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Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
SALTON SEA FIGHT
 IS PUSHING AHEAD
Engineers Gradually Gaining COntrOl---V Little
 Train Delay

It is neck and neck race between the Southern Pacific and the Salton sea, according to reports brought by passengers from the west.
 The engineering experts of the Southern Pacific are doing their ut. ! most to deal with the problem of the rising waters of the sea, but the hid. den source of the seas supply is seem. ingly inexhaustible and irresistible, and the strongest efforts of a large force of men are needed to keep pace with the waters advance.
 The train service from the west is not materially affected for the most part. An occasional train is late in to Fl Paso as the result of high water, but such instances are rare. The difference arises when there is a brisk breeze. When the water is calm. it does not rise to the level of the tracks, but a heavy wind whips the sea into great waves which dash over the track impeding progress un- til the wind subsidies.
 Efforts are being made by the Southern Pacific to secure control of the Colorado river at the point where tue OdlllOTuld DeNGlOpuSnL COIpduy , intake diverted the river into the Salton basin.
 A pile and rir-rap dam has been built across the main channel of the river to the head of the island where the river divides into two channels. The distance is 50 feet. Firse, a row of piles at regular intervals, was driv- en across this entire distance. This served merely to break the flow, but not to diminish it.
 Back of this row three rows of more closely set piles were driven and filled in with rip-rap to a height of ten feet. This was continued for one-third of the distance when a column of water began gradually to flow down the old and abandoned channel. Two-thirds of the distance has thus been closed and with every foot of progress the flow into the SaltOn basin has propor- tionately decreased.
 When the remaining 20 feet shall have been crossed in the same man her, it is believed that the river will be shut out entirely, and the necessa " permanent headgates can then be safely and securely constructed.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
AN ARIZONA FRIEND.
(Tucson Citizen.)

The people of Arizona will appre- ciate the good will and support of the Los Angeles Times. A couple of years ago that powerful and influential newspaper had some unpleasant things to say about Arizona, but in view of its present attitude of straight forward and intelligent friendship we can well afford te forget the unpleas- ant past. The Times is opposed to converting Arizona into a vassal province of New Mexico, and indicates that the time has arrived when Ari- zona is entitled to statehood, sepa- rate and alone. The support of the Los Angeles Times counts for much, and We have no doubt that the people of Arizona will be properly re- spoRsive.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
Boston. Dec. "A verdict of nt

Boston, Dec. "A verdict of not guilty was reported in the superior court today by the jury which last night deliberated on the case of Dr. Percy Mcleod, charged with being an accessory after the fact to an illegal operation, which resulted in the death of Susanna Gary, the victim of the dress suit case" tragedy. The pris- oner was discharged.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03

A South Side woman threw SIS, GOO into the stove to test her husbands affection and the resulting divorce suit shows that the test was effective,
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
WHILE SCHOOL IS CLOSED

If your child's eyes are defective, have them attended to- Consuita- ton and examination of school chIl. dren free during this week. Dr. Gas sady, Occulsit, over post office.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
NEW POSTMASTER.

Washington, D. C.. Dec. 2.-Chas. L. Wood of Tombstone appointed post master at Supai, vice A. W. F7orea, resigned.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03

Washington, Dec. M. Takahira, the Japanese minister. has temporar- fly turned over the affairs of his of fee to Mir Eki Hicki, the first secTe- tary of the legation, who will be in charge during the absence of the minister NJ Takahira, who has been on duty for several years, has ob- tained six months leave of absence and will go to Japan on a visit There is a strong belief that MT Takahira will soon be transferred to St. Peters burg or some other important Euro pean post, in recognition Of his sue cessful work in Washington. It is also believed possible that he may be- come the first ambassador of Japan to the United States.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
AGREEMENT, ACCORDING TO
 LETTERS FROM KOREA.

Cheefoo, Dec. 2.-Private letters from Korea tend to confirm recent re- ports from Pekin that the Korean em peror was practically forced at the point of the bayonet into the agree ment with the Japanese. The em- peror's seal was affixed to the docu- ments by others, resulting in a panic in the palace and the suicide of some of the officers.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
The Arrival of Santa Claus at Our Store
Holiday Goods

Which will attract and please all young and old We think have overlooked much in selections and feel confident that
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03
Our Stock of Holiday Goods
 and the Prices Offered Thereto

Will your approval and therefore early visit. Goods selected for future delivery will be pleased to store for you until desired
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-03

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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14
Official County Paper.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE MADE AT LAST

A Norwegian explorer has at last
achieved what daring men of almost
every civilized nation have been at
tempting for more than three centu-
rles. Capt. Roand Amundsen has COM
pleted the northwest passage without
change OF cars" or ships. The fact of
the existence OF a northwest passage
was discovered long ago. Earlier ex-
plOfers succeeded in traversing it,.
But to do this they had TO leave be-
hind the vessels on which they had
entered the Arctic ocean, walk some
distance over the ice, and get aboard
vessels which had come from the op-
posite direction. Capt. Amundsen has
won the distinction of being the first
man in the history of the world to
navigate the arctic region from Davis
strait to Bering strait in one and the
same vessel. He has realized ths
dream OF ages,
When Columbus sailed from Spain In
1892 1t was with the aim OF finding to-
ward the west shorter and safer
route to India than the one around the
Cape of Good Hope. He thought wher
he reached America that he had &C
complished mis- obi CT. Years passed
before it became known that what he
had found was not a new route TO The
east but new world. Efforts then be
gan to End northeast and northwes'
passages from Europe to Asia. Adol
Erik Nordenskjold, Russias, com
pleted the northwest passage ia 1879
The frst great advance in The ex
ploration of the northwest passage wa
made by John Davis, who discovered
the strait named after him in 1885
Henrik Hudson followed him In 1907
and In 1915 Bafin reached latitude I
degrees and As minutes, record tina
stood uneqaaled for 236 years
There was great revival of arsti
exploration In the early part OF tn
nineteenth century. Sir John Frank
lin was sent by the British govern
ment with two ships and l20 men es
pressly TO make the northwest passage
Nothing was heard OF the party fror
lS46 to 1854, when 1t was learne
that 1t had perished. Numerous e,
pediiions were sent cut for its relie
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

among them that of Robert Mcclure,
who passed through Bering strait in
1850 and went eastward as far as Mel
Vile island. Here it was necessary to
abandon the ship. In the spring oil
1856 4 Mcclure and his crew were met
and rescued by McCliDtock's party,
which had come up from the east, and
taken back to England. Mcclure was
thus the first to make the northwest
passage. For his achievement he was
knighted by the British government,
promoted to captaincy in the navy,
and highly honored by scientific
societies.
The early arctic explorations were
commercial In object. 1t long since
became certain that . northwestpass-
age would be useless for commercial
purposes, because it would be practi-
cally unnavigable. Explorations were
continued for reasons Of sentiment and
of science. Capt. Amundsen's voyage
is of great interest from the sentimental
and historical standpoints. lis re-
suits may also have scientific value.
1t is reported that Amundsen has
positively located the magnetic pole
on King Williams island, and his OBJ
may enable scientific nen
to clear up some obscure electric and
phenomena which long have
greatly puzzled them Chicago 1rib.
at1e.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

We do not observe that the fear OF
the rate legislation has any effect upon
dampening the ardor of the Milwaukee
directorate in wanting to build a
transc0ntinental liRe. The country
has been told over and over again by
great railroad magnates that to
clothe commission with power to fix
rat tes, or even maximum rates, would
strew the land with the wrecks of
railroads. We believe that this is a
favorite way of putting 1t by that
prince OF railroad managers, James j.
Hill of the Great Northern. But in
the face of almost certain rate legisla-
tion, the directors of the Milwaukee
company have authorized the exten-
sion OF their road from Evarts, S. D.,
to the P acitic coast, which will In
volve the expenditure of upwards ol
fifty million dollars This bugaboC
concerning the laying waste of rail-
lroad property IL the proposed rate
Legislation Is effected seems not tt
have "thrown the scare'' into the
country. - WatertosCn Pubic Opinion.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

THEY had a little monkey work in
the federal court in Omaha last wet k
which received swift and proper
punishment from the "big stick. "
Two cattle men with political pull
were convicted Of Illegally fencing
public lands for grazing purposes and
were fined $500 and Imprisonment Tor
s,1 hours each. United States Marshal
Matthews took these men to the
theater to serve out their six hour
sentences. Secretary Hitchcock let
Pres. Roosevelt know at once of this
horse play justice and Pres. Roosevelt
ordered The marshal to be summa-
rily removed from office,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

The Sioux Falls Argus. Leader has
just Installed a l6-page Potter press
and the first issue was 50 page num-
Der, the largest single newspaper ever
published in the state. Three ffths OF
This space was filled with advertising
the remainder being news dispatches,
editorial and specially prepared arti.
cles Of unusual interest. The history of
the paper and OF some political moves
In the state as given in these special
articles we're timely and valuable
The Argus. Leader is lastly the leading
daily OF the state, whether regarded
from the standpoint OF its circulation
editorial and mechanical equipment
or strength and quality of inhuen C !,
We look to see 1t make even greater
progress under the new management
now ia control.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

SPEAKER CANNON on Monday an
nounced the committees OF the house
for the presents session. Representa-
tives Martin and Burke are assigned
to the same committees they held last
year. Mr.. Burke is on the committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
and also on Indian Affairs. Mr.. Martin
is on PublicLands, Public Buildings
and Grounds and Expenditures in the
Department of Justice. These are re-
garded rs good committees, and lines
OF work in which our representatives
are specially interested or for which
they are specially qualified.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

The state board OF regents are hav-
ing all kinds of trouble these days.
Last week Pres. Chalmers of the
agricultural college, who year ago
was elected president of the state
university, resigned under pressure,
his unsRvory record In Wisconsin and
Ohio having been unearthed. Prof.
Akeley. who was appointed president
pro tenn at Vermillion, aow declines
to serve and the faculty unite In a
petition TO the board TO return Pres.
Droppers to the end of the school year.
As 1t was the unworthy aspirations OF
Pres. Chalmers last year that had to
do largely with the removal OF Pres.
Droppers and as the former pew seems
to have run his course Ia South Dakota
to its dismal end, the board could do
nothing better than TO grant this
petition II Pres. Droppers can be pre-
vail ed upon TO stay.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

The SiouxCity Tribune criticises Rep.
resentatiye Martins new dill for the
regulation of corporations and Joint
stock companies, by alleging that it
demands that the companies shall
prove their innocence and capability
before they are licensed. But that il
exactly what the state does In the case
OF medical students applying for
license to practice. Would the Tytb-
8ne be in favor of assuming that every
body is capable of practiclng medicine,
or shall we continue the present plan
OF obliging candidates to disprove
ignorance and unskilfulness before be
Ing allowed to pr ractice on the public:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14
BY THE "CAT" HOUSE ROUTE,

There rounded doa in the Jones'
Which tunefuly jinged with similar of "bones
And Farmer Jones that punk he owed
And so 1t went travelling a debtor tightening road.
1t visited the editor who sent it Gray,
Who owed bill to Jenkins, he paid the day.
Aud Jenkins bought goohes for keep dr
And the shoe paid gentle Frye
Now Frye, who needed -four, paid it o the
Which, wanting wheat for grinding, paid it
And thus 1t that Jones' dollar after debts
Went round the whole
But one day from eat house, Chicago Sea-
There came a whaln' booklet, %
1t had million pictures, it told million tales
Ana had for sale everything numegs
1t said the retail merchant rObber in disguise
And 1t proved that Ananas longer prince
And jones' he read that volume and reveled same
He sent the dollar 'skm milk" churn
He got 1t, aud he found it wasn't worth tnker's
The carpet for the parlor, "dt wool" suit
He found three hoddy and the good
Aud the swell Fall for
Wasbreathe the whisper gently-of vintage yeer year.
Aud so the good round d1tsr and others of the
Wenof the old hom circuit against the 'cat house
The butcher and the banker the collec
The and the miller and Others
No longer the doll4 its debremoviug way
1t had the eat house profits it had
-RdnsGs Cety Manufacturer and Merchant
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

]. d. WooDMAN, who was employed
in this Office as foreman for couple
of years and since in Hawarden, Iowa,
and Aberdeen, this state, has leased
the Hawarden Clipper Repss6lican OF
Postmaster Colby for the unexpired
term of the latter as postmaster. Bro.
Woodman was forman of the Clipper
Republican the first year after leaving
the COURIER, SO is well acquainted
with the work and outlook of the paper,
We wish him great success in his Aew
position as responsible manager and
factotum.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14
LAST week Wednesday

LAST week Wednesday Senator
Klttredge introduced In the senate a
bill for the relief Of Allen Amburn OF
Beresford, an old soldier of the civil
war. Senator Kittredge has splen-
did reputation for doing things and the
probability is that he will very soon OBJ.
tain the passage OF this bill which will
secure pension for this needy old
! veteran.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-14

CONGRESSMAN WALTER /. SMITH
has been petitioRed by l25 voters in
Defiance, Iowa, 10 use his influence TO
have congress prohibit honey bees
flying at large in eastern Iowa. There
are also statesmen over this side OF the
state who would be benefited by a
congressional act prohibiting bees from
buZzing In heir individual bonr cts.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-07
DREAMS MAY CAUSE DEATH
Terrible Nightmares Often End Fa-
tally-When Sufferer Does Not
Awake Result Is Death.

People have actually been killed
by dreams, asserts the Chicago
Tribune. Most persons have suf-
fered from those terrible night
mare visions in which the victim is
pursued by an assassin with up
raised knife, or is trembling Onthe
edge of a fearful preoipice, or is in
some other imminent danger of a
sudden and terrible death. These
dreams are common enough, and
nearly always the sufferer awakes,
thankful and happy at his escape.
But sometimes he doesn't awake.
Sometimes the knife falls or the
sleeper in his Authorizations
plunges downth precipice. These
are the dreams that kill.
In the cases where dreams kill
there is a sort Of combined action
between the dream and the dis
ease through which the death is
accomplished. In the first place,
the dream is usually the product
of the disease. A person may have
heart disease, which never asserts
itself or allows the victim in any
way to know of its presence until
the fact is disclosed in a frightful
dream. Moreover, terrifying
dreams are often the first evil
dence of heart disease. Then the
frequent recurrence of these
dreams. dealing repeated shocks
to the nervous system, aggravates
the disease until the heart is so
weak that one more shock is sufi-
cient to cause death.
If a person has had dreams it
does not necessarily follow, how.
ever, that he has heart disease.
Dreams indicating heart disease
are usually of a terrifying nature
and relate to death. On awaken
ing, the sufferer will notice a vic.
lent heart palpitation. Chronic
pericarditis is always preceded by
horrible dreams, such as that oil
being thrown into a lake of fire, OIL
being crushed in a railroad wreck
or burned by a volcanic eruption
The approach of insanity may
also be revealed by unpleasant
dreams, or insanity may be has
tened by such dreams. There are
many cases where a person has
been driven insane by a dream.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-07
STAMPS FOR DECORATING.
Different Ideas Matched Out from
This Fad Are Many-Monks
Construct Landscape.

Between nine and ten million
stamps are employed in the dec
Grafton of the walls of the refec-
tory of the Hospice of st. Jean de
Dieu, at Client.
For years the monks have util-
Med their leisure time in the for
nation of landscapes from bits of
stamps, and at a distance one
would never believe that only
stamps have been used in their
making, so rich are the ~colOrings
and so perfect the drawing.
The idea originated with one of
the brothe: S who made a small pic
ture of the patron saint of the hos.
pice on the walls of his cell.
Approaching the beauty of his
work, the prior suggested that he
devote his unique talent TO the dec
Grafton of the walls of the refec
tory, and with the assistance o.
others among the brotherhood
the monk has devoted years to tn,
work, which stands unique amonI
art productions.
Seen close at hand the work re
sembles mosaic, but from acrOs
the room the bits blend so well tC
gether as to suggest oils. 0nl
three sides of the room are We
completed and contributions 0
stamps are constantly being II
ceived from visitors who have see
the work and have become inteI
ested.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-07
THERE is HISTORY IN ART
Customs and Ideas of Aneiel4 Ma
tons Are Invariably Shown
in Their Buildings.

Almost as much can be learned
about ancient nations from look
ing at what they made or built as
by reading their writings and in
scriptiOns. For the kind of build
ings that any nation erected de-
pended on several different things
climate, geography, building
materials, religion and govern
ment, says Lucia Ames Mead, in
st. Nicholas.
People i'll snowy Scotland, for
instance, needed very different
buildings from those who lived in
sunny italy. Some other coun-
tries had forests and built many
wooden houses, others had great
quarries and so made use of mas
sive stone, and other countries
that had little stone or wood, but
had great beds of clay, like ancient
Syria, built their palaces and tenn
pies of burnt clay made into
bricks. People who lived among
the mountains or by the sea, as did
the people of Greece and Italy,
built differently from those who
lived on the ancient plains of Asia
OF Africa. Some nations had many
gods and built temples for the kind
of worship that their particular
religion required. Christian ma
tons layished their skill and mon
ey on grand cathedrals, converts
and cloisters.
In countries where the ruler
was a despOt, great palaces were
built by slaves, but where there
was no great monarch, as in an
cient Greece, there were no CRANE
private buildings, but the fines.
work was put into great publ,
buildings for the people.
Yet if all the books and records
n in the world we're burned W,
>. shouldstillbe able to trace the Gus
4 toms and ideas of ancient nation
by the structures and works of ar
they have left.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-07
Forecast from Shells.

The inhabitants of Southern
Chill are said to foretell the wealth
er by means of a strange barOme-
ter. 1t consists of the cast-oR
shell of a crab. The dead shell is
white in fair, dry weather; but, in
dicating the approach of moist at
mosphere by the appearance of
small red spots, as the moisture in
the air increases it becomes entire
ly red. and remains so throughou:
the rainy season.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-07
WHEN o NJ ARE FISHING
How Piscatorial Love of Fair Sex Is
Regulated by Absolutely I'm
founded Superstition.

That the modern woman Is ex-
ceedingly successful in the sport
of fishing there is small doubt. In
deed, her brother fishermen might
seriously dread her as a rival were
it not for the blighting effects of
her superstitiOns. They, it would
seem, take a hold upon her in this
sport far outreaching the power
they have had over men from time
immemorial 1t has been said
that fishermen were susceptible
to all sorts of spookery because
they lived habitually without con
ventional doctrine. Women, on
the contrary, are religious by tenn
permanent, and yet it fails to act
with them as a hindrance to the
connection of trivial details with
either success or failure in the kill
ing of fish,
To meet another woman on the
way to the boat or fishing grounds
is a certain sign of i'll luck, while
should the merest glimpse of the
black habit of the Roman church
be had one might as we'll turn
back and put by rod and tackle for
the day.
To slip or stumble on the way
is also indicative of misfortune,
but of a sort that may be over
come; to get ones lines accident
ally tangled, however, banishes
hope from the heart of a woman
fishing. To cut the finger while ar.
ranging the lines is a sign so indie
ative of poor luck thatitcannot be
overlooked. 1t is said also thar
women particularly dread to have
as their first catch a few star fish.
This is held to be belittling and a
sign that their luck will never pass
the mediocre.
A woman of great natural wit
and cleverness who las the love
of fishing strongly related recent
ly that she invariably turned bach
from pursuing a days sport il
early in the morning she accosteC
a horse, ass, or other ANNA
eating the leaves of a plant called
spleen-wort. They seek it, she ex
planned, only when overcome will
melancholy, a complaint which i
is reputed to assuage. No lucl
was in a day for her, she said
when the animals were sadly al
fected.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-07
Snakes as Pets.

Snakes in tropical countries are
often treated almost as domestic
animals The ship chambers of
Rio Janeiro, for example, keep q
boa among their bulky goods to
act as a rat catcher. These crea-
lures often become partially
tanned, and are then purchased by
menageries.