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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-07
2 SH0QtS



Platform spring wagon with buggy top, adapted
for creamery purposes like business; new Mccall
or Dayton wagon, secondhand top buggies,
Royal self dump hay rake, made by Thomas Mfg.
Co; Thomas teddsr, with tongue and shafts: rOad
cart, sulky, superior wheat drill Marks force-feed,
poFcelsia lired now single and double harness,
new and secondhand; Domestic sewing machine.
new; lot Of nj " 49,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-07
Read from the treasured volume
The poem Of thy choice,
Aud lend to the rhyme of poetry

Auu ieuu W the rhyme Vi poetry
The beauty Of thy voice.
Which you cannot do if you suffer
with cough or cold. Rid yourself Of
the discomfort by buying bottle Of
Pau-Tina, the best remedy for hoarse-
ness and influenza, Pan-Tina costs rs
cents at e. T. Reynolds drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-07

Hoods Pills cure Nausea, Sick Headache,
Indigestion. Blliousness. Sold by all druggists
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-07
PUBLIC SALE
Personal Property.
The subscriber will sell at public sale at the
Maryland House. Rising Sun, on
SqtarQaH, April 8th, 1893,
at one O'Clock pm,
8 head of Horses

8 head Of Horses
as follows: No. l. bay mare years old well brok-
en-; No. 2 bay mare 10 years old Nos 8 and 4, pair
sorrel colts and years old; No. 6. bay mare. 4
years old, broken double and single. good farm
mare; No. T. brown mare years old; No. 8, stud
colt coHing years old.
: C0atS
The three horses Nos. G. and and the two cows
are the property OF Thos. Weaver.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-08

WAS tiresome climbing up stairs. Every
body saw the joke and laughed. There was
a full vote from the senate, but four pairs
in the house. Tho senate voted:
For Clark-Buford, Caldwell. Cullen.
Hoffman. McDermott and Steele-6.
For Sanders-Baylies. Brown. Folsom,
Goddard, Hatch. Power and Swift.
For Dixon-Eggleston, Gibson and Mats
s.
The members Of tho house present
voted as follows:
For Clark-Ash, Bach, Beeoher, Butler,
Fitschen. KilRallon. LoRue. LorinR. Mo-
Donel, Murphy. Sappington, S~oharnikow,
Tie nsy. Truman and Wahle-15.
For Sandsrs-Annear. Babcock. Benson,
c. II. Bray, Carpenter. Cooler, Elem
ing. Goodell. Graves, Huffman, Jefera.
Lewis. Jockey. Losee, Mckay. Metzsl.
Monteath, Rose, SWEET, Tallant, Van
Glove and Winters-22.
For Di1on-Bonner, A. F. Bray. Burke,
Fitzgerald, German. Smalley, Ward, Walk
up and Matthews-9.
Paired-Dudley, Lockhart. Martin and
Wilson, with Burrell, Burns, Lawrence and
Leeoh-S.
Joint vote. CLARK 81, Sanders %. Dixon
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-08
THE SENATE.

Passage of the Bill Creating a state Board
of Charities and Corrections.
The senate Yesterday passed unanimously
the bill creating a state board Of charities
and corrections; also the house bill relative
to the appointment of special deputies,
marshals or policemen, known as the anti
Pinkerton bill. The bill as passed con-
tains an amendment that necessitates it's
going back to the house for concurrence.
The governor sent in q message to the
effect that he had signed the bill creating
the county of Teton.
McDe mott resented a petition from oft.
liens of Red Lodge rotesting against the
creation Of Sweet Grass county. and Hatch
one from the residents OF the Basin coun-
try praying for its creation. McDermott,
from the committee ON mines and mining,
made a favorable report on the oommunica-
ton from the Pan-American association
requesting that Montana send twenty dele
gates to the meeting Of the Bi-Mstnllic
league at Washington, Feb. %. The same
committee introduced a bill on the same
subject, to approp late not less than 800
for the eIpenses of each OF such delegates.
The bill was referred to the commltte on
federal relations.
Cardwell, for the committee on towns,
counties and municipal corporations. made
q favorable report on the bin to authorize
lbIGS hAo toWIh W uutbb anu
to issue bonds and warrants therefor. The
re, ort was adopted. Another bill covering
the same subject, was Indefinitely post
poned. Swift, from the oommlttee on
libraries, made q favorable report on the
bill for the support and maintenance of the
Montana Historical society, recommending
however. some amendments The report
with the amendments was adopted.
The senate bill relating to the Issue OF
school bonds. am. nden by the house &c
limit the indebtedness to S25l, 600, wal
received from that body. The amendment
was conCurred In and the bill and amend,
ment ordered enrolled.
Among the bills introduced were tho fol
lowing: BY Folsom, to create a stats
no NAL school at Dillon: by swift, TO create
q state reform school TO be located at Mile
City.
Al the afternoon session the busines,
before the senate was the bill locating tn.
state normal school ut Livingston. On mo.
ton of Hatch. seconded by Folsom, con-
sideration of the bill was indefinitely post.
poned. Hatch, in making the motion tc
indefinitely postpone, said he did 30 be.
cause his associate In the house. who hac
special charge OF the bill, had informed
him that there was no chance for the bill &
pass that body.
Hoffman endeavored TO have the bill
establishing n bureau of agriculture anc
labor taken up, but several senators desired
fu Their time to study tho measure. and or
motion of Mats it was made a spsoia
order for Thursday.
The p esident signed during the session
the bills Al propriatinR certain money /,
Conley Il McTaRus and TO Mitchell d
ApsoiubYnI
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-08
THE JOINT ASSEMBLY.

Senator Steele Throws n Little Humor
Into tho Dry business.
Senator Steele. O. Lewis and Clarke.
elected a little humor into tho proceedings
OF the joint assembly yesterday. lie got up
ate tine announcement OF tho vote and
said the senate had been coming to tho hall
OF the house for six weeks on this business,
paying daily visits. Everybody thought he
was gong to propose another ballot and
mat something was going TO happen. They
we e disappointed. All he had to say waa
that ne hoped II tho thing was to continue
the house would provide An elevator, a. il
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-08
THE HOUSE.

Preliminary Fight Over the Hills for the
Public institutions
Just as soon as the reading of the journal
was completed in the house yesterday
morning, Bseoher, Of Cascade. got the floor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE funeral of Senator Stanford at
Palo Alto. Cal. on the Gath. was at
tended by thousands of the most prom
nent people on the coast. Bishop
Nichols read the funeral service, after
which Rev. DIR. StebbinS delivered an
eloquent grafton, at the conclusion of
which the body was placed in the maui
soleum beside that of his son, Leland
Stanford, Jr.
A FIRE which broke out on the 25th at
Deadwood. S. D., in a pile of cordwood.
cont aiming 1OO, 600 cords, caused a total
loss of $500. 600 to the Homestake and
Associate Mining companies One
thousand men are fighting the flames.
and and all the mines and mills of the
company are shut down.
A BODY, supposed to be that Of ex-
State Senator David Paul. of Center
burg, o.. who mysteriously disappeared
from Toledo. O., on May II, with
large sum of money in his possession.
was found drowned at Monroe, Mich,
on the cath. Foul play is suspected.
JOHN CoRcoRAN, 8: years old, for
years book-keeper for Guenther &
Sons, furriers at 1S2 Fifth avenue.
New York. was locked up in police
headquarters, on the cath, on the
charge of having stolen s. 900 from the
firm. Corcoran admitted his guilt.
BERNIE, Switzerland. was placed tenn
porarilyin state of petty siege, on the
24th. in order that the repetition OF re-
cent socialist and anarchist disturb
ances may be prevented. All parades
and public meetings have been forbid
den.
IT is understood that Rear-Admiral
Markham will be concentrated with
the officers of the Camperdown. as that
vessel carried his flag as second in com
mand Of the squadron when she col
lided with the Victoria
The anarchists of Chicago unveiled
a statue in Waldheim cemetery, Chi
caro. on the s5th, to the memory OF the
martyrs who were executed by the
authorities of that city for participa-
ton in the Haymarket massacre.
Mrs. q. s. GRANT and Mrs. Jefferson
Davis met for the first time in West
| Point. n. ", on the a4th. The meet.
ing was very cordial on both sides.
OLAF SIMPSON and Peter johnson
was drowned in Lake Michigan, oppo
site the Worlds fair grounds. in Chi
cago, on the morning of the s5th.
THE attendance at the Worlds Fair
for the seven days ending June "a, was
70s. 900, an average of something over
100, 600.
THE gold balance in the United
States treasury, on the Gath, was s94,
POI, 4Ss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
THE VICTORIA.
A Model Of the Inflated Ship Mt thu
Worlds Fair.

A Model Of the Inflated Ship mt the
Worlds Fair.
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO.
June 24.-The most conspicuous naval
exhibit in the Transportation building
is a model of the ill-fated warship Vic
toria, whose wrecking was chronicled
at the grounds to-day by the United
Press. 1t occupies a commanding posi-
ton in the main aisle close to the ele-
vator shaft, and for the special conveu-
fence of visitors a double stairway with
brass railways has been erected in
front of the model. Everything is
shown in perfect design and material,
even to the great torpedo net from
stem to stern.
The flags on the Victoria house and
the Canadian and New South Wales
buildings have been placed at half
mast in respect to the memory of the
late Australian Commissioner Fisher
and later for Mareschal Du Oliveria.
of Brazil. but the flags will remain at
the mourning height for many DAYS on
account OF Il e catastrophe to the Brit
ish navy. Sir Henry Truman Wood.
secretary OF the commission, and the
other attaches of Victoria house, had
not received any word from London or
Washington relative to the calamity.
Theories ON the Disaster from v.-,,
British Sources.
LONDON, June 24.-An interview wa.
had yesterday with Lord George Ham
ilton to ascertain his views as tn Tho
disaster. He said without a doubt tba
Camperdown ram had cut awav the
plating of the Victoria outside of COW
eraI OF her transverse bulkheads.
Had this not been the case, the bu,L.
heads could have been closed and th.
water kept in one, or at most two
compartments, and the vessel vvo,,lJ
still have hoa.ed. But with the nl.t-
ing torn OF or cut away outside of sew.
eral of the bulkheads the inflow ~
water would have been enormous. and
there woald have teen no time
even IT itw ould have availed anvtb;r,r
to close the bnllkheads. Ly;-a neor.ss
Hamilton farther said he thonght
with the plating torn off, the wate,.
must have entered the ship in a .o,;d
mass and thus entering on one side
caused the vessel to capsize almost I'M
mediately. The blew from the c.
perdown, he thought, must have hea,,
delivered slantingly to have done r.
damage he thought had been don.
The Damage would be all the create.
to ship with her bulkheads n;arcsS
She would thus be worse Off than !.
ship with no bulkheadA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Shot Through the Heart.

At 4 horse race near Bolton. Tex.
William Fisher, colored. struck J. NJ
Blanton. white. with club. and Blan
ton shot Fisher through the heart
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
A Young Murderer.

BERTHE Wagner, the little son of Louis
Wagner, farmer near Howell. n. J..
was shot and killed by George Wood, a
boy employed by Mr.. Wagner. Young
Wood ran away. Wood was Il years
old. and shot the boy in revenge for
having been DISCHARGED.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Saved bx Woman,

A woman signaled a fast passenger
train near Rantoul. ILL.,, on the Illinois
Central, and prevented a wreck, z
bridge having been burned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
To Escape Work,

Herman Beyers. about 90 years old,
after a hard days work at Leaven-
worth. Kas-. took dose Of Rough on
Rats" and keeled over on the city dump
dead. He left note Saying he had to
work all the time while Others did
ssnoddinrSs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

CARDINAL GIBBONS, on the 21st. made
public the official translation of the
much-discussed pontifical letter on the
school question
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

THOMAS F. BArARD, American am
bassador to England. presented his
credentials from the United States to
Great Britain at Windsor castle on the
ed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

The Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics, in session at Detroit,
Mich, ON the 21st, elected officers for
the ensuing year. The next annual
meeting of the order will be held at
Asheville, N. c., on the third Tuesday
in June, 1894
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

THE advisability of having twenty
five cent admission day at the Worlds
fair was discussed by members of the
council of administration. on the a2d,
and the chances are that the half-rate
will be tried Sunday, July2.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Married Fifty Years

The golden wedding of Maj. John C.
Grierson and wife was celebrated at
the home of their daughter, Mrs. C. C.
Caps, at Jacksonville, Ill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

SECRETARY CARLISLE, on the o2d.
directed Treasurer Morgan to antici-
pate the payment of the July interest
on the per cent United States bonds
and on the Pacific railroad bonds to
relieve the financial pressure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Mrs CLEVELAND and party arrived
at Buzzazd's Bay, on the ed, and was
greeted on the wharf by large mum
Der of friends and neighbors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

FURIOUS forest fires were raging near
Negaunee, Mich, On the 21st, and un-
less rain comes soon the damage will
run into the millions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

In the case of Miss Lizzie Borden, on
trial at New Bedford, Mass, for the
alleged murder of her father and
step-mother at Fall River, Mass, last
August, the jury, on the Goth. re-
turned verdict of mot guilty"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

JOB E. HEDGES, assignee of II. H.
Warner, of Rochester, n. Y. fled his
schedule of assets and liabilities on
the 21st. The statement shows a total
Indebtedness of 81, 046, 369.37, of which
s65s, OF. SO is secured and $685., s41. 81 I'M
secured
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

THE official investigation into the
bomb explosion at the residence of
Senior Canovas del Castillo, in Madrid
has led to the discovery of a plot that
embraces anarchists in several Euro
pean countries
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

IT is estimated..that the late Senator
Stanfordis wealth will foot up some
where in the neighborhood of ss5, 600,
900, consisting of railroad stocks and
bonds and real estate in California, on
which there is an animal income of
perhaps s., 0O0, 600.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

THE Princess Eulalie sailed from
New York for home on the steamer La
Touraine ON the 24th. She expressed
herself as highly pleased with her visit
to America
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

An attempt to hold up and rob the
Atlantic & Pacific passenger train near
Coolidge, n. NJ, on the a2d, was frus-
frated by the GOODNESS and daring of
the engineer in pulling out after the
train had been stopped by the robbers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

The first importation of gold for the
United States left Southampton, on the
21st, on the steamship Columbia 1t
consisted of $500. 900, and was imported
by Barring, Magoun & Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Miss LIZZIE BORDEN, of Fall River,
Mass, who was recently acquitted of
the charge of killing her father and
step-mother, is daily in receipt of an
enormous mail. a number of the letters
being from the Christian Endeavor and
w. c. T. q. societies throughout the
country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

SENATOR LELAND STANFORD, Of CAL
6ornia, the noted statesman, fnancier
and philanthropist, was found dead in
his room at his country residence at
Palo Alto, Cal, on the 21st- He had
been suffering from govt, but was sup
posed to have been in good health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

A COLONEL and ten other officers from
. railway regiment of the German army
embarked for the United States, on the
10th, to study our immense system of
railways. Each officer will travel
through an exclusive district, to which
he will be assigned by the colonel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

THE British battle ship Victoria, of
into and sunk by the battle ship Camp
erdown, of the same feet, while ma
neuvering OF Tripoh, Syria, on the ed,
and it is reported that at least 1870 lives
of the 700 on board were lost, among
them being Vice-Admiral Sir George
Tryon, 4. c. B.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
country

SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has made a
decision repeating former order con-
STRUNG disability not of service orr
Rin.r so as to limit it to disabilities pre-
venting the applicant from earning
support by manual labor. 1t is be
lieved this will reduce pension pay
ments from SIS, 600, 900 to $40. 000, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

A wELL-DEvELoPED movement has
set in to have q new state formed out
of west Tennessee, west Kentucky,
southern Illinois, southwest Missouri,
eastern Arkansas and north Missis-
sippi. The scheme is to have jackson.
Tenn, the capital The matter will
be brought before the next congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
BY ELI ID. AXE.

TIE Infanta Eulale returned to
New York from Newport, on the 22d.
ON the yacht Susquehanna-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Miss Josie Stemppel, of Kansas City,
insane over the death of her children,
cut her throat few days ago, and viii
probably die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Col AINswoRrH, VIM. E. Covert, SUI
ing, and Francis Sasz, its engineer. APP
peared voluntarily in the Washington
criminal court before Judge McComas,
ON the Goth, and gave bail IN SO. 900
each for their appearance. Later in
the day Contractor Dant also appeared
and gave bail in like amount
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

A MEETING of holders of bonds issued
aby the Argentine republic was held in
London, ON the 18th, to consider the
agreement recently reached between
the Argentine government and the
Rothschildss committee for the settle
ment of the Argentine debt. The bond
holders unanimously agreed to accept
the compromise as it was submitted to
chem.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
An Overdose of Headache Cure.

Miss Bertha Lysaght, of st. Joseph,
took an overdose of headache cure, and
but for hard work by physicians would
have died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
New Postmaseers.


The following new postmasters Of
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri:
Ford City. Gentry county, James II. Smith,
vice William Sutton. removed.
Keytesville. Crawford county. John Chivers.
vice j. H. Sites. resigned.
Lathrop. Clinton county. J. T. Summers. vice
]. A. Boring, removed
Montrose. Henry county. William Lenarts,
OZARK. Christian county. R. ]. Lawing, vice
J. s. Johnson. removed
Pacific. Franklin county. N. H Gross, vice
Theodore Seifert. removed
Patton, Bollinger county. Joseph Robinson.
vice H. A. Holman. removed
Shot Grundy county. j. W. Buchanan. vice
Stewartsville De KaIb county A. D. Nc
Crosby, vice 5. W. Rogers. removed
Charlotte. Gasconade county, VIM. Berger,
vice August Wacker, resigned.
FentoT. st. Louis county, J. p. paugherty.
vice F. c. Schsler, resigned.
Missouri City, Clay county, Suda McCleliand.
vice NJ Reed, removed.
Modena. Mercer county. Mary E. Miller, vice
David Horn. removed.
Newtown. Sullivan county. Martin William
son: vice James =; Day. resigned;
II. A. Thofern. resigned.
Fiehy. Maries county. C. W. Marriwethef
vice l. n. James removed.
Bolton, CaSS county, r. NJ. johnson, vice Kc-
II. Long. resigned.
Bentonville. Benton county J. D. Copp, vice
w. L. Feaster. resigned.
Boomer. Linn county, ]. NJ Moharon, vice 81.
NJ Patterson, resigned.
East Lynne, Cass county, Dottie Farmer vice
w A Smith. removed.
Esrom. Barton county, q. S. Barnesley, vice
VIM OnStoI. removed.
Olean. Miller county, G. A. Bowman vice T.
D. Shel6o1. removed.
Southwest City Mcdonald county, S b. Hoss,
+ vice s. G. Suffer. removed.
Sulphur Springs Landing. Jefferson county,
W. W. Hull, vice L. s. Venn. resigned.
NEW POST OFFICE
Packwood, Daviess county. Richard E. Hale.
postmaster.
HAS 4 CONSCIENCE.
WASHINGTON. June GA conscience contri-
button of so from an unknown St. Louis per.
son shas been received at the treasury and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Miss Maud McKibben has been held
in st. Louis on suspicion OF having
poisoned her father and sister. They
are dead. She is IS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Ar . meeting of the race committee
of the State League of American
Wheelmen, held in Saginaw, Mich, ON
the Esd. it was decided to hold the in
ternational meet, in which whee1men
from all over the world will compete.
ut Detroit, August and 2, under the
auspices of the Michigan Division
League of American Wheelmen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
The New Weighing Law.

These figures Sh ow an increase of 50 per cent
il deposits within five years. equivalent to q.
Increase of 10 per cent. per annum.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27

the appointment Of interstate COM
merce commissioner rendered by
President Harrison year ago.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced
bill instructing the secretary of the
treasury not to deliver any of the
souvenir coins until the Worlds Col
umbian Exposition shall deliver a
good and sufficient bond conditioning
that if for any reason whatever the
worlds fair is open to the public on
Sunday the corporation shall pay to
the United States the sum of money
it shall have received from the value
of the coin, not less than s., 100000.
Much surprise is manifested because
Senator Kyle voted against adding
Congressman Pickler's timber culture
bill as an amendment to the consoli-
dated bill proposed by the senate
committee on public lands, covering
several measures of Importance to
Northwestern people. 1t is feared
his action will defeat the Picker
bill, in which over a Thousand of peo-
pie holding land under the provisions
of the timber culture law will be put
t) great annoyance and expensive
litigation.