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The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18

The rcadcrS oI this paper Will be-
pleased Ia learn that there Is at lcnst
one dreaded disease that -cicnLe has
been able to cure in all III stages, ana
that Ii Ca,urrb. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the med.
icnl fraternity. Catlrrb, being u con-
slitutlOnal disease, requires con-titu-
tional treatment. Halls 'a,arrh Cure
j. taken internally, Hcting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces oi The
system, thereby destroying the Ioundn'
| tion of the disease. and giving the pa
lirnt strength by building up the con
sti,ution and assisting nntur" In doing
ils work. The propri"tors have {"
much ini,h ia lie curative powers. that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that II fails 10 cure. send for list
Of testimonials.
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The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18

gFyUBLiCAS TICKET
BY ". 81 PRICE

prATr.
gor jude, ~ The supreme Court
HESRY LAMN
EDWARD nIGHlE
NOSES WHIEAEk
Pot Judge Of Court 70! Appeal
EDWARD c ELIOT
Tor School Superintendent
JU. WHITE
For X K aud warcl's. COMM .,iouer 'ull tni
5 T.. CRANE
10 nj, Vacancy, fuuf year.
DARSET FKArESTnALL
CONGRESSIONAL
For Mrmlor u Cuugrrs, litL District
HP. KINSoLy1Nb
IuDIctAL
Pur judge sls' Judicial Circuit
AsBERN BCEKnEAD
oorSrY
For Representative
- -.ss --s--s
For Cirsui, Cirfk and Recorder
LAURA JOHNSON
For County CLERK
lOuN ". HUGHES
Ior Shcrif
" REESE
70, Collector Of the Revenue
A J. BRAIEAL
Fos Prosecuting Attorney
&c. l. McKSiGHT
For Presiding judge, County Court
JAMES & kEITHLEN
For Associat" Judge, Eastern District.
II. Z. HALL
For Associnto Judg', Western District
u. ROSE
FOR JGdg, ~ Probate
JOHNT DlCKESsON
For County Treasurer
~ POWELL.
Fnr County Coroner
Sc PARSONS
The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18
Order of Publication

StAlcof Missouri, "A In the Circuit Court
County 81 InncS. Oct term, lDI!
Mar \ campbell, Plaintiff,
The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18

" T7WHHTTT1 Y WIWTT Y ITrh-
4 true copy from III rrCuru
Witness M hand anil the seal vf IN
isEALl circuit or, OF Iarcy county, thl
2d day OF SEPTEMBER, -. nIs
g.i.D-G,-g j a. Johnson, Circuit Irrk,
The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18
Orier ofI'ublieation.

state OF Missouri -. In the t.lrrult Court
County Of lancy, 81 oct. Term, lW!.
AdciiA N. Heard, Plaintiff,
The Taney County republican., 1902-09-18

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Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

System taken up with Forest Reserva- tion scrip. Some of this land was taken for townsite purposes-as they could not wait for the slow process of get ting title to lands in any other way and other lands were taken to prevent unprincipled spectators from blocking the work of the canal system by get ting lands needed for that work
 The Water System.
 The promoters of this great irriga- ton enterprise desired to place the ownership and management of the water system in the hands of the peo- pie to as great an extent as possible under the laws of the State of Cali fornia as they now exist. In order to do so they utilized the well-known Mutual Water Company System which has been approved by the Supreme Court Of the State. This system is very popular here in Southern California.
 The Mutual Water Company is in corporated to furnish water to It's stockholders only at cost. Each per son having a tract of land to be irri- gated. secures as many shares of stock
 in the Mutual Water Company as he has acres to irrigate, so that when the own and manage their own system in their own way
 It was not possible to put the entire area to be irrigated under one com pany as such company would be too large and unwieldly; neither could they place in the hands of such a com pany the entire system including the heading on the Colorado River and sixty miles of main canal through Lower California, for the responsibil ity on the stockholders would be so great, that they would decline to take the stock. So the California Develop ment Company contracts with the Nut ual Water Company-say the Imperial Water Company No. Ito construct its system of canals and ditches and to deliver to the company what water it may need up to limit of four feet per year for each share of outstanding stock for the sum of fifty cents per acre foot; and for this distributing system and this right of water perpetually at fixed low price which is equal to only two cents per inch for twenty-four hours fow-the California Development Company takes the entire capital stock of the Imperial Water Company No. ] except 2500 shares, which reserved stock has mar ket value at present of from $25 GOO to $50 ,000, and this stock may be sold for the benefit of the No. 1 company, which has fully paid for the comple tion if its system, with no outstanding whatever.
 Shares of stock in thlS company were sold at first at $S75 per share on long and easy terms of payment. and from time to time the price has been advanced until the present price is S20 per share. This rapid advance in price was made necessary by the de- mand for the stock and to defeat the object of the speculators, for under this program no one could afford to secure the dry desert land and hold it for speculative purposes, thus prevent
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

 fornia to purchase such claims He succeeded in doing so. These assignees were required to file in the land office an affidavit stating that they were entitled to file on government land under the desert land laws and that they had not already exercised that right. They each made such an affl- davit, but the government officials de- cided that each one must make such affidavit before the officials at the land office in the city of Los Angeles. This required each one of the num- Der to make a trip at a cost of several hundred dollars for the sole and only purpose of making an affidavit which might just as easily be made at the applicants place of residence in the East
 Assignees to Improve their Lands.
 There are no blocks of land on the desert under the Imperial Canal Sys tenn that will be more promptly i'm proved, or improved in a more sub stantial manner. Those men to whom the land was assigned, leased such lands to a company which has ample capital in the bank for use in i'm proving the same for a period of five years after which date, each individual has a half section of land under thor ttayh ,ttlt titFnt YNIa fn1 tn n1 that will be worth q large amount Of money.
 In this whole transaction, there Is no violation of the law, not even the spirit of the law There was only an attempt made to get a ruling that the affldavits of tho asslgnees could he made at their respective places of residence, instead of being compelled to make a trip across the continent for the only purpose of making this affidavit before the land office officials, and that decision was against the af- fiants. However, they are perfectly willing to submit gracefully to the laws rules and regulations, whatever they may be, although in this instance, they reserve the right to think that the rule Is unnecessarily burdensome without any just cause or reason.
 Scrip Lands.
 There Is another point made which deserves few words of explanation. There are several hundred thousands oc acres of land scrip owned by parties, mostly residents of California. This scrip is authorized by Congress. When the forest reservations were made, Congress allowed parties owning land within the boundaries of any forest reservation to surrender the same to the government and receive scrip for the same that might be placed on any other government land at the option of the holder of the scrip. This scrip is worth from three to five dollars per acre, Had the Imperial Land Company been so disposed, they might have purchased this scrip and taken up all the lands under the flow of their canal system. Had they done so, the incident would have been closed and there would have been no complaint of irregularity in the taking up of desert lands; but the canal management desired to place the land
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01

| OH JHe imperial OdHdl OySltlil III JoiAu ary, 1901, certain parties antagon istic to the company and desiring tC speculate at its expense secured ever! school section within the terri tory that the new irrigation system vas supposed to cover and up to the present time, with few exceptions, nc water stock has been secured for suct lands.
 There were also something like 10000 acres of land taken under the Desert and Homestead Acts in similar way These lands must eventually revert back to the government, or their own CTS must secure water so they can be improved A person cannot live on 6 homestead without water and he can not prove up Desert claim without a water right. All ot these filings were made under protest of the Imperial Land Company but the work was beyond it's control.
 Character of the Soil.
 Before any work was done to re- claim this desert, a careful eXamna- ton of the soil was made to see if it was suitable for farming purposes. Comparisons were made between the soil on the desert and similar soils along the Colorado River and around Indio. Besides, the natural vegetation was examined along the streams and in places where the land was sumit- ted to the annual overflow, and in all cases where there was a chance for vegetation there was no lack of it. Again, the Indians and cattlemen had planted small areas in various locali- ties where the overflow could be uti- lized, and in no case, so Tar as could be learned, was there failure.
 During the past season, about 2000 acres have been flooded in various To- calities and good, vigorous crops of millet, garden truck, etc.. have been grown. During the present livered on the land around the town of Imperial, barley and alfalfa have been planted, and up to date of writing these crops are growing finely.
 A large number of experienced Il. ,l, ctDy ,n6 to the alkali and salt lands of the Salt River Valley, have visited the Inn perial lands, have examined the same carefully, have filed on the same and are now well pleased with the character of the lands they have oh- tained as being more free from dele terious substances than the lands cultivated by them in Arizona.
 National Irrigation.
 It has been suggested that the man agers of the Imperial Canal System are opposed to national irrigation and a remodeling of the Public Land laws of the United States This is also an error. They believe that the govern ment ought to undertake the large irri- gation works that cannot be so easily handled by private capltal-in fact all irrigation enterprises if it will; that the land laws ought to be remodeled so that speculators cannot gobble up
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01
the way of the company's work in re- claiming this great desert waste.
Through Mexican Territory.


 One great obstacle to be overcome by the Imperial Canal management was the fact that it was physical and financial impossibility to carry the waters of the Colorado River into the Imperial country without passing through Lower California. This geo. graphical fact necessitated the pur- chase of 1000 acres of land on the south side of the International Boun- dary Line in Lower California.
 If anyone should object to taking water that comes out of Mexican territory, then they are doomed never tc use any land in tie country now known as the Imperial settlements, and if it is not good business to con- struct an irrigation system under these conditions, then the Colorado desert must forever remain a desert-deso- late and damned for all time to come.
 A Desolate Desert
 The Imperial Canal management found worthless desert that, without water, had no value and was a menace to life in the southeastern portion of the State.
 It is now conceded that this worth less desert is being transformed into fertile region that will add millions of wealth to the State and thousands of people to this country. It will prove to be the greatest irrigation enterprise in the United States and that it will control more water and irrigate more land than is to be found today in all the other irrigation sys- tems in California.
 This is the work now being done by the California Development Com pany and it's associate companies. This is the work that is being criticized by men who do not take the time and trouble to personally examine the questions about which they write. This enterprise has been carefully ex- amined by all the leading newspapers of Southern California. They have made such examination in their own way, at their own expense, for their own satisfaction, and they have pronounced it worthy of public conf- dence and support in every instance, without exception.
 A Summary.
 The following points the writer con- siders firmly established:
 First. The Colorado Delta, without water was barren, worthless waste of no value whatever.
 Second. An ample supply of water for the reclamation of such desert Is found in the Colorado River, but this water must be conveyed through Lower California in order to reach the lands to be benefited.
 Third. The water has been success fully conveyed from the river to the desert lands.
 Fourth. The ownership of the irri- gating waters is placed in the hands Of the owners of the lands to be irri- gated so far as it can be done under the law and consistent with good busi-
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-02-01
Speculative Filings.

While the work Of filing on gov ernment land under the advice and assistance of the Imperial Land Com pany was kept as close as possible within the letter and spirit of the law, there were many filings made out side of the company's work and in tluence which most clearly violated the spirit if not the letter of the law.
 AS soon as work was commenced
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21
PINE BLUFF FURNITURE co.
Files Articles of Incorporation, wiz
81 500 Capital.

The Pine Bluff Furniture company
is the name of = new Pine Bluff bust
nes enterprise incorporated Thursday.
The articles of incorporation We're
filed today in the county clerks office
The incorporators are Messrs l. O.
Knox Ab S. Knox Dan S. Wherry and
Dan e. koonce.
The capital stock is S2.5o0. all Of
which has been subscribed. Stock in
the concern is divided into one hun
dred shares. owned as follows: L. O.
Knox, "a; Alb S. Knox, IS: Dan S.
Wherry, 16 Dan G. Koonce, 3D. The
stockholders constitute the board of
directors. who at a meeting, elected
the following officers: President and
manager. l.. O. Knox; vice president,
Alb S. Knox; secretary Dan S. Wher.
ny; treasurer, Dan G. koonce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21
Gentry Bros Famous Shows.

The consolidation OF Gentry Bros
Famous Trained Animal shows, which
have long been the most popular tent
ed exhibitions in the world, makes
an important union Of excellent per
formances by combining what have
heretofore travelled separately. The
exhibition is fully twice its former
size; in addition to the augmented
professional displays, the perform
ance this season requires double the
space and time that it formerly did.
The famous shows united will ex
hibit here Monday. March 81, after.
noon and night. at the corner of Lin
den and Scull streets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21
NOTE, OF WARNING
SOUNDED BY EX-GOVERNOR VIM.
FISHBACK.
Says Nobody Should Be Elected to
Legislature Not Opposed to Hud-
son Bank Claim.

Editor Arkansas Democrat: The
more | reflect upon the campaign now
going on in Arkansas the more deeply
am | impressed with the danger to
the taxpayers of the state from the
combinations. if not conspiracies,
which are SO active in their efforts
to control the politics of our unfor
tunate commonwealth.
spent eleven years of the prime OF
my life and made five canvasses OF
| Arkansas, at my own expense, to get
the people to understand the iniqulty
of the bonds outlawed by the Fish
back amendment" to our constitution,
and now, at the age of 20 years, to
sit idl" by an see all my work undone
by insidious and indirect methods and
not raise my voice against it, would
be little less than treason to my state,
which has honored me so highly in
the past.
These bonds, principal and interest
amount to nearly $27,000,0Go. OF
nearly one-seventh of the assessed
value of the entire state. There is
not one whit more reason that the
Hudson bank bonds should be paid
! than any other of the whole twenty
seven millions. Let the people stol
and think of this matter.
The advent Of Hon. T. C. McRae in
this canvass, in which he has no other
part than to elect Governor Clarke
and in letter which virtual, cou-
fesses that. during all the years his
principle has been one Of
you tickle me and I'll
tickle you; that he has sacrafced his
duty to the state,to his constituents,
to his party and to his country for
private considerations the assault
upon the state treasury made by him
and Governor Clarke in this Hudson
bank business; the fact that the GA
zette four or five years ago openly
advocated the payment of all the out
lawed bonds, and more especially the
railroad aid bonds, which constitute
a large majority of the whole, and the
final fact that all three are engaged
with Governor Davis in an effort to
elevate Governor Clarke to such a
commanding control of our states
politics, ought to awaken interest if
not absolute alarm in the mind of
every taxpayer in Arkansas.
Let the voters of the various coun-
ties see to it that no man be elected
to the legislature who does not open
ly speak out against this Hudson bank
bond payment. Very respectfully,
w. M. FISHBACK.
Fort Smith, March Is, 1902
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

sequences of the increase of the army
TO maintain our foreign policy
Ship Subsidy Bill.
High as these figures are, we are
given to understand that they do not
represent all for this congress is eX-
pected to pass the ship subsidy bill
by which between S16O 100000 and
S2oo,00O,o00 is to be taken from the
taxpayers OF the country and turned
over to the ship owners in order that
they may be able to carry on their
private gain to better advantage.
Every unprecedented mind will con-
denim such an act as unfair and I'M
Just, for if government aid is to be
extended to build up one business,
why withhold it from another?
To-day we are building and eX-
porting into foreign countries railway
locomotives. Pass this bill and in a
short while you may expect those en-
gagged in the construction thereof to
discover that they cannot build these
in competition with other countries
without being paid a bounty from the
united States treasury. And so it will
be with every other concern that
feels like it is strong enough to hold
aid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

NorR.-These Government inquiries also
developed the fact that there are many
mixtures upon the market made in imi-
tation of baking powder, but containing
alum or other caustic acid, whose use in
food is dangerous.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21
PREPARING ISSUES
or DEMOCRATS GETTING
READY FOR THE FIGHT.
Efforts to Be Made to Capture
.ex+ coneress-speech of Brun-
didee of Arkansas.
1vachin gton telegram to the S

washington Telegram - '"e ~
,ois Republic says;
u,o democrats in the house are
.,o no opportunity to make mate
p'Ne sor the coming congressional
Ila nnaign and hardly a day passes
t 'a. some member does not make d
'pa asob which will be freely circulated
spet w. congressional committee,
~ the speeches thus far dellVefeo'
" hove heen more forceful than the
,.;of talk made in the house by KEEP
p tentative Brundidge, OF Arkansas
, 1.dge Brundidge is one OF the prom
'u sat members Of the house and can
NV We command attention. 1t was
a ,..;no the debate on the rural 1fe''
a aaiverv bill that the gentleman from
.rransas took occasion to say some
. a that will be REPEATED on INC
.+umn during the campaign
s'u aftor stating that he believed in
.,ooino the rural mail carriers Hhaer
sa contracts system on the ground
.ho+ the service would be just as
.ao;ont and at a much less cost than
tho present plan, Mi. BrundIdge
srsnched off by saying that more than
once during the debate the gentlemen
sod hooted at the idea of cheapness
in the government serVice-had derlo7
cd the very suggestion OF economy
he said:
"Upon this line they need have no
.foars for if they have discovered
ANYTHING cheap in what this congress
has done up to the present time or
nronoses to do until the end OF IT,
tbov have observed something which
has not fallen under my observation.
In view of the fact that 1T is under
stood this bill is to be followed py
the general postofflce appropriation
hill and as this is one Of the large
appropriation bills pass this house
annually, and, in my judgment, a
great deal of the money appropriated
by it is uselessly and unnecessarily
wasted, l QeeUl IL q loPSA SAAA
place to call attention to the growing
tendency to higher and increased ap-
propriations each year and wastefu'
and almost criminal extravaganza
BiIlion.Doltar Congress-.
1.-The Fifty-first congress startled
the entire country by expanding 81
900, 900 900, and yet if this one. the
Fifty-seventh, keeps up the pace it Is
going and makes the appropriations
called for and demanded by this adj
we will double that sum
and 20 down into history as the 81.
100000, 900 congress.
1.-THE first session of the Fifty-first
congress, in making the appropria
tons for the year 1891, appropriated
for the army only $24,2o6,471; navy
s24, 136,035; postoff1ce. $72,226,69S
$123,779,36S.
Compare these sums with what
We are now doing. The first session
Of this congress is asked to expend
for the army about $130.000,000 This
is more than five times the sum ex-
pended in 1891, and one of the con
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21
Iron Mountain Route.

On April % to ~. inclusive. the St.
L.. l. NJ. and S. Ry Co. will sell round
trip tickets to Los Angeles. or San
Francisco. California, final return
limit June rs. On August to 8. in
elusive, with limit Of September 30,
and on June 2 to Z, inclusive. with
limit Of July 81 at rate Of $3.50. For
routes and stopover privileges. call
on agent
n. v. AIwO0p Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

Mr.. w. r. Wells. Jr. of Monticel-
10. has accepted a position with the
Nelson Morris company, of this city.
as travelling salesman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

Carpenters are busy today on
East Court street building platforms
for the accommodation of the Streets
of India" one of the features of the
coming street fair
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

Nothing is better than good wo
man and nothing is worse than ba(
one
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

On account of Triennial Interna.
tional Sunday School association, the
Cotton Belt route will sell round trip
tickets to Denver, Colorado on June
22d, 20 and "a at the rate OF one fare,
plus two dollars. Stop overs allowed
on going trip at Colorado common
points.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-05

EVERYTHINo NEW.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-05
For the Complexion.

The complexion always suffers from
biliousn9ss or constipation. Unless the
bowels are kept open the impurities
from the body appear in the form Of
unsightly eruptions. De Wits Little
Early Risers keep the liver and bowels
in healthy condition and remove the
cause of such troubles. c. +. Hooper,
Albany, Ca, says:-'T took De Wits
Little Early Risers for biliousness.
They were just what needed. | am
feeling better now than in years.
Never gripe or distress. Safe, thorough
and gentle. The very best pills. w.
II. Smith & Son, druggists.