **ot built de spite an order to that street. Live Stock Interests. Officers and members of the execut ive committee of the Nebraska im proved live stock breeders' associa tion met at the Lindell hotel in Lin coln and perfected plans for the ex tension of their work. A set of by laws was adopted and preparations were made to wage a campaign for members in the coming three months. The association is formed primarily for the breeders and owners of high grade live stock industry. The mem bership has been etended to include all fanners who raise live stock. TWO AVIATORS LOST CORPORAL SCOTT AND LIEUTEN ANT ROCKWELL KILLED. AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED Both American Army Officers, and Death Comes to Them by a Fall of Thirty-five Feet. Washington.—Two more lives were sacrificed to aviation at the United States army aviation field. College Park. Md., near here Saturday, when an army aeroplane suddenly fell thir ty-five feet to the ground, instantly killing Corporal Frank S. Scott and so seriously injuring Second Lieutenant Lewis C. Rockwell that he died a few hours later. Hundreds of persons, including-fel j low array officers attached to the aviation school, breathlessly witness ed the tragic accident. When they reached the scene. Corporal Scott was found dead several feet from the wrecked machine, while Lieutenant Rockwell was fatally injured. The ' lieutenant was taken to the Walter ■ Reid army hospital here, where he i died this evening. Lieutenant Rockwell had started up i with Corporal Scott as a passenger ! to take a test flight in his trial for a military aviator's license. They had been in the air about eight minutes. Ascending to a height of 500 feet, then gliding down they had got about thirty-five feet from the ground. At this point the aviator turned the mar chine upward again and something went wrong. Instantly the aeroplane buckled and crashed to the ground, being reduced to a heap of wreckage. Captain Charles De Forest Chand ler. commanding officer of the avia tion school, immediately convened a | board of inquiry to make an investi- : gation. A single utterance of Lieutenant ! Rockw ell, probably brought death to ! Corporal Scott and saved the life of Captain Hennessy Rockwell was about to start aloft. Captain Hennessy ap proached him and requested that he be taken along as passenger. Lieuten ant Rockwell replied. "No, you're too heavy.” And Corporal Scott was selected to accompany the lieutenant on the trip, j Lieutenant Rockwell was regarded as a careful aviator. He was the fourth commissioned officer of the United States army to meet death in an aviation accident. ■ big Saving to Government. Washington.—Frederick A. Cleve land, chairman of President Taft's j economy and efficiency commission, in a statement outlining the plan that will be followed in submitting to con gress a budget of public estimates and expenditures, declared that by •'ten years of continuous persistent effort” the government could reduce its running expenses nearly $300,000, 000 a year. New Stamp for Parcels Post. Washington. — Arrangements have been made by Postmaster General Hitchcock for the engraving and manufacture of a series of twelve stamps, unique in size and novel in design for exclusive use in the for- ; w arding of packages by the parcels | post. Roosevelt Visits Old Home. Atlanta, Ga. — Colonel Roosevelt made a pilgrimage to a quaint old j house in Roswell, twenty miles out of j Atlanta. It was the building in which his mother, Martha Bulloch, was torn and spent the early years of her life. Opera House Destroyed. Wichita, Kan.—Fire at Sedgwick, near here, destroyed the opera house, a two-story brick structure, and a general store, occupying the lower Coors of the building. The postoffice building was partially burned. Socialist Notification Held. New York.—Eugene V. Debs, the . socialist nominee for president, and Emil Seidel, nominee for vice presi dent, were officially notified of their gemination at ceremonies in the great amphitheater at Madison Square Garden Sunday. Run Up the White Flag. San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua—A re port received here says that the in surgents at Masaya ran up a white 1 flag. This leaves Leon the only stronghoid still defying the govern ment. 1 Narrow Escape of Crew. Marquette, Mich. — Captain Henry : Richardson and his crew of sixteen i narrowly escaped death when the ] steamer Culligan sank in Lake -Su perior 20 miles west of Grand Island. , - i Sale of Indian Land. Winnebago. Neb.—Eleven hundred acres of land on the Winnebago and Omaha reservatipns in Thurston county will ~o on sale November 25.\ following announcements just posted here. The land office In this place will be headquarters for the sale. Prediction by President. Beverly, Mass.—President Taft, in a message to the Commercial Travel er’s Sound Money league in New 1 York, has declared that a democratic victory will mean business unrest. Gave Teddy a Respite. New Orleans, La.—The solid south J welcomed Roosevelt here on Thurs- , dav with its most representative hos- j pitajity It respected his weariness from twenty-four days’ campaigning. . and let him ■ recuperate most or' the day. ( Shot Her Husband. Niagara Falls. N. Y.—Mrs. Mary M. Flannel Is under arrest here, charged | fltfth shooting her husband, George Manner, September 12, while riding in | >n automobile. IDEAL FOR THE FISHERMAN Gunnison River, Colorado's Famous Stream, Has Reputation That Is World Wide. Denver.—The Gunnison river flows, or rather leaps, down the western slope of Colorado and is famed for its trout. Enthusiastic anglers frequently Journey there from England to whip its turbulent waters during the fish ing season, as the trout in this ice cold stream are celebrated for their exquisite flavor, and for their fighting qualities as well. This picturesque stream after flow ing placidly through a beautiful broad valley, hemmed in by snow capped peaks, suddenly breaks its leash and plunges into a series of rapids and cascades where it enters the Black Canon at Sapinero, whose granite walls rise on either side to a perpen dicular height of from two thousand to three thousand feet above the foam- ' ing stream. It continues its tortuous In the Black Canon. course through this chasm for upward of thirty miles before It emerges Into another valley at State Bridge, three thousand feet lower than where it en tered the canon. The trout fishing is along the upper half of the canon, which Is traversed by a narrow gauge railroad. The low er half of the canon is impassable Only three men ever made the trip through it. They were government engineers who were reconnoitering for a location for the Gunnison tunnel to irrigate the t’ncompahgre Valley. Their strong raft was wrecked, their instruments and clothing were lost and they were rescued in an exhaust ed condition. Below the canon so much alkali and soil are discharged into the stream by the irrigating ditches that trout cannot live in it. but suckers flourish there, often attaining a length of from eighteen to twenty inches. During the latter part of May the suckers go up the small tributaries to spawn. After spawning they return in schools, tail first, to the river. These small streams are rocky and swift, and if the fish did not slacken speed by swimming against the current they might be bruised against the rocks. In the pools where the water was two or three feet deep the fish were so numerous that it was no uncom mon occurrence to throw out three and four fish with each thrust of the fork. The fish were weak and slug- 1 gish after spawning and did not make i much effort to get out of the way. The old woman brought out two washing tubs, a wasbboiler and a large dish pan. all of which were filled within half an hour with fish from twelve to eighteen inches in length, which she : skinned and salted down for future use. She lamented that the fish were ■'a-gettin' skeercer every year.” "Why. at cornin' down time three years ago me and my old man got ; nigh onto a wagon load in no time," j she said. — BEAR IS UNINVITED GUEST Enters Sleeping Room, Whose Occu pant Vacates Instanter Without Waiting to Dress. Hood River, Ore.—The citizens of the Oak Grove district, armed with the family weapons and followed by all of the dogs that qualified for the event, are passing the time In a bear hunt: A big brown bruin came down , out of the Green Point hills a few days ago. raided a raspberry patch at the i ranch of Esquire C. C. Lemmon, de stroyed the apiary of another rancher j and entered the kitchen of the Apple- I del. Robert Shinn, a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural college, who is caring for the Appledel tract, keeps j bachelor's hall there. His slumbers of the eariy dawn were disturbed by the noise of the bear raiding the cull nary department. In a few seconds the bear had en tered his sleeping apartment. Shinn left hurriedly through an open window by his bed. The tapping of his night shirt waving an adieu so suddenly iD the cool morning breeze frightened the bear, which turned over a cup board of jams and canned fruits in Its hasty exit through the pantry. The bear is said to be one of tht largest ever 6een in this region, and the ranchers fear that unless It Is ' killed it will begin to raid barnyards SCHOOL BOARD BARS CUPID Applicants for Positions at Wilkes- - barre. Pa.. Must Make Written Promise. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Before successful applicants for positions in Hazleton township schools are permitted to start work they must Bubmit in writ ing a promise that they will not fall victims to Cupid's darts during the school year. Some of the teachers who refused I to give the written promise have been informed that their services will not be required- It is understood that the new rule has delayed a few midwintet weddings. The school board made ! the demand to prevent a scarcity oi ' teachers after the term was undei 1 way. i mrMoreW / Economical \ / Both in Use I and Cost I CALUMET I BAKING POWDER I — And it does better ; I work. Simply follow ■ your customary method 1 of preparation — add a ■ little less of Calumet \ 1 than when using ordi- £ 1 nary baking powder. ® 1 Then watch the result. i Light, fluffy, and even I ly raised — the baking I comes from the oven < I more tempting, tastier, I more wholesome. 1 Calumet insures the baking of an I expert. Ask your grocer to-day. I RECEIVED I HIGHEST AWARDS Yoa don't seme money uhen you bay cheap or big-can baking powder. Don't j be milled. Buy Calumet It's mom economical—more wholesome — give* best results. Calomel is few superior to sour milk and soda. Nothing More to Live For. Without question, the Scots curler of whom Lord Lyveden tells in Pry’s Magazine, placed the proper value on his sport. During a recent curling-match in Switzerland, the skip of one of the teams, who happened to be a Scots man. was so delighted with the ac curate shot of one of his team, that he was heard to address him in the fol lowing manner: ‘Lie down and dee, mon; lie down and dee. Ye'll never lay a finer stane nor that if ye live to be a hundred." Sweeping Statement. .'■"Scriblets is going to quit being a press humorist." "Did he tell you that?" "No, but he said he was not going to write any more jokes about mothers in-law, bald headed men. women’s hats, intoxicated husbajids and family fights " Impossible. "Jaggs Is a man of loose conduct.” “Hardly, for whenever 1 see him, he’s tight.” A CURB FOR PILES. Cole's Ca-bo!I&a!ve stops itching ami palp-* and cures piles. All druggists. 25 and 50c. Adv. When a man does get even with another he is never satisfied until be gets a little more so. Many a fellow fails to hit the bull’s eye In the big shoot because he has wasted all his ammunition In practice ^ Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as many clothes as any other'blue.1 Don’t put your money into any other. Adv. Many a pretty woman is merely a bunch of pride, pretense and practice. Might may overcome right, but It can never destroy It. The Army of Constipation la Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are responsioie— tney not only give relief^ — they perma nentlvcure Coe-, stipatioo. Mil-j lions use, them fo* \ Dwouneis, ^ ~ ladigeitioa, Sick Hcidacke, Sallow Skin. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature