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6 Months Up, Neither at Tryst
IV T 1SS CHALETTA HALL,
IV1 i, stenographer, who
gets a half-million dollars if
she weds in a year.
Bilbo, Lieutenant-Governor Under
Indictment on Graft Charge, May
Still Be Able to Preside Over the
Senate and Block Appointments.
; VCKSON, MISS., Dee. 27.—Gov
ernor roarl Brewer is writing his
iennial message, to be submitted to
ie Legislature January 6, under
Many difficulties, and the document
,romises to be rather brief,
owing to the fact that practically
of his time during the past two
.-Us has been consumed with the
llubbs-Bilbo bribery trial at Vicks
burg. the Governor has been able to
- \ • but little attention to h1s mes-
6 age, and thus far he has not even
; m<1 the biennial reports from the
un ions departments of State govern
ment.
In regard to the recommendations
e will make to the lawmaking body,
Governor Brewer is maintaining ab
solute silence. It is expected, how
ever. that his suggestions will be few
in number and very much to the
point.
That the legislative session is go
ing- to be the most notable held in
Mississippi in many years, fraught
itb much bitterness and partisan
spirit. 1s conceded on all sides. In
other words, it is going to be a regu-
iir monkey-and-parrot time, the con
clusion of which no man can forecast
h any degree of certainty.
Factional Lines Shattered.
The old factional lines so plainly
n.a.rked at the session two years ago
hnve been wiped out in many places,
iiiefly due to Governor Brewer’s
; nti-graft crusade, and the work of
the Legislative investigating commit
tee.
Politicians of prominence and in
ti uence who were sworn friends but
wo short years ago are now bitter
enemies.
To what extent factional politics
nd bitter personalities are going to
nfluence the general trend of legisla-
t.oii is? the hll-important question. In
many quarters the belief prevails that
political leaders are going to be kept
so busy fighting each other that very
little time will be left for the more
serious work of legislation.
The big question, of course, is what
lie State Senate intends to do con-
erning Lieutenant Governor Bilbo
. nd State Senator G. A. Hobbs, un-
dictuent Vicksburg for
iribe-taking, the trial of Hobbs being
now in progress.
Neither of these men is disquali
fy under the Constitution and can
not be unless they are convicted.
l.'Mitenant Governor Bilbo, unless he
< placed on trial before the opening
' the Legislative session, will un
doubtedly preside over the Senate
•roceedings. Heretofore he has had
strong following in the body, has
-radically dominated its proceedings,
nd it remains to be seen whether he
has suffered any loss of prestige
among its members.
Message to Hit Graft.
Governor Brewer’s biennial mes-
- -;e is going to deal strongly' with
o Bilbo-Hobbs Indictment, and all
other grafting charges developed by
iim during the past few months. Just
how the Senate is going to receive
'his criticism is an interesting sub
pet of comment.
The prosecution at Vicksburg is
ading every possible energy this
v r-ek to get the Hobbs case disposed
and Lieutenant Governor Bilbo
la.-ed on trial before December 31.
Should this endeavor be success
ful Bilbo car! not preside over the
Senate session until he has answered
'o bribery' Indictment. If the case
s once called it is.certain that the
•rosecution will force him to trial,
and, being in the custody of the War
ren County Sheriff, he could hardly
desert the trial and journey to Jack
in for the Legislative session.
1 >n the other hand, if the trial of
•Senator Hobbs should result in a
mistrial or acquittal, there is some
d-'iiht whether the State will en-
' '.ivor to go immediately into the
HiIbo case.
Awkward for Hobbs.
Senator Hobbs, however, will be in
awkward attitude before the Leg-
■ iture, regardless of what may be
? ’ie outcome of his trial. There will
■ a goodly number of members
iv convinced that he is guilty, no
meter what the jury finding may be,
”'l this will naturally cripple the
r '"tigo and influence he has hith-
1 " > held in the body as one of Lieu-
mit Governor Bilbo’s most intimate
• nrls and trusted lieutenants.
Legislators from South Mississippi,
usual, are coming cocked and
a mod to renew their fight for a
institutional They offer
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to This Medicine
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- I know of some unfortunate person so af
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vestigating a medicine which has brought about
omplete recovery In a number of very serious
mes? To Eckman's Alterative, a remedy for
i'hroat and Lung Troubles, has been given the
fullest credit of restoring health In a large nura-
of cases. Head this:
5323 Girard Avo.. Phila., Pa.
Gentlemen: In the winter of 1303 I had an
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j -r t v Lung Trouble. In the winter of 1#04 I
Aa<j cough, night sweats, fever and raised Quan-
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. flC*ng of recoveries and additional c»i-
many reasons why Mississippi's or
ganic law should be revised, among
them being the inequality of Legis
lative representation, poor assessment
system, and inefficient method of dis
tributing the common school fund.
Even the advocates of woman’s suf
frage are to be enlisted in the cam
paign. and they may play a conspicu
ous part In the fight, as their forces
will be under the leadership of Miss
Belle Kearney, who has shown much
political astuteness—In work of this
character.
Marks Campaign Opening.
Simultaneous with the convening
of the Legislature, the next guberna
torial campaign may be considered as
formally opened, and this is going to
inject a great deal of politics into
the session.
Aside from Lieutenant Bilbo, who
has been an avowed aspirant for Gov
ernor Brewer’s seat for more than a
year, it is practically certain that H.
M. Quin, Speaker of the House, will
be an aspirant, and it is equally cer
tain that he is going to command a
large following among the members
of that body. This means much fac
tional politics being played across the
corridors.
Another prominent occupant of the
Statehouse who is charged with hav
ing a covetous rye on the Governor
ship is Professor J. X. Powers, State
Superintendent of Education, and it.
is whispered that “Farmer” H. E.
Blakeslee, of the Department of Ag
riculture, would not be averse to
moving his office around the corner
to the Executive apartments.
There are other candidates, active
and prospective, scattered over the
State who will figure prominently in
the Legislative session, getting their
forces organized for the fray.
May Fight Appointments.
Bight at the outset there will be
an interesting complication developed
anent the judicial appointment made
by Governor Brewer, which will be
presented to the Senate for confirma
tion. If Lieutenant Governor Bilbo
is there to preside, it is generally be
lieved that he will oppose all con
firmations, basing his opposition not
on his personal hostility toward the
Governor, of course, but upon the
ground that Governor Brewer vetoed
the bill providing for an elective ju
diciary system, and thus defeated
“the will of the people.” All appoint
ments made by the Governor up to
the special session held last June
were confirmed by the Senate, but
quite a number have been made since
that time.
Elective judiciary sentiment is not
especially strong among the voters.
However, there are a large number
of influential members in both houses
who sincerely believe in an elective
judiciary system, and it is expected
that they are going to join hands at
the approaching session with the ad
vocates of a constitutional conven
tion, in order to have their wdshes
carried out.
Another new proposition to be sub
mitted will be a bill providing that
members of levee boards shall be
elected by the people of the various
districts, instead of appointed by the
Governor. This will provoke a lively
fight.
Probers to Report.
A very large amount of attention
will, of course, be commanded by the
report of the joint Legislative inves
tigating committee, composed of Sen
ators Anderson, Owen and Ellis and
Representatives Bramlette and Evans,
which has been hard at work for the
last six months, probing the various
State offices and institutions.
Tn addition to demanding a more
equitable Legislative apportionment
and better taxing laws, South Missis
sippi is coming up to Jackson this
year with a spirited fight on oyster
legislation.
The State Oyster Commission in its
biennial report recommends the leas
ing of oyster beds, and this will be
bitterly opposed by oystermen, who
have perfected an organization to
wage a fight on the ground that the
plan of the commission w'ould place
all the oyster reefs in the hands of
large corporations and deprive them
of a livelihood.
Many recommendations of vital im
portance for the simplification of the
code of judicial procedure will be
submitted by the Association of
judges.
There will be human interest meas
ures galore, of course, among them
being Senator Walker’R bill provid
ing for eugenic marriages, copies of
which have, been sent to all the mem
bers for perusal.
Babies Wheeled in
Cabs for 1,300 Miles
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 127.—Declaring
that they had wheeled their three little
girls nearly 1.300 miles in baby car
riages. Milton fpdegraff and his wife ar
rived in this city after a four months’
journey from Nebraska. The last lap.
from Lancaster, Pa., and a few other
short stretches, were made in trains,
but iim t of the trip was made on foot.
T’pdegraff, a native of this city, who
was employed as a sheep herder in Ne
braska. lost his position and decided tr»
come back East. They began the trip
more than 16 weeks ago, pushing a pair
of 2-year-old twins and another 4-vear-
old child in baby carriages.
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Cm
Dislocates Shoulder
Putting on Shirt
ST. LOUTS, Dec. 27. —Arthur Great-
house appeared at his office with hi.-*
arm in a sling. He explained that lie
had dislocated his shoulder in putting
on a shirt.
While putting t»n the shirt, he lifted
his left arm above his head to push
his rigiit arm into the sleeve. The
right arm had been blocked because
the starch made the cloth stick to
gether
As hr :>ave ri wrench t<» push his
right arm through, his left shoulder
! was dislocated.
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Mrs. John Van
Alstyne, who
left her hus-
bapd saying:
“Love will
work out the
problem. If at
the end of six
months, I keep
the tryst, love
will compel me
to do so.” Col
orado Springs,
where they
spent their
honeymoon two
years ago, was
to be the
trysting place.
Neither hus
band nor wife
kept the tryst.
Pulpits Should Be Used to Spread! Rochester Bricklayer Asks $50,
Doctrine, Says Iowa
Preacher.
Unusual Agreement to Disagree Likely To Be
Permanent, Developments Show.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Deo. 27.—
Neither John Van Alstyne, a St. Jo
seph (Mo.) capitalist, nor his young
wife kept their tryst here to-day, and
it is believed their unique six months’
trial divorce failed to heal their love
wounds. Half a year’s separation was
to decide whether a permanent di
vorce would be sought or whether,
after all, their love was enduring !
and they would take up the marital I
state anew. On this date, acoordlng I
to the agreement of the novel divorce, j
they were to be reunited here or
make the arrangements for final di
vorce proceedings.
There IS some speculation as to
whether the Inference should be that
the six months’ period of separation
has proved intolerable and the
wealthy young man and his wife have ]
thrown the agreement to the winds j
and had a reunion. The general be
lief is, however, that the trial di- ]
vorce will he permanent.
This city was made the trysting |
Wanted Her to Dress
Like ‘Other Woman’
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.—Although
She testified at length as to the
taunts of her husband in trying to
get her to conform to the mode of
dress, manners and conversational
ability of another woman he admired.
Anne E. Dorsey failed to get a divorce
from Jackson H. Dorsey.
Here are some of the things sne
charged her husband said:
That the “other woman” wore her
gowns more prepossessingly.
That she would be more interesting
if she copied the "other woman s"
style.
That she ought to cultivate the
“other woman’s’’ acquaintance and
seek her aid in having gowns made.
Woman Would Have
Drunks Taken Home
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Representatives
of women s organizations recommended
to the City Council Judiciary Commit
tee the passage of a first aid to the in
ebriate ordinance.
The ordinance would provide that,
when a policeman found an intoxicated
man. he should take him home, if the
drunken man lived on the policeman's
beat. If not, the intoxicated man would
he taken to a police station and kept
until sober, but not charged with any;
offense.
The adoption of the measure was
urged on humanitarian grounds.
Married in an Auto
By Pastor on Curb
STUTTGART, ARK., Dec. 27.—Miss
Lena* Eulalia Hudson and William !.
Winkler, both of DeWitt, were married
by Ilev. Dr. K. McKee, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of this city.
It was an automobile wedding, the
bridal party, accompanied by several
friends, coining to the Presbyterian
parsonage and calling the minister to
the curbstone, where the ceremony was
performed.
Women Will Start
A Farming Colony
| EDMONTON. ALBERT.A. Dec 27
I Henry Howes, of Bushby Park, Bristol,
England, who is organizing the Wom-
! cm's Co-operative Farming Society, Ltd..
! will establish a co-operative farming
I rolon> within 50 miles of the city.
fiiris and women front England. Ir« -
| land and Scotland will bo located on tin
J laud and care for milch cows, poultry
i and pet stock and produce gardens.
place, because two years ago it was
where the young couple came on their
honeymoon after their marriage in
Missouri.
The agreement permitted both to
travel where they wished, to go for
social pleasures and even flirtation,
and required Van Alstyne to send his
wife a monthly check which, how
ever, was to contain no message of
any kind. And she, on the other
hand, agreed not to write to him.
Love alone was to bring them back
to each other here to-day if love
withstood the time of separation.
Just before her departure to Venice
after the trial divorce agreement was
made, Mrs. Van Alstyne said:
“John was good to me, but we just
couldn’t get along together. Neither
wanted a divorce, however, so we
dec ided on the six months’ trial. Love
will work out the problem. If at the
end of nix months I keep the tryst,
only love will impel me to do so.”
Electrician Plans to
Lure Fish With Music
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27.—B. C.
Haldeman, fire alarm superintendent
at fire headquarters, inventor and
electrician, is perfecting a device for
catching fish. Haldeman contends
fish are attracted by lights and mu
sic, and the proposed fishing device
consists of a telephone reproducer
and several small electric lights.
A storage battery is used for light
ing, and the telephone also is con
nected to the storage battery and
then to a phonograph by electric
wires.
Man Locked Up 70
Days Through Error
KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 27.—Of
ficials at the county jail here found a
stranger in one of the cells. He had
been in the cell 70 days. His name
was not. on the jail books. There had
been no warrant issued for him. There
was no charge against him.
The prisoner said his name was
Thurman Hoskins and so tar as he
knew he had never committed a
crime. He said an officer arrested
him and put him in the cell.
Free Church Lunches
To Worst Saloons
CINCINNATI. Dec. 27. To make the
church as attractive to the needy as
the saloon. Rev. A. X. Kelly has Inau
gurated giving away free lunches at his
church every evening.
Free lunch signs, posted on the outer
walls, doors and window*, invite the
wa> farer io come in, be fed and get re
ligion. Soup, coffee, sandwiches and
cakes are served. After free lunch
there is a sermon. A few who have
no place for the night will be invited
to rest a bit in the nice plush pews.
Handholding Costly:
Squeezes Rip Gloves
WICHITA KAN’S. Dee. 27. A lo
cal dealer in gloves has Issued a
warning that glove- will not be re
placed unless an absolute defect is
shown.
The cause of this ultimatum is said
to he the frequent calls young women
made on Monday mornings to com
plain of gloves that have "burstc i
when the miB real reason for tin-
brepk is the too arduous squeeze of
the band of an admirer.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA, Dec. 27.—A
vigorous discussion of the delicate
subject of eugenics was made by the
Rev. E. H Stevens, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, in his pulpit
last night, in which he advocated the
occasional use of the pulpit for the
imparting of the teachings of sex
morality, if the homes and the schools
do not live up to their mission.
Other recommendations were mar
riage restrictions of a stringent char
acter and the rigorous enforcement of
sterilization laws against habitual
criminals, idots and the otherwise
known unfit.
It is estimated that every year
60,000,000 babies are borii in the
world, said the Rev. Mr. Stevens. Of
this number 2,500.000 are born to the
parents of our country. A half mil
lion of these die before they reach
the age of one year. And before the
twenty-third year is attained one-lmlf
of the total number are dead. This
does not take into account the sick
ness and distress of those who sur
vive. This is a sad record of pain,
suffering and grief. How much of it
can be prevented?
The Costly Deficient.
Nor is this all. We are carrying
along with our civilization over 500,r
000 of the insane, feeble-minded, epi
leptic, blind and deaf, together with
80,000 prisoners, and 100.000 paupers
at an annual cost to the country of
$100,000,000. How much of this can
be prevented? A plague or a dis
ease that annually cost our country 4
per cent of its population would at
tract attention at once. But we are
used to crime, insanity, pauperism, so
much so, we expect it. Grant this
that there will always be a certain
percentage of those who fall far be
low the standard, can not something
be done to lower this percentage?
This is the problem that confronts
the nation to-day.
The solution of the problem very
largely in this. We need a better
eugenic conscience. What is eugen
ics? Francis Galton defines eugenics
as the science that has to do with
those “agencies which, under aocial
control, may improve or impair the
racial qualities of future generations,
either physical or mental.” Eugenics
has to do with the education of fu
ture fathers and mothers. Just here
is the greatest hope. We can not ex
periment on humans as we can on
flowers, fruits and guinea pigs. A
statistical study of families, groups
of people, paces and the lessons there-
from must serve as the basis of our
instruction. Eugenics discourages
the marriage of the unfit. It desires
that a “better people shall become
better parents of better children. It
would renew the world by the prop
agation of its strongest and best
stocks.”
What Study Has Revealed.
Years ago, Charles Darwin said,
“if we do not prevent the reckless,
vicious and otherwise inferior mem
bers of society from, increasing at a
quicker rate than the better glass of
men, the nation will retrograde, as
has occurred too often in the history
of tlie world.” Professor Davenport,
one of the greatest students of eu
genics and a recognized authority on
the subject, says we can consider
marriage from different points of
view, for example, the novel, the law.
the social standing, but the biologist
says, “marriage is an experiment in
breeding, and the children, in their
varied combinations of characters,
give the result of the experiment.”
Studies have been made of some
well-known families. In 1877 it was
discovered that the progeny of a cer
tain Max Jutes, a worthless sot, in
Western New York, was notoriously
had. “About a third of this degener
ate strain died in infancy, 310 indi
viduals were pauners who all togeth
er spent a total of 2,300 years in
almshouses, while 440 were physical
wrecks. In addition to this, over one-
half of the female descendants were
prostitutes, and 130 individuals were
convicted criminals, including seven
murderers. Not one of the entire
family had a common school educa
tion, although the children of other
families in the same region found a
way to educational advantages. Only
twenty individuals learned a trade,
and ten of these did so in State's
prison.” This one family had cost
the State of New York over $1,250,-
000, and the end is not yet.
Happy Contrast.
Studies have been made of 1,394
descendants of Jonathan Edwards,
and “almost if not every department
of social progress and of public weal
has felt Hie impulse of this healthy,
long-lived family. Tt Is not known
that any one of them was ever con
victed of crime.”
What is being done?
We are making further investiga-.
tions to know the truth. Studies have
been made of people living In re
stricted areas, islands off the coast of
Maine, in certain valleys shut off
from the rest of the world by hills
and mountains. We are also making
a «tudy of religious barriers, dans
and so on.
Education Essential.
The facts ascertained show that
consanguinous marriages and inter
breeding are harmful. Defect meets
defect here more often than ordinari
ly. Law can do something to pre
vent, but reliance must be had on
better education. The people must
know tho facts.
To insure a better eugenic con-
I science parents, teachers, ministers
| and physicians must work together.
| The question is sometimes asked. Is
j it wise to present this subject before
the children of the public school. It
| depends. It might be done by a mln-
. ister or physician more effectively
than by the teacher. The pulpit
could furnish a means of education if
, turned over to the physician at stated
times, at least twice a year.
But the parents must do their share
of instruction, and the facts are more
and more placed at their disposal.
CHILDREN MEND OWN SHOES-
K A NBAS • TTY, M < >. I >ec. 27. '
| bier shop is to be added to the e.juip-
| uient of the Martin School, Garland and
• Rochester avenues. John K. West,
principal, petitioned the Board of Edu-
• cation that an appropriation <>f $35 he
■ 'cade to purchase a ime repairing out
| lit Professor West explained that the
I attendance at the Martin School was
(effected by bail shoos. Nearly all ex-
I cuses for absence were on this account.
000. Claiming Friend of Child
hood Deprives Him of Sleep.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Deo. 27.—
Thom«*is F. Gannon has instituted an
action against Miu. Margaret T. Gor
don in the United States Court for
$60,000 damages because, he alleges,
she exercises mystic power over him.
Gannon is a bricklayer, while Mrs.
Gordon is prominent in Scranton so
ciety. Gannon’s home town is Scra-
ton. Pa., and he met Mrs. Gordon
there. They have beeji friends from
youth.
Gannon said last evening: “She
first displayed her power over me in
the«spring of 1900. For six days 1
did not sleep an hour, and it was two
weeks before I learned that she was
responsible for it. She told me she
did it, and told me In the presence of
a witness. She lias communicated
with me constantly since then.
"She has kept me awake night after
night until 3 o’clock in the morning,
and she always awakens me at 6
o’clock in the morning. She reads
my mind. In fact, she knows every
thing I do. She sends telepathic mes
sages to me, telling me what I do and
sometimes she tells me what she Is
doing.”
“Does she suggest anything that
would make you afraid?”
“No, she can’t make me afraid. She
had me arrested and taken to Hills
dale Asylum, near Scranton. I stayed
there 27 days. They could find noth
ing wrong with me and let me go.
She makes me cough, and then the
doctors give me medicine when I
have no cold. She has given me a
lame back several times. So I had to
throw up my job as a bricklayer. I
have lost much money besides being
subjected to much mental anguish. I
put the damages high so as to show
her I meant business.”
"How does she explain these pow
ers over you?”
“She was a pious girl In her youth,
and she says she has worked a mir
acle on me.”
Gannon came to this city about
three years ago. He is 40 years old.
Is stockily built, has blue eyes and
close-cropped steel gray hair.
Mrs. Gordon Denies It.
SCRANTON. PA., Dec. 27.—Mrs.
Margaret T. Gordon, a comely widow,
30 years old, against whom an action
for damages has been brought by
Thomas F. Gannon, of Rochester, N.
Y., in the United States Court here,
became indignant to-day when asked
to give her version of the case.
“Why, what an idea,” she said, “that
I should keep him awake, cause him
nausea, to suffer indigestion and
cause him to walk lame and make
him sick and sore at will, as he al
leges in 11is complaint! Why, I never
even saw the fellow hut once or twice
in my life. The first time he met me
in front of St. Peter’s Cathedral and
demanded that I give up some valu
able papers In my possession.”
Mrs. Gordon’s sister, with whom
she lives, in Harrison avenue, de
clared that the charge was an outrage
.and that whatever fortune Mrs. Gor-
' don possessed would be used In fight-
‘ ing the charges brought against her
by Gannon.
Mrs. Gordon is the widow of
Thomas Gordon, who was one of the
most prominent business men of the
city. Before her marriage she was
Miss Margaret T. Thornton and was
considered a belle In local society.
Gannon in his complaint syas he
has been acquainted with Mrs. Gor
don since childhood, which statement
she denies. He declares she has ex
erted this influence for the last thir
teen years. Gannon once lived In
Scranton. His counsel Is George W.
Wheeler, of Buffalo.
SS2ZZ:
Buckers Now Bring Fabulous
Prices, and 75,000 Persons
See Annual Sport Events.
$500,000 Goes to Girl
If She Weds in a Year
Uncle. With His Own Failure to Find
Happiness. Puts Peculiar Pro
viso in His Will.
CHICAGO. Dec. 27.—Chaletta Hall,
need 19, and formerly a high school
girl In Manton, Mich., Is the heiress
to a half million dollars, provided, how
ever, “she marries a desirable young
man inside of a year.”
She is a stenographer for Swift & Co.
Joseph Snyder, great-uncle of the girl,
dying recently in San Francisco, left his
fortune to his favorite grandniece, with
the provision concerning her marriage
within twelve months. Snyder’s domes
tic troubles separated him from his wife
and he was divorced. With his own
marital failure in mind, he left his for
tune to the girl under the one condition.
She Makes Faces; He
Has Divorce, She Cash
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Dec. 27—W.
C. Langenau, head of the Langenau
Manufacturing Company, was di
vorced by Judge Koran from Pearl
Langenau.
Witnesses testified she put out her
tongue and made faces at him behind
his back while she was calling him
pot names. By agreement, Mrs.
Langenau, who was a Chicago mil
liner, gets $25,000 cash and $15,000
worth of diamonds, which Langenau
said he purchased for her to get her I
in a good humor when she scolded
him.
Expert Tells Women
To Raise Chickens
VANCOUVER, WASH.. Dec. 27.-"If
the women of the clubs would raise
more chickens and attend fewer club
meetings the price of eggs would not
be so high,” declared Harry H Col- i
lier, judge of the fourth annual Clarke
County Chicken Show.
"The high price of eggs is not arti
ficial. as iwany of our women friends
believe. Now is the time to start to
raise poultry, and there is big money
in it if carried on right!”
Spiritualists Plan
To Unite Societies
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 27.- Recent pros
ecutions of spiritualistic mediums have
aroused Milwaukee spiritualists and re
sulted in a plan to consolidate the six
societies of that faith.
Efforts will be made to arouse pub
lic sentiment against present laws,
under which mediums have been prose
cuted.
"We intend to make Milwaukee the
w’orld's headquarters of spiritualism,”
said Dr. Herman Nlsk.
PASTOR RUNS A PAPER.
G1THRIE, OK LA . Dec. 27.—Rev. C.
A. Burdick. Methodist minister at Mul-
hall. sent his resignation to the confer-
ern-r* at Enid, saying that he must en
gage in some business that would give
him a living wage. Mr. Burdick now
announces lie has purchased a news
paper plani at Ponca City and with ;»
brother-in-law will engage in that busi
ness to provide a living wag**
Schoolgirls Engage
In Suffrage War
WICHITA, KAN'.' . Dec. 27.- The girls
of the fifth and sixth grades of the In
galls School here are engaged in a suf
frage war, the former taking the part
of the women and the latter of the
men.
So bitter has the war become between
the girls of the two classes that they
will not speak or associate with each
other The boys are maintaining a non
partisan attitude.
PENDLETON. OREG., Dec. V,.~~
Since the first round-up wu given
here, in 1910, the cow country h&*
tone rounS-up cra«y, and bucking
horses have Jumped from a few dol
lars to a thousand.
Since the round-up in 1910 mora
than a hundred havs been had 1n tha
West and Northwest.
There are three grades of bucking
horses—the outlaw, the trained buck.,
er and the show bucker. These ooie^
ms net fabulous prices, conilcleriuk
their ordinary worthlessness. The
trained bucker is a horse which has
been encouraged to exert himself in
perfecting: some particular twist or
motion In his bucking, this being ac
compltshed by saddling him with a
dummv and pulling the dummy oft
whenever the horse gets into the par
ticular “buck’’ for whloh he Is being
trained.
Horse Soon Learns.
He soon learns to get into It ths
first jump, and then he la a. trained
bucker, perhaps just as good or bad
a bucker as the outlaw, but he has
not the staying qualities nor the ver
satility of the outlaw.
The show bucker is a horse that
any cowboy can ride, and is used
merely for show purposes, his buck
ing being showy.
If the outlaw or trained buckar
does not throw his man within the
first 30 seconds, In all probability he
will not throw him at all.
The trained bucker, If unable to
throw his man and allowed to buck
for a minute, will have thoroughly
exhausted a.ll his bucking resource*
and start to running. Thus he be
comes a runaway. When mounted
the next day, he will Immediate!’'
start running. His value then as a
bucker horse Is nothing.
The outlaw, on the other hand, tfe -
velops into a fail-back, the only sure
man-killer among bucking horses. If
he does not dislodge his man within
the first half minute, h* will exet*
himself more and more, always try
ing to climb from under the rider bv
getting up on hie hind feet. Some
times he gets up too quick and goes
over backward. If he falls fairly on
the rider, it means broken ribs, legs or
arms, and sometimes a broken neck.
Outlaw a Wild Spirit.
The outlaw 1s a wise, wild spirit
Finding that he rids himself of hi*
rider by this method, he will no long
er make those high dives, side-winds,
or other futile movements, but the
moment the blind is pulled from his
eyes and the snubber turns him loose
t he throws himself backward.
There are to-day running free In
the cow country many outlaws who
once were good buckers and’worth tt
thousand dollars, but now wor'.it
nothing because they are fall-backs.
When a horse gets the reputation of
ht ing a fail-back, no man will mount
him.
But even If the boys would mount
him, no self-respecting communllt'
would permit the horse to b» put In
the list.
Hunting outlaw buckers has taken
the place of prospecting for goU
mines
And the country and nation at large
encourages them In this, for ther*
come here to the round-up more
than 75,000 people each year. In the
latter part of September, while the
normal population of the town Is less
than 0,000.
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