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WwmWm-. the MCHENRY plainbealer, MCHENKY, nx.' ^vn, .1 Iv * • > v "J* s Town ilackson, Center of Noted JackfTfon't Hole, Putt One to Ev- ^ ery Lola! Office. DEFEATED BY WIFE Wnmlng'i One-Time Rendezvous for i Western Outlaws No Longer Gives Them Shelter--Election Prove* If". Close Contsst. . "^Cti^euue, Wyo.--tWyotatng.^^ile^r sntfruge state, now lays claim to another distinction. Following the re* !cent annual election, the city of Jackson puts in a bid for the honor of being the first municipality In the wojr'd 'to be governed wholly by women. A ticket made up entirely of women *•* squarely against a ticket made op entirely of men, and the former won by a majority larger than the total •ote polled by friend husband. In one Instance a woman defeated her own hatband.. Af a result, Jackson's Hole, io*is since grown accustomed to nationwide publicity, now has produced another noteworthy situation. In preparing for Its annual election, Jackpon, the center of Jackson's Hole, Iheld a caucus and when the ballots I were counted it was found that the 'following ticket had been nominated: Mayor, Mrs. Grace Miller; two-year cooncilwomen, Mrs. Rose Crabtree anil Ifrs. Mae Deloney; one-year councilwomen, Mrs. Genevieve Van VIeck and Mrs. Faustina Halght. • Careful scrutiny failed to disclose the name of one man. Notwithstanding the excellence of the ticket within a few minutes another caucus was called and the following ticket was placed In the field: Mayor, Fred Lovejoy; two-year coqncflmen, Henry Crabtree and William Merctll; one-year council men, M. E. Williams and T. H. Baxter. I Jackson's Biggest PolL jlOn election day both sides worked Wtt unusual zeal and each got 'oat S*- mj possible vote, and the result was Hit largest poll ever recorded In the elty. The final downfall of ,the "man party- was not known, however, until the last ballot was counted. ;Time waa when Jackson was as wild as the "movies" still Insist on painting the west. Seventy-five miles from a railroad, it Is one of the most isolated points in the United States. Ii lies south of the Yellowstone National park, close to territory which would be taken Into the park under 'he terms of a bill now before congress, and is surrounded by big mountains. Through- Out winter it Is virtually impossible either to come to or «go tmm Jackson. its present population Is about 300. In the old days Jackson and Jack, son's Hole were the rendezvous for A goodly portion of the bad men of the entire west. Whenever a serious crime was committed between the Mississippi river and the Pacific coast It was pretty safe to guess that the man responsible for it was either headed for Jackson's Hole or already had reached It. There he joined others for mutual protection, and respectable citizens knew better than to risk their lives In such company. The outlaw element lived and stole and killed abovt as it pleased. Times Have Changed. In a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post Elizabeth Frazer described Jackson's Hole m "the last wiidscness," and Kndffltad it correctly. if tkii Is a wllgsr ^placs la the United States ft hassft yet teas discovered. Bat It- is no longer "woolly It is merely sparsely settled. On® may travel for miles and miles without seeing a sign of a human habitation, but one will see plenty »t elk aannda Dbeeaarr aannda mmoouunnttaaiinn sshneeeepp aannda an. V n_ telopes, and perhaps a few mounted 1 """T* WWuBSSIOn blear*. Up _ - . ...... ft*. a. _ .•_ mm ml"- ! -T lions, and in some parts one wlU see huge herds of domestic cattle. Many easterners think of Wyoming as a vast desert. They have never seen Jackson's Hole. Perhaps nowhere else in North America does vegetation thrive more thickly. In traveling through this huge pocket In the mountains one occasionally will run across a cowboy or a frontiersman such as one had expected, and probably he will be armed wlthf a six-shooter, but whenever he. alms It it will not be toward a fellowman. Rather it will toward a beast ol prey which springs upon him suddenly and which falls so suddenly that on«> can hardly realize that he has whipped out his weapon and pulled the trigger. But if one meets him along In September he will be armed with a rifle, and his victims will be elk and bear and other Inhabitants of one of the great est of all big game countries. Jackson's Hole broke into print many times in early days through It? running fights, revolver duels and thrilling escapes. Now it has landed In print once more, but fOr a far different reason. This time the trouble was merely a battle of ballots between men and women, and the thrilling escape consisted of the men's deliver, ance from the horrors of trying to ran a Bmall town government DIE, KILLS HER Mysterious Muraer In KISSES HIM -BY Boy Tells Weird Story of Chance Aft* t Quaintance Pleading for Death and ..How He Choked •With Handkerchief. F MILLION MORE FARMS Census Returns Show Increase Since 1910. Drift From Country to Cities Mueh Lighter Than Anticipated, Aoeording to Figures. Washington.--An increase of 1,000,- 000 In the total number of farms In the United States probably will be shown In the agricultural census now being taken In connection with the gen- Wireless Inventor's Fine Yacht eral census, officials said. Approximately 6,000,000 separate farms were listed in the 1910 census.- Increasing the number of farms should. tend to decrease food prices agriculture experts said. Predictions that the rural. popjUatlon would show a big migration to the cities are not supported by census returns so far tabulated. Population returns have been announced for about 900 cities and towns. A study of the 1920 returns as compared with the 1910 returns for most of these cities show that their. popu»atl«*« did not Increase as fast during the decade Just ended as In the decade from 1900 to 1910. The Increase in 1900-10 was 29.4 per cent, while- the Increase during the 1910-20 decade was 24.8 per cent These comparisons' indicate that the drift of population from farms to city has not been as alarming as was supposed. Census returns also show that the populations of big cities are not increasing in as great proportion as cities of the second class, comprising communities of less than 100,000. Many second class cities have increased In size more tha'n 100 per cent according to the 1920 returns. Completed census returns for 1920 will show at least 100 cities in the 100,000 or better classf it is estimated. In 1910 the United Stfttes only con' talned 60 cities of 100,000 or more. The beautiful steam yacht Elettru, owned by Ouglieiuio Marconi, tlie famous wireless inventor, photographed as It was leaving Southampton, England. 2,000 POLES WEEKLY TO U. S. Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society Opens Branch Office in Warsaw. ( Watsaw, Poland^, --' Arrangements have been completed for the transportation of 2,000 persons weekly from Poland to the United States by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America, which recently opened offices in Warsaw. The Polish authorities estimate that 250,000 per* sons already have applied for passports, about 95 per cent of these being women and children, dependents of persons now In America. Gas Blew Farmer 75 Feet Then Plunged Him In Well After being blown 75 feet Into the air by the explosion of a gas pocket In a well on his farm, near Geneseo, N. Y., Myron N. Stapley, fifty-seven years old, plunged to the bottom of the 40-foot; well and was Instantly killed. David Linton, a neighbor, wa? blown to the top of a windmill^ and probably fatally Injured. 1 - New Parasites In Town. § Paris, Ky.--Queer things happen In Paris since prohibition went Into effect A month ago a skunk leisurely trotted two blocks down Main street, peacefuly wagging its tall, and was unmolested. Last week a rabbit was Chased the entire length of the main thoroughfare and this week boys 'chased a squirrel down the same street to the top of a telephone pole. HAPPY THO' EVICTED Familfes Ousted by Igndlftrds •""'A Are Contented* TentvHIe," Created by Newark; N. 4* «nd War Department la , Solution. fk ; r^'" Newark, N. J.--One. hundred and ten families, evicted by landlords, are comfortably housed In Vallsburgh parte today under tents loaned to the city of Newark by the war department It is expected that before the end .of summer 200 more families will have joined the little cdlony. Capt. Thomas W. Reilly, a machine gun officer overseas, laid out the place and gave each arrival a "first come, first served" choice of location. - One of them was a widow with four children. She received an order to vacate her apartment after failing to defeat l»er landlord In a lawsuit. ^ The city appropriated $25,000 for the operation of the 'camp and Governor Edwards donated a big tent which in the center serves as a community kitchen. Army food from the municipal sales stations helps 'urther to keep down the cost of living. The new set tlement is provided with many con iveniences, including a sewerage system, running water, a laundry tent ^equipped with tubs and stoves for ironing, shower baths and sanitary closets. The total cost of Installing the Improvements was less than $500, according to Captain Reilly, the largest single Item being $120 for heavy in pulated wire for electric lights. Soldiers and a number of city employees helped to put up the tents • and lay the 16 by 15-foot hoard flooring three feet from the ground. Most of the in habitants have stored their furniture and are sleeping on cots furnished by a local hospital. Eagles have been known to lly to • height of 6,000 feet Big Snake Killing in Moonshine Land Harfodsburg, Ky.--Sill Newby, living near Mayo, saw a big snake crawl into a hole In a limb of a tree which hung over a rail fence. He grabbed the snake by the tall and was so intent on pulling him out without coming to barm that be did not notice the snake's mate coming from behind until it touched his shoulder. He dropped bis bold on the tall of the first snake and gave battle to the second, eventually killing it Later he killed the one which had crawled Into the hole. Both were over six feet long. Danville, Ky.--What the tractor has done fpr transportation was shown bere when 46,000 shingles were hauled away In one load. It was probably the iargest load of shingles ever shipped except bjr boat or train. 'If v>- GEN. BU,E L0WS SON KILL,E D She* In Attempt to Escape from Roumanlan War Prison, Says DlsMteli. VImumu--A son of General Bnelow of the German army has been killed while trying to escape from Roumanla, where he was a prisoner of war, according to a Budapest dispatch. Two Roumanian soldiers bad been bribed by young Buelow to take him and a companion across the Maros river, it is said. When the boat was In midstream the soldiers attacked their passengers. The assailant-of Buelow*s comrade was disabled, but In the struggle the boat was capeised. While struggling in the water Buelow was shot dead. Playing Tricks en Father Time. Cblllicothe, O.--Chilllcothe has a two-time clock. Owing to a mirup In time over the adoption of daylight saving, county commissioners have added a third hand to the town clock, which will now give both the new and old 'time. a i g | - ' w » i » ' " • 4"; *%«%%«%%%%% Fiume Monks, Out on Strike, Claim Freedom From Vows The latest thing in strikes is that of the mon|n of tbe Capuchin monastery, near Flume, on tbe Adriatic. A group of young monks broke Into open revolt against the superior and persisted In their mutiny, despite all threats to apply the penances prescribed l»y tbe mooastlc rules. The insui^ents claim freedom from their religious vows, secularisation and the right to wear ordinary civilian clothing. Huntington, W. Va.--J. H. Oammack, aged 70. Civil war veteran, la dead here. For fifty years he had been a deacon in the Baptist church. " He was a member of a Sundav school class taught by Stonewall Jackson in Lexington, Va.. and later- was in Jackson's command and was with him when be was killed. Pon^lac, Mich.--The murder by strangulation of twenty-year-old Vera Schneider, telephone operator, waa solved by a confession of Anson Best, twenty-one years old, of Flint who under a grilling by Prosecutor Gillespie admitted the murder. The confession was a weird affair. Best asserting the girt, with whom he said be had struck up an acquaintance in the street declared she was tired of living and forced him to strangle her with his handkerchiefs despite his protest Miss Schneider's body was found on the porch of a partially constructed house. There were signs of a severe struggle, but the girl had not besn <yiminally attacked. Here Is the Confessed, , Following Is Besffe confession: "Vera Schneider spoke to me and I spoke and we turned right around and she started to talk to me," Best said. "She wanted to go downtown and I got to talking to her, and I told her my name and asked her name and I asked her how she came to speak to a strange fellow. "She seemed to be discouraged over something and I told her It was no use feeling that way about It so we walked down Saginaw street and crossed the street and after we crossed the railroad track, we crossed the street back and went'down Auburn street until we came to this house. * "We stopped on the sidewalk and she threw both arms around my neck and kissed me and we sat there and talked a little while. "She was discouraged over something, but wouldn't say what it was; she wouldn't tell me, and finally she asked me If I would kill her. She said she wanted to die and I told her it was no use feeling that way because other people in the world didn't* think that way. "She asked me If I had a handkerchief or something, that sbe wanted me to choke her to death "I kept refusing and finally she as?* ed bm to and I took the handkacebief Then She 'Kind of Kldcsd. and tied the knot around her neck. It didn't choke her or anything, but Just was tight or lay loose. And I told her that she didn't want to be choked; the didn't want to die. Kissee Him Good-By. "She said she did; she wanted me to do it and she threw both arms around my neck afid kissed me and said good-by. She wanted me to pull the handkerchiefs tight, and so I took hold of them and pulled them tight. "She didn't kick any at first at all, then she kind of kicked--just her feet a little and it was only a few minutes after that that I went across from the edge of the porch to the sidewalk an^ down to the creek and washed my hands, and an officer stopped me, and I stood around there until the body was taken down in the ambulance And then I went down and got a sandwich and a glass of milk and went on home.' Officials discredit the youth's story. They believe Best sought to overpower the girl, fought with her, and finally placed the knotted handkerchiefs about her tliroat. 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Ky.--Though many brands of liquor have originated In this county it has been dry here recently until three young men miffed the fumes of certain brand of "horse and mule" feed. They boiled some, adding a little water, and then sampled it. iSor four days they knew no more. \ ^ "Blue" Law Is Beaten. Huntington, W. Va.--William Brown, charged with clearing land on Sunday in violation of the state's "blue" lawa, was found not guilty. Brown testified that he was cutting down trees for firewood, and this coming under the head of necessities, he was freed. Rattlesnake Drank Baby's Milk. Pleasanton, Cal.--A five-foot rattle? snake curled up on a shelf drinking her baby's milk out of a pan was the sight that met the eyes of Mrs. Manuel Parentl, when she went Into her pad* try. Neighbors killed the reptile. Bsrraeke to Solve Housing Problent Louisville, Ky.--To help solve tho housing problem here, the Rotary club Is asking Washington for permit sion to throw open the Camp Taylor barracks as temporary homes. Thoa-' Mto oonM brsbsltorsdi lt is Mid. WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it Womeng' complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneya are not in a healthy eondition, they may cause the other or> fans to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness, are, often times symp* toms of kidney trouble. Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's prescription. obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome •uch conditions. Get a medium or large sise bottle immrdiatelv from any drug store. 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