The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-12-03

Soon TO Dc Settieu W c"ttSu ot1te'
supreme Court Some of the Point
os the Big controversy-The Terri.
tory Is Valued ut About $lo, ,ooo. .oot
-fhe Testimony Submitted Is Yer,
yoIuminous Both States Have Emf
pIoyed Eminent Counsel
The attorneys engaged in the cele-
brated Mississippi Louisiana State
boundmy dispute have completed the
breparation of their briefs and are in
Readiness to deliver arguments before
lbs United States Supreme Court set
buc forth the contentious OF tho two
kommonwealths.
Beyond any doubt, this will be the
|host notable controversy submitted to
khe Nations highest tribunal during the
bresent term, and the arguments will
attract widespread attention. The case
Involves disputed territory estimated to
NJ worth from $S,0o0,000 to $40, 900, 900,
No value being chiefly represented by
kome Of the worlds most valuable oyster
&ceis, to which both States claim title.
q The controversy is also Of exceptional
interest on account Of the fact that the
Iyster beds OF the Atlantic Coast, espe-
ially in the vicinity Of Chesapeake Bay,
he being rapidly depleted, and the
8 nited States is now looking to the
mississippi Sound for its principal sup
I'm Of the luscious bivalves. The oyster
|4ltput OF the Gulf Coast has shown an
crease during the past few years, due
the inability Of the Baltimore market
# Furnish its usual supply, and the
ayou Cook species is becoming almost
we'll known as the famous Blue Point
The Missssippi-Loui boundary
hpute has been in progress nearly three
pn, although it assumed a tangible
aape and reached the courts less than a
H ago. The case is one In which the
pIted States Supreme Court has origi-
jurisdiction, and the taking Of testi-
bny on behalf Of the two common
alths was before special commission
appointed by the Louisiana and
ssisslppi Supreme Courts.
Not oaly is the testimony to be sub
tied before the tribunal at Washing
very voluminous, but it is accompa-
d by hundreds Of maps of various
rs and sizes. many Of them dating
more than hundred years, and
supreme court justices win have
rly a carload OF stuff 10 examine be
they reach a decision and establish
title to the territory in dispute.
maps will be submitted in their
Binal form, a motion having been
pied by the supreme court setting
: the usual rule which requires
ted copies in reduced form to be
ie Of maps submitted as exhibited
ndence' This not ouly saves Loui-
"a several thousand dollars in print
fees, but enables the supreme
ges TO obtain nearer and more com
penSve view of the disputed terri
However, the maps will fill every
NaOle bit of wall space in the su-
Pc court consultation rooms at
Fnlngton, and the nations great
rs will not be able to consider many
cases while this case is under de-
|ation.
a commonwealths are represented
hlhent counsel, and, whichever way
controversy oyer the oyster reefs
claed, it will not be because of a
nght made by the losing State.
spense has been spared in this re-
and the arguments at Washing
y certain to be OF very entertain
pamre.
oeaalf Of Mississippi Attorney
la William Williams will be as
oy Hon. Hannis L. Taylor, for
United States Minister to Spain,
nOn' Monroe McClurg, former At
Fy'ueneral. both Of whom have
@e case careful study and re-
and are confident of victory.
aSlana is no less ably represented,
asy General Guion being assisted
: tacaarie and Hon. Dymond, Jr.,
susned members OF the New Or
! ~ The arguments will proba-
! 'asOne a week or more. Allott-
J. y ame has not been announced,
u 10 made known when the SUI
sOurt sets the case for argument,
expected to take place within
ea thirty days.
somewhat singular, to those un-
\. u wlth the case, why this con-
Wy uiu not sooner develop. Mis-
sss admitted into the Union in
|, va . louisiana several years prior
aa'e' Until few years ago
Y % these oyster reefs and fish
VaadS' which were pronounced SO
were never brought into ques-
X lgely due to the Importance
III INDUSTRY has lately assumed,
80 made in the laws of the two
sulatlng oyster fishing. Mis-
l0riustsnce, has prohibited the
'aq dreSges, while Louisiana
4 ase, any this was the initial
'pu'e ovei the territory, some
lslana drd age boats entering
S0aaidered Mississippi terri