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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
The Greatest Slave Country.

China is tne great slave country
of the world. OF population4 Of
400 100000 there are slaves to he
number of 100000. Every family
of means keeps its girl slaves, and
mans position is usually gagged by
the number he keeps. At any age
from three to fifteen girls are sold,
seven or eight being the age at
which most change hands. The
girls are purchased to do house
work, it being cheaper to buy than
to hire. Slaves vary in price. Ten
dollars is about the average, but
much depends on the girls appears,
ance. A good looking girl will(
bring $40 or even $40.-Chicago
Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
BY SAMUEL E. MOFFETT

| executed the commission. and when
| reached the dam | found that about
sixty of the honest farmers in\ our
company had happened around with
their rifles, prepared to spend the
night. The giant powder got itself
inserted among the borldors of the
dam. and by morning there was lit
tie water in our ditch.
Later the riparian owners beat the
irrigators III the courts, and their sue
cess led to the passage Of law au-
thoriZing the formation of irrigation
districts and the condemnation of wa
ter rights. This law was worked very
imperfectly, as have similar statutes
in other States.
The fundamental defect of all neigh
borhood irrigation work has been the
small scale upon which it could be APP
piled. There are some substantial res
eryoirs in Southern California and
elsewhere, but the streams whose wa
tiers they impound are all insignifi-
cant. What is needed is 9 system that
can handle great river, with all the
lands dependent upon it, as a single
whole. Even such con- paratiyely
small Californian streams as the
Kings, the Kern, the San Joaquin. the
MERGED, the Stanislaus and the Sacra-
mento are too large to be adequately
managed by any weaker agency than
the State, and when it comes to the
exploitation of such rivers as the Mis-
souri,, the Arkansas, the Colorado and
the Rio Grande no power short of the
United States can cope with the sit
uation. Simply tapping these streams
by independent bitches means robbing
them in the dry seasons and allowing
the vast bulk Of their annual flow to
run to waste in times of flood. What
is needed is huge system of storage
reservoirs like the mighty work at
Assuan, By which the British are pre-
pairing to create new Egypt in the
desert.-New York World.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30

height little above a mans head.
When cooler it finds an exit through
ventilatOrs raised a foot above the
floor. Behind each pavilion, and con-
nected with it by the glass-covered
porch, is building of glazed brick,
containing the kitchen, bath and toilet
rooms, and in the basement the ma
chinery for heating the air, also the
blower, run by electricity, for forcing
it into the pavilions. In the auxiliary
building, as in the pavilion itself, all
the surfaces are as smooth and non
absorbent as possible.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30

IACES> HE originator of the idea of
u y the scientific treatment of
@ o consumption by sunlight,
u II y DR.. Biggs, the chief resi-
3g0QE dent physician of the Phil
adelphia Hospital, has in
duced the municipal authorities to erect
Six paviliOns, at cost of $4,000, for
the express purpose of giving the plan
thorough trial. The buildings are
now completed and will be furnished
and ready for occupation within few
days.
Each pavilion is separate in itself,
with walls and roof of glass, and only
sufficient metal work in it's construc-
ton to support the framework. The
floors are of cement, so as to be as
smooth and nonabsorbent as possible.
Each pavilion is twenty-seven feet
wide and thirty-six feet long. Running
around the building is siX-foot porch,
arranged in frames ten feet in height.
BY means of an automatic device one
side Of the building or all four sides
may be thrown open. The glass above
the doors is worked in the same way,
so that in warm weather each tier Of
glass frames may be opened, turning
the pavilion into little more than
shed with a glass roof. The inside
glass is ribbed sufficiently to make it
Opaque. The glass of the porches is
transparent.
The buildings are intended for use
both winter and summer. In the win
ter they will be heated by warmed air
forced in through metal conduits at
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
GREAT BRONZE STATUE OF BUDDHA,
Kamakura, Japan.
A FLoWEKING nYJTERY.

Central Asia now puts in a claim
for the most remarkable Of all the
dubious plants. 1t bears the imperial
title Of Monarch of the East" In
color and appearance the bulb resom-
bles large potato, and its extraor-
binary, property is that it flowers with
out the aid of earth, sand, stones,
water, or anything eise The dis
coverer of this phenomenon says:
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30

"The flower sheath sometimes reaches
length of nearly two feet, is of red
brown color tipped with red and yell
low, while the inner parts of the flower
that the bulb of this extraordinary
plant needs only to be placed in
saucer, without water, in warm
room, when, without showing either
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS. ~
Ooan's Kidney pills Brought strenE KIN
and Health 30 the sufferer, Making
Him feel Twenty-Five Years YoIy g,r

j. Ii. C9A0n.
farmer land lnm-
herman. of Dep
pc, \. c.. says:
IL suffered for
years with my
back. 1t was so
bad that / could
not walk any
dis [ Il n c e nor
ride in an easy
buggy. | do not
believe l could
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30

The Queen of Siam has a thimbie
valued at $4,000. 1t is of gold. orna.
mented with diamonds and rubies.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
MAKING A MORTAL ENEMY.

MAKING A MORTAL ENEMY.
Lawson-Wicks hates me.
Dawson-How does that happen!
Lawson-Oh. he started in to tell
me story the other day. and before
he had got off two sentences broke
in: "Oh, yes, heard that three years
ago out in Cincinnati. "-Somerville
Journal
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
WORRIES FAIR ST. LOUIS,

Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
II you are going to the Worlds Fair you
want the best route. The L. d n. is the
shortest, quickest and best line. Three
trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping
Cars and Dining Oars. Low Rate Tickets
sold daily. Get rates from your local agent
and ask for tickets via the L. q N.
All kinds of information furnished on ep-
pication to ]. G.. HOLLENBECK,
Dist. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
new empire FOR UNCLE SAM

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The Conquest of the Desert by
National Irrigation :: Why Pri-
vate Enterprise Will Not Dos:
troubles Of Little Irrigators
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30

FTER a quarter of a CEN
fury of agitation this coun-
try has been definitely
launched upon the reclaim
alton of the arid region bv
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-09-30
GLASS HOUSES
FOR CONSERVATIVES

HE originator of the idea of
the scientific treatment of
consumption by sunlight,
DR.. Biggs, the chief resi-
dent physician of the Phil
The river press., 1904-11-30
The Importance Of One Vote.

The famous Tom Corwin, United
States senator from and governor Of
Ohio, was fond Of telling the following
story:
I'm the spring of 1911, at the annual
election in Rhode Island, there was
a town precinct closely contested by
the federal and the republican the
peace and war; parties. A federal
farmer, hurrying down to vote just
before closing time, was stopped on
his way by finding one of his valuable
pigs fast between the planks of a
fence. He tried to pull the pig out
and failed. Then with some difficulty
he pried away one of the planks, re-
leased the pig, and started on run
for the voting place. Just as he got
within a hundred feet of it the town
clock struck six. The polls closed
without his vote. The result that a
war representative from that town was
elected by one vote.
"When the general assembly met a
few weeks afterward a war senator was
chosen by one majority on joint bal
lot. In 1912 the declaration of war
against England was carried in the
United States senate by one vote.
General Jackson was nominated as a
major general and confirmed by one
vote, January s, 1915. He command
ed the army at the battle of New Or
leans, won great victory, became a
popular military hero, was elected
and re elected president of the United
States, turned all the wings out of Of
fee, removed all the ueposits from the
national banks, vetoed the bill, and
played havoc generally, and all be-
cause that pig away up in Rhode Is
land got fast in a plank fence.''
The river press., 1904-11-30
Light Sentence For SVindlcr.

DES MONIES, Ia, Nov. 26.-Letson
Ballet, who pleaded guilty to charges
preferred by the government of using
the United States mails with intent to
promote a gigantic mining swindle,
was today sentenced to three months
in the county jail and to pay fine of
$500. During a former trial of the
case it developed that Ballet re-
ceived nearly quarter of million
dollars ia the sale of worthless White
Swan gold mining stock, the mine be-
ing located near Baker City, Ore.
He was tried and convicted, carried
the case to the superior court of ap.
peals and was granted new trial.
Upon promise of leniency he pleaded
guilty the second time and threw him
self upon the mercy of the court.
Ballet is said to have spent most OF
his money in fighting the case.
The river press., 1904-11-30
Shot At Judge On Bench.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S.-Rev.
Issac Selby of Australia shot at Su-
perior Judge Hebbard today while the
latter was on the bench. The bullet
came within an inch of the Judges g
head and lodged in the back of his
chair. The would be murderer was at
once removed from the court room to
the city prison and charged with at
tempt to commit murder. Selby was
recently sued for divorce by his wife.
He conducted his Owl. defense, but " as
unsuccessful, a G-crv,, against him be.
ing granted.
Judge H=ou4rd, Wuo issued the de.
cree, was trying Case today, when
Selby arose from a seat in the court
room and fired point blank at the
judge, who, hearing the bullet whistle
past his ear, rushed from the bench
and grappled with his assai!ant pre-
venting him from firing another shot
The river press., 1904-11-30
TO Dismantle Worlds Fair.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27.-Promptly at
midnight Dec. |, a force of Is men en-
ployed by the general service COM
pany of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition will shunt 200 freight cars load
ed with empty packing cases into the
several exhibit palaces and the work
Of dismantling the Worlds fair will
begin.
Piled at different parts of the expo
sition grounds are 1900 carloads Of
empty packing cases while outside the
grounds are others, aggeg ating 100
carloads more. This will be distribu
ted as rapidly as possible and the
packing of exhibits will be rushed.
At daylight on Dec. 2, another large
force OF men will begin to tear up the
tracks about the exposition grounds.
They will also tear up the switches in
the rear of the Stadium and lay tracks
connecting the line with each of the ex-
hibit buildings.
A bond has been filed with the Uni
ted States government, through the
treasury department, by the World 8
Fair Terminal Railway company,
making it common carrier which
will facilitate the removal of the ex.
hibits, as freight cars can be dis
patched direct from the exposition
grounds to their destinations.
The river press., 1904-11-30
Organizing salmon Trust.

PORTLAND, Nov. 27.-I, is stated
that plan has almost reached per-
fection to secure the properties Of the
Pacific American Fisheries company
and the Pacific Packing & Navigation
company. the :wo largest salmon
packing companies on this coast, with
entire salmon output of the Pacific
coast, including British Columbia
and Alaska. Eastern capitalists are
said TO be behind the project.
The river press., 1904-11-30
BEEF SEASON OF 1904.

In an exhaustive review Of the range
beef season in the Chicago market,
the Drovers journal gives a record
Of receipts, prices and other data that
will be of interest to Montana stock
men. 1t says the returns received by
shippers who expected high prices for
their product have been disappoiut.
ing, the average price of the season
being about the same as that of last
year.
According the official records of the
Chicago stocky ards, the receipts of
range cattle the past season were
larger than expected. Marketing for
the year thus far has totaled 267, 900,
and a conservative estimate on re-
ceipts for the few remaining days of
the season is put at 1900 head, max.
ing approximately 279,0OO for the
whole season, against 209, 800 in 1903,
800, 300 in 1902, lao, 800 in 1901, LAG, SOC
in 1900, and lS3, 700 in 1899
This years receipts, with the ex.
ception of arrivals two years ago
when the high prices then prevailing
stimulated shipping of practically al,
stock of marketable age, were the
largest since the banner year in the
history of the trade-that of 1895
when a total of 430, 800 was received
at Chicago. Since that year receipt:
have been on the decline, the mini
mum being reached in 1901, when onl,
14O, 500 arrived.
Ia comparing the prices ruling il
the range cattle market the past sea
son, the Drovers Journal says tn,
average was about $3.65, the same al
for 1908. This is decline of 81. 3,
The river press., 1904-11-30
COOPERATIVE coMpANY's TROUBLES
Sam ii. Wood, Its Former Manager, Sc
cures appointment OF a Receiver.

GREAT FALLS, Nov. 25.-J. w.
Speer, Of this city, has been appointed
| by the district court receiver OF the
entire business of the Montana Co.
| operative Ranch company, and today
takes possession of the assets of that
corporation. The application for a
receiver was made by Sam H. Wood,
former president and organizer OF the
company. In the application a num-
Der of sens ational alleg ations are
made.
Mr.. Wood asserts that the indebted
ness of the company is in the neigh
borhood of $50, 900, with assets in the
neighborhood of $4,000. He alleges
tn at on Oct. 3, 1908, there were about
80, 100 sheep in possession OF the com
pany, but that ii 900 were lost through
the severity of the winter, and that o..
600 were driven off the ranges by
stockholders: without warrant of law
during October and November of this
year, while 1000 were sold, leaving
5000 sheep in possession OF the com
pany. Except for the last two months
there has been practically no man
agement of the company's affairs, and
everything has gone to wreck and
ruin.
The company's correspondence was
a few days ago barred from the United
States mails, under fraud order of
the government, the understanding
being that it has been Of the get-rich-
quick order, and with the mails closed
there was nothing for the company to
do except to go into the hands Of a
receiver. The Montana Cooperative
Ranch company was organized about
five years ago by Sam H. Wood, and
has done business all over the United
States since that time, the money be-
ing received in small amounts from
investors in the east, and especially
in Maine, Mass achusetts and Penn
sylvania.
The officers of the company, by
agreeing to pay large interest on
small Investments, attracted more
than 100000 during the past year, it
is said, and it is probable that the
stockholders will not receive 10 cents
on the dollar, if they receive anything
at all. In local financial circles the
crash has been expected for year or
more, but to outside investors the
fraud order of the government came
as a surprise and the conditions shown
by the receivership proceedings have
developed sensation.
The river press., 1904-11-30
Marking Railroad Tics.
kalispell Bee.


The Great Northern expects in a
few years to have a complete record
of the year every tie on its line was
laid, and to be able to tell exactly
how long tie lasts. The new system
Of marking ties consists of driving a
spike, bearing the year the tie was
laid, near the north rail on the outer
edge OF the tic, SO that the inspector
can tell at glance when every tie
was put in place. Great Northern ties
have been branded, the date being
burned into the wood with a hot iron.
This, however, has not been entirely
satisfactory, as the brands have worn
away in few years. Tie new date.
headed spike is expected to overcome
that difficulty. The road will not only
so mark every tie laid, but has or.
dcred all ties laid in the last fou,
years to be so marked, which means a
considerable amount OF work for the
section crews. Ties are becoming a
greater item of expense to railro ads
each year and much investigation is
now going on as to how their cost car
be reduced.
The river press., 1904-11-30

Referring to the new methods under
which the range cattle industry will
be conducted, the Drover's Journal
says:
1.-THE whole business is undergoing
a change, and the better conditions
now ruling in the range country would
seem to be forerunners of what is to
come in later years. Improvement
is the order of the age, and the range
cattle growing industry Is receiving
full attention from the progressive
men now populating the range coun.
try. They realize that in a few more
years much of the lands formerly
given over to cattle grazing will be-
come irrigated farms, on which will
be grown various grains and other
feeds, and in years to come the long
horned, grass-fattened ranger pro.
misses to become as scarce as the old
Texas longhorn steers of few years
ago. Quality, not quantity, has Of
late years become the slogan of the
northwestern cattlemen, who have fol.
lowed in the footsteps of the south
western cattle growers
The river press., 1904-11-30
Livestock Exposition Is Open.

CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-The fifth annual
international livestock exposition
opened at the stocl1y ards here today
with thousands of cattle, sheep, swine,
goats and thoroughbred horses on en-
hibition. The show is the greatest
ever held in this country and the prize
list the largest on record
During the coming week the show
will be a magnet for not only the a.
tons foremost stockraisers, but the
leading livestock men of foreign lands.
Thousands of stockraisers from all
sections OF the country, from Canada,
from Mexico, from South America
and Europe are here. The governors
The river press., 1904-11-30
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1904.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE,.

The manner in which President
Roosevelt and his administration
were endorsed by American voters at
the recent election, suggests to the
Globe.Democrat comparison of this
years electoral vote with that result
ing from former campaigns. With
two eXceptiOns-and these were due to
most unusual conditions-the electoral
vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks is
the largest in American history.
In its review of the result, the Globe
Democrat says the official returns
from Maryland give seven of that
states electoral votes to Parker and
one to Roosevelt. The division of the
vote was due to the failure of many
of the voters to comply with the re-
quirements Of a complicated ballot
law. These failures, it is evident
from the detailed examin alton Of the
ballots, told heavily against the re-
publicans. Probably Senator Cor
man, the real author of the law,
pubIicans were in the predominance
in his state on a square vote, and he
wanted to Offset the difference by a
statute which would hit the republi
cans. The intentions of majority of
the voters, it is evident from the ex-
amin alton Of the returns. was to cast
their ballots for Roosevelt, and thus
give him the solid vote of the state.
Making the required deduction from
Maryland's split vote, Roosevelt's
total in the electoral college will be
336 and Parker's l4O. This will give
Roosevelt majority Of 1856, as COM
pared with 137 for Mckinley four
years ago, 95 for Mckinley in 1896,
l32 for Cleveland in 1892 and smaller
figures for all the other presidents
back to Grant, who carried the country
by 223 votes in 1872, the year of the
Greeley canvass. In that year the
democrats accepted candidate and a
platform put up by boiling element
of their enemies, and they did not sup.
port the ticket with any heartiness.
Reconstruction was still under way.
Many electoral votes, Il in all, were
excluded on account of irregularities
of one sort and another
Exclusive of Pierce's big majority
in 1852, over Scott, which was 2l2,
and Grants over Greeley, which was
223, Roosevelt 1876 lead is the long
est ever gained by any president in a
contested canvass. In the Pierce case
the opposition, the Whig party, was
demoralized by the drift of its south
ern and it's northern adherents over
to the democrats on account of the
slavery issue, and thus Scott carried
only four states. Roosevelt's margin
is broader than } Jackson's was in 1882
when he defeated Clay and his nation
al republican party. 1t is larger To az
Harrison's was in the "Tippec ano'
and Tyler, too,' canvass Of 1910
which was memorable for its one
sidedness. 1t beats Lincoln's ma jor
ity in 1864, when eleven states in tn
southern quarter We're engaged in re
bellion against the government, ant
thus excluded from the voting.
was great victory, and the presi
dent and the party ought to be prout
Of it, as they are.
The river press., 1904-11-30

Every child born into the world
with an inherited tendency to tor
turing, disfiguring humors of the
Skin and Scalp, becomes an object
of the most tender solicitude, not
only because of its suffering, but
because of the dreadful fear that
the disfiguration is to be lifelong
and mar its future happiness and
prosperity. Hence it becomes the
duty Of mothers of such afflicted
children to acquaint themselves
with the best, the purest, and most
effective treatment available, viz:
the CUTlCURA Treatment, con-
sisting of warm baths with CUTl-
CURA Soap, and gentle anointings
with CUTlCURA Ointment, the
great Skin Cure. Cures made in
childhood are speedy, permanent,
and economical.
Sold throughout the world. Cutcurs Soap Csc, Oint-
Pills PEI vial Of co., Depo.s: London, q Charter-
house So Paris, Rue de Ia Paix; Boston, l37 Columbus
a. Send io1 How to Cure DstSU1inE Humors"
The river press., 1904-11-30

Chinook Opinion: News has been
received OF the marriage, in Chicago,
OF Il. \. Lewis, one of the proprietors
OF the Havre Plaindealer, and Miss
Ada skelly of Laurium, Mich. The
bride is sister of Mrs. A. ]. Broad.
water OF Havre. Mr.. and Mrs, Lewis
Will be at home in Havre after Thurs
day.
The river press., 1904-11-30

from a numD.'r "s ,l.,riiraiSing states
have accepted invitations to be pres
ent, and dozen i Ia leading agri-
cultural cOllt..,- II !ie c.>uulry will be
strongly re:ire-s.u'eg a. The exposition
by large bodies II ,ludeuts as we'll as
professors.
The river press., 1904-11-30

from the banner year of 1902, while
standing 80 cents lower than 1901 and
20 cents under the average Of 1900.
Barring last year, the average price
was the lowest since 1894, though in
the sixteen years previous to that date
the average price was lower than this
year during nine different seasons.
Tops for the season sold in October
up to $3.50, showing an advance OF 60
cents compared with the high point in
1903, but $1.75 lower than the record
price of $74O in 1902. Barring the
record year and also 1899 and 1901,
when top was S5.7U and S5.15, respec-
lively, this years high mark stood
the best since 1884, when choice lots
reached $500, and showing an ad-
vance of $3.50 over the low year of
1879.
The low price season for range cat
tie was the year 1887, when the aver
age for the season was $3.O5. For
the past seven years, the average
price for grass western steers in the
Chicago market has been: