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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-23

We are approaching that season
of the year when boys and girls
become tired and want to drop out
of school. Too many parents are
prone to let their children have too
much freedom in this matter, and
then they will wonder why it is
that their boys and girls are not
permitted to enter higher grades
next year. "A moments reflection
will answer the question. 1t mat
ters not how intelligent or apt at
learning your boy or girl may be,
there are others just as intelligent
and bright who are in school every
day, work every hour, improve
every opportunity, and at the end
of the school year pass creditable
examinations that are rewarded by
promotion; while the one who has
attended only half the time must,
of course, finish his last years work
before he can be promoted. In the
face of these facts there are par
ents so manifestly unfair as to ac-
cuse the teachers of keeping their
children back. Parents, do your
duty and your children will be
given every advantage.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-23

mckinley and prosperity" was
the Republican campaign slogan
in 1896. A far-seeing Republican
suggests that it be Mckinley and
Bliss" in 1909.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-23
EDITORIAL. COMMENT.

Kid McCoy's corkscrew twist
seems about as effective upon his
adversaries as John l.. Sullivan's
whiskey-sours were upon himself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-23

From a prospective point of view
of the mining situation in Colorado,
it appears that no district offers in
ducements superior to those of
Crested Butte and its adjacent
camps, and excepting Leadville
and Cripple Creek, none gives
such flattering promise of rich re-
turns for investment and labor.
The great things now in view are
not to be estimated by the achieve
ments of the year just closed, nor
those of any period in its history.
The appearances under the new
impulse of development are those
of new beginning. Old mines
are reviving and new ones will
soon be upon the producing list.
1t can be truly said that Crested
Butte is entering upon the most
prosperous period in its history.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-01-23

The Crystal Mountain Tunnel
will resume operations this week
with a full force of men.-Marble
Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11
BUCKkER GOT 1T,
Was Highly Honored by the Grand
 Lodge at Atlantic City.

There is great rejoicing in this city and among the many Elks in Arkansas today "Wednesday over the news of the election of Rev. ". D. Buckner, the handsome and able pastor of the Episcopal church of this city, to the office of grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Els, now in session at Atlant tic City. Key. BucSner was successful among
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11

ments than Prescott, Ariz. Pres colt is located north of the center of the territory, is in the very heart of the mountains, in the center of one of the richest mining districts in the west, and presents a general air of prosperity. It has a popula- tion of 5000 happy souls, and it's elevation IS 5, 600 feet. It therefore has very pleasant summer climate. Near Prescott. distance of 2 miles, is the celebrated copper camp of Senator Clark, known as the United Verde Company. It is said that this mine alone yields Senator Clark som ething in tbe neighbor- hood of million dollars a month. Near Prescott are also the Crowned King, property that turns out $25,0 ,000 month; the McCabe, Little Jessie. Congress and other rich mining properties.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11
OF CROPS-GREAT HEADWAN WAS MADE IN CLEANING
 CROPS.
REPORTS BY COUNTIES.
Weather Very Favorable---Boln Worm Makes His Appear
 anCe.

United States department of agrF- culture and crop bulletin of the weather bureau, Ark section for the week ending July 5
 Lotal showers occurred during the week and interfered with farm work in some localities, but as rule great headway was made cleaning the crops. Corn and cotton, which have been properly cultivated, are grow ing nicely; many fields in the low lands have been abandoned The boil worm is doing some damage to cotton in a few localities.
 Wheat and oats have been dam aged in the shock by wet weather ss threshing Of wheat and oats is pro- gressing in some sections, and the yields of both is generally fairly good. Potatoes are generally good. but some complaint is made of tbem rotting in the ground. Apples con- tinue to rot and fall in most sections. Peaches are generally plentiful. but are beginning to rot in some ioeali- tipa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11
gro w. H. KEYSER, OF CHlCA- GO, WHO SAYS HE IS IN
 EARNEST AND WILL
BUILD AN ELECTRIC LINE.
Old Ordinance Amended-All the Aldermen Voted
 Aye"

Pursuant to adjournment tbe city council met at the city ball Tuesday evening to again receive the proposition of Mr. w. H. Key ser, the Chicago civil engineer and contractor, who is here to invest in an electric street railway aud light ing plant in Pine Bluff.
 All the aldermen with the excep ton of Mir. Fred Fox, wno is absent from the city, were present. A large 1umber of interested spectators were also in attendance.
 Mayor Alexander called the meet. ing to order. He announced that the ordinance which was discussed at the morning meeting and which was for the construction, maintain anee and operation of an electric street railway and light plant, was before the council fur such action as may be taken.
 Alderman Boyce moved that the ordinance be read by sections, that they might be amended systematic ally. This was agreed upon and City Clerk Johnson began to read them. The sections were amended as follows:
 Alderman Wilkins offered the fol- lowing amendment to section 1:
 That all material, machinery and equipment used in the construction and operation of said electric light plant and railway shall be new and modern.
 MT Keyser said he had ID objec- tion to the amendment with one exception and that was, that h9 had some second hand rails that would be used.= NJ Wilkins, after determining that the rails were good ones, granted an exception (the rails) in bis amendmnet The amendment was then adopted.
 In the fourth section, Mir. Wilkins said were some sentences that could be omitted. MT. Taylor objected to omi5ting the sentences referred to. This was finally settled satisfactori- ly. An amendment was offered to the first part of section 6. It was to the effect that rails weighing not less than So pounds to the yard in the paved districts should be used. Another sen tence in the first half of section 6, similar to tte one dis eussed in section f, caused no little
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discussion between the aldermen and Mr. Taylor. The rail amend ment above mentioned, was then taken up and adopted. No other sections of the ordinance were placed before the council for further amendment and suggestions, if any, were asked for.
 Mir. Boyce said it was his under. standing that the light contract to be let, would be the sane as granted to the unsuccessful Mr. Roberts. The forfeit check Of $5, 900 to which Mr. Roberts had string, was a subject for general discussion.
 Mir. Keyser will not be asked to put up S, 900 check as forfeit, as such a check accompanies the lighting bid and the lighting con- tract will not be let except to some one willing to construct street railway.
 Mir. Boyce moved tbat the rules be suspended and the ordinance read the third time. His motion was seconded and the ordinance read. It Was then moved and sec onded that the ordinance be adopt ed Ali the aldermen voted Faye. :"
 Mir. Taylor then thanked the council for their kind attention and co operation aud said he could guarantee them an electric line. He added that much had been said about the unsuccessful attempts of promoters heretofore aud little con tidence was manifested by the pub lie in Mir. Keyser's proposition, owing to the previous failures, It is just the opposite with Mr. Key ser- He said MT @Keyser, Mr. Peter and their friends were=not depen- dent upon others for the success of their uadertaking,. but were ready to put their own capital to the wheel and push. He was sure that Mr. Keyser meant business.
 Mir. Keyser also thanked tie council for their kindness in receiv- ing him so cordially and granting the franchise. His talk was briei aud to the point. Mayor Alex ander in a short talk thanked Mir. Keyser for the interest be manifests and sald he would receive his (Alex aLder's) cooperation as be thought it would be the making of the city to have an electric line.
 No other business beirg before the meeting, the council adjourned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11
REPORTS BY COUNTIES.

Bayou Meto, Arkansaa county Joe Webster-Grops growing nicely corn all laid by and needs rain; cot ton about cleaned out; peas look fine.
 Annoyer, Cleayeland county-S. B. Glbson-Weather very warm; farm CTS behind with their crops; IrIsh potatoes are being dug; gardens. beginning to need rain.
 Winchester, Desha county-I. D.. New Weather favorable for. farm work, aud much Of the cotton. has been worked out but 1t looksj bad. Is turning yellow and is max ing but few forms; much of 1t has been totally abandoned on account of the Fcarcity of labor; corn crop not good on account of not having. had tie proper amount of work.
 Monticello. Drew county-W. r. La Weather has been fine for cleaning the crops, and farmers have. gotten their crops in fair condition. corn OF upland is good; cotton on upland is fruiting well.
 Grady, Lincoln county-Jas. H.. Hawley-Weather has been fayora- be for farm work aLd much has been accomplished In freeing the crops Of weeds and grass; cotton i@ now doing well, and bids fair for 6 full crop; corn is good. but would be improved by little rain.
 Redfield, Jefferson c0unty-W. F.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11

Almost on straight line nearly 1,500 miles West of Pine Bluff is Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is in the heart of one of the garden spots of the earth. This has been brought about by irrigation. The Salt river valley was thickly populated by the Toltecs end the Aztees before their immigration to Mexico, and more than thousand years ago dug their irrigation canals and practiced agri culture iu this valley to the then known highest extent. This fact is established by the traces of irriga- tion canals still discernable and by excavations near Temple, where an ancient city and it's skeletons, cov- cred by the sands and floods of cen turies, has been unearthed.
 Irrigation has caused the Salt river valley to blossom as a rose. In this valley are peach. apple ard apricot orchards; broad and expan slve fields of waving grain or alfalfa; melon patches and orange groves in fact all the products of the semi. tropic gene. The early ripeaing of these fruits and products, and the fact that they reach the markets far in advance of other sections, have resulted in very prof table industry to the farmers of this valley.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11

Phoenix IS one of the prettiest towns of it's size in the country. It IS both the capitol and the conner cial metropolis of Arizona. It is modern, cosmopolitan, and progress sive. It has electric street cars, public parks, large and handsome residences and many three story business houses It's streets are broad and shaded with palm and chinaberry trees. Nearly all of it's buildings are of brick or stone. In 1871 the town bad population of 76, one woman and 75 men. Today it has a population of at least 1000 and during the winter health. seekers double that number. Phoenix has one of the finest winter climates on earth. Nowhere outside of Persia can patients affiicted with pulmona- ry troubles find climate more con- genial to their affections. There fore every winter Phoenix is crowded with visitors and the city is one of the gayest of the nation. But in summer the heat is intense. During the last two days the ther mometer has registered l12 and III h the shade, and am told that it will keep up at that rate every day until Septem per. Notwithstanding this fact, however, sunstroke in Arizona is unknown. and one feels no more uncomfortable here with the thermometer ranging around the 1l2 mark than he does in Arkan- sas with the thermometer at 96 This strange fact is due to the ab- sence Of moisture or humidity ia the atmosphere, which, after all, is largely responsible for the severity of heat or cold
 One among the many. attractions of Phoenix is an ostrich farm. The farm is about three miles out and is an attraction for many visitors. There is also an orange grove ia the same vicinity. At present expert culture ln the Sat river valley.
 J VI. ADAMS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11
ARIZONA AS VIEWED FROM A SANTA FEE PASSENGER
 COACH.
PRESCOTT AND PHOENIX.
The Latter in the Heart of One of Earth's Garden Spots
 Where Oranges Grow.

PHOENIX, ARIz July 2.-From Albuquerque to Phoepix, over the Santa Fe Pacific to Ashfork and thence south oyer the Santa Fe, Prescott $ Phoenix railroad, the scenery is hardly surpassed by any route in the country. From Albu- ouerque west over the Santa Fe Pacific we are afforded a variety of mountain scenery, some as dreary and desolate as one could imagine on the desert of Sahara, gradually ascending until in the vicinity of Flagstaff when we reach the re freshine view of green and lofty pine timber, towering as high as any of the celebrated pines of Ar kansas. .En route to Flagstaff we skirt along the edge of the Petrifed Forest. and at Flagstaff we are in the midst of .he original cliff dwell ings, where the Cliff DRellers are believed by archaeologists and eth nologists to have lived over 2.000 years ago. Some recent expIora- tions and excavations in the vieini- ty of Hobroak tend to establish the theory that there was once a civili- zation in Arizona as great and as ancient as that of Egypt.
 At Flagstaff we also come into full view of the lofty San Francisco noun tains-the highest in the ter ritory-the crest of whose peaks are covered with perpetual snow.
 From Flagstaff to Ashfork the scenery is very monn tainous and picturesque. As the train flies through gorge, or around tbe edge of the mount tain and then through deep canyon with precip- itous walls, the passenger holds his breath in awe and amazement.
 When Ashfork is reacaed we have twenty minutes for dinner" and "change cars" for Prescott ard Phoenix. Here we take passage on the San la Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad, one of the remarkable e feats Of railroad construction and aud civil engineering in this eoun : try. To Prescott it is almost one continuous curve, first to the right and then to the left, oyer tracks where distance has been artificially created to cover grade and eleva- tion. With the exception of ''1h he Loop" from Georgetown to Silver Plume, in Colorado, l have never seen prettier engineering or more grand and imposing mountain seen cry than that afforded by the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railway. Certainly in "al New England" there is no.hlng equal to it. The noun tains of New England are yerjtable ''infants" by the side of the giant mountains of Arizona. If all the noun tains of Arizona were brought to level, the elevation of the plateau would yet be greater than the highest mount tains of New England. The climate of Arizona is therefore very greatly diversified, that of the northerh part being mild and salubrious, with cool and refreshing nights in summer. while parts of the southern section are so torrid for about foul. mon ths in the year that there is general exodus to the mountains or the sea coast.
 Of all the towns or cities 1 have visited recently none are making more progress in public improve ments are being conducted in date
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11

large number of candidates for that high honor and no one body of people was ever more happy than his friends in Pine Bluff.
 His election to the office of grand chaplain is high honor to Arkan- sas, Pine Bluff, B P. o E. Lodge No. l49, Key. W. D. Buckner and our people and we congratulate that brilliant dvine upon his con- plete success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-11

Of all the towns or cities I have visited recently none are making more progress in public improve ID ents are being conduc in date
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Q ontiued on page 5.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-21
WnycrOss News Notes.

Waycross, Ga, April 2O-Elias Stanfleld,
an old farmer living near the Okefinokee
swamp, served on the petit jury this
week, the first time since the Civil War
Wilcox e. Breen are moving their log
camp tramroad and pine from "Skeeter
Camp" on Altamaha river, TO a point
near Brunswick.
The new Congregational Church Con-
vention will be held at Ezekiel Church,
near here, May 3 to g.
Mrs. William Denton had the misfortune
to fall in the yard at her home in Buckley
day or two ago. breaking her left arm
just below the shoulder. DR.. Frier was
called and set her arm, and at last ac-
counts she was doing we'll.
The firm Of Williamson g. Co. at Hasty,
has been dissolved by mutual consent. S.
p. Ellington retires, and the business will
be continued by D. T. Williamson.
The grand jury of Charlton county rec
commended that the Board of County Com
missioners be abolished and requested the
next lives to see that this pro-
vision is carried out
j. S. Grooms has been appointed to fill
the place on the Charlton County School
Board made vacant by the resignation
of w. o. Gibson.
There were nine funerals in one week
at Ramie Cemetery in Pierce county, all
being the result Of the grip that has been
raging there.
The Southern Pine Company is sinking
an artesian well at Oferman. They are
also preparing to establish a large va
riety works including planning mill and
ice plant
Capt c. c. Grace has donated an ele-
CANT lot for a Baptis, Church at Screw
en-, and work is to be begun soon.
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ThomasviIIe New. Notes.

Thomasvlle, Ga, April GOV. L. Ben
ton, a white man, charged with the muir
der of Silas Mitchell an old negro, in this
county last December, and who was tried
here yesterday, was acquitted.
The lie Conte and Keller pear crops
promise to be very large in this section
this year, although there is considerable
blight on many trees.
An unusual number of candidates are
out for Office in Thomas county this year.
They have made things lively here during
court week.
Some tourists still linger in Townsville,
although the main body of them have re-
turned home The season has been very
successful one, many thousands of dollars
having been left here by them during the
last five months.
The Triton, Townsville and Gulf peo-
pie have had three lines surveyed between
Townsville and Tallahassee, looking to a
continuance of their road from Thomas
vile to the capital city of Florida All
these lines have proved expensive and a
fourth line will be run. 1t is said the road
will nor be built unless a cheaper route
can be found.
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VICTORIA AND HER SOLDIERS.
Stories of Her Early Days, Showing
That Queen Was Fond of Tommy.
From the London News.

From the London News.
1t may be interesting to recall some Of
Her Majestys early relations to her SOL
diers, of whom she once said: Noble fell
lows, feel as IL they were my own chill
dren; my heart beats for them as for my
nearest and dearest" The Queen has new
er forgotten that she is a soldiers child;
and when presenting colors on one occa-
sion to the Scots Fusilier Guards she
said: II have been associated with your
regiment from my earliest infancy, as my
dear father was your colonel He was
proud of his profession, and / was always
taught to consider myself a soldiers
child" When an infant in arms Her Maj
esty was presented at review at Houns-
low Heath to the no little annoyance of
the Prince Regent, who said; THAT in
FAINT is too young to be brought into pub
lie" The faithful attendant of her early
childhood was an old soldier, who had been
her fathers bodyguard. In her youth the
Queen heard the Duke of Wellington
spoken OF with bated breath, and on his
death she spoke OF him as "our immortal
hero"
In the earlier years of her reign the
Queen was accustomed to review her
troops mounted on a charger dressed in
military costume, as a portrait Of her In
the next number of the Lady's Realm, TO
which we are indebted for these early
"reminiscences of Her Majesty, shows. Two
months after her accession. mounted on a
gray charger, she wore trim blue cloth
coat and skirt with a star on the breast
and round cap with a peak ornamented
with a deep gold band, in reviewing for
the first time the Household troops at
Windsor. Later on the Queen was dress
ed in a long habit with a cutaway Jacket
and a large hat ornamented with military
plumes. At some reviews in Hyde Park
the Queen was In a tight-ftting bodice
and her form encircled with a bandolier;
while In reviewing the troops on their re-
turn from the Crlmea, Her Majesty wore
a habit OF fine SCARLET cloth, the collar Of
which was embroidered In gold and silver
with the devices OF a field marshal; across
the left shoulder was the blue ribbon OF
the Garter. while a brilliant star cleaned
on her breast, and fastened around her
waist was a crimson and gold net sash
fringed with gold tassels. Her hat was Of
black felt, with a round crown ornamented
with an officers plume of red and white
feathers. The Queen rode, on that mem
Orahle occasion. a splendid chestnut horse
In old times, 100, the queen delighted 10
stay al the Pavilion az Aldershot. where
she often received crowned heads and dis
tiuRuished soldiers From her sitting room
window she commanded "A view Of the
Long Valley stretching from Caesars
Camp. ana could witness the evoluiionn
OF the troops with ease. Her Majesty sub
scribed literally toward the three church
-, humorous schools, reading ro0ms.s hos
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ruled that the Legislature may fix the
price al which elevators constructed and
operated by private capital shall receive
grain for storage. So, in the case of rail-
road transportation, the most important
Of all, the state may interfere in self-pro-
lection.
THE right of the government TO regu-
late railway rates has been repeatedly
affirmed by courts of last resort, both
state and national
"Our railways to-day amount in value
TO one-tenth of all the property of the
United States. They collect and disburse
a revenue far beyond that of the govern
ment OF the United States. AS an indust-
~ they are second only to agriculture,
the mother of ali industries. They can be
no such thing as national prosperity if
our railways are not reasonably prosper
Gus and any unfair or unjust treatment of
them is a national calamity.
But in the making Of those rates the
public has an interest which must be
legidmately protected. To-day the rail-
way is the sole judge between itself and
the public of the rate which it
makes. Some tribunal should be de-
Yised to which the public can
appeal and from which the pub
lie can obtain relief. If the interstate
Commerce Commission is not a COM
petent body to discharge that duty,
abolish it and put something in its place.
II it is, give it the authority necessary to
discharge the duty which the statute of
this land imposes upon it,"
Al the afternoon session the Committee
on Resolutions reported as follows, all of
the recommendations being adopted:
Calling on the National Congress TO fos-
ter the sugar industry; calling on the ma
tional government to open the Gilsonite
reservation in Utah; recommending exhib-
its at the Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo; urging a systematic plan Of i'm
proving Waterways indorsing various en-
terprises for Improvement of waterways;
recommending the opening of Indian res
ervations and favoring irrigation and set
Element of reclaimed lands.
A resolution was adopted favoring the
bill to amend the interstate commerce act
but recommending the amendment of the
Cullom bill in certain particulars.