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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
500 REWARD

2 Will be given to any person who
5 can prove that the pianos now in
3 my store or any of the. 200 pianos
5 sold by me the last three years
< are or were second hand when |
5 sold them.
: Some of my honorable compel
2 itOrs in the piano business are
and have been telling the people
that all my pianos are second
{ hand. These honorable gentlemen I
misrepresent when they say this,
( as they know that pianos handled Z
by me are not only new but that :
they are among the very best !
manufactured and these very
same honorable men have done
their best to get these same
agencies away from me. l have {
just received fresh from the fac
5 tory lot of pianos and talking
( machines that were bought be-
fore / knew my store was sold.
These pianos and talking ma
chimes must be sold by March
( /, and / am now making prices
z that are lower than ever heard
( of before on first class pianos.
/ guarantee to save you 500 on
5 piano and give you as good a
piano as you can buy anywhere
) of anyone. All furniture, iron
Z beds, cook and heating stoves,
watches, jewelry and everything
Z in the store, both new and sec
5 Ond hand, must be sold by {
March / at the lowest prices ev-
) er sold in Rock Island.
j. p. AMENT, !
! 1922 Second Avenue. !
~>~o~,>~~<,-.-,s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
FOR RENT-RooMs.

FOR RENT-Four unfurnished rooms.
Apply at 1913 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-By middle of March. sew
en- or eight-room modern house, with
barn. Telephone 5j11.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

The c., M. & st. P. offers first class
train service to Chicago and Kansas
City, from the tri-cities, sleeping car
reservations made to any point desir-
ed. For further information phone any
of their offices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
Drunkenness

Physicians pronounce drunken.
ness disease of the nervous sys-
tenn. No Twill power" can heal
the stomach membranes which
have been burned and scared by
alcohol.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

Via the c., NJ. & st. p. railway
Dates of sale, Jan. and 16 and Feb. 6
and 20, 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
ELECTRoIYsIs.

HAIR AND MOLES
permanently removed with the cleo
trio needle without pain; treatment
given at the home, unless otherwise
desired. Address Miss A. NJ. Kilt
tredge. .929 Twenty-second street.
New phone 5791.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

ROCK ISLAND CHAPTER, NO. $50. O.
+. S.-Regular meeting second We'd
neSday of each month. Helena War
necke, W. NJ; Vashta Bollman, secre-
tary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
FLORISTS.

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HENRY AETHJE-Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
edsigns Of all kinds. City store. 1914
Second avenue. Telephone lilo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
FOR RENT-FARNI.

FOR RENT-A 40 acre farm. with good
improvements, four miles south of Mi
Ian. Inquire of William Maak, Thir-
tieth street and Twenty-second aV-
enue. South Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
RAILWAYS.

~~-~~~~~>~~~-~-~-~~7~|>
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC
Railway 49, Tickets may he purchased
at the city ticket Office, 1929 Second
avenue, or C, r. ] & i. depot, Fifth av-
enue. foot of Thirty-first street Phone
west 1898. west 1923. FRANK IL.
PLI-AfMER, G, i. a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

Special Homeseekers' Excursions to
the West and Southwest.
Via the c., NJ. e st. p. railway.
Dates of sale, Jan. and 16 and Feb. 6
and 20, 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

MURPHY &c WITTER-J. F. Murphy
and J.. F. Witter,. attorneys law;
General legal practice. Rooms and
16. Mitchell & Lynde building. Union
Electric phone 5601.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-At a great bargain. a per-
fectly new KimbaIl piano player. Ad-
dress at once TX. Y. H." care Argus.
FOR SALE-Safe, plate glass show case,
counter. coffee mill, Troumbler coun
ter scales Troumbler butter scales,
candy scales. 600-pound platform
scales. nearly new. two 60-gallon
Kerosene tanks. 6O-gaIlon gasoline
tank. and soft coal heater Apply 63l
Thirty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

One-Way Second Class CoIonist Rates
to the Nest and Southwest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
CARD OF THANKS.

BERT GOFF and family wish TO
express their gratitude to neighborS
and friends and Rebekah lodge. for
kindness and sympathy shown them
in their recent affliction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

& CONNELLY-Attorn
at-Iaw. y. A Larson, Swedish Ad-
vokat Office, over Champions book
store, 1919 Second avenue. Pensions
loans, patents, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

manifestation. III Brady street,
Davenport. Telephone. Central Union.
North 7i0. Fare, one way. between
Davenport and Clinton, 20 cents Round
trip. $1.2O. Five hundred mile book.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL-H
D. Mack, president; f L. Myers secre'
tary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
EDUCATIONAL.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE-Business de-
partment A thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
life. Terms reasonable. Apply at
AuguStana college.
VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
Conducted for girls by the Sisters OF
the Visitation. Rudimentary and
higher branches and all RoIite ac-
CompliShmentS taught. twentieth
street and Fifteenth avenue, Rock
Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

a. arrival d. departure: .. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

All the news all the time-THE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
wANTED-MALE HELP.

IWANTED-Bell boys at the Harper
L house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

FOR SALE = In South Heights new
addition, about forty very beautiful.
level lots. which will be sold for next
60 days at $275. and the corner lots
$500; on the following unheard of
terms: $25 down, no more payments
required for five years. only per
cent interest. Four houses in course
OF erection in this addition will be
sold on the following terms: 500
down, $15 per month including inter
est, until paid; or arrange for one of
these houses and will build to suit
you on same terms. Old phone. IL.
*. Walker.
THE two-Story brick store building,
situated at 1917 Second avenue, now
occupied by Dindinger. the printer.
This is a good investment.
FOR SALE-To close estate. the beau
tiful home No. 1872 Seventeenth street;
modern improvements: east front;
eight rooms; fine location; best of re-
pair. Call and examine.
FOUR acres. with house, situated on
corner Twelfth street and Cemetery
road. in South Rock Island; fine place
tor gardening, florist, or poultry rails
ing. The heirs are DESTROYS of sell
ing these properties soon as posi-
BILE. For further information. apply
to d. +. Krell, 513 Eleventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

EWERT & RICHTER-Express and
Storage company, having unequaled
facilities for moving, storing, packing
and shipping household goods, and
can quote reduced freight rates to
Pacific coast and other points Write
or call. Office and warehouse, 322-
326 East Fourth street, Davenport,
Iowa. Telephone SOS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

GEORGE n. SIDwELL & CO.-Com-
mission merchants. Grain, hay and
provisions. Members of the Chicago
board of trade and Chicago stock ex-
change. Established % years No.
SAP and 54S Rialto building Long dis
lance phone Harrison 1855.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
cRAIN AND pRoyrsIoNs.

n. T. TOHER & CO-Brokers, Daven-
port. Stocks, grains, provision, cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 100 Main street. Tel
ephone 407.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS - CT

EXECUTIVE POSITIONS - CLERICAL
We want men, immediately. to fill
hundreds of executive, clerical, tech
meal and salesman positions, paying
from $1,000 to $4,000 n year. If you
are Il high grade man. write for book
let and state the kind of position you
desire. Offices in II cities. Hapgoods
Gnc.) Brain Brokers. 1913 Hartford
building, Chicago. Technical posi-
tiOnS, salesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-A bead chatelaine bag contain
ing pair of rimlesS gold glasses be-
tween the Twin-City Rendering com
pany and Tenth street and Second
avenue. Reward will be paid for its
return to this Office.
LOST-On corner of Twentieth street
and Fourth avenue, or on Red line
bag containing Il considerable sum
of money. A liberal reward for the
return of same to the WeisZ Art
store Twentieth street and Fourth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.


FOR SALE-Or exchange. We have 100
acres IN southern oregon, acres
near Los Angeles, and two cottages
in Alameda, Cal, to exchange for
property in or near Rock island.
Write for particulars Edward Har-
ris & Co. 632 Market street. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
FOR SALE-Or exchange. Do you want
to buy sell or trade farm, city prop
erty or anything most anywhere? /
can match your proposition; list your
property / have some choice land
in Iowa. Minnesota, New Mexico and
Canada: also 500 improved farms. G.
u. Ellis. Station No. 3. Moline, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14

WANTED-A good printer: good wages
permanent position. Call new phone
S517, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
Es,lr LAuNDRIEs.

ROCK ISLAND STEAM LAUNDR y
Bakersfield & Sexton. proprietorS
Third avenue. Phone west 1923.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
EXPRESS. STORAGE. nus AND CAB.

ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY-120
West Seventeenth street. Old phone
1887; new phone 515S. New storage
building. Express, baggage, bus and
cab calls answered day or night
RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufacturer of awnings, tents,
wagon covers. etc. Tents for rent
B. Roessler e. CO., 209 Fifteenth
street, opposite the court house, Rock
ISl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Masonic.
TRIO LODGE, NO 81, A F. & A. M
"A Meets in stated communication
wv on the first Thursday of each
n * month. a. w. Gillespie, w. NJ
wv William b. Petit, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO 90 r. &
S. M-Meets in stated communica-
ton on the third Wednesday of each
month NJ NJ Briggs, 7. 1. NJ; l.. c.
Daugherty, secretary.
X. T.-MeetS in stated conclaVe on
the second Monday of each month.
II. \. ]. Mcdonald, E. c.; r. c. Willer-
ton, recorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-14
INSURANCE.

INSURANCE on dwellings, and house
hold furniture a specially. c. r.
Chamberlin.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07
''Chicken and CAVIAR

Ed. DeCamp of the Gaffney Ledger
has returned to his home in good
shape and we are pleased to know that
he enjoyed the outing The pity it
was we could not stay longer and take
in some other points while that far
away. In the following comment
from his paper as to the trip he fails
TO state that he also found "caviar' a
very excellent sandwich. We came
home without delay or accident. That
was fine train we came on from Bos-
ton to New York and makes only three
stops, though the Southern runs some
trains just as good. Here is what De-
Camp says:
President Aull was in a rush to get
to New York, so rather than wait or
lose one hour it was decided that we
take the fast train-known as tho
millionaire s train-for which we had
to pay two dollars extra. Ahl but
this is a train! No more tickets are
sold than are seats for passengers, so
no one has to stand up. We were
gliding along at sixty mile an hour
clip when the porter came in and in
puired, Sandwiches "What
kind9" asked Mr.. Aull. "Chicken
and Caviar" responded the porter.
"What the devil is Caviarq' we ask
ed. "Caviar is a kind of fish egg,
boss ~Well, III take Chicken. I
know what that .is,'' we replied,
while the president, putting on j..
Pierpont Morgan air, said: "Inl
take Caviar" You should have seen
the presidents s face when the Caviar
arrived. 1t was a piece of buttered
light bread with a sprinkling Of fly
specks, more than anything else. He
took bite, tasted it, waited a second
and then slowly but laboriously
mulched it. It was one of those dish
es that grow on a fellow and before
it had been finished he was eating it
with considerable relish.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07
Meteorological Record For July.

Temperature Mean maximum,
99.2; mean minimum, 6o.2; mean,
1912; maximum, 81; date 1st; min
mum, 64; date Goth. Greatest daily
range, 81.
Precipitation--Total, 5.37 inches.
Greatest in "a hours 1.60; date 18th.
Number Of days with .01 inch or more
precipitation, II; clear, l; fair, 10;
cloudy, II. Thunderstorms, dates of,
1, 4, II, 16, II, 20, Is, 20. Rainfall, 7
months 1905, 31.01 inches. Rainfall,
7 months 1905, 21.65 inches. Excess
Of 1905 over 1906, 9.36 inches.
W. G.. Peterson, C. O.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07
Are stolen melons like stolen kisses
the sweetest
Making Nut Crisp =
The Commoner.

Inc COmmOner.
Chop your nut meats, and for each
cupful Of these have one cupful of
granulated sugar; put the chopped
nuts where you can reach them from
the stove where you cook the sugar,
and have a buttered pan at hand. Put
the sugar in the skillet, and put moth
ing with it, save a spoon for stirring;
stir and watch closely until it is melt
ed into a palo yellow liquid, then in-
stantly pour i'll the nuts and take off
the stove, pouring at once into the
buttcred pan. Try n little at first, as
the whole process must be very rapid.
This makes a delicious confection, If
prepared right. A hodge-podge of
nuts and fruit is nice in this candy
S. NJ. -. .. .I=.t.. .:>.t...
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07
VIM. n. Graydon,
M. p. DcBruhl,
VIM. p. Greene,
j. M. NiclSles,
l.. w. Perrin.
THE ROAD IS GROWING.
Annual Report c., N. s. L. R. R.
Shows Increases of $9,735 in Net
Earnings and 1850 Tons
in Freight.
Abbeville, July 4.

Increases in tonnage and net earn
ln@S that are very gratifying to the
Stockholders were made during the
past year by the Columbia. Newberry
and Laurens railroad, according to
the annual report Of the auditor, Mr..
II. Fl. Gibbes. which was filed with the
railroad commission.
For several years Mr.. Gibbes has
been annually the first of the railroad
auditors to file his report. He is a
man Of the minute and this prompt
ness is characteristic of his mcthodi-
cal and systematic methods.
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1906, the report shows an increase
over the preceding year Of 1850 tons
III freight tonnage and &9,735.G0 in
net earnings. The tonnage for 1906
was 170,7l7 tons; that for the past
year, 17S.717 tons. The report, ite-
mized, is as follows, the figures for
the preceding year being given below,
for the purpose of comparison.
1906
Gross earnings from opera
ton :. :. -. E. =. $3.50, ,12O.O7
Operating expenses E. =. 228,829,30
Income fr~m operation 6O,290.77
Taxes +. E. .. :. .. S,542.00
Income less expenses and
taxes =. 8. =. .. :. 51,64s.77
Interest on funded debt
and current liabilities E. 2S,3s5.O5
Net income E. =. .... :. 23,363.52
1905.
Gross earnings from opera
ton :. :. :. .$232,91417
Operating expenses :. :. 1S4.24749
Income FROM operation :. 4S66G6S
Taxes :. :. :. .... :. 6.G59.23
Income less expenses and
taxes :. +. 3. :. =. 42,OO7.45
| Interest on funded debt
and current liabilities 2S,3SU.00
Net income 3. E. 3. -. =. 13,G27.45
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07

paign day was the shooting contest
between Whitmire and Rutherford
sun clubs. Of course Whitmire car
ried off all the honors.
1t was presumption in Rutherford
to tackle the crack shots of Whit
mire.
Shooting 80 singles and 20 doubles
the score was as follows:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07

IT the people of the country as we'll
as the town would get together often
er in these social gatherings there
Would be better feeling among us all
ahd life would be made smoother and
pleosanter This editor never enjoyed
d day more anywhere.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07
Pointed Paragraphs.

Self-intercst has shattered many
man s lofty ideals.
Perhaps You may have noticed that
when people promise you big things
'hcy always qualify them with big
cor of"
IT'S pretty hard to be dishonest and
good natured at the same time.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07
FRASER LYON KNOWS THE LAW
So Says the Attorneys Best Qualified
to Judge-Endorsed by them for
the Office Of Attorney General.

The following letter, received by
the News and Courier, was accom-
panied by the statement, made by an
attorney of high standing, tha: it con-
tanned the signatures of every lawyer
at the Abbcville Bar, with one execp-
tion:
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: In the issue of the Column
bia Record, of July 30, the following
statement appears in regard to the
Hon. j. Fraser Lyon, who is candi-
date for the Office of attorney general:
eff there are any lawyers who contem-
plate votin" for Lyon we ask them if
they have ever thought Of the fact
that this candidate has never had any
experience whatever in practice before
the Supreme Court-or any other as
far as we are informed.'
The above statement is without
foundation. Mr.. Lyon has been en-
gagged in the practice Of law at this
Bar for more than seven years and has
good practice. A number of his cases
have been before the Supreme Court
on appeal, and both in the Supreme
Court and Circuit Court he has man.
a"el his eases with ability, and as
successfully rs any member of this
Bar. Mr.. Lyon is Il gentleman of high
character and education. and we tako
pleasure in cndorsin" him for the of
fee which he seeks. We are satisfied
that if he is elected he will discharge
the duties of the office with credit to
himself and full satisfaction TO the
public.
VIM. n. Graydon,
non.,,l>l
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-07

"That shoe fits like a rlovc,' said
the fresh salcman. "Thcn I'll trouble
You to show me something's elsc.' re-
piled the mattcr-of- fact female. "I
want shoes that fit like shoes, as
expect to wear them on my feet. -
Chicago News. -. Z.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-06-08
Gets Good Bounty.

County Assessor Perfecto Jaramilo, on
Tuesday presented thirteen wolf hides at
the Probate Clerks office laiming bounty
of twenty dollars each en- the same. On
looking up the law in the matter it appear
ed that the Session Laws of 1905, in En-
gish provided bounty of twenty dollars,
while the same law in Spanish provided
bounty of ten dollars. The translation
was evidently an error, and the commits
oners allowed the bill as presented. Mr..
JaramIIo caught the wolves in cave.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-06-08
SHALL WE HAVE
ARTESIAN WATER?
Up to Us to Say Whether Shall Make the Attempt or
Not. What do You Say?

The call IN last weeks News for
the meeting of those interested in
he Artesan Well proposition
brought out good sized crowd and
he proposition of w. H. Shaffer to
drill a well was heard. Mr.. Shaffer
)ffered that if the citizens here
would pay for bringing his outfit in
md furnish the coal, he would sink
he well to a depth of one thousand
feet for one dollar and a half per
foot.
1t was estimated that the total
cost of we'll of thousand teet
would be in the neighborhood Of
three thousand dollars. A new SUBJ
,cription was started and five Volun-
teers' started out on Tuesday morn
ing to see every citizen Of the val
ley and securea subscription from
each if possible.
The matter of an artesian we'll
has long been talked Of and it is
now nighttime that something be
lone. Most OF our people came here
with the belief that there is artesian
water in the valley and nothing
short of such a test will decide the
question. Why should this not be
done at once and settle the matter
once for al? With a flowing well
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-06-08
New Banking Firm.


We are in receipt ofan invitation to a
reception to be given by, the United
Sites Bank & Trust Company, in their
newofices in Santa Fe, on June II, 1906
The new firm is starting under auspcious
circumstances and will no doubt succeed.
G. H, InGraham, cashier of the new bank,
spent few days in our town recently and
talked very favorabIy of opening branch
bank here. We believe the same would
meet with success almost Immediately,
and would be a great convenience for the
people of Estancia and vicinity.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-06-08
Report Splendid Tlne.

Aoain i +ba M,,,z,,.. ,i..:. .,;..
''e ''''s'' / TIC '''''''''''~' " - '''o' larger
th2a 'naF OF I2Sf year and the interest in
things historical in tie county is growing.
A large number Of rigs we'll loaded left
Estancia on Friday for the moun.ains,con
tanning not only E>aoci1ns, bat q dozen
or more from Santa Fe.
On Friday evening exercises were held
under the old trees during which time sev.
eral interesting addresses were male hy
different members Of the party. wilbur
A. DunIavv Of Torrance sang "In the
Shade of the OH App}s Tree" in his in
imitable manner. A bonfire at night was
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-06-08
Will Build Warehouse,

L. A. Bond h IS purchased the corner lot
opposite the Valley Hotel, and Will build a
warehouse On the same as soon as pos, l.
bic. The building will be Of adobe with
rock foundation, 3oX6o feet IN size, one
story high. Ii will have good glass front
On Fifth street, and the front part OF the
building will be used for Furniture and
Hardware storeroom. The rock for the
foundation are already on the ground.
This will be valuable addition to the
buildings Of the town,
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-06-08
MANY FILINGS
IN TORRANCE co.
Land Office Business More During May than
Any Previous Month.

The month of May has broken the
high records of all previous months in the
land office business in Torrance County.
Since the beginning of the year, the in
fux of settlers has been little less than
marvellous, and each month the number
was more than the previous. Nay has
been no exception in this way, having to
its record I56 homestead entries,sa i IS
desert land entries for Torrance county
alone. This takes 2S,I4o acres from the
public domain in this county.
Since the first of the year there has
been 486 entries in Torrance county, COM
prising 8o,o4o acres. This is certainly a
rushing business for the youngest county
in the territory.
1t would appear that all the best land
has already been taken, but such is not
the fact The fact that several townships
have not been surveyed an1 thus not open
to filing, has retarded the settlement and
taking of these lands. NatIra!lv The best
land in the township, open for fling, and
practically all the land near thetaiIrondand
towns, has been taken. but there is yrl