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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

From an Old woDd-cut illustration n Richard
sons West Of the Mississippi: "A. Home
14x20 ginchee. not feet) showing that false
swearing ia acquiring government Land Il
no new art
through the foreclosure and transfer
0f tho property. The true working OF
the communication CLAUSE does not ap-
pear until after foreclosure upon the
maturity OF the loans.
One significant brought out by the
investigation ia that large portion
OF the commuters are women, who
never establish q permanent resi-
dence and who are employed tempo
rarity In the towns as school teach
ers or I'm domestic service, or who are
living with their parents. The great
majority of these commuters sell Inn
mediateiy upon receiving title, the
business being transacted through
some agent who represents his client
Fin all dealings and prepares all pa
Ders.
The Communication clause. IL 1t is to
retained to cover special cases,
Ylld be effective only after not less
an three years actnal-not con-
n Fructiye-living at home on the land.
Under present practice, the commuta-
tiOn period being fourteen months,
six months Of this time Is generally
taken to establish residence, so that
only eight months remain. This time
ID usually arranged to incksde tna
summer, so that the shack built need
not be habitable In severe winter
weather, and the residence on the
land may consist merely In sum
mer outing. Obviously it ID assem-
tial that residence should be far more
strictly defined. lit II probable that
lax Interpretation and enforcement
Of the provisions Of the law regard
Ing residence Ii responsible for more
fraud under the homestead act than
all other causes combined.
1t may be urged that the frauds
which have taken place under the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

Many people have found out the truth about old
fashioned coffee.
They have overcome disease caused by it,
The plan was easy and sure.
Quit Coffee and use Postum.
Proof with ones self is stronger than any theory.
The Postum army grows by hundreds of thousands
yearly.
The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now derid-
ing Postum through the papers.
Because their pocketbooks are hurt, they would
drive the people back to the old coffee slavery.
One coffee prevaricator says 1T (Postum) has
lately been exposed and found to contain an excess
of very ordinary coffee"
Another that 1T (Postum) is made from small
amount Of parched peas, beans, wheat, dried sweet
potatoes, and paste Of wheat middiings."
Here's to YOU oh faithful followers of the tribe Of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

seen In various degrees OF dilapida
ton, but they show no evidence OF
genuine occupation. They have
never been In any sense homes.
Investigations nave been carried on
where the commuted homesteads are
notable in number. The records Of
some Of the counties examined show
that 90 per cent of the COMMITTED
homesteads were transferred within
three months after acquisition OF IL
tie, and evidence was obtained to
show that two-thirds OF the commu-
tiers Immediately left the state. In
many instances foreigners, particu-
larly citizens of Canada, came into
this country, declared their intention
Of becoming citizens took up home
eteads, commuted, sold them and re-
turned to Their native land.
The reasons given for adhering to
the communication clause are diverse
and many Of them are cogent when
applied to individual cases. It is
said, for example, that the comma-
ter desires to raise money for use in
improving his place. This Is often
true, but ia the majority OF cases the
records show that the commuter im-
mediately leaves the vicinity. The
frequency Of loans is traceable in
many places directly 10 the activity
OF agents Of loan companies, who
are often United States commissions
ers also, eager first TO induce settle
ment and then to make these loans
on account OF the double commission
received. Later they secure the
business which accrues to them
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29
The Coffee Importers and Roasters are Attacking
POSTUM FOOD COFFEE
All Along the Line.
THERE'S A REASON"

process Each visitor sees Postum made Of different
parts Of the wheat berry treated BY different mechan
ieal methods and one part blended with small part
of pure New Orleans molasses. So he knows Postum
contains not one thing in the world but Wheat and
New Orleans molasses. 1t took more than year OF
experimenting to perfect the processes and learn how
to develop the diastase and properly treat the other
elements in the wheat to produce the coeeike flavor
that makes suspicious people wonder" But thee
never has been one grain Of old-fashioned or drug
coffee in Postum and never will be.
Another thing, we have on file in our general Offices
the original Of every testimonial letter we have
published. We submit that our attitude regarding
coffee isnow and always has been absolutely fair II
one wants stimulant and can digest coffee and il
does not set up any sort of physical almcnt drink IL
But if coffee overtaxes and wealens the heart land
it does with some).
Orif it sets up disease Of the stomach and bowels
land it does with some).
Or if it causes weak eyes (and it does with somel
Or If it causes nervous prostraton (and it does
with many.
Then good plain old-fashioned common sense might
(wthout asking permission Of coffee merchants) sug
gest to quit putting caffeine (te drug Of coec) into
highly organized human body, for health II really
wealth and the happiest sort Of wealth.
Then If ones own best interest urges him to study
into the reason and There's reason he win un-
earth great big facts that an Of the sopstrcs Of the
coffee importers and roasters cannot refute.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

operations OF the communication elause
are due largely to lax administration.
The fact III that tho presidents eNfab-
lished by decisions rendered on epe-
clnl cases have 30 far weakened tho
nnweTs ~ administration that aaai-
tional legislation IS necessary.
Desert Land Law.
ia she preceding report fhe opinion
wmS expressed that the desart.gand
law sAeuld for the present, at least.
be allowed 10 stand. with few
chAMwes ia faetnfi. II vas FpIsevell
tha& with the experience III the nast
for guidance, * would BID possible I'd
enforce this law so that fts essential
provisions should BE- complied with.
More careful ANALYSIS. however. ~
the operations oe this act and N the
practices which have grown 40 has
led vomr commission strongly TO the
conclusion that riffs law should be
modified IN essential particulars
Your Commission recommended
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

because Of the presence there Of
Clark Mills equestrian statue of
General Jackson, later called Lafa-
yetfe Square, because or the erection
there Of the great Lafayette statue,
and now very frequently called
ROchanbeau Park because of this
elegant example of art, The statue
was unveiled In 1902. 1t stands di-
recfIv in front or the White House.
The movement for the erection In
the National Capital OF q statue Of
Rochambeau was in recognition Of
tha close ties between France and the
Tinted Etafns. This sentiment
was particularly strong after the
close Of the Spanish-Amerfcan war
In view Of the services rendered In
the interest Of peace by Cambon the
French Ambassador. The govern.
ment Of France had also Just sent
over two superb Sevres vases az 4
gift 70 President Mckinley. Con.
gress appropriated $500 for the
BtAfue. Rochambeau commanded
| the French forces sent ID the ~
sfsfarcc of the vcrrg Republic CO xhf
United States and which c0-opeYatet
with the Continental army at York
town.
RociiaHbeHu sfaFus ~ excel
aent art The French Geid marshal n
The full unifeffn Of his rank stanaa
with one ARA oufsfretched evfdentfy
| pointing 10 the distant American col
ony which he II shout "a hStn.
At the base Il symbolic figure. n
= the figure Of a woman hurryIne
! forward with the flag Of France
horne ai0ff I'D the right hanA. he.
meath her feet IS the PROV Of Slsp
euggeesive ut the force which Fxaner
aas sent across the seas 10 aid 3he
republic of the United States Ii the
dAxs OF iis Infancy. Below are khe
arms o. France and the United
States linked together.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

that the supply is adequate for that
/ purpose. While this showing, on its
/ face. indicates a compliance with
law, the fact remains that the water
supply, If any at all, Is not sufficient
to permanently reclaim the land
The ownership OF stock in a pro
jeeted irrigation ditch which does
not exist In fact, or the ownership
Of a pump temporarily Installed, has
often been accepted, Ia connection
with such testimony, as proof of the
possession of water. Many alleged
irrigation bitches or reservoirs are
familiar to members Of the Commits
sion which are utterly inadequate To
irrigate square rod, and upon the
strength of such works patent has
frequently then issued to $40 acres Of
land.
n Frauds committed through eonyen-
stional forms Of perjury and through
lack Of proper veritication OF the
facts as to the reclamation Of the
land justify the taking Of immediate
and radical steps in the revision Of
the law. The law should absolutely
require an actual adequate water
supply, and the limits as to quantity
should be defined.
In short the law should render i'm
possible the continuance OF the
practices by which desert lands
without water, without cultivation,
and without crops are passed into
the possession of claimants.
Grabbing Lands.
The great bulk of the vacant pub
.
suitable for cultivation under the
present known conditions of agricul-
ture, and so located that they can
not be reclaimed by Irrigation. They
are, and probably always must be.
Of chief value for grazing. There are
1t is estimated, more than 100000
600 acres of public grazing land, an
area approximately equal to one-ffth
the extent of the United States
proper. The exact limits can not be
set, for with seasoned changes large
areas Of land which afford good
grazing one year are almost desert ia
another. There are also vast tracts
of wooded timbered land in which
grazing has much Importance, and
until further classification of the
public lands is made it will be inn
possible to give with exactness the
total acreage. The extent is SO vast
and the commercial interests in
volyed so great as to demand in the
highest degree the wise and conser-
yative handling of these vast re-
sources.
1t is a matter of the first import
ance to know whether these grazing
lands are being used in the best way
possible for the continued devel D.
ment of the country or whether
they are being abused under sys-
tenn which Is detrimental to such de-
velopment and by which the only |
present value of the land is being |
rapidly destroyed.
AT present the vacant public lands |
are theoretically open commons, free
TO all citizens but as matter OF fact |
q large proportion have been parceled
out by more or less definite compacts
or agreements among the various In
terests. These tacit agreements are
being violated. The
sheepmen and cattlement are in fire.
quent collision because of incursions /
upon each others Domain. Land /
which for years has been regarded as
exclusively cattle range may be In
fringed upon by large bands Of
sheep, forced by drought to migrate.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

entries now passing 10 Anal Yaroof
shows that IN the majority Of eases,
these lands are not actually utilized
but arc being held for speculative
purposes, owing ID several causes.
sn,cng which ere TIC laxifv IL sons
Of the state laws governing appro-
pFiation Of water for IRRIGATION pur
poses. ana the iIlsufFicIencv Of the
water supply, considerable fIifsIcuIty
has been encountered III administer.
Ing That provision Or the dpsprf.Iand
Iaws which requires claimant "a
have 4 permanent water right based
nu prior appropriation. Very often
the waters Of a stream are exhausted
BY other appropriations before fhp
tlnne when the claimant goes
through The form If posting notices.
recording his claim, ana complying
VITA ether essentials Of flie efafn Jaw.
Notw1thstandss$ sssss. he furnishes
the testimony ~ two Witnesses that
the water thus arsfuprsafed has
been used ~ Teelaiming hla Iznd, and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

There Is a group Of islands south or
New Zealand called the Seven Sisters,
said to be subject 20 d practically
constant rainfall The same condi-
ticns exist In Terra del Fuego except
that the rain often takes the form of
sleet or snow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29

IA darby was asked why he went
away, and gave the following lucid an
Hwers
@T didn't went. didn't want To
went, and &c | had wanted To went
couldn't have got to go no how"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29
ROCHAMBEAU STATUE.
a Heroic Bronze Figure OF Frances
Field Marshall Standing In Front
of White House.

One Of the very striking and majes-
tic bits Of bronze in Washington ig
the Rochambeau statue which stands
In what was called Jackson Square,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-29
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one IT h GU d IN IN a
claims allowed through us dur
ing the last six months. Dis
ability Age and In
CT o "a % ~ pensions obtained
in the shortest possible time.
Widows claims a specially.
Usually granted within 90
days If placed with us inamedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed by law and payable out Of
allowed pension. "A successful
experience of rs years and benefit
Of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are AZ your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
trates - e. = III mia Ti1y
benefited by sending s1@
claims.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19
FOREST FIRE STARTS
ON OLAA HOMESTEADS
Comr Pratt and Forester nosmer Nav Go
There Observation-Disclosures Forest Fire on
Oahu Breaks Out Afresh

"HILO, March 1S.-From Williams.
To Lands. Fire on Olaa homesteads. Am
going up with ranger. Any instruc-
tions?''
By the foregoing wireless telegram
received late yesterday afternoon j.
W. Pratt, Commissioner of Public
Lands, was apprised of the threatened
devastation of the far-famed tropical
forest through which the route to the
Volcano of Kilauea lies. The inform
ant is George H. Williams, sub-land
agent of the 1st and End districts.
eating the startling news to Governor
Mr.. Pratt lost no time in commune
Carter and Forester Hosmer. Unless
news arrives from Mr..
Williams before Tuesday, Messrs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19

Pratt and Hosmer viii probably leave
for the scene of fire in the Kinau on
Tuesday.
The forest fire at Wahiawa on this
island, threatening the Waialua water
shed growth, was still burning yester-
day afternoon. Previous advices to the
effect that it had been extinguished
were premature. A telephone message
from Wahiawa yesterday afternoon
was that the fire had broken out afresh.
At nightfaU the fire was visible from
Honolulu, confirming the word over the
wire In the forenoon. indeed. a col
umn of smoke could be seen arising
in that direction, though observers
thought it might be from cane trash
fire in the upper fields OF Oahu plan
alton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19
FATAL COAL MINE EXPLOSION.

WHEELING, West Virginia, March Io-In explosion
the Run coal mine, killed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19

class, and where the law is enforced
without fear or favor.
The Mormon plantation at Laie is
under the personal management of
Bishop Wooley, the head of the Nor
mon church in these islands, and is a
very profitable concern. Indeed, the
profits from the plantation at Laie, it
is understood. pay all the expenses of
running the straight out Mormon
church in these islands. and yield a
considerable profit over to be sent
home to President Smith for the ser
vice of the Saints in Utah.
AS to the alleged presence of one of
the wives of Smoot, if he has more
than one, at the plantation, there are
much more unlikely things than that
in this world. Laie would be an ideal
place to conceal anybody whom it
might be desired to keep out of the
way of the officers of the law for
time for any particular purpose.
Four miles beyond the end of the
Oahu railway. Laie is remote enough
to make an excellent hiding place, and
as it is managed by Mormons alto
gether, its mill run by Mormons and
its cane harvested by men under Nor
mon direction, strange woman might
be taken there and kept out of the
way of any chance visitor for as long
as it would be deSira BILE to keep her.
Who would question a-sOlitary woman,
coming to Honolulu under an assumed
name in the first or second cabin of a
steamer, or on a sailing vessel? She
could get ashore here. could be met
by a friend whom nobody On the water
front would know, and could be taken
to the Oahu railway station and put
on a train for Kahuku with not ques-
ton asked by anybody in town.
Or. she could be driven over the Pail
road and so down along the windward
side of the island to Laie, and still
nobody would pay the least attention.
What do the people who travel that
road or who ride on the Oahu railway
trains, for that matter. know of Reed
Smoot and his alleged wives beyond
what they read in the newspapers?
And the Federal officers of Utah, fail
ing to find the alleged polygamous
wife of Smoot would be no wiser than
the people who drive along the Pail
road or who ride in the Oahu railway
trains. For there are many ways out
Sound ports, when the powerful agen-
cy of the Mormon church and it's hier-
achy aids the fugitive.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19
HOW THE ORGANIC ACT
HAS BEEN AMENDED
Measure Affecting This Territory Was Rushed
Through Congress at the Last Moment
Before Adjournment.

(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., March s.
With the close of Congress hardly
twelve hours away and many matters
of legislation in confusion, it is diff
cult to write with any completeness
of the Hawaiian situation. A few mat
ters, however, have been cleared up.
The leprosy bill has passed both
houses of Congress, without any mate
rial debate, and has gone to the Presi-
dent There can be no doubt of its
reaching him in time for signature.
This action came as a distinct sur
ic denunciation of the bill to Delegate
Kalanianaole. But Col. pete" Hep
burn got the Speakers ear soon there
after and simply made him change his
mind. Both are very emphatic men,
likewise very determined men, and in
this case it turned out that Col. pete"
secured the best of the argument.
AS soon as that bill passed Delegate
Kalanianaole and Secretary Mcclellan
became busy, Fastening the bill to the
enrolling committees of Senate and
House and speeding it to secure the
necessary signatures of Speaker Can
non and President pro tempore Frye,
SO that it could pass on for the sigma
ture of the President before the life of
the Congress expires. They performed
a like office for the Delegates bill with
reference to the alteration of sections
Sc and so of the organic act. After
that bill passed the House Senator
Foraker took it up at the other end of
the Capitol and had it passed there
with an amendment regarding appeals
n certain cases. That bill has already
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19
WILL MOVE
ON HARDIN
Chinese Expect the Japanese to
Reach There on April
Tenth.
ASSOCIATED PRESS cABLEaRAMs.>


HARDIN, March 1o-The Chinese here
and that they Japanese
Harbin on April
RUSSIA TO CONTINUE THE WAR
ST. PETERSBURG 1o.-Messages here's
tanning the information Kurcpatn Lneovitch
changing indicate
cut
The the of
Manchua the will be continued for
nobizing army strength
ening the finances of the progressing
With the exception
KUROPATKIN EULOGIZED.'
PARIS, March Io.-The press eulogizes Kuropatkin.
NEW JAPANESE LOAN.
BERLIN, March 1eNegoatons for the Japanese loan
concluded.
RUSSIAN REAR GUARD FIGHTING.
HINKOW March Io-The Russian guard
ing heavy fighting of Telling.
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/ reached the President and his sigma
| ture to it will undoubtedly be an
nounced before noon tomorrow
The latter bill provides. as finally
enacted into law, That section fifty
six of an Act of the Congress of the
United States of America entitled "An
Act to provide government for the
Territory of Hawaii" approved April
thirtieth, nineteen hundred, be, and the
same is hereby, amended by the addi-
tion of the following: "and all officials
thereof shall be appointed or elected,
as the case may be, in such manner
as shall be provided by the governor
and Legislature of the Territory
Section 2. That section eighty of the
aforesaid Act is hereby amended by the
addition of the following: provided,
however, That nothing in this section
shall be construed to conflict with the
authority and powers conferred by sec
ton fifty-six of this Act as herein
amended"
Section 8. That section eighty-six of
the aforesaid Act be amended by add
ing the following at the end of said
section: Provided, That writs of er-
ror and appeals may also be- taken
from the supreme court of the Terri
tory of Hawaii to the Supreme Court of
the United States in all cases where
the amount involved, exclusive of costs,
exceeds the sum or value of five thou
sand dollars
Section 4. That this Act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
Sec'ry. Mcclellan said this afternoon
that he had called Col. Hepburn's at
tention to the Speakers refusal to all
low the leprosy bill to be brought up.
"Col. Hepburn" added Mr.. Mcclellan
Immediately went to the Speaker, ac-
companied by DR.. Wyman. of the
Marine Hospital service. They told
him of the Presidents anxiety regard
ing the bill and he yielded
Continued on Page q
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-19
COUNT CAHAVARRO AS
MINISTER PRO TEN

Count A. de Souza Canavarro, the
Portuguese Consul General here, may
go to Washington this summer to take
charge of the Portuguese legation. 1t
is the custom when the Portuguese
Minister leaves the capital for his sum-
mer vacation to appoint the oldest Con-
SUI General in point of service in the
United States. 10 temporarily fill his
place. Count Canavarro has been
eligible since annexation and is now
inclined to take the post. the more so
because his son. Georges, a student in
Cornell University, may be with him.