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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-11
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-11

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-11
One Per Cent
MONTHLY DIVIDENDS

From Investments in West Vir-
ginia Oil.
We now have twelve producing wells. and act
uallv pay one per cent monthly dividends on
investments in our stock, besides paying eN-
ira dividends every three or four months from
surplus fund. We offer a safe, conservative In
vestmenJ; no element OF chance. We need
money for drilling wells, etc. Have over 6,00C
acres of fine oil territory in the great oil fields
of lewis county, w. Va. near the wonderful
1000 barrel gushers- Write for particulars and
prospectus. stock now selling at 20 cents
Very best of references given.
KELLY s. ARNOLD,
40S9-10 Unity Building. Chicago.
Home once:
The Sand Fork Petroleum COMPANY.
sos Peabody Building, Wheeling, w. Va
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-11
All trains daily except Sunday.

E17E77sT5I BURLINGTON ROUTE - O.,
Hsfl1lfiII5IIjfl LIB. & @. RAILWAY-Depot
ksr.ksl{Nih-1kIM Second Avenue and TWEEN
ts4sIFsfAH&l tieth street.
49, liiliisst@H n. YOUNG,
1zzssasaI Agent.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11
Junlu. Brutus has arrived.

Junius Brutus has arrived. IL
Fine china, cut glass, pictures,
parlor lamps, vases, statuary and
everything In the holiday line at NJ.
n. James drugstore. 10
Go 10 Norwood's and buy for your
boy n pair Of buckskin hose. 10
For Rent-Store on Main street,
Zapnatti block. Apply 10 James
DUN. dis
Worshipful Master T. A. Searcy
desires full attendance OF the mem
beers Of Brazos Union Lodge No. l29
at a called meeting TO be held tonight
for work In tho first degree.
Thomas a Hunter can order your
clothes for you now, and deliver
them before Christmas dc
The meat you get at Franklin
Bros. markets from the best 8ui-
mails that money can buy. 1t has
been carefully handled aud reirlger-
ated and Is good and wholesome. s
NJ. II. James has a select and beau
tiful line OF holiday goods from
which II Will be- easy for you 20 select
gift for friend or relative, at "a
moderate cost. 10
You can afford 10 order good
winter suit or overcoat II you order
from Thomas & Hunter. dc
Wauted-By n first-class dry goods
concern, a suitable building Ia a
good location. For further particu-
lars apply at the Eagle office. as
Good meats make the meal what
Il should be. You get them at Frank
lin Bros. ;
Our fall suits will satisfy you in
style and nc. our price will agree
ably surprise you.
d6 Thomas & Hunter.
Bishop I. w. Joyce left yesterday
for Denison where he will preside
over white conference including
forty Swedish aud thirty-fve Amer
lean preachers. The total collections
OF the NJ. +. Conference Just held
here, for benevolent and educational
purposes aggregate about $500. This
is an increase Of 1900 over last year.
Good refrigerated beef, pork, NUT
ton, sausage and other market pro-
ducts at Franklin Bros two big
markets. dS
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11
AN EvENrFuL VOYAGE.
Schooner Ralph I.oag'. water supply
Gave oui ~ Sea

Schooner Ralph Loag'. water supply
Gave out ~ Sea
Port Townsend. Wash. Dec. 10
Schooner Ralph }. Long q days from
Cape Nome, with 90 passengers and IS
stowaways. has arrived here after one
OF the most eventful voyages VI any
vessel sailing from the north Leav-
ing Nome October 10 with provisions
enough 20 last her 10 Dutch Harbor un-
der favorable circumstances. before
reaching that water the supply gave
out and for two days the passengers
we're without water. From the time
OF sailing from Dutch Harbor long ex-
perieHced and continual gales OF un-
usual severity. the worst being on No
Vember II. when seas swept the YES
sci rrom stem 20 stern. carrying away
a portion OF her water supply and one
life-bQat Mate Hanson was washed
overheard by an immense sea and
dfovned. The last two weeks Of the
"trip the passengers had TO depend on
what rain they soald cath Cor water
supply.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11

Smoke "Silver Crown" cigars, the
best 5-cent cigar In the state. No
iO-cent cigar beats the silver Grown
For sale by Dunn q DAILY and Tay-
Tor d Cox. l-i-O2
You can't beat the "Silver Crown
5-cent cigar. One smoke VIII con-
vince you. Try them. For sale by
Dunn 4 DAILY and Taylor 4 Cox i-l-O2
lis Just about time for you TO or
der your winter suit II you expect TO
wear IL Christmas.
d6 Thomas 4 Hunter.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11
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Everybody should use ..DIxie.r I

Everybody should use ''Dixie." IL
Paul Bradley left for a business
trip 10 Corsicana yesterday.
FOR RENT-Two cottages. APP
ply 10 A. II. Gralen. stiff
Two hundred Warrington 81 shirts
10 close for Is cents Rt Norwood's. 10
Mrs. Carrie Lewis and children are
visiting relatives In Houston for a
few days.
Buy your toilet articles, etc, at
McDougald's drug store. diff
Col. j. X. Street Of Houston was
visitor TO Bryan the past few days.
r.. NJ. Gordon will pay the highest
market price for good ear corn. II
Powell Winter was out yesterday
for the first time after a weeks III
ness.
Going calling? II so, take box
Of Huylsr's candy. It's the best. diff
Boys leggias, duck, corduroy and
leather at Norwood's. 10
For Sale Cheap-IOne second hand
Buck Hero stove No. 10, at Union
Barber shop. o
wanted-Room and board for man
and wife or two rooms, furnished OF
unfurnished. Apply at this office. u
Babies white, blue and pink but
ton Kid shoes at Norwood's 5Oc per
pair at Norwood's. 10
II. NJ. Gordon will pay the highest
market price for good ear corn. II
Norman Stanley, who has been
spending several days In Bryan, left
yesterday for Jennings, La.
For winter wear American Girl"
shoes are the best made. 10
Nieest and best line Of writing
paper In the city at McDougald's
drug store. diff
order your winter clothes from US
and wear them Christmas.
d6 Thomas d Hunter.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11

NfNV 49, 80
A correspondent Of the Eagle
sends the following clipping AID
axis If this is u type Of the Cen
trail Texas fair:
The carnival left dark brown
taste ia the mouth Of Corpus
Christi. The attendance was not
neatly what had been hoped for,
ami three quarters Of the visitors
ere graft ~. sure thing gamesters
and other takirs who came % get
any sort Of money in any sort of
way. The X Of 7. committees an
nounced that It's share Of the rev.
enurs ofall the shows, games and
privileges, amounted to about 5000.
This will nearly. IL not quite, pay
the expenses. Not less than $4,000
were spent by The victims of the
side.shows and associated grafts.
This was practically all Corpus
Christi money, and benefited very
few citizens Of the town. We now
know that street fair" is n sort
Of insane hullabaloo which IS in
tended to be attractive ~ a rural
population that comes in to get
bumped. Where the rural popu-
lation ola neighborhooG is as in
telligent as is the rural population
of Nueces county, the street fair"
! Is not a workable scheme. The
one good re, ult Of the Corpus
Christi "street fair" is the creation
Of a widespread sentiment in favor
OF genuine exposition Of the coun-
try's products, 10 be held at some
seasonable time, and without the
| aid Of ATTRACTION" which are In
discribable in a newspaper circu.
\ lated through the United States
mails. There are many reasons
why Nueces County Fair Asso-
citation should be formed, and
many benefits to be deri ed from
an annual fair to be held when
the Sringtime Comes, Gentle An
ME. Corpus Crony.
We are glad TO say that this is
not type OF the Central Texas
fair. On the contrary, the Central
Texas fair was held on grounds
away from the streets Of the town,
aud fakirs were not allowed inside
the enclosure, and there was little
or no drunkenness on the grounds.
{ There we're no bookmakers allow
ed TO place bets on the races, and
gambling was held down TO a min
|. imum. Ministers Of the various
denominations in Bryan and the
surrounding country appeared on
i the grand stand along with other
people, there being nothing gross.
'lly immoral to prevent the attend
ance Of such men.
These features will help the fair
in future, If maintained. Minis
tiers and other leaders Of morality
will not discourage people from at
tendance, but on the other hand
will encourage people 20 attend for
the benefits TO be derived from a
helpful affair of the kind, without
demoralizing features.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11
To the Public.

I have so many bills q
whicl / have been unabN \
that am forced TO give N
ON al i after Jan. ist I VII
the q h for laundry work ,
dies ~ delivered. / find
essary order 70 meet my
gatIonl - IL
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11
; LOCAL NEWS.

Read Caldwell's holiday adj. n
I~Clanhn Hartman uns I'm The city
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-12-11

Newcastle on T.sne. Dec. ie.--Chsr.
lie hekesyer Of Philadelphia and Jack
Palmer met here Monday night In what
was 20 have - a l5-round bout. Nc.
&C.! a:.;ii IS ~. =: ::
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
The Foreign Element in Chicago. Trthuua

The census returns for 1890 showed that of the then inhabitants of Chi cago 40 per cent were foreign born. The percentage of foreign born fnhab- itants was little larger in New York. It was much smaller in Philadelphia. There 1t was only 25 per cent. It is evident that the foreign element" is not responsible for the poor govern ments of large American cities. for Philadelphians seem to be unable to manage their municipal affairs honest estly and efficiently. The census fig ures for last year show a decrease of the per centage of persons of foreign birth in this city to about 35 per cent. The native-born residents numbered 1 III. GOO and the foreign-born residents 5S7. 900. Chicago is not so much of a foreign city as 1t was. The number of persons of foreign birth Increased only 137. 900 in the decade. and that of per sons of native birth 462000. But the native white males and females born of native parents living here last year numbered only 354,00O. as against 7a7.- GOO natives of foreign percentage. If foreign immigrants and their immedi- ate descendants had kept away from Chicago 1t would have heen sn incon- siderable place. Of the 967. 900 men and women of foreign birth who were re- siding ir this State last year more than half. 1t will be seen. were in this city They found employment here and are helping with their manual or me n- tai labor to build up Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
A sUMMERLEss YEAR.
"Eighteen- Hundred and Starves .
 to Death" It was Called.

'G1RuIGGn- aA0
 to Death" It was Called. Boston Globe:
 There are few persons now living who recollect the year 1916, but European and American data represent it as hav- ing been phenomenal in almost every particular. In New England the year went by the name of Eighteen Hun dred-and -Starve- to- Death and the summer months are known in history as "the cold summer of 1S16." so re- markable was the temperature.
 The suns rays seemed to be desti- tute of heat and all nature was clad in a sable hue. Men and women be- came frightened and imagined that the fire in the suh was being rapidly ex- tinSuished. And that the world would soon come to an end. Ministers took the phenomenon for the text of their sermons, and pseudo-scientific men talked of things they knew not of, while the fanatics took advantage of the occasion to form religious organi- zations.
 The winter of 1S15-6 was very cold in Europe. but comparatively mild in this country and did not in any way indicate the severe weather that soon prevailed. Even the almanacs were silent, and although the usual indica- tions about now look out for cold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
The Party on the Erik.

The Erik will be in command Of capt Blakeway of Halifax. The first officer and ,icemaster will be Capt. Moses Bartlett. a nephew oS Capt. Sam Bart left of the Windward. and besides MT. Rrid0eman there will be Prof. l.. c. Stone of the Brooklyn Polytechnic In stitute. and his pupil Herbert Berri Dr. Frederick A. Cook. Clarence A. Wvckoff and Louis Bement of Ithaca, NY and Alfred E. Church of Elgin. III.
 "We have had to do entirely with the commercial part of the enterprise, said MT Bridgman. ana these yearly reIief expeditions are all a part of the nIan of Lieut.. Peary. Peary will hunt for us just as we hunt for him. He knows where we will be at a certain tirne and will try to reach us, as he bas done on two other occasions. It nav he of course, that we will not TinI him. He may be in the far north. cnt off with his sledges by sea of onen water. That. I imagine. is about inc only thing that will keep us from getting together.
 when we saw Peary two years ago he had gone far toward the .sccom pllsh- ment of his purpose. and now that he has had two years more for work we expect to bring him back with "s' ms work accomplished"
 s,You baiieye tn, that Lieut.. peary bea founa the North Pole?" ...
 "I do He ilas at least gone nearer to if than any one else. To reach the nole is like making a score of 1O0. but [ see no reason why he should not have accomplished that feat.
 .'The work of the Peary Arctic Club is a matter of honor with its members. Tbere are fourteen of us. and we have already spent about $75.o0e to "eep up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
CALAMITY JANE FOUND
 IN A HUT IN MONTANA
The Heroine of Many Dime Novels Will Be Given HOme--StOry of Her Remark
 able Career.

writers began using Calamity lane n the heroine of their tales, and Dm4{k boys of that period read with b4eath-s less interest the number of 'curoo4 Sxed~5 skins that bit the dust at the crack 0E. Calamity's unerrfng ride. There wero any number of these stories Weyert around Calamity. and they bore hG11d the Great Deadwoods Mystery, sca1QGn-; ity Jane's Double. or .he Ndg1i IntlnH, Slayer's of Redwood Canyens 'Calau- ity Jane's Last Card. or the needy Murder of Poker Gulch,' and sCa1amity Jane's Revenge. or khe Gtr1 acouf'a Great Triumph: Many othess had stttlee of the same red color. All the atexGe4 were about of the same high erGer of literary excellence. Here fs . ,sarnp3G paragraph from the celebrated iclaege1 known to messenger Doys as 'Canmtey5 Jane's Double. or the Rival Ind1Aui. Slayers of. Redwood Canyon: , '"s'It's too -i&te.s sayd D6shAW4y am. as he threw his pow .nseleass r1fie on the ground. We have not a shot left, and the cursed redskins wtfiabeasnsuMsiusa minute
 Elizabeth gave scream and fhrew' herself by her mothers siieS
 "The Indians had drawn together in 8 group. and seemed to b& parle}inK. 1
 Then they turned tl1eirs horses he&daS toward the, fusftives. and Nlashin8 their ward. l s- a11(D
 '.HaIf Breed Bill. with a wicked 'smilo; on his face. led. the charge Fs N
 '' There Is one more shot in my pis@ tol.' said Dashaway Jim. TT can sava6' you girl. from that scoun1reI.'
 'Yes,' screamed Elizabeth, better die at, your hands than fall Into thef clutches of that wretch,'
 '.Dashaway Jim- raised his pistol. when Suddenly the ringing crack of at rife was heard. The Indians paused. @gss' Four of them tumbled to the earths shot thropgh the head. &
 sF6iled 'iyelled Half BreeH Bili. ardE he tried to drive the Indians fSrward. ' big black horse dashed straight int, the crowd of terrified redskins. She held the reins of her morse in her mouth.
 "She had pistol in each hand
 .six more Indians tumbIed from their saddles.
 Its Calamity Jane!' yelled Dash- away Jim. We are saved
 '.The Indians turned and fled. Half- Breed Bill disappeared in a cleft in tho mountains. tS& N
 "Calamity Jane. with her drsDp,nx bowie knife in her belt. rode up and lifted her hat.
 Good evening she said. I hope don't intrude.' '
 '..Dashaway Jim went out to count the, dead Indians. .,.,e sas ss 2. :. a < :
 An Interview with Calamity Jane was published Ai The Hiustraked American a few years ago She then lived in Deadwood. with her ushand whose name was Baker. 5 The last man she married was sAif to be named Burke. He lived M Liv ingsson, Mon,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
RELIEVE PEARY HAS .z
 -T'1 BOUND THE POLE.
H. L. Bridgman Hopes to Bring tn , Arctic Explorer Back Home.

H. l.. Bridgman Hopes to pFlns 'Ne , Arctic Explorer Back Home
 New York World:
 "I feel satisfied that Peary has dls- covered the North Pole" said Herpert l.. Bridgman, who tomorrow starts TOT Sydney. Cape Breton. where he VII take command of the steamer Erik and will sail north with the fourth ana probably the final Peary relief expeoi- tion. No word has been received from the explorer since March Sl. 1SO0.,
 The expedition will endeavor to locate Mrs Peary and little Miss Peary, who left Sydney in the Windward on Aug. 10 last. to go to Etah. North Greenland -Peary's headquarters. They may have reached there or they may have been caught in the ice of the northern seas. The expedition will try also to find the Stein party, of which little Is known since KAnn. one of the party, received the last message from Peary in March. 1900 The exploring party on the Tram. Nansen's old ship. which is under the direction of Otto Sverdrup, will also be sought and will De given relief If 1t IS needed. r 't .,t..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
wHIyE rINE DIsAPPgARlns.
senseIesG Destruction of Trees Canss
 ing Much Talk of Reforestatiuu.

SeUs6lc6E Iub LTuCLlOlA 0I 41SS6 OAAarl
 ing Much Talk of Reforestatiun. E Washington Star. V (
 The 'White pine taee is disappearing. f said a student of ahes. cpnifer farlily to reporter today In the grOhnds of the department of agriculthref though now that attention has been called to the ruthless .destruction of the trees the various schemes, of reforestation and conservative .unbering are being given consideration. | It has been Gal- < culaEed shatsthe original stand of white pine fiis efiadas and, the United States srepreseaked some hing tlike 500. .0oo, 9o0,- coo feet of ,merch &RtabIe luinber. bdard measure. dh 1899 1t was computed that the stand Ahady been reduced to 110,0Q0, z 0O0, 900. feet, 64. .e0e. .000,0 900 being in tha United States In the region Of 'thesgreat lakes. 40.OOO, 900. coo in Canada and G. coo, ,000. 900 scattering. sb .sa1
 .oThe white pinessis distinctiveiy a northern, tree. The native distribu- ton of the tree was from .Newfound- land on the east tosLske lWinnipeg on the west, lshd thepcs to the southern boundary of Wisconsin,, Michigan, Pennsylvania,s New Jersey and Ccnnec- ttcut. The white pine belt also fol- lowed the Appalachian range so far to the SOuLn 48 ktclf f~I ot1et et v" '~N~ Of the tree was in Maine. and the British territory, least oE that State. along the St., Lawrence River in New Hafnpshtre, vermont Fnefthern@ New York, Michigan, wisconsin, Minnetosa and central, Pennsylya yania. The forests of white pine have been annihilated in New England, though some cutting continues sin Mains.a Some white pine still grows in. almost iHaceessible parts of New York and Pennsylvania.
 .'.According to Professor Spa alding, tnS white pine tree seldom attains a height greater than 160 fef or a diameter oi more than 40 inches. A tree of thif svNEieky once measured by the division of forestry of the Department ofs@Ag. riculture was ITO feet tall and 4Ssinches thick. That tree was 46a years old. It was little sappling fifty years before Columbus sailed from Palos.
 Tt is not an easy tree to propagate so many of the seeds being unferhle, It does not, as a rule. produce fiowerS and cones until it is 15 or 20 years old During the first decade of its life " will grow about one foot every tweive months, and then it grows little faster till maturity. A tree twenty years old ought to be about 20 feet high, and at thirty or forty years os age it ought to measure about eo ieet'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

our end of the agreement. The first. two relief expeditions met the explorer. left him provisions and coal and ',.ame Lack in good time. The last one. however. was a heavy blow in the expense line. The Windward started out with Mrs. Peary, and 1t is out yet. The pay of the crew and all other expenses have run on so that 1t was pretty hard scratch ing to get this one together.
 I've have had to charter the ship. officer and man it. stock it with a years provisions, coal 1t and then stand ready to keep the pay going if we hap pen to get back in the ice. With Peary near the pole and looking for us, 1t would not do to abandon the expedt- ton. We win take nc chances.
 ''The Erik will carry twenty-twc peo- pie. The basis of our food supply Is the regular army ration, but there are also tea. coffee. sugar. condensed milk. canned meats and a few other necessi- ties. We will carry S26 tons of coal, about twice what we will need.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
IS OWNS 1,25o, 900 ACRES. Mai. Littlefield the Largest Land
 holder of the United Sites.

t
 Austin (Tex.y Special N. Y. Sun:
 Maj. George w. Littlefield of this city Is probably the largest individual land owner in the United States. His ranch and farm holdings in Texas and New Mexico aggregate about 1,25e,00o acres. This includes a tract of 2s4.00e acres of ranch land, which he recently purchased from the State Capitol sym dicate.
 The lands of the latter corporation embraced 100000 acres originally, and were given 1t by the State for building the State Capitol. They are situated in the extreme northwestern part of Tex as. and cover several, large counties. Mai LittlefielHs recent purchase in- cluded 5.os0 Hereford COWS of pure breed. and the same number of Here ford calves, $40 Hereford bulls and a large number of horses and mules.
 Maj. Littlefield cannot tell within five or ten thousand of the number of head of cattle he owns> The total number is estimated at from 10000 to S0,o00 head. He has sold many thousand head of beef cattle in the last few months, and his ranches are now short of stock cattle. He takes great pride in his new ranch of 2so.000 acres and gives it much attention.
 He paid $7s0.Oos cash for the property, including the cattle and Seher domestic animals thereon. The ranch is well fenced and Is well supplied with water from forty-two wells. The water from forty of these wells is pumped by wind mills. and two of the wells afford a never-failing supply of artesian water The soil Is rich ana much of the land iS susceptible of irrigation. He also owns what he calls little ranch near Austin. It is situated in Mason county. and embraces 10000 acres. It Is well stocked with cattle, and he has many substantial improve ments in the way of ranch buildings, wells and fences. Of all his landed pos sessions he takes the greatest pride in a farm of 1900 acres in Spring River Valley New Mexico. All the crops are raised by means of irrigation. On this farm there Is a sixty-five-acre apple orchard just come into bearing. Large orchards of other fruit trees have been planted, and will be producing abund- ant crops before many years.
 2 Maj. Littlefield is 57 and a native of Texas. He Served through the Civil War as an officer in the Ranger fegi- ment. which was made up of Texas frontiersmen. who favored the Confed- crate side. He came out of the war without a dollar and started to make a fortune for himself out of the cattle raising business. His fortune is now estimated at from $5,oOO,Oo to $7,00e, GOO .'.,