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| the cabin built by the Frenchman
and claimed the springs as his cx-
elusive property. John Perciful and
Isaac Gates followed Prudhomme in
1908 and were welcomed by him
with great hospitality. Perciful
decided to make his permanent home
at the springs and when Purdhomme
returned to his Louisiana plantation
he generously donated to the former
the hot springs and all he laid claim
to. Perciful thereafter claimed
everything and for many years was
considered by visitors the sole owners
of the springs and his name has
figured in all litigation concerning
them in State and Federal courts
up to the findings of the Hot Springs
commission in 1877.
The year of the war with England.
1872, saw the first influx of visitors
10 the springs of any extent. Many
came here TO escape service and
other troubles of that years. Two
years after there were thirty cabins in
the valley and fiom that time the
popularity of HotSprings waned until
in 1873 there were only half dozen
of the huts remaining and not
single permanent inhabitant. In this
year Ludovicus Bedding moved to
Hot Springs and took possession of
everything he foundthere, including
the springs, and by virtue of having
cultivated a garden in 1898 and
1899 and living here continuously
for two years, claimed the right to
pre-empt the 100 acres of land upon
which all of the hot springs were
located.
1t was two years after this that
Congress created the reservation
here with the hot springs in about
the center and dedicated it to the
whole people to be known as the Hot
Springs reservation.
In 1884 Fl. M. Rector, afterward
governor of the State, settled in the
valley and laid claim to the springs
by virtue of what was known as a
New Madrid warrant, which was is
sued to his father, Elias Rector, on
account of land lost in the New
Madrid earthquake of 1871.
In 1885 came John G.. Hale and
claimed the springs through having
purchased John Perciful's rights.
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GENUINE EXCURSION.
metrOpolitau Pleasure for Ever,bod,

Nearly every one living in this com.
munity will doubtless want 10 visit Fair
mont on Tuesday May 9th. when The Adam
Forcpaugh and Sell Brothers great con
soiidated shows. comprising double circus
double menageries. double museums
double hippodromes. will appear there
These great shows are the only ones tbat
exhibit Ia New York city No other dare
even attempt to exhibit IN the metropolis
They opened this season a. the Madison
Square Garden in New York. md the
newspapers without exception. stated
that e was the greatest circus this country
bad ever seen. The menageries contain
the greatest number % rare wild beasts
ever seen IN one collection. ia the circes
there are 600 star performers. and i'm
addition 20 al the standard circus acts
there are score or more 81 sensational
features. There Is not space 20 onurnerate
them here. bot there is.no possibility Of
anyone being disappointed who goes 10 see
these shows. no matter how high their
anticipations may have been raised. All
lines of travel will offer especially low
rates Of fare and provide all the necessary
accommodation Tor the ,hrongs who wish
20 50 70 see them. The agent Of these
lines u travel will furnish All necessary
Information as 70 time Of trains and rates
Of fare. There is one thing certain. and
that Is that these excursion arrangements
viii enable people who live here to see
idcnticaliy the same show and the only one
thsi Is seen BY those who live IN the
metropolis
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This made three able bodied
claimants to the hot springs besides
the government of the United States,
condition of things which made
interesting history for the next forty
years in the valley. Later on il was
futher complicated by the advent of
Major w. II. Gaines in 1851. He
was from Gaines Landing, Ark.
where he had been one of the most
extensive planters in the Mississippi
valley. He married Miss Maria
Bedding, one Of the Bedding heirs,
and soon after all of the rights at
Hot Springs claimed by these heirs
we're assigned to him. The rival
claims were taken into the State
courts, and, strange to say, Com
promise was effected without serious
difficulty whereby Gaines was TO
hold possession Of the lower portion
Of the valley, Hale the central and
Rector the upper portion, until
such time as the higher courts OF the
country could adjudicate the titles.
Meanwhile Hot Springs was grow
ing. For years it was the only re
sort of the whole country west of
the Mississippi River. 1t attained
the proportion of village, and there
was demand for property for bust
ness and residence purposes. The
only way il could be obtained was
by lease from one Of the above claim
ants. None Of ;he property could
be sold, for clear titles could not be
given. When it became known that
Congress or the Supreme Court
would ultimately decide the titles the
original claimants we're given an end
less amount Of trouble, and had no
protection except force Of arms.
Everybody wanted property, and
there was scramble for possession.
Squatters were numerous, hoping
that being found in possession when
the final decision came they would
be given title to the property they
were Of. The claimants, all being
men Of nerve, did their best to
maintain their rights. Their best
was the shotgun and revolver, and
they were freely used. For the
time being, therefore, Hot Springs
was not the place Of peace" il had
been TO the red men before the
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WONDERS OF AN ACRE.

Samuel Cleek, of Orland, has the
most remarkable acre in California.
1t embraces barn and corral,
covering as by IS feet; rabbit,
hutch, IS by as feet; residence and
porches, 40 by 80 feet; two wind
mill towers, 10 by 10 feet each; gar.
den, 80 by 90 feet: blackberries, Il
by 90 feet; strawberries, 65 by &C
feet; citrus nursery, % by % feet
with a,3oo trees budded; one row o
dewberrics, 100 fee, long; fou
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of French trappers and hunters spent
several months at the hot springs,
making them their headquarters
while securing the neighboring
streams and mountains for furs.
They built one log cabin and
several shacks of split bords on the
sites of the present great hotels and
bath houses. These were the frs,
white habitations in the valley OF
vapors.
In 1904 President Jefferson sent
an exploring party, in charge OF
Messrs. Hunter and Dunbar, to Hot
Springs to ascertain the character OF
the waters, and IL there was any one
in possession, or If any improvements
had been made that would enable
any one to establish a claim to the
right of possession. This was the
origin of the movement that resulted
in the United States Government
taking possession of the springs in
1892 and reservation around them
of two miles square. They found
the log cabin and the huts built by
the French trsppers, which they
repaired and used for their party
during the stay here. They took the
temperature Of the springs, analysed
the waters and made crude geolog.
ical survey OF the surrounding
mountains, mentioning in their re.
ports the peculiar geological forma.
tions found here, the cold mineral
springs in the vicinity, and made es.
pecisl mention Of the famous nova
cutie formations, which now furnish
the world with its best grade of whet.
stones. These facts are taken from
William Fishers history Of their ex.
plorations, published in 1879.
They also found Indians here with
their sick and evidences on all sides
OF extensive Indian camps, and
they learned that the tribes of all
the surrounding country sent their
sick here for treatment and while
here they were at peace among
themselves.
The first white man to lay claim
TO the springs was Emanuel Prud.
homme, a Louisiana planter, who
came 70 Hot Springs in 1907 10 battle
in the waters for his health anc
spent two years here. He occupied
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The Senate committee on pen
sions last week ordered favorable
report on bill granting increase of
pensions to soldiers who have lost
arms, legs or feet. The increase
will be SIS per month each and will
increase the annual pension APP.
preparations bill $1,000, 900. The
committee also ordered favorable
report on bill increasing from $50
to $40 per month the pension of
those who ale totally deaf. This
will increase the pension appropra-
tons SaS, 900 annually.
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HISTORY OF HOT SPRINGS I.
HOW. WIEN AND BY WHOM DISCOVERED
AND SETTLED.
Congress Finally Took Charge and
Created u Government Reservation
OF the Hot Springs
HoT SPRINGS, ARK, I
April III, 1902. (

IlOl SfkiNCS, hkh.,
April II, 1907.
Editorial Correspondence.
Who was the first white discoverer
of the Hot Springs is not definitely
known, but scraps of history go far
to establish the fact that De Soto
found them in his wahderings, and
legends connect them with the
fountain of youth for which Ponce
de Leon sought. That the Indians
knew of their healing powers long
before the whites is abundantly
proven, and it is more than probable
that the stories of their healing
virtues were carried from tribe to
tribe until they reached the cars of
Ponce and led him to believe that,
hidden away in the deep recesses of
forest and mountain, crystal foun-
tain bust forth which would bring
the priceless gift of perpetual youth
to whomsoever drank of the waters.
This may be dismissed as mythical,
but fact it is that the diary of a
Portuguese who accompanied De
Soto's expedition, and signed him.
self ga Gentleman of Elvas,' con.
tains the following, which leaves
little doubt that De Soto found and
stopped for some time at the hot
springs.
"The governor rested a month in
the province of Cayas, in which time
the horses fattened and thrived more
than in other places, with the great
plenty of maize and the leaves there
OF, which, ! think, was the best that
has been seen, and they drank of a
lake of very hot water"
This was in the autumn of Is4I,
and, as there are no other hot springs
now known IN the territory covered
by De Soto, the conclusion must be
accepted that the Castilians camped
at the hot springs of Arkansas for a
very long period.
After De Soto, $50 years, party
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-01

Professor Robert A. Armstrong
was reinstated as member Of the
faculty of the West Virginia Univer-
sity last week by the board of
regents, and granted leave of
absence for one year. Prof. Arm
strong is regarded not only as one
of the best educators in the state,
but OF the country, and his services
as lecturer and conductor of
institutes are eagerly sought after by
the educational bodies of several
states. He will spend the larger
part of the coming summer in that
line of work in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. In the fall he
expects TO spend some time in
Harvard University, at Cambridge,
Mass, and then go abroad for seve-
raj months, visiting the universities
of the Continent, and will return
and take his chair at the West
Virginia University in September
1909.
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The Fairmont Index rises to
remark that If anybody thinks it
snap to be trained nurse, just
ask some of the skiIlful young ladies
at Cooks hospital whether the work
is such dead, easy snap. For
instance, Miss Reese, one of the
most skillful nurses on the staff.
was sent to a point thirteen miles
beyond Clarksburg, to nurse very
sick patient. The trail. leaving here
at 10 O'Clock that night did not
leave until IL, and it was after one
when she reached Clarksburg. A
driver met her at the depot with a
horse and buggy. Three miles out
the buggy broke down, and she was
compelled TO ride the other ten
miles horseback, with the gears on
and no saddle. 1t was raining hard.
too, and you can we'll imagine what
sort of feelings the young lady was
possessed of when she reached her
destination. But she pluckily pro-
ceeded on her way, and took charge
OF the case that night, without rest
or sleep. "Our young women are
not o1ly skillful, but brave and
fearless, faithful to duty and equal
to any emergency" remarked DIR.
Hal Hall in commenting upon the
above circumstance.
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apricot trees, two oak trees. three
peach trees, six fig trees, ten locust
trees, thirty assorted geraniums,
twelve lemon trees, 7 years old: one
eight years old lime tree, from which
he sold 100 dozen lines last year;
eight orange trees in bearing, four
bread fruit trees, FIVE pomegranste
trees, patch of bsmboos, three
Gala lilies, four prune trees, three
blue gum trees, six cypress trees,
four grape vines, one English ivy,
two honeysuckles, one seed bed,
one violet bed, one sage bed,
twelve tomato vines and thirteen
stands of bees.
After making comfortable living
for himself and wife off this single
acre Mr.. Cleek adds $500 a year TO
his bank account San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Elk Senator and Mrs. Henry G..
Davis will erect at Elkins hospitalto
cost $4,000 as memorial to their
son, Henry G.. Davis. Jr., who was
accidentally drowned several years
ago while on cruise around South
Africa. 1t will be known as the
Henry G. Davis, Jr., Memorial
Hospital, and will be erected on
Harrison avenue. Architect Cassell
of Baltimore, who is preparing the
plans, was at Elkins in consultation
with Mr.. and Mrs. Davis.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-01

An Irishman was going down the
street on St. Patrick's day, in the
morning, shouting vociferously /:
"Hurrah for ovid Ireland I"
An Englishman. came along meet
ing him and said in contempt /:
"Hurrah for hell |"
"Thats right" said Pat. "You
hurrah for your country and III
hurrah for mine."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-01

A short time ago girl horse
whipped dentist for making "goo-
goo" eyes at her. One of the local
editors in the town in writing up the
affair stated that the girls bosom
was filed with rage. The mis-
chievous printer put it ''fags. "
They say the editor is still camping
out on a hill north of town.
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Real estate has jumped to almost
fabulous prices at Weston, w. Va.
An offer of 10000 was made a
few days ago for the old Bailey
House property, which six years ago
was valued at sT4, 1000,
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You l1gy sasaAg
Lead a EsGsS756

to water but you can't
make him drink.
You can't make him eat
either. You can stuff food in-
to a thin mans stomach bur
that doesn't make him use it.
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him use it. Howl BY max
ing him hungry, OF course.
SCOTS Emulsion makes 4 thin
bodyhungryallover. Thought
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A thin body is asleep not
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1t doesn't try to use its food.
SCOTS Emulsion wakes it
up-puts it to work again
making new flesh, That's the
way to get fat.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 90 Poari S., n. ".
So and SLooi al druggisu.
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west and stops at all stations s
Ir,alns marked 8. stop regularly, and trains
stop. INV ''"'"' Wv NV
ID. II. MARTIN, Manager Passenger Traffic
A. j. BoNArIELD. A ct at Tunnelton
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CA IA RRH

The treatment of Catarrh with antiseptic and
astringent washes lotions, savcs. medcated tobacco
and cigarettes any external local application is
just as serseless would be kinding ere on top of
the pot to make it boil. True these give temporary
relief but the cavities and passages of the head aud the
bronchial tubes soon fill mp again with mucous
Taking cold IS the first step towards Catarh for il
checks Precipitation, and the poisonous acids and
vapors which should pass off through the skin are
thrown back upon the membrane or inner skin
producing inflammation and excessive flow of rn,,cus
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SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 4o9 Pearl 81, ~. Y
So aud ffoo, al dreggi.ts.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-11-07
SEEKING NEW LOCATIONS.

Newport has abundant opportuni- ties just at present of reaching out and acquiring manufacturing plants that are looking for new locations In a majority of cases, the promoters and owners of these enterprises are looking for cheap and sufficient raw material to allow a five years run.
 They do not ask bonus, but court eous treatment and a showing of what location here would offer in raw material and railroad facilities. The Business Mems League might do some effective work with the names given below, having been furnished us by one of our enterprising and public spirited real estate men, c. R. Hite.
 The following is a list of enterprises seeking new locations, referred to the bush ess men of Newport:
 Tha Davis Bentwood Co.,, Of New casths, Ind
 Th~ Sanitary Refrigerator Co.,, of Detr4it, Mich
 The Bettendorf Axle Co.,, of Daven- port, Iowa.
 The Tuttle Boat Co.,, of Canastoto. N. Y, D. M. Futile, Proprietor.
 The United States Refrigerator Co.,. Chicago, III.
 William Clark of Inksten, N. D. Location for a flour mill.
 Tho Dallas City Button Co.,, Dallas City Ill.
 Ths New Orleans Bagasse Paper Mfg Co.,, MT. Kennedy, manager, for paper and pulp mill to cost $150,000
 The Colonial Column Go, Detroit, Mich.
 F.F. Wilson, Flint, Mich, for new Paper mill
 The Jackson Handle & Wooden Go, of Chillicothe, Mo.
 The Whipple Casket Co. of North Adams, Mass.
 The Michigan Buggy Co. of Kalama- zoo, Mich.
 With the proper energy some of these GAN be located in Newport.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-11-07
VIOLET LUNCHEON.

The members of the Glover Club never fail to study pleasing and en- ioyable entertainments, but few meetings will excel that of Thursday afternoon in well contrived arrange ment, when Mrs. R. B. Hooker re- ceived at her home on Walnut Street.
 The interior was beautifully decor ated in roses and violets, the latter flower furnishing the color scheme, eE;dent in all the appointments of the affair.
 The refreshments were very dainty and much enjoyed, consisting of sand wiches, pickles and punch; coffee and cheese straWs.
 The hostess wore a huge boquet of sweet violets and upon the number of these tiny flowers as guessed by the individual rested the awarding ot prizes. By count there were 125 and this being the number guessed by Mesdames c. H. Wilmans and T. E AllSl' CAS COItSSU Wao SSoul0U uy lo' in favor of the latter, who received 2 pretty violet pin cushion. Mrs. 4. D. Bailey won the booby, violet sachet bag.
 Mrs. Hooker delighted all with he' charming hospitality and won new enconiums upon the happy way il which she receives.
 The club members present were Mesdames Wm. and A. D. Bailey, R M. Johnson, Narcie Minor and Gustav' Jones; the invited guests Mesdames J Brandenburg, Charles Wilmans, E. L Maris, T. E. Allen, Gus Graham, J VanDyke, Misses Lula Empie ant Maggie Burdick.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-11-07
HOUCK ROAD SOLD.

Cape Girardeau, Mo, Nov. 3.-The Frisco has purchased the St. Louis X Gulf railroad, and the formal transfer will be made this week. The sale was made several weeks ago, but the deal has been kept secret and the consid eration in the transaction can not be ascertained now. This will give the Frisco Memphis outlet for their new purchase, the Chicago x Eastern Hi nois railroad, which has it's terminus across the liver at Thebes.
 The St. Louis & Gulf was formerly known as the Houck system consist ing of 233 miles, in three divisions Cape Girardeau, Bennett and Bloom field, with thirty-six miles under con struction.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-11-07
THE WHITE RIVER LINE.
The Joplin News Herald says:

Much is being said concerning the movements of the Missouri Pacific road in regard to building the Arkan- sas line. The newspapers of south west Missouri are repeatedly printing paragraphs concerning surveying corps, and the visits of other officials supposed to have something to do with the building operations, 1t IS known that the high officials of the road are anxious to see complete the gap from northern Arkansas to south west Missouri. While Colonel Phelps and party are said to be visiting Au- rora and Stone county points in the interest of the road, 1t can be truth fully said that in all of the extensions of the Missouri Pacific system but few bonuses have been asked for. Hence it is right to presume that the route Of the so-called White river extension will be selected according tO the best report from the prottles. The News Herald is in position to state that at a recent conference of high officials, by which is meant President George j. Gould and General Manager Russell Harding, that it was agreed to run direct route from Buffalo City, ill Ma rion county, Ark, the present termi- nus of the grade, to a point in south west Missouri to connect with the Nils souri line to Kansas City. The News Herald can also state that contract IS practically let for thirty miles of grading from the end of the road re- gently constructed to Granby in a southeasteriy direction, toward the Arkansas line, and tflt the work vii! begin within the next ten days. It lH also known that the contract will soon be let for the construction Of cut off from a point south of Scotland, in Jas per county, direct into Joplin, or III other words, to connect with the main lne track near Villa Heights. This cutoff is to be eight miles in length. stead of trains running between
 Iansas and Joplin by way of Webb Jity they will come directly into the city over the cutoff"