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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-27

grantee. All persons, as general
rule, are able to take property as
grantees, infants, lunatics and cor
porations, and the proper parties
must be named in the deed. And
in order that there may be a con-
veyance there must be a thing to
be conveyed, and this must be suf-
ficiently described in the deed, so
as to be capable of Identification.
AS a general rule, every freehold
interest in lands can only be con-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-27

veyed by deed, and whatever is Gre
ated by deed can only be trans
ferred by deed. There must also
be a consideration, either good or
valuable, which is necessary to be
proved or acknowledged in order to
pass the title to real estate. This
is general proposition, and as such
sound enough, but it must be borne
in mind that there are exceptions
to every general proposition, and so
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REAL PROPERTY LAW.
Continued from last week.

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in land under our system is an es.
tate in fee simple, which is the
entire and absolute ownership and
property in the land. 1t was neces-
sary at common law that the word
"heirs" should be inserted in the
deed of conveyance in order to ere.
ate an estate in fee simple, other
wise the grantee would only take
an estate for life, Notwithstanding
the estate was limited by other
phrases, as to the grantee forever
or to his children, or the like, for it
has been held that an express direc-
ton that the grantee is to have a
fee simple estate, will not supply
the place of the word heirs" But
in this state the legislature has pro-
vided by statute that the term
"heirs" or other technical words of
inheritance shall not be necessary
to create an estate in fee simple.
Here all lands not vested in and
held by individuals as private prop
erty are vested in the state or the
United States, and have been by
official survey divided into town
ships and sections, halves, quarters
and eighths, and in making a con-
veyance of these lands reference is
made to the township, section and
fraction of a section as a sufficient
description Of the tract conveyed.
The conveyance by which public
lands are conveyed by the state or
government to individuals is called
a public grant, and the title so &C
quired is styled title by public
grant"
Another means of acquiring title
to lands is by involuntary alien
ation," the means of which are so
numerous that we can not here
more than refer to the cases in
which the legislature may provide
for involuntary alienation, which
may be divided into six general
classes. viz:
|. In the exercise of the right
of eminent domain.
2. In the case of persons under
disability to protect their own in
terests.
3. For confirming defective
titles.
4. For sales by executors and
administrators.
5. Sales under execution or de-
cree in chancery.
=. Sales to satisfy the state for
taxes.
AS heretofore remarked, all land
is held subject to the right Of emf
nent domain. Whenever it is nee
essary or beneficial to the public
that certain lands shall be appro-
prlated for public use, the state has
the right to confiscate or rather to
appropriate such land upon pay
ment OF a proper compensation
therefor TO the owner of the land.
The state may exercise the right or
1t may authorize a corporation Of a
public character, such as railroads.
turnpike companies and the like, to
exercise it. But the corporation
must be one in whose maintenance
the public is interested, and from
whose existence the puclic is to de-
rive benefit The state cannot
authorize private individual or a
strictly private corporation to take
the lands of another with or with
out comnansation
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the statute of uses, and modern con
veyances. The latter class is all
that our time will permit us to
dwell upon. Although there is an
almost infinite variance to be found
in the rules of conveyancing in the
different states, it is believed that
oil modes of conveyancing which
were recognized by the English
common law, and those which OPP
Grated under the statutes of uses
are recognized as valid and effective
to pass title. But in addition to
the forms of conyeyances mentioned
most of the states have prescribed
forms by statute, and huve provid-
ed the effect of the various forms.
The use of the prescribed forms is
not made obligatory, the statute
being construed to be directory
only, and does not invalidate the
other modes of conveyance.
The character of the conveyance
is in the first instance determined
by the operative words of convey
ance appearing in the deed. The
ordinary deed usually fsund in use
in the u S. contains the operative
words give, grant, bargain and
sell, and frequently the additional
words ''alien, remise, release, con-
vey and confirm" such deed con-
tains all the operative words neces-
sary for any kind of a deed in this
state, and in fact in any of the
states.
A deed, according to Lord Coke,
is a writing sealed and delivered by
the party thereto, and contains
contract executory or executed.
According to the common law,
and before the passage of the stat
utes of frauds, signing was unnec-
essary, but it is now all important
act and absolutely necessary to the
validity of the deed, but in this and
in many other states the old requis-
ite of sealing is done away with,
the use of private seals being abol-
ished by statute.
The following may be stated as
including all the essentials of
deed, viz:
IA sufficient writing. q
Proper parties grantor and grantee.
"a thing to be granted. A
consideration. 5.-Fxecution, /. e.
signing, attestation, acknowledging
and in some of the states sealing.
6.-Deivery and acceptance. T.
Registration or recording.
While there is no positive adju-
dication, it is the accepted opinion
of all courts and writer's that to
make a deed valid it must be writ
ten on parchment or paper, it being
supposed that these two materials
are mord durable, and less capable
of erasure or alteration.
The writing must clearly mani,
fest the intention of the parties and
contain the entire agreement, and
must be completed in all it's essen
tial parts before it is delivered, If
there have been alterations or inter
lineations, such should be noted
upon the instrument, to show that
it was before delivery.
It needs only to be stated to be
at once recognized that to make
valid deed there must be compe-
tent grantor. He must own the
property, and have capacity to con
vev. The number of persons who
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-06-27

CastOria is SO we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to amy prescription
known to me" IT, A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford c.. brooklyn, n. Y.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

In recent speech in the senate,
Senator Vest said: 81 have stated,
under much criticism in Missouri
that I was a Democrat under all
conditions; that l intended to abide
by the action of my party; that l
was too old to hunt for a new politi-
cal home; that l should die, as Ihave
lived, in the party of Jefferson, de-
voted to his teachings and principles.
But l serve notice now that if this
convention at Chicago is to be made
up of Federal office-bolders, brought
there to overawe and override the
wishes of the honest majority of the
Democratic party throughout the
United States, it is no Democratic
convention with me. I shall abide
the will of majority of my party,
honestly assembled and honestly ex'
pressed. I make no threat, but
want no misunderstanding. The
Democratic party is party of honest
expression and not of Federal pat
ronage."
The news boy., 1896-05-30

In ten States in the Union the
Republicans declared for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver,
while in eight other States they
lodged and straddled. Of the first
mentioned ten States, seven are re.
liably Republican but in no reliable
Democratic State have the Democrats
declared for gold-or even straddled.
This is certainly encouraging. II
begins to appear as if the Stree sill
yer craze" would sweep the country
this fall. We believe it will.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
WILL 1T NEVER END.

We wish to inform those who are
not familiar with the law on the sub
ject, that any one who receives from
the postmaster any newspaper ad-
dressed to him, has to pay for the
same; and that any one who owes for
back subscription cannot stop his
paper until all arrearaees are paid
up.-Southeast 4Wssourian.
Judging from the general appear
ance of the Southeast .Nissou,Ion, and
believing it to be paper we'll worth
the price of admission, we are sur
prised at the reproduction of the
above old chestnut. There is no such
law. No newspaper man or post
master can force a man to pay for
something he has never contracted
for and does not want.
We are in position to know that
certain so-called newspapers are an
imposition upon the people. The
names of different citizens of the
county and their postotfice address
are obtained from the tax-books or
otherwise, and the paper is mailed
to their address, whether they have
ordered it or not. In this way some
newspapers got what they are pleased
to term a circulation. An almanac
gets its circulation in the same way.
When farmer goes to town he
asks the postmaster for his mail.
The postmaster hands out whatever
is addressed to him. If there hap
pens to be an advance sheet of Hood s
Sarsaparilla, or of DR.. Miles reme-
dies, the farmer does not feel that he
is committing petit larceny" by
carrying home what was given him
by the postmaster, and if local or.
gan or sheet happens to get mixed
up in his mail he is no more respon-
sible, and there is no method by
which the publisher can force him to
pay.
1t would be just as reasonable to
contend that local merchant would
have right to mail merchandise to
the different people of the county and
then collect for it because they took
it from the postoffice, as to contend
that a man must pay for newspaper
just because it is handed to him with
his mail.
Sell your papers for cash and then
all this trouble will be avoided. The
NEwsBoY has no such trouble. Every
paper we send out is paid for, and
the man who gets it appreciates it.
If you cant make your paper worth
one dollar in advance, you can't make
it worth one dollar on time.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

WIN. F. HARRITY, goldbug chair
man of the National Democratic
committee, says the free silverites
will not be admitted to the Chicago
convention unless they pledge them
selves to swallow whatever may
come. In nearly every State where
they could not control, the goldbugs
have bolted and Mr.. Harrity has no
fault to find, but he wants to see to
it that halter is securely fastened
around the free silverites. The
friends of the white metal will be so
numerous at the Chicago convention
that chairman Harrity and his crowd
will scarcely be known in it.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
DO YOU USE sucAR2

II will be remembered that two
years ago the all-absorbing topic of
Congress and the nation was the
duty, tariff or bounty" on sugar.
Under the Harrison administra-
tion gigantic sugar trust was
formed which had it's lieutcnants at
Washington to see to it that the
sugar industry of the United States
be protected" The sugar industry,
proper, were Havemeycr, of New
York, who is president of the sugar
trust, and Claus Spreckles, who
practically CONTROLS the sugar pro-
ducing Hawaiian islands.
However, as q blind, it became
necessary to ''rope" q few wealthy
cane planters of Louisiana into the
scheme in order to make the sugar
industry appear as an American in
dustry, and the hired lobbyists and
attorneys for the sugar trust sue
ceeded in having q duty or bounty
placed upon sugar-a thing which is
not luxury, but necessity in every
house hold.
Now, who pays the freight? Our
sugar industry is ''protected'-that
is, the sugar trust and q few rich
planters in Louisiana are growing
rich-but every farmer, laborer OF
other citizen who buys sugar gets
one third less sugar today for one
dollar than a year ago. You are
paying 33! per cent for the privilege
of having the sugar industry of
America protected. How do you
like this so.called protection Where
do you come in?
The news boy., 1896-05-30

H. NJ. Teller, Republican senator
from Colorado, has been honored as
no other man was ever honored by
his people. He was placed at the
head of the delegation from Colorado
to the St. Louis convention, and the
delegates were instructed to "act in
harmony with the Hon. Henry Nj.
Teller. j." This proves that the Re-
publicans of Colorado have the ut
most confidence in Mr.. Teller. Tel
Ter is as untiring in his efforts to re-
store silver as either Vest, Cockerell,
Bland, Stone OF Stephens.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
BOWLER, COMPTROLLER of tn,

BOWLER, Comptroller of the Treas
ury, refused to permit the payment
of the bounty on sugar to the
sugar kings, on the ground
that the act was unconstitution-
al. The matter was appealed to
the U. S. Supreme court, and every
body knows how things go there.
Nothing that is in the interest of
the rich is ever declared unconstitu-
tional there. The sugar kings won.
But when the constitutionality of
the Income Tax was up before that
court it was different. The people
lost.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
DUTY OF CITIZENSHIP.

In every nation, in every State, in
every district and in every county we
have men who hold Office just because
Of their inability to have or express
on opinion on any question of public
concern. The NEwsBY man has
been rather aggressive in the politics
of Scott county and he has thereby
manufactured some real live enemies.
However, we have always been out
spoken and fearless, and it has never
been necessary to call us out behind
the barn and have confidential talk
in order to learn how we stood on
any question. The man who does
not take part in the local affairs of
his community is dangerous citizen.
He is a great big cypher, with moth
ing before or behind him. We have
men in Scott county who will refuse,
on all occasions, to express an opin-
ion, on any and all questions, until
they find just how the majority is
going.
"The growing belief that some peo-
pie are too good or too busy or too
scholarly to bear their share of the
burdens of local citizenship is per-
nicious one, says Pilgrims Progress.
''It is the duty of every citizen to be
interested in all that concerns his
community. To shirk this duty is
more than selfish; it Is unpatriotic
and unworthy. When this is done
by the best so.called citizens it leaves
local government in the hands of the
vicious and corrupt.
When busy people consult only their
own immediate business interests
and neglect public affairs, a town be-
comes the prey of the shiftless and
improvident, and death and civic dis.
aster speedily follow. So the schol-
arly owe contribution to the public
life of the town where they reside.
1t is not only the patriotic duty of
the intelligent and prosperous and
honorable to participate in local pol
itics, but even from selfish stand
point they cannot afford to be indiffer-
ent. Else the whole community will
suffer from maladministration and
they with it. "
The news boy., 1896-05-30

THIS country has just gone through
fearful storm period-possibly the
greatest ever known. Nearly every
State in the Union has been visited
by destructive storms and cyclones.
Last Sunday night Iowa, Illinois and
Michigan were the sufferers al d
many lives were lost. Whole towns
were swept away and the damage to
property was great. What means
all this disaster under a Cleveland
administration?
The news boy., 1896-05-30
OWNERSHIP OF LAND.

1t is our opinion that q section of
land-640 acres-is enough for any
one man to own and control. We see
no justice in one man owning thous-
ands of acres, while thousands Of peo-
pie own no land at all. Mother earth
should not be owned and monopolized
by spectators, but individual occu-
pancy and actual use should be pre-
requisite to legal claim of title of
land.
In Scott county we have a few men
who own section after section, while
the masses own no land ut all. We
doubt If there is county in the
State where the landlord and tenant
system is more clearly illustrated
than in Scott. Take it from Benton
south, and half dozen men own 1t
all. In many localities the popula.
tion changes annually. The men who
till the soil are not the owners and
they, as rule, have little interest
in the prosperity and welfare of the
county. This year they are in Scott
county, next year they are some.
where else.
Everything that is possible should
be done to keep this from being a
nation of tenants. The men who
cultivate the soil should own it. II
is an infamous system that makes
one man pay another for the use OF
what God put here for the use and
benefit of all his children. Excessive
rent is sapping the life out of labor,
and when landlords have an income
from the earth without working ii
themselves, they are eating the life
and drinking the blood of labor.
The earth is given as a common
stock for man to labor and live in
aud it was never intended that few
people should own it all, while the
majority have no place they can cal
home. The increase of tenantry il
the United States is alarming. More
than IS per cent. of our people are
homeless, while in Australia less
than II per cent. are tenants; in Can
ada less than 13 per cent; in France
less than % per cent; in Germany
less than 35 per cent. and in beggar
ly Italy only 50 per cent. of the fam
lilies do not own their homes. Tha'
at least three-quarters of our Amer
ican families have only a shifting
shelter is alarming, aud is more
because, since 1880, east, west ant
south the percentage of home owners
has been diminishing and the per
centage of tenantry increasing. The
growth of class of families who fee
no magnetism holding them to an!
particular spot of earth is grea
peril to any community.
The general trend in America il
towards the British landlord system
The gulf is widening. A class O
aristocrats on one side who spent
what others earn; on the other hant
nation of slaves who only have tn
right to remain on earth by the per
mission of some landlord.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

CHICAGO and Cook county, went
overwhelmingly for silver and Alt
geld for governor. OF the 4l8 dele
gates already selected to attend the
State convention in Illinois 4O1 are
instructed for Altgeld, 1915 for silver,
81 uninstructed on the money question
and for sound money. Evidently
the ''free silver craze" is not dying
out in Illinois.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

DURING the past year the assessed
valuation of the South and West has
decreased $500, 900, 900, while the as.
sessed valuation of the State of New
York alone has increased 1926, ,SS3, 4S2
and the protected States of Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania nearly
one hundred million. We, of the
West and South, feed the COW, and
the fellows over in the East do the
milking and skim off all the cream.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

The Republicans of Colorado, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Washington, North
Carolina and Idaho held State con-
vehtions in this month and all de-
clared for the free coinage Of the
white metal. While the gold stan
dard men will have majority in
St. Louis, the silverites will be suf-
ficiently strong to make it real in
teresting, and lively time may be
expected.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

1T is now pretty certain that the
free silver wing of the Democratic
party will control the Chicago con.
vention. OF the delegates selected
we have a majority~f about $50.
The best and truest men from every
State have been selected and they
will see to it that Grover and his
gang of Office holders take a back
seat. The men who have been
chosen to represent silver at Chicago
are not purchasable.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

Hostetter McGinnis-Nve are about to
hold meeting to organize fresh air
fund this summer.
Col. Werger-An excellent project
excellent.
II thought you would be in favor of
it. am canvassing in aid of the
society. know you will give me some.
thing"
"With the greatest Of pleasure. You
may put me down for a speech at the
meeting."-Texas Siftings.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

"Who is that long-haired young fel-
low who seems to have nothing to do?'
inquired the casual stranger.
'That's our poet" said the squire.
'Town chips in an pays his board and
clothes"
"Where are his works published?"
"Ain't never been published. He's
arranged to have 'em printed arter he's
dead. That's wy we are tryin' to keep
him alive longs we can."-Indianapolis
Journal.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
A Popular Study.

Uncle Wayback-Now, wot's tn use
o. teachin' gals all these new-fangled
studies? Wot good is this ere astron-
omy you're studyin'?
City Niece-Why, uncle, it's a delight
full subject to talk about on moonlight
evenings. We point out Venus, and
then the young man says something
pretty, and then See that ring.-N.
Y. Weekly.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

A RrMoR reached here Thursday
that the Missouri Pacific Hospital
and the old Union Depot, at Saint
Louis, were destroyed by storm the
night before and many lives were
lost. 1t was the City Hospital and
800 feet of the east approach of the
big bridge instead.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

DID it ever occur to you that there
are few country papers in the State
that give its readers as much news
as the Newsboy2 We are strictly
in the news business and we never
allow anything Of Importance to slip
by unnoticed. Send in your dollar
and get the paper that is newsy.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
Made Him Popular.

'sHarry-Before the Neighbobs would
countenance my attentions to the dear
girl they demanded references. but
gave them two sets.
Jsck-Why two3
Harry-One to tell the old man was
aparagon of all the manly virtues; the
other to hint to the girl was going it
at IN awful pace.-N. Y. Truth.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

Children occasionally give some very
peculiar answers. A little Texas boy,
on being asked how many children his
father and mother had, replied:
81 am all the children they have got" |"
Another little boy on being asked
the same question, replied:
1.-TWO girls and boy. I'm the boy"
Texas Siftings.
The news boy., 1896-05-30

The Commoner is neat publica-
tion, the product Of B. Fox, published
at Ironton, Mo-, in pamphlet form.
It is "all wool and yard wide" and
red hot for the dollar of our dad
dies. We welcome the Commoner
as we do all publications that are
battling for the people. Here's to
you, Bro. Fox.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
Points OF Resemblance

Mr.. Sharpe famous criminal lawyer)
Il am glad to meet you, DIR. Fourthly.
have often heard of you. The strik-
ing similarity of our vocations makes
me feel as if were acquainted with
you already.
Rev. DIR. Fourthly-Sir!
Mr.. Shsrpe-My dear doctor, are we
not both engaged in the work Of saving
sinners?-Chicago Tribune.
The news boy., 1896-05-30
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that letters of ad.
Louis Whitman. decd. were granted to the
undersigned administrator by the judge of
the Probate Court of Scott County, Missouri,
in vacation, April q, 1896.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are required TO exhibit them for allow
in one year from date Of said letters, or they
may be precluded from any beneft OF said
estate. and II such claims be not exhibited
JOHN BOLLiNGkR, Admr de bonis non.