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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-02
PHIEROHD
~. NOTES
BY Chester E. Whyte

Fireman A. ]. Apel has been assign
ed to the local between Pine Bluff ana
Camden. with Engineer ]. II Wilson,
Mr. r. E. Price. the Cotton Belt
barber spent Thursday in Little Rock
The following runs are open for
firemen: Through freight Oh south
end, with Engineer w. 3. William
son. through freight on north end
with Engineer W. E. Dixon; local,
Camden and Texarkana, with Camden
lay-over; local, Maiden and Birds
Point and return, with Engineer
Deane; local, Stamps to Lewisville,
with Engineer Young.
A new baggage coach for the Louis
lana and Arkansas railroad passed
through this city en- route to Stamps
Fireman ]. L. Scott has been as
signed to the local between Maiden
and Jonesboro, with Sunday lay-over
at Maiden.
Switch engine No. 81 is in the round
house at Birds Point awaiting repairs
Fireman w. F. Murray has been as
signed as night fireman at Gray's
Point
The following engineers are on the
sick list: Case. G. Yauch, Garfield,
w B. Williamson, S. A Williamson.
Dixon, w A. Burdick, F. Smith and
Book.
Mr. K. B. French has been assigned
to trains I and 2 between Pine Bluff
and Texarkana with Engineer Crow
ley.
Engine 101 has been turned out CT
the Cotton Belt shops at Jonesboro
and is now running on the Bismarck
run, engine $50 having been trans
ferred to the Birds Point run.
Fireman J. W. Barber has been as
signed to freight between Jonesbo-o
and Bismarck, with Engines, Mich
OILS
The following firemen are on the
sick list Anderson, Williams. Red
ding, Grothe, Delday and seahorn.
The machinist of the Cotton Belt
at Maiden, Mo-. has resigned.
The Cotton Belt Ger repairer at
Campbell Mo, is now working at NAL
den.
Mr. Ed Lynch has resumed duties
after few days lay Oft.
The Mississippi river has not yet
cleared Of ice sufficiently for the Cot
ton Belt transfer boats TO run at
Gray's Point.
Engine 112 for the Louisiana and Ar
ansas rairCad PASSED through this city
en- route to Stamps.
Mr.. Virgil Hardy, messenger boy at
the Cotton Belt shops, has resigned.
Mr.. Hardy has been succeeded by Mr.
Joe Smith.
Bids will be received the next ten
DAYS for one brakeman on Cotton Belt
caboose 22128.
W. r. Millnr. rwitohr7an in the
Cotton Relt Yards is OF on account
Of sickness.
C. Hasting and Mcmillan have ac-
cepted positions as switchman. in the
yards.
Tank for Cotton Belt engine "a will
cave this city for Texarkana. Engine
"a was one Of the engines which was
in the head-end collision at Texar-
kama.
Bids will be received for two brake
men on Cotton Belt caboose 222oo for
the next ten days, with Conductor Am
brose
How Are Your Kldneyss
Dr. Hobbs eparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam.
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or N.
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The Graphic is authorized to an
nounce OSCAR PARNELI. as a can
diate for Constable of Vaugine town,
ship. subject to the action of the,
Democratic primary.
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I hereby announce as candidate
tor Sheriff of Jefferson county, subject
to the action of the ensuing Demo
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathardc. cure constipation forever.
10c 25c. II q. G. fail. druggists refund money.
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For Comfy Judge.
The Graphic is authorized to an
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-02

How Are Your K1dneyse
Dr. Hobbs SparaRus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam.
PIE free Add. Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or NJ
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-02

,..... sac TIE past. II aSdiA iGii0f
ed | promise to be faithful to the trust
"epOsed in me- Respectfully
JAS. Y. SAUNDERS.
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Leading Jobbers and
Manufacturers of Pine Bluff
FOX BROS. HARDWARE co.

FOX BROS. HARDWARE
Dealers in whotsa" Hardware trgr4I fasa.,4~ Stoves
Wagon It., Il=4 A+
w. s. BEARD FURNITURE
Wholesale Funtun ffoa 81, l,,r G. a. s,. md -
and str~.
PINE BLUFF MILL AND ELEVATOR COMPANY
ty of elevator $4,000 bushels Capacity barrels a 200 m
pounds chops day.
KNOX WHERRY &
Wholesale and retail dealers Furniture puIt
Shades and Lace all slats 2
to 225 arlaque
PINS
Make Of Fttas supply the
mil machinery Ree?e tne
East Fourth renncsse
r.
Importer and otbI of C9Ae1y Furnishing
Goods siHerpaa Ware Agents for
Bucks Stoves
g. W. BENTON CO, MANUFACTURERS
Factory No We
Smoke and be convinced f. arraqae
Bluff,
PUDDEPHATT FURNITURE
Wholesale furniture
Office and salesroom Fourth
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Bids will be received for two brake
men on Cotton Belt caboose 222oo fol
the next ten days, with Conductor Am
brose.
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I. S. BEARD FURNITURE COMPANY.

Wholesale dealers in Furniture. Housed
Machines; 22G and 22S Main street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-02

Dealers in wholesale Hardware t-ri@.1nuaI FRI,
NaEonz- ote- Main street Pine Hi=G A4e
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EN ENlNG, APRIL Is, 1907.

inches high. We ate our first new pota-
toes raised here, on the 18th of May. The
potatoes We're grown by my brother Wal
ter, two miles west of my farm. The PEG :
pie are all through with their late potato
planting.
'"This is a fine country for a poor man,
as be can go out on the hay slews and
cut all tae hay he needs. He turns his
cattle our on the prairie, and when he is
not using his horses he turns them out
also. There is such an abundance of food
that they never wander away.
We have many varieties of fruit
Strawberries, cranberries, saskatOons,
huckleberries, red and black currants,
dewberries, plums red and black cherries,
and red raspberries. All Of these fruits
grow wild. Then the flowers that dot the
prairies, making them look like a real
garden. We have eaten of the wild red
currants, and they are equal If not. SUI
prior to those grown in Michigan. We
have sweet corn 71a inches high. AS the
western farmers are all done seeding,
branding cattle and sheep shearing is
now progressing. Wool is only cents
a pound and many ranchers have on hand
last years cut. With fruits and flowers,
lakes and streams, fish and fowls, beau-
tiful rivers, tracks of timber and noun
tains, what more does<a man want?
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Climate Fine; Soil Rich.

John Nicholson formerly lived in Otta-
wa county. Ohio, and in 1899 lett for
western Canada. A year afterwards he
writes to friend in Toledo:
within nearly a year in this country
l have found everything as good if not
better than you told me when I left the
states. l am we'll pleased and satisfied
that Alberta Is a good country for farm
ing and stock raising. Grain grows the
best and the yields are very large. l
have never seen better and heavier oats
than l have seen here during the past
season, never saw anything in the states
to equal the oats or wheat. Vegetables
grow very good and large IN size as we'll
as in quantity. 1t Is a long, wide valley
called Long Valley-which runs from
Lacombe to Buffalo Lake with belts of
timber on both sides, and is most beau
tiful country. a garden Of Eden or Para
disc. l advise any young man who is in
terestcd in farming or ranching to come
to this country. The climate is fine, soil
rich, with plenty Of fine water and fuel.
Fish and game of all kinds are here in
abundance. The winter has been fine so
far.
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FIVE HU NDRED MILES
Length of New Line to he BUILT ny.
G.. N. Ry.

Length of New Line to he Built ny
i G.. N. Ry.
General Superintendent Hanna OF the
Canadian, Northern railway. like every
land and railway man in Winnipeg, is
very busy, but he gave h Journal
the following:
We realize that our interests as carriers are
bound uo with those of our customers. the
farmers Of the country. and we are making
every preparation to handle their crops even
more satisfactorily than during the past sea-
son. We anticipate another banner year and
very large Increase of business.
AT Port Arthur we now have storage
capacity of 1,250.000 bushels. This will be
doubled should next seasons crop prospects
warrant it,; At our terminal there we are
building new docks for our west bound bust
ness; and. if promises count for anything,
we should do a large per cent of the import
business, which, like everything else this
year, is expected to be very large.
Our faith in the prospects of the country
and our interest in it is indicated by wha.
we are doing at the terminal, here in Winni-
peg, and our western extensions of the line:
In Winnipeg the capacity of the workshops
has been doubled, and we are constructing
our own cars.
To the west we mean to extend our line
some 400 or 500 miles this season. Practically,
that is a gauge of our idea of the needs and
expansion Of the west for the current year.
l may add that the Rainy river country
along our line, between here and Lake Supe-
rior, is rapidly filling up with settlers from
Minnesota
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A TREMENDOUS TURNOVER
View Of the Union Colonization Com
pany as to Lands

We expect tremendous turnover in
lands this season, particularly in the dis
trict where we have started to operate,
in the Red River Valley, to a distance Of
about fifty miles west from Winnipeg.
Large quantities of lands are already
changing hands everywhere in Manitoba
as we'll as,sthe territories, particularly
Assiniboia and Alberta, but the advan-
tage of being near Winnipeg, a great,
progressive city, will always be a draw
ing card to investors and actual settlers.
There are large tracts of vacant land in
this vicinity, the reason for which can
be easily and satisfactorily explained.
These have been taken up, and are being
taken up, very rapidly by the Americans.
There has never been known in Manitoba
within the experience of the oldest in
habitant such an influx of actual settlers.
Specially conducted excursions are ar
ranged for weekly from Europe by the
ocean steamers and railways into Mani
toba. Thousands of homesteads are being
taken up by these people as well as peo-
pie from your country, and a great num-
Der are buying lands for settlement.
We believe this to be no Temporary boom,
it is movement that will be largely in
creased as the months go by. This coun-
try is practically just discovered. The
increase in values is steady, healthy
one and fully justified by the results OF
settlement and cultivation.
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"Good, Place for Any Man.

Mallet. Alberta, N. w. TT. H. Howse.
Brown City, Mich, Dear Sir: l write you
a few lines to let you know we like the
country fine and we are having lovely
weather. I'never saw as nice weather for
the time of year, bright, clear days with
no wind, slight frost at nights, but warm
days. / have located six miles west Of
Millet station. a miles from school.
The land here is a little rolling. part
open prairie. and part timber land--can't
be beat. with excellent water. Myself
and family have never had better health
tran we have since we came to Alberta
wouldn't wish to go back to Michigan.
like Il far better here.
l Will write TO you again and let you
know how grain and root crops turned
out and about cattle arh horses and other
Things that will interest you and the many
readers of the Banner. }.'.
think this is good place for any man
that wants a good home and good health.
/ Will now close, but expect to hear more
from me next time. Yours truly, Silas
Clark.
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HOW TO OBTAIN A RANCH

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The Renters Chance.

Mexico, Ind, August, 1901 truly
think Canada offers a fine opening for a
young man or a man who is renting land
in Indiana. One hundred and sixty acres
Of good black land will cost you only $40
at the time you enter for it, and by plow-
ing and cultivating five acres each year
for three years, gives you 100 acres of
good land for $40. This land can be
bought from the railroad companies, pri-
vate corporations or the government for
IS to 81 per acre.
From financial standpoint, I believe
that for series Of years (fve), young
man can make SIG in Canada whereas he
would make 81 here, and l feel sure that
| spent more money to get my eighty
acre farm in White county, Indiana, Gull
tivated than it would cost me to cultivate
500 acres in Canada. This may seem
strong view to take of the matter, but
when you take into considera ton the
clearing, ditching, fencing and the ex-
pensive breaking in of the stumps, and
then compare the expense to that of land
needing only the breaking you will con-
clude that it is not such a wild state
ment as you might at first think.
I enjoyed the balmy, breezy atmosphere,
which was bracing and refreshing and the
nights which made it so pleasant fer
sleep.
On making inquiries regarding the win
tiers in this country l learned that the
people never suffer from the cold, as the
weather is dry and invigorating and in
a great many places farmers and herders
allow their stock to run outside the year
round.
One great advantage to settlers in west
ern Canada is the free creameries estab-
lished by the government and run ex-
clusively in the interests of the farmers.
| visited Thomas Daley, farmer near
Edmonton, Alberta. who showed me oats
he had raised, some Of which took the
first prize at the Paris exposition last
year. The same yielded 10 bushels to the
acre in 1899 Frank Fisher.
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No Country Like 1t.

Captain E. Barrett. Canadian Govern
ment Agent, Houston, TeXas.-Waco,
Texas. July 10, 1901.-Dear Sir: You ask
what 1 think about western Canada. To
put it as brief as possible, l can say
truthfully there is no other country on
the face OF the earth which offers so much
in every particular for the farmer. The
pamphlets issued by the Canadian gov
eminent do not near cover the prospects
there Is for the farmer. | intend to move
there just as soon as | am able. | in
tend to settle somewhere between Olds
and Wetaskewin on the Calgary and Ed
monitor railroad, or within twenty miles
of that railroad. l am in earnest about
this and will be ready to leave here as
soon as arrangements can be made. Yours
respectfully, Arthur Rhodes.
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Isl 8 r. y
age, Ont; Portage la Prairie, Man. Fort
Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia; Edmonton, Al
berta; Prince Albert. Saskatchewan;
Rosemount, not, etc.
The present governor Of the company is
Lord Stra tHcona and Mount Royal, known
the world over as one OF the ablest men
of the times.
Chief Executive officer.
The chief executive officer in Canada is
TIE commissioner. Mr.. C. C. Chapman,
whose headquarters are in Winnipeg, and
from here he controls the entire business
of the company in Canada. To stand at
the head of and guide with unerring judg-
ment such a time honored, mammoth, and
successful corporation. as the Hudson's
Pay company is not only. distinguished
honor, but: 1T is a compliment of the high
est order to mans business acuinen. ca
pacity, intelligence and sound REASONING
powers. Mr.. Chapman is a man of broad
and liberal ideas. tactful and resolute.
He has a perfect mastery Of details and
an intimate knowledge OF the business in
general. He is progressive, enterprising
and popular and a gentleman with whom
it is a pleasure to come contact
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RADICAL PRoTECT1ONIsTs
Chief Executive Officer.

The manufacturers of. Canada are rad
zeal protectionists-that is, when protec-
ton is for their interests, but they are
equally radical for free imports when
such imports will be for their benefit.
Under the present arrangement, they can
import such machinery as they need free
Of duty. and in addition, they are asking
the provincial legislatures to exempt all
their machinery from taxation.
The Dominion and provincial parlia-
ments are ready at all times to give en-
couragement to the upbuilding of manu-
featuring industries in this country.-John
l.. Bittinger, U. S. Consul General, Mon
streal. -
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James G. Armstrong, formerly of Michi-
gan, writes to his local paper, the Reed
City Clarion, his letter being dated Mel
ford Saskatchewan, N. w. T., May 27,
1901. The following extracts nave been
made:
The last snow fell here on the 18th
of April, lasting only twenty four hours
We have not had any frost since then. I
also have some field peas, which are nine
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After Careful investigation.

Winnipeg, Sept. 3, 1901.-We, the under
signed, have made a close examination of
the northwestern lands, and would say
there is no country that we have ever
seen, either in the United States of
America or England, that can compare
with the fertile soil of Manitoba and
northern Alberta for mixed farming. We
took a fivedays' trip to the Vermillion
district last week and found oats that
measured feet 1 inch in height and
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trading posts stretch from the the Labra-
dor coast to the boundary line between
Alaska and British Columbia, and from
the 49th parallel to the Arctic seas.

dor coast to the boundary line between
Alaska and British Columbia, and from
the 4sth parallel to the Arctic seas.
It's Merchantile Trade.
The company has developed a mercan-
tile trade that reigns supreme IL volume.
They carry on large milling business.
and maintain flour mills at Winnineg and
Prince Albert. Extensive branch mer-
camille houses are maintained at Battle
ford, Biscontasing, Calgary, Deloraine,
Edmonton, Fort Francis, Fort William,
Glenora, Kamloops, Lethbridge, Lower
Fort Garry, Macleod, Mattawa, Nissan
able, Nelson. Niptssing, P!ncher Creek,
Portage la Prairie. Port Simpson, Prince
Albert, GU Appellee, Quesnel, Rat Port
age, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria, White
wood. " rk ton and Winnipeg. The COM
pany owns feet of steamboats, which ply
upon the Athabasca, Slave, Mckenzie,
.Skeena and stikine rivers. It is Just
twenty wears since the company moved
dts headquarters from the old historic
Fort Garry. now within Winnipeg's lin
its, z otthe corner Of Main and York
streets. Here the company has construct
ed. a mammoth structure covering full
block u. length, which contains the gem
eral offices ard~-deaar tment al,sstores.
A Great Land onwer. +
The COMPANY IS; entitled to- one-twenti-
eth OF The fertile belt, Of Manitoba and
the great northwest. Of Canada, in all,
about 100000 acres. Under; it's agree
ment with the crown, the company are
entitled to sections 8 and 26 in each town
ship. These sections comprise some Of
the best farming, stock raising and coal
lands IN the. country and are offered for
sale at moderate prices on easy terms of
payment and without any conditions of
settlement
Town lots are also for sale in Winnipeg,
Manitoba; Fort William, Ont; Rat Port
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81 am Well Pleased"
"a Good Thing"

Winnipeg, July 10, 19o1.-As delegates
from Manchester, Washtenaw county,
Mich, we have visited the Northwest ter
ritories with view to ascertaining
whether the reports in circulation as to
it's being good field for settlement were
reliable and true, or not. We trust from
our report that any one reading same may
find something that will encourage them
to come and partake OF the good things
offered in this great territory. This is
certainly the only term we can apply to
it, after a trip Of some three weeks du-
ration. - ~ 800. .'l.
.We:left home on the Path Of June and,
after visiting several sections, returned
to Regina, and looked around the country
north to Lumsden and Balgonie, where
the crops looked very promising and
heavy, continuing UP the Regina and Long
Lake road We came to Saskatoon on the
crossing of the South Saskatchewan river.
The country there pleased US better than
any we. have seem: We Grove out eighteen
miles in a northwesterly direction through
the Smith settlement. This is a wonder
full district, the growth was splendid, all
kinds of grains and roots were splendid.
The old settlers Sad good buildings of
all kinds and looked very prosperous, in
fact, we came to the conclusion, that we
had found what we were looking fora
good country. While the nature of the
soil changes and is in some parts light, in
others stony and again heavy, generally
speaking, it leaves nothing to be desired.
Hay and water are also in abundance, and
wood can be found along the river slopes
We have decided to locate there and GER
tainly shall advise our friends to do like
wise. We also trust that this report may
have the effect of drawing the attention
of land seekers to this district, and can
honestly advise all such to locate there
They will find good thing. AS farmers
ourselves from a good district in Mich
igan, we have come to the conclusion that
properly farmed the Canadian Northwest
will grow almost anything - .-,-' ss.
-5. j. E. Blum
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LORDS OF The NORTH
The Wonderful Story Of the Hud-
son Bay Company.
MORE THAN 200 YEARS OLD
Still Vigorous and Adapting Itself to
Changing ConditiOns-Dep't
Store Succeeds "Factory."

When posterity shall demand the roll
call of the famous corporations of the
new world which have done so much to-
wards this great and glorious dominion,
says Canadian paper, In its most re-
mote and almost inaccessible regions, the
name of the Hudson's Bay company will
appear in luminous letters, because,
through this company, great advances
were made in the civilization of the north
west centuries ago. The st DRY of the
company since Henry Hudson set sail
from London in1607 for the north coast of
Greenland to discover the northwest pas
sage, contains much that is highly roman
tic, more than fascinating, indeed, much
more interesting to read than the most
highly embelished excerpt from the Ara
bian Nights. However, it is not the in
tention to go into the full details of the
corporation from its foundation down to
the present.
1t was in 1870, during the reign of King
Charles H., that the Hudsons Bay COM
pany was incorporated under royal charter
by Prince Rupert "a cousin of the king
and few friends. The charter was broad
and liberal, and gave the company the
sole right of:trading in Rupert's Land.
which embraced all the lands drained by
Hudson's Bay. and it's tributaries Here
the company carried on fur trading for
Its Great Fur Trade.
With the advance of civilization and the
development of the dominion, competition
and strife came, which wrought many
changes, to chronicle which would require
several volumes. The history of the Hud-
sons Bay company since the amalgama-
ton of the, northwest with the dominion,
is no longer that of a powerful trading
corporation holding sovereign authority
over vast regions, but sitsremains a proud
record Of progress, prosperity and perse-
verence. The company has by no means:
ceased, however, to be the largest fur
trading corporation in the world, and
their annual sales in London, as in for,
mer years, attract buyers from all parts
Of the world. While the fur trade may
have decreased somewhat in late years,
yet giant strides have been made in the
merchantile world, and there is probab bly,.
no other concern on either the old or the
new hemisphere whose business ramifica-
lions are SO extensive and varied as those
of the Hudson's Bay company It's fur