davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
CROFTON CULLTNGS.
Victim of Mysterious Depreda-
lions Will Sell Out.
Mr.. COoksey rIarries at Madison
Ville-Aged Citizen Dead
Other Items.

Crofton, KY, Jan. 15.-The wife
of J. B. Moore, who lives several
miles west of Crofton, died Satur-
day, of consumption.
Jesse Dunning died Monday night
at his home about four miles west
of this place Of old age and general
debility. He leaves several chill
dren. all grown. His wife died
several years ago. He was Is
years old.
The dwelling of Mr., Goldsworthy
in this place cavght on fire yester-
day morning from a defective kitch-
en- hue, but with plenty of water
and help the flames were soon ex-
tinguished. The roof was only
slightly damaged.
Mr.. Marion Cooksey, of Crofton,
and Miss Nellie Weldon, of Madi-
sonville, were married today at ?
pm. by the Rey. J. A. McCord.
Only a few special friends were
present. They arrived here at 5 p.
m. and were given a reception at
Mr.. c. H. Woodson's s. The bride is
a daughter of Mr.. J. w. Weldon,
who kept the Crofton hotel the past
two years, but moved to Madison.
vile the first of the year. She was
quite belle and has many friends.
Mr.. J. Wesley McCord, whose
stables and corn crib were burned
by unknown parties recently, and.
who has also been the victim of
many mysterious depredations, has
decided to dispose of his property.
He has sold his farm to Mr.. Ed
Taylor for $500 and will have
sale of his other effects in a few
days. NITRAM.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
SOME SALES
OF Tobacco on The Breaks This !
Week.
Stock rIade up of Common Lea
And LugS-GOOd Prices
Ruled.

Sales of the weed on the breaks
this week amounted to about twenty
FIVE hogsheads. The stock Offered
was made up of common leaf aRt
Jugs, no fine leaf making its aIOO
pearance. D.
The tobacco was in very bad or
der and there we're some reflections.
Prices for / 'franged from SIS too,
81. The only\ gshead of Jugs So
brought 4Hc. y le weed has u
been in very good condition fC
handling for a week or more al
loose receipts have fallen off co
siderably, as compared with
week before. Loose buyers ~
still out among the farmers,
ever, and fully one half of the
OF 1901 has been sold, it is est
ed.
From this date on until thief
crop has been sold sales will
place on the breaks weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
Bob TaXIors lecture.

ExGov. Bob Taylor delivered
his new lecture, "The Old Planta-
ton" at the Opera House last night
to house in which standing room
was at premium. Every seat on
the main floor was sold before noon
yesterday and many applicants
we're unable to get seats. Gov.
Taylor did not arrive until the 8;25
train, but the audience waited
patiently till he came.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
RUSH OF BILLS.
About l4O introduced In The
House The First Bill Day.
Hon. Jas. F. Rogers Has One On
The Question OF Uniform
School Books.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 15.-As is
asus,i-o ti-t Inc FIRST gill day Of the leg
islative session there are many
Implications, and not more than
half Of the measures presented and
referred to Committees will ever
see the light of day outside the COM
mittee room of the committee to
which they went. An instance of
the extent of the duplication is Civ
en- in the number of bills offered to
provide for Kentucky a law giving
a uniform system of school text
books. -Four were offered, Repre-
sentatives Paynter, Moore. Rogers
aud Stlth being the authors. Seven
other educational bills were offered,
four Of them by Representative
Wells, Of Galloway. Eight bills re-
districting the S ate were offered.
Four of these, presented by Repre-
sentatives Conway, Money, w. w
Lewis and Bruner, were congress-
ional: three, offered by Representa-
tives Parker, Money and A. S.
Bennett, were senatorial, and one,
by Representative North, was leg
islative. Two bills were acts to
regulate the practice of embalming,
presented by Representatives
Tompkins and F. B. Brown. There
were two to regulate elections,
three to regulate the practice of
pharmacy, and at least twenty-five
affecting the cities and small towns
of the State. But one of these, the
city of Paducah, seeks to go up a
notch. It asks to be taken from the
third and placed IN the second class.
Three of the $40 bills introduced
carried directly appropriations Of
money out of the State Treasury
The first of these, the Holland State
Capitol bill, asks only an immedi-
ate appropriation of $4,000. Rep
.resentative Reed, of Boyle. asked
$50, 900 for the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb, and Representa-
tive Klair of Fayette. not at all
modest, asked an appropriation of
.S154,639 for the Eastern Insane
Asylum, and S105, 600 for the State
A. and M. college.
Representative North, OF Lincoln,
led the House members in the num-
Der Of bills introduced, sending up
twenty to the Clerks desk. They
covered all manner of subjects.
Some of the bills out of the ordi-
nary and the reading of the titles
alone of which excited interest,
and in some instances amusement,
we're: "An act to prevent horse
racing in Kentucky" ian act i'm.
posing tax on dogs;' san act pro-
tecting birds nests, and their
eggs" IAN act prescribing a pen
atty for abduction ian act plac-
ing the selection of jurors in the
sheriff" "an act requiring profess
sional lobbyists to register as such
and pay a license to the State;''
''an act regulating the sale of co
caine;" IAN act making the carry
ing in Kentucky of concealed dead
ly weapons felony punishable by
confinement from one to Eve years
in the State penitentiary," and ian
act to prohibit the sale of ciga-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
CONSIDERABLE INCREASE.
SupervisOrs.Raise Lists, Increasing
Property Valuation $500, 600.

The Board of Tax Supervisors
for the county, after having been in
session ten days, adjourned yester-
day to meet again January %,
when a final session of FIVE days
will be held TO hear complaints from
those whose lists have been raised.
About 400 lists were raised, in
creasing the property valuation of
the county 5000, 900 or more.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
METHODIST MINISTER
Passes Away Near Bolivar After
Brief Illness.

Rev. B. II. Hargraves, a well
known Methodist minister, died
Tuesday night at the home of his
son-in-law, w. A. Reed, near Boil
var, this county, aged 65 years.
Rev. Hargroves was a native of
Tennessee and for many years
lived near Gallatin. He had been
making mis- nome with MI. Reed for
several years. Death was due to
pneumonia. He had only beer. sick
a few days. The interment took
place at Hopeweii cemetery yester-
day At noon. Rev. E. L. South
gate held services at the grave.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
FISCAL COURT.
In Session Yesterday, Pursuant to
Adjournment.

The Fiscal Court was in session
yesterday. Matters of general
nature but not of interest to the
public, were disposed of. Repairs
on bridges and pixies we're consid-
cred, and after appointing Squires
Williamson and Moseley to act with
County Attorney Anderson relative
to the work house, the body ad-
iourned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
BIG HOTEL
At Dawson VIII be Comprector!
Directions.
Next Season. rs

Mess. Forbes g. Bro.ary. I9oI,f
contractors for builds ~ +. C
hotel at Dawson, ars
ward as rapidly p v;,t s.,, Z.
building of the We rb.,iast,,, 49,
This building wlvntil
elusive I'VE q .tYsOa fnal
ss9 S&dats Otaale. 3
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
Recital And Reception.

There will be a Pupils Recital
at Bethel Female College this even
ing A very interesting program
will be rendered. Later in the
evening, the young ladies of the
college will hold a reception in the
college parlors.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
ASYLUM COMMITTEES.
List of the Eighteen Men w
Will Conduct Investiga-
tons

The Committees in both Hous
have now been appointed and q
getting down to work. The Char
able Institutions Committees,
which Asylum legislation and
designations will be referred.
'"aue up as loiio"s' I s4
Senate.
Charitable Institutions-Geos
It. Farrls, chairman; Cas- 81 T.,
Prewitt, J. c. Cantrill, Guk loca
Richardson, w. o. Coleman, W. N
Bodies, Charles Carroll,J. F. Poyette
and ]. w. Catron. -:
House. he c
Eli H. Brown, Jr., H. H. Re close
son, HIP. Mcdonald, M. H. Sle,C,,5 :
J, w. Knox, A. S. Denton, joe b,
Kennedy, G. A.Dehoney, Rainsansac
Wells. lot 81
No steps have yet been tFp oss.
looking to the investigation Of ear
scandals and crimes in the We day
Asylum a year ago. lieh 81
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
Paralyzed for Years.

Reuben Burrus, COL. died at his
home on Hays street Of paralysis,
aged 81 years. He had been an in
valid for about twelve years. His
entire body was paralyzed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17

Miss Jane Gilbert, of Murray, a
student in Bethel Female College,
who was preventedby illness from
returning Jan, lst, arrived yester.
day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-01-17
Died Near Pom.

Peter Barker, a colored man who
lived near Pom, died Monday, Of
consumption, aged n years. =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
WHAT IT HAS DONE AND CAN DO
and Land Take They
Dakota
Figures the States Fertility and Wealth Speak
Cannot Be Controversial

Very few people realize the magnitude
of the development in progress in North
Dakota. In a general way they know
that the state is growing in population and
wealth, but actual contact is needed to
drive home the fact that the present is an
era of commonwealth building and soil
subjugation. The raw resources of the
country are being developed in wonder
full manner. Values are climbing upward
and there is not section OF the state
that is not busting with business act1Vl-
ties. New towns are building and thou.
sand new agencies are at work adding to
the wealth of the country. No pen can
make these facts so patent as can per-
sonal observation and investigation.
vast domain has practically been settled
this year.
No state has profted more by the great
population and land buying movement OF
the last few years than North Dakota.
That state found itself most happily stu,
ated when people everywhere began to-
realize that land was scarce and a good
thing to get while still cheap. The hard.
times Of the early. nineties caught North
Dakota before 1t was found to have mil
lions of acres Of good government or cheap
privately owned land waiting as it had
through all the centuries for men to come
and take it. ..-El' ''.'t = -
The homeseekers soon realized this fact.
There ensued great rush to get free or
cheap land-50,000 people in two years.
Practically all the good arabic easily ac-
cessible government land was soon taken,
but large amounts of virgin prairie still
remain in the hands Of companies and
individuals that have for the most part
secured it from the original land grants
Of the Northern Pacific railway. Land
values were so ridiculously low in. North
Dakota few years ago that even though
there have in some parts of the state been
increases of hundred per cent within a
few years intrinsic values have not yet
been exceeded anywhere. ..
/ Authority Not to Be Questioned. s..
Every state is SO much interested in
putting itself forward as a region Of sur
passing fertility that it is we'll to seek for
the verdict of an unprecedented authority.
The United States census reports ought to
be such authority. In the bulletin on ag-
t, riculture In North Dakota the bureau says
that except for some of the southwestern
counties, especially adapted to grazing,
"the soil throughout the state is unusual
1y. fertile, being nearly everywhere rich
black loan, varying in depth from few
inches on the highest hills to from five
to eighteen feet In the valleys. 1t is easily
titled, and as it's composition favors the
absorption and retention, of moisture It is
especially adapted to the production Of
wheat and barley. The subsoil is strongly
impregnated with lime and alkaline ele-
ments, which serve as perpetual fertil-
izers."
rs North Dakota is essentially prairie
state, yet with great .xarietySand diversity
of surface. 1t has the fiat plains Of the
Red River valley in the east, the hills in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
THREE NAMES TO CONJURE WITH
Stark Billings and Htngr Coun ties Known to All the stockmen Of
the Western Plains. 2r %%@
Opportunities Leading Wea h May Be Had for the Taking
H.#z-Chance Small Farmers, Too.

influence of sunlight or its equivalent But
there is sunshine that In passing through
a murky atmosphere or an atmosphere
hung with clouds and charged with mois-
ture gives up most Of it's vital or actinic
rays, and allows only the passage of those
rays of light which have but little infiu-
ence upon the plants activity. It Is only
in regions having bright, clear atmos-
phere that the maximum number Of act
i've, vital, actinic rays come In contact
with the plant thus promoting those vital
processes while the food is stored up in
the plant ready to be utilized by animal
life, It is only when a plant is literally
bathed in this bright clear sunlight that
those special processes are carried on in
the highest degree. In addition to this
necessary condition, we must also have
the necessary amount Of rainfall, and a
rich soil. An excess Of rainfall induces a
rapid growth, but such plants do little in
the way of storing up album1nO1ds The
class of substance known as albuminoids
constitutes the valuable portion of plants,
SO far as furnishing food to animals is
concerned. Albuminoids constitute the
flesh forming elements and those are what
make our grains so valuable, especially if
fed to working stock, as they supply the
waste and tearing down OF the muscles
arising from the exertions of the animal.
:: ''We would expect the condition of eli
mate and soil which we have mentioned
to give US grasses which are rich in al
buminoids, and the chemists corroborate
our expectations Upon examining the
tables of chemical analysis of grasses, I
find that four Of our leading hay and
pasture grasses grown in North Dakota
give an average Of 1861 per cent Of al
buninoids while the same species of
grasses growing in the latitude of Hill
nois furnished an average percentage of
albuminoids of only 1877 per cent. Thus
we see the contrast-13.61 compared with
1877.
Another influence.
:. "Another influence that may aid in
bringing about this condition is the fact
that we have longer hours Of daylight
at the north. In the summer season we
have two hours of sunshine to one hour
Of darkness. Under this influence the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
HAYNES & MATHEWS

Hynes G. Mathews, hustlfng- and wide
awake real estate dealers, We're among the
first to grasp the golden opportunity to
establish in Lidgerwood, Richland county,
N. D. The senior member Of the firm.
Mr.. Hynes, is native Of Massachusetts,,
and came west twenty years ago, and until
few years ago was in the service OF the
500 railroad as travelling freight agent.
He is now one Of the most prosperous
business men and land owners in }Fichland
county. MIR. Mathews, the junior member
of the firm, is a young; energetic business
man and the cashier of the Lidgerwood
State bank, who by his straightforward,
conservative dealings has become recog-
nized as one of the leaders in the business
circle Of Richland county.
RichIand county contains LAO square
miles-aS large as the state Of Rhode
Island-and had a population of about
$4,000 in 1900. Since that time the big in
fux of settlers has increased this num-
Der by a big margin The county is
traversed by 200 miles Of railroad and has
excellent market facilities. Land that
has been cropped ste,skWlleat rforftwenty
years still yields heavily without the aid
of fertilizers. The clay subsoil acts as
water basin, holding the moisture in the
black loan above, preserving vegeta ton
against suffering from drought. ! Z, The
country is watered by numerous streams;
Water can be found in abundance by Dor
ing or digging moderate depths and many
have dug for anG found flowing wells.
Land is worth $40 per acre up. To come
here is not to come as a pioneer. All that
is accomplished. Schools. churches and
colleges have been established, roads built,
creameries established and towns sprung
up everywhere. A man lives within call
of his neighbor, within a few miles of
market and postoffce. and less than that
to creameries.
The city Of Lidgerwood is prosperous
in the extreme 1t has a population of
about 1000 and is steadily growing.
There are three churches, a fine graded
school, a Touring mill, creamery, tele-'
phone exchange, two newspapers, two
banks and two railroads. The town
started in 1886, incorpora ted as a village
in 1895 and as a city in 1901.
This Red River Valley country is
famed spot-a farmers pardise. 1t is
little strip Of land 800 miles long and 70 to
80 miles wide on each side Of the Red
River Of the North, embracing parts of
North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba.
For years the breadbasket of the world
getting to be it's butter dish also.
Cattle and crealneries are being made
a specially in Richland county, and pro-
gressive farmers are growing rich in this
agricultural pursuit. The county is dot
ted over with -creameries and skimming
stations. All are doing a good business
and paying we'll for milk. There is good
water and a big supply of nourishing
grasses on which the cattle may feed. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

plant will not only be stimulated to the
production of a larger percentage of al
buminoids, but will grow proportionately
more rapidly than in regions having less
sunlight.
This then Is brief glance at the nat
ural conditions which render our pasture
regions what they are, and because of
these natural conditions, because of the
long hours Of bright, clear sunshine Of
rich, heterogeneous soil, Of proper rainfall,
the most wonderfully striking and at the
same time valuable features of our state,
A Virgin Country.
In Billings, Stark and Hettinger coun-
ties, east of the Bad Lands, lies rich and
beautiful country which is only just be-
ginning to be appreciated. BY itself it is
a fine stock and dairy country as well as
agricultural, and enjoys the advantages
Of the Bad Land ranges. AS to this
region a representative Of, the Dickinson
Land company says:
''The rolling formation Of the surface is
such that natural drainage here exists to
perfection, and a pool of stagnant water
will not be seen In a days travel; conse-
quently malaria does not and cannot exist.
The country west OF our lands is a
succession Of hills and valleys, forming a
very rough and grand picture when viewed
from an eminence, and affords q pro-
ISSIiOll IL oLu II1e prevailing WINGS from the
west Our living streams Of water and
abundant springs are second in their pur-
ity to none In the known world. We have
sufflc1ent deposits of coal to supply the
settlers in this locality for countless ages.
The soil is of rich dark loan, Of great
depth, OVERLAPPING a clay subsoil. 1t is of
almost unlimited durability, never washes
IS 1ree from rock and gravel, is easily
broken and pulverizes readily With
ordinary care in blowing and sonui1p tho
yield per acre will be from Is to IS bush
els of wheat and with a higher cultivation
a yield: of from 40 to SO bushels may be
obtained, in every case without the aid
of artificial fertilizers. The land Is also
we'll adapted to the raising Of flax, oats.
barley and corn. All kinds Of vegetables
as well as small fruits, seem natural to
this soil and climate. -
~ Winter Pasturage.
The creamery and cheese factory era
Is just daWning in our country; num-
Der Of valuable locations, central in their
character, await selection by some enter
prising man or company in this line. The
wonderful fertility of this soil and it's
great producing power, with the native
grasses, especially referring to the bunch
or buffalo grass-that food Of all foods
for the dairy or stock carbohydrates
this locality especially desirable for
creameries. The pasturage on these fields
runs through the winter as well as sum-
mer months. The question is so often
propounded by inquiring friends from the
great east, but coming more especially
from dairymen, to our tame grasses.
The day Of experiment Is past, and the
patent fact is established that millet, af-
falfa and bronze grass flourish here to per-
lection. The peculiar climatic conditions
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
NORTHWESTERN LAND co.

The Northwestern Land company with
head Office at Hallock, Kittson county,
Mimi, has some of the best bargains in
the world to offer land seekers. Most Of
the land owned by this company is stu
ated In Kittson county, "the Eden of the
North where crop failure is unknown
and where the average yield of the county
will exceed twenty-five bushels per acre
this season. ~ IT, s.. =
kittson county is being rapidly settled
UP With thrifty and weM-to-do farmers
from southern Minnesota, Iowa and Illi-
nois, men who have had practical expert
ence and who come here simply because
they appreciate the value of the land and
are anxious to get in on the ground
floor" II ~. > -. 49, =. q; - -
K1ttson county is not made up of a var1-
ETY. of lands some good and some poor,
but every square inch of soil in the county
is adapted for the raising of wheat and
other grains. Corn is being raised to good
advantage by great many farmers, and
next season will see large acreage Of
this cereal in Kittson county.
Kittson county is rapidly forging to tho
front ranks in educational as well as agri-
cultural lines. FIallock, the county seat,
has a state high school building that
would do credit to q city of 25, 600 in
habitants, a courthouse that is model Of
architecture, and several other public
buildings in course Of construction. Two
banking houses. seven general stores,
three implement dealers and three hard-
ware stores, three drug stores, four doc
tors, livery barns and all business places
in proportion. Six large elevators and a.
loading, platform are among the convent
ences of the grain market, and two -four
ing mills are kept running most of the
year around. The Great Northern rail-
way is making preparations for through
line to Winnipeg and work has already
~ oYooa N0nnoHtinp If with
the Canadian Pacific at Emerson, Man.
This will bring better train service to this
county and will furnish a grain market
equal to the best.
Parties looking up locations should not
fail to make Kittson county their objec-'
tive point. Besides our land being the
best and most fertile in the world there is
splendid inducements offered to business
men Of all classes, and contemplating in
vestors should write the Northwestern
Land company for particulars before mak-
ing move.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

incident to the country at the time Of
hay harvest render it q very easy matter
to put In stock the cured grasses in a
most beautifully green color and nutritive
condition. All of these facts show only
more conclusively what a great dairy
country this is to be with proper man
agement. This is the most favored Sec
ton in the northwest. Let him who Is
looking for new location in this portion
of the country come where land is cheap
but productive; where the climate is de-
lightful and invigorating. and where all
the advantages of splendid education ARD
open to his children"