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&B && &' e|- :&$ m^ 2b^ ELDDRft MAN TAUGHT FIRST SCHOOL TERM Veteran Pedagog Relates His Early Experiences in Cen tral Iowa. Eldora, Iowa, Feb. 3.Undoubtedly the oldest school teacher in the north west is T. Y. McClure of this city who first taught school in a log cabin in Mc Lean county, 111., in 1848, afterwards at Eldora in 1851 and taught the first terms of school ever held in central Iowa. In his own language he thus describes how he first began to serve as a pedagog in the early pioneer days of Illinois and Iowa. "My education was obtained in the common country schools,'' said Mr. Mc Olure, "and I first began my scUool teaching days when I was a mere boy about 12 years of age and as early as 1837. The time was set for a three month term of school. I started as usual with quite a number of children of our district. We waited very pa tiently for the teacher to come and as T. Y. McCT-TOE, Oldest School Teacher in the Northwest. I was the oldest scholar for that term I struck out to notify the directors that there was no teacher. The di rector told me to go back to the school and notify the scholars that I would put them to their work and serve as their teacher. I did as told and classed them off aB best I could and got thru with that day. I asked them all to come back next day which they did and from then on till the end of the term I served as the teacher. I taught fifteen consecutive terms of school in that little backwoods district and in Iowa.'' The veteran teacher is now nearly 90 years of age. WILTSEY WILL CONTEST Suit Supreme Goes Again to State Court for Ruling. Webster City, Iowa, Feb. 3.The Tolman Wiltsey will contest has been sent to the state supreme court for the second time. The suit has been twice tried in the district court in this city and attracted a good deal of attention. It involves an estate of about $10,000 and hinges upon the legitimacy of Bu- fene Wiltsey, now deceased, as a son of olman Wiltsey. In both trials the jury decided that Eugene Wiltsey was a legitimate heir of Tolman Wiltsey, and, as he was an only son, the -estate passes in its entirety to his widow. The elder Wiltsey in his later life disowned Eugene and in his will left all his prop erty to other relatives. BANK HOLDS MEETING. Frederic, Wis., Feb. 3.At a meeting of the stockholders and board of direc tors of the Bank of Frederic, Charles E. Lewis of Minneapolis was elected president M. A. Scheldrup, vice presi dent Louis A. Copeland, cashier, and J. Le Roy Elwell, assistant cashier. The bank has enjoyed a prosperous year, and the' capital stock has been increased from $18,000 to $20,000. Eighteen thousand! members of a Ro man Catholic society, called the Holy Name society, marched thru Brooklyn's streets, recently, banded together to put an end to blasphemy and profanity. jtfpeoiai to The Journal. .C* -w K- j&L sKj. Calumet, Mich,, Feb. 3.Calumet has '.4?JL church that is unique. It has never ||i^held a fair or social for remunerative pi purposes never begged a cent from the ^business people, nor has it ever gone flpnutside its own organization for money Ipf'.necessary to its support. It is, the Fin |J|niBh Apostolic Lutheran church and has 8pbeen established thirty-four years. The. ^pastor is Bev. A. L. Heidamen.jgi&$' For a long time this church has'been & ua^^^^SsR K^m^l^ $^ Editol GARNERING S OF^NEWS EditorianSectioni! SOME FACTS ABQUT BLACK RIVER FALLS Owns electric light plant and water system. Building a $20,000 home for its poor. Planning to build two electric roads Possesses immense deposits of kaolin, used for building purposes. Granite industry is thriving. Attractive summer resort. Conducts an advertising cam paign that promises to keep it in the front rank with cities of same size. $- ICE MAN CONFRONTS A SERIOUS PROBLEM Michigan Finds Itself in Same Condition as Other North western States. Special to The Journal. St. Ignace, Mich., Feb. 3.The prob lem confronting the ice man in the north country is becoming serious. Reports from most points along the shore of? Lake Superior are that little or no ice has formed to date* in conse quence of the unprecedented spell of warm weather, when in other years the annual harvest of the crop has been in full swing at this' time. An exception to the general rule is found in the copper country, where some ice is now being cut, but of a thickness of only fourteen inches, part of that snow, the operators deciding to take no chances in waiting for ice of the customary thickness of thirty inches. Not a pound of ice has yet been harvested at St. Ignace. Reports from Marquette say the same conditions pre vail there, and at Ishpeming, chunks of frozen snow containing a few inches of ice are being cut on Teal lake. If the weather only turns cold there is still ample time to make up the shortage, but present indications point to a veritable ice famine next summer, with conse quent high prices. IOWA FAMILY CLAIMS TO BE OLDEST IN COUNTRY Grunday County Pioneers Beat Records of the Batons. Special to The Journal. Iowa Falls, Iowa, Feb. 3.The claim of the Eaton family of this place to being the oldest living fam ily in the United States, is disputed by the Crecelius family living in Grunday county, near Conrad. The claim of the Eaton family was that the ages of the six children averaged 80 years. The average in the Cre celius family is 81 years, and the to tal ages of the six children aggre gates 486 years. The members of the Crecelius family are as follows: Mrs. Mary Crecelius Bartles of Conrad, aged 92 Adam Crecelius of Conrad, 76 years George Crecelius of Conrad, 77 years Mrs. Phoebe Melton of Mar shalltow'n,, 85 years David W. Crecel ius of New Amsterdam, Ind., 83 years Harrison Crecelius, also of Indiana, 74 years. The seventh member of the family died at the advanced age of 83 years. Adam Crecelius is a bachelor. HOMESICK CHILD RETURNS Special to The Journal. "Jumping Finlander" Is Name of Calumet Church Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 3.Because she had difficulty at school, pretty Bessie McComb, aged 14 years, left her home and disappeared the greater portion of the past week. It was feared for a time she had been kidnapped or killed. It developed later that she had merely run away, rented a room in a hotel for a day or two and then departed for Tilden, Neb., where her dead sister is buried. A postal card came from her yesterday and told of homesickness. A policeman went for her and brought the child back today. Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church, Calumet, Mich., with a Unique Record known as the "jumping Finlander." The name originated when the organ ization was first formed because its en thusiastic leaders became so aroused' when holding revivals, which happened every Sunday, that they got into the habit of jumping up and down in their seats and embracing one another. When the church was organized, ii was one of the first 1n the United EDWARD MCDONALD, Mayor of Deadwood, 8. D. Office of the Mayor, Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 1. Bemidji "the beautiful" is located on a lake of the same name, in the central part of Beltrami county, and is the mecca to which all prospective settlers and others, attracted by the vast undeveloped territory of northern Minnesota, are constantly flocking. It is a city of more than 5,000 inhabitants, metropolitan in the first degree, possessing the best representatives of all nationalities, and thoroly alive and up-to-date. Bemidji has the best railroad facilities of any city north of the twin cities and west of Dnluth. It has ten passenger trains daily, and the prospects of at least two other railroads entering here within the year. It is justly celebrated, without any systematic advertising, as the most beautiful summer resort in northern Minnesota. Lake Bemidji has more than twenty-five miles of beauti ful sandy beach, where the bather may wade from twenty to forty rods from shore without going beyond his depth, and the shore line is broken by several head lands, in cluding the famous Diamond Point, one of nature's most artistic wonders. This city is well supplied with churches, ali the re ligious denominations being represented, and it has one of the best school systems in the state. There are ample hotel accommodations and numerous cottages that' may be rented at reasonable rates by the summer tourist. At the north end of the lake there is a thriving little town, most advantageously located for summer residents, hunters and fishermen. It is only ten minutes' ride from Bemidji on any of the many gasolene launches and sail ing boats. To the lover of good hunting and fishing, in season, Bemidji is the ideal spot for the hunter and fisher man. Pike, pickerel, perch and the lordly "musky" abounds in its waters, an dall varieties of acquatic fowl may be secured within easy distance. Mayor's Office, Black River Falls, Wis., Feb. 1. This city will continue to be in the front rank with cities of its class the "coming year. It owns its own electric light plant and water system, also a water power, furnishing light and power to local industries, and capable of an increased capacity. A new $20,000 home for the county poor is nearly completed. Several fine brick business blocks and residences, are to be erected and cement walks will continue, to replace those of wood. The sewer system will also be extended and a stone levee will make room for a large market place on the river front. i A large cranberry company, with headquarters here, will spend thousands of dollars in extending cranberry culture, and new marshes are to be developed by other concerns The project of an electric road to La Crosse PULLEN FALLS HEIR TO ENGLISH ESTATE Former Nebraska Man Learns of Property Left Him Valued at $1,000,000 Special to The Journal. States. Then it had ISO members. To- the law with a rifie.and a club. A war rl*Ly itt. hns mnra than 1 OOO .itt.jK'sskwaAA.n.a 1 da i haa more than 1,000. ranit has been issue-d for hi.s ,arrest|||V 1 Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 3.Word has been received by Thomas Pullen, now a resident of Texas, that he is heir to an English estate valued at 200,000. His information of the fortune came about in a peculiar manner. Pullen formerly resided at Albion, Neb., where he was a small merchant. Years ago he left. The other day F. J. Mack of that village, in reading the want columns of a New York newspa per, found an advertisement asking for information of Thomas Pullen and stating that a fortune hadv been left him. Mack boarded the next train for Texas and after several days of search ing found his man and tofd him of his good luck. Pullen appointed Mack as his attorney and both will go to Eng land. Many letters are being received at Albion by local attorneys asking as to the whereabouts of Pullen. These let ters come from Paris, Brussels, London, New York and Chicago. MISSING SEVEN YEARS Miles City Man's Estate Is Given to His Mother. Special to The Journal. Miles City, Mont., Feb. 3.County Attorney T. J. Porter has filed a.peti tion for the appointment of Mrs. Tor kel Oleson as administratrix for ithe estate of her son, Andrew ^nderson, which consists of a band of horses in the Little Missouri country. Ander son left for Omaha seven years ago and thence started for Alaska.. ike has never been heard from since. Under the Montana law, seven years' absence is considered good foundation for the presumption of death when the person has not been heard of or seen in that period. FAEMEE OBJECTS TO PROCEDURE Special to The Journal. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 3.Erick Guthorn son, a farmer in Addison, township, ob jected to the execution of a judgment by an officer and chased the limb of WW?^^^ wai^ivaps^lc** Mayors of Three Cities itiias Maiiy Northwest States Tell Their Plans and Future Prospects F. W. COLE, Mayor of Black River Falls, Wis. Mayors of Deadwood, Blue Earth and Black River Falls Write of the Conditions in Their Cities---II. yea,r residence. Un- COMPANY ORGANIZES TO DEVELOP NEW PROPERTIES Butte Copper Exploration Is the Name of New Concern. Special to The Journal. Butte, Mont., Feb. 3.The Butte Copper Exploration company, capital ized at $500,000, has filed articles of incorporation here. The officers of the company are: E. A. Nichols, of Butte, president A. F. Leopold, of Chicago, vice president N. B.' McKel vie, of Boston, secretary-treasurer. Be sides the officers named, the director ate "comprises Spencer B. Hill and Frank E. James, both of Richardson, Hill & Co., brokers, Thomas S. Dee, of Paine, Webber & Co., of Boston, and Warren Nichols, of Chicago. Eight claims are included in the properties, the Six O'Clock, Maryland, Golden Chief, Grand Prize, Anvil, Bal timore and Corry placer.' More than ninety-two acres are comprised in the claims. Options on the property were secured some time ago by Captain Nichols and his associates, and they brought it to the attention of the east ern financiers. Investigations were in stituted, the values of the properties determined and the option taken up. The claims will be developed in a man ner warranted, by their promising showing. BOY BITTEN BY DOG Son of Detroit Official Is Taken to Chicago Pasteur Institute. Special to The Journal. Detroit, Minn., Feb. 3.Conrad Glaum, the 13-year-old son of County Treasurer Glaum, has been taken to Chicago for treatment at the Pasteur institute. He was bitten about a month ago by a large Newfoundland dog that showed signs of hydrophobia. The head of the dog was sent to the state authorities for examination, and on re ceipt of their report the boy was taken to Chicago. Two horses, bitten by the same dog, have since died.VC-0ther dogs that have shown dangerous symptoms have been killed. The authorities have issued strict orders to tie up or muzzle all dogs until the danger is over, and as a result Marshal Clement .has killed about fifty dogs. SO FOOD 3 WEEKS DOG LIVES. Menominee, Mich., Feb. 3.Mrs. Fred Carney of Karinette, wife of a former Wisconsin congressman, went to California three weeks ago, leaving her address so that a dog she had lost might be sent to her when found. Yes terday the dog was found locked tin the Carney house.^iM had lived twenty one dayB.Withoj^f food or drink. It is now in the care of a veterinary and 4 is recovering 6**8 A. A. CARTER, Mayor of Bmidjt, Minn. 4- is still alive and efforts are being made to secure a road from another direction. Brick made from the immense deposits of kaoline near here are unequaled for building purposes and our granite furnishes the best of macadam izing material. This city has many attractions as a summer resort and, to increase the number of summer visitors, has en tered on an advertising campaign, publishing a booklet full of interest to persons desiring to spend an enjoyable vacation. Excellent fishing and hunting make this sec tion especially attractive to sportsmen. OFFICIAL BELIEVES IN OPEN GAMBLING County Attorney at Butte Says Attempt to Close House Proved Disastrous. Special to The Journal. Butte, Mont.j Feb. 1."I am thoroly tired of this question of- Sunday, February X"*9&: $ ~yfn&+**~ Office of the Mayor, Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 31. The outlook for our city of Deadwood the ensuing is the brightest I have seen during my thirty years' Ldence This is exclusively a mining country and on the development of our mining interests must depend our permanent prosperity. Many new dividend payers are already in the field, and paying bodies of ore may be encountered almost any place, even within our city limits. Mining men are all enthusiastic over the pros pects and the fact that many of our most promising mines are in juxtaposition to our city itself assures a great future for Deadwood. Our merchants too are all sanguine over the outlook. Their confidence is shown by the fact that they are build ing substantial blocks of brick and stone, putting up fine residences, laying concrete sidewalks and making many other improvements that show their confidence in the permanent welfare of the town. During the ensuing year, the city proposes to pave, probably with brick, the principal business streets of the city we are also con templating the construction of our own water system. ^"Tcrt i yi Heretofore we have purchased water from the Home- ,01' stake Mining company, but we. believe that we have now reached a point where. the city should own and have complete jurisdiction over its water supply. Before 1906 shall have been ended, our new theater, to^ost $30,000,'will have been completed and a $70,000 courthouse will have been begun. We have a most pro gressive and orderly class of citizens and the city ad ministration points with pride both to the past and fu ture of Deadwood. -2* gambling," said County Attorney Healy yesterday to the Journal correspondent when asked what action he intended to take in regard to the resumption of open gambling. I stand.exactly as I have done ever since the antigambling law went into effect. Personally, I believe in open gambling and the imposition of a license. I do not believe in the hypo crisy that exists at present, of closing gambling and driving the gamblers into secrecy. The condition is far. worse to day than it was when all gambling houses were openly conducted, when square games were run in all of the gambling houses that paid a license for the privilege. Driving gamblers into back rooms of saloons and cigar stores has resulted disastrously. The gambling dens that existed under such conditions, were filled with thieves and thugs, and if those running the games cannot fleece their victims in brace games they take their money by force. "Gambling cannot be eradicated. Those who seek games will find them, and those who wish to run games will run them. Licensed open gambling' is far the better of the two evils. The effort to enforce the antigambling laws has not accomplished its purpose, but has created a gambling room in the rear of nearly every saloon and cigar store in Butte, and even in some of the large buildings, games may be found by those who seek them. "No my policy has not changed," said Mr. Healy when asked if he in tended to open a campaign against the gamblers. I am always jready to prosecute them if complaint ia filed or a person is produced who will swear to facts. 1 do not conceive it to be my duty to act the part of a detective. In this* connection I will say that my sup port has been very weak. It has nearly all been left for the county at torney's office totferret out gambling." GREAT* NORTHWEST CONDITIONS THAT MAKE BEMIDJI ATTRACTIVE Ten passenger trains daily. Possesses beautiful lake with twenty-five miles of'sandy beach. Gateway to undeveloped terri tory in northern Minnesota. Enterprising spirit of business men. Churches of all denominations. Excellent school system. Paradise for hunting and fishing, with' modern accommodations as a summer resort. & St. Louis Concern Claims Exclu sive Bight to Manufacture Bleaching Machinery. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 3.Millers of a dozen states are vitally interested in a series of suits that are to come before the federal courts this month, arising out of the controversy now existing between the Alsop Process company of St. Louis, manufacturing flour bleaching machines, and several other manufacturers of machines that do similar work. Involved in this con troversy, are not only the makers of flour bleachers, but all the millers of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. On the charge ,of infringement, tho Alsop company has brought suit against several concerns that manufacture, bleachers. It is claimed that the Alsop people have gone to all the millers in Nebraska who are using bleachers that were not purchased from them and threatened to bring suit for infringing the" patent, unless the millers would agree to pay a royalty of $700 for the privilege of using the other machines. This the millers refused to do and sub sequently there was formed the Ne braska Millers' Protective association. A fund of $10,000 has already been raised with which to fight the claims of the Alsop company. Similar organi zations have also been effected by the millers of the states of Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. Claim Exclusive Bights. Flour bleaching, which is declared to be a great improvement in the milling industry, is of but practically recent discovery and consists chiefly in' the employment of nitrogen peroxide gas. An English firm claims to have the ex clusive right to make nitrogen peroxide gas and the Alsop company alleges that Special to The Journal. it has bought that right and that any process of making the gas is an in fringement on the patent. This state of affairs has put chemists thruont the country at work in search of a new bleaching agent, something that will bleach the flour without destroying the glucose. The infringement cases will be tried in the United States district courts of the states involved, some time this month, and Nebraska will be the cen ter of the hot legal battle that is bound to come. WHIST TOURNAMENT Annual Meeting of Association to Be Held at Grand Island. Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 3.Local whist players are taking great interest in the approaching annual meeting of the Central Whist association to be held at Grand Island, Neb.. Feb. 16 and 17. The Sioux Falls club has some players who are hard to beat, and prob ably will send a team of four members to compete for the trophies at the Grand Island meeting. The selection of the members to represent the local players will be made from the follow ing: Dr. JR. E. Woodworth. Frank Blackman, C. M. Day, J. K. Haughton, W. L. Baker and J. H. Gates. Special to Th Journal. 1 A steel cbimnev 260 feet high was re cently successfully completed xin"Sout Wales. It isfc tallest of Its kind in the world. Wa Defective St. Cloud,e Minn., Feb. 3.In the vi cinity of St. Cloud are many small lakes where no boats are kept. These pretty and secluded places are usually the best Ashing grounds for the reason that they are not visite'd much by the average sportsman lakes, afford, H. C. Ervin has hit, upon the novel idea of carrying his boat on his automobile. Between his own in genuity and that of a handy black- LOTHIAN GANDIOATE FORG.A. R. -& MILLS INTERESTED IN COMING LITIGATION Milbank Veteran Enters the Baca for Commander of South Dakota. Milbank, S. D., Feb. 3.Prominent among the candidates for commander of the G. A. R. of South Dakota is N. I. Lothian, of Milbank. He hag received a handsome endorsement from Hum phrey post of this city and letters oi encouragement from all over the.Mate. Mr. Lothian was born in Ontario in 1840. He moved to Iowa in 1856 and later to Minnesota, March 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company Fifth Minnesota volunteer infantry which was attached to the old eagle brigade of the Six teenth army corps. During his term of service he was in the Bed river campaign, Grant's campaign against Vicksburg and at Corinth and Tupilo. At the operations around Nashville, he was with General A. J. Smith's corps which was afterwards gent to Mobile. He was in fifteen distinct engagements, pcara*****:^^^ K. X. LOTHIAN, S Milbank, 8. D., Who la Candidate for $ G. A. K. Commander. and was mustered out in 1865 when he settled in Freeborn county, Minn. In 1879 he came to Grant county, S. D. During his residence in South Dakota he was a member of the constitutional conventions of 1883 and 1885, a state senator from Grant county in 1893, and re-elected in 1895. He has held numer ous positions in the grand army and represented the state at many national encampments. He was married in 1859 and has three children living. He is one of the substantial citizens of Grant county. STRANGE WOMAN IN HOME Carries a Fishing Boat On Back of Automobile H.C. Erwiri of St. Cloud Carries His Sefctlonal Boat on the Rear of His Automobile, Nebraska Man Startled by Finding an Insane Person in Kitchen. Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 3.Mr. and Mr*. Laurence Simonson, of Madison, awoke early in the morning, walked into the kitchen to start the range fire and found, calmly sweeping the floor, a woman whom they had never seen be fore. She refused to give her name or to answer questions concerning herself, but was willing to talk on other topics. It developed later that the woman was an insane person, formerly an asylum inmate, and that she had left home the night before. Her name was Imhoff. Her husband had been searching most of the night for her. How long she had been in the house was not known. CHANGES TO NATIONAL BANK. Special to The Journal. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 3.The Merchants State bank of this city will be con verted into a national institution as soon as th formalities can be com plied with. It has been conducted un der its present organization for nearly a score of years. Helena's Balance $643,494. Special to The Journal. Helena, Mont., Feb. 3.The monthly report of State Treasurer Rice, made public today, shows a cash balance of $643,494. More than one-third of this is in the school fund. smith, a contrivance was rigged up that holds a sectional steel boat. This is at* taehed to the rear of the automobile and is carried without effort or incon venience to the riders. The boat is di vided into two sections when it is loaded on the auto, the two parts slid ing one into the other. In order to enjoy the sport these The apparatus is so arranged that there is no severe strain on any particu lar portion of the auto, the weight,* which is only 150 pounds, being evenly*! divided and balanced to the machine* IP3 J?4-4fcW5a