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MR. YOAKUM'S PLANS
Will Make Permanently vaIu-
able Large Texas Tract.
BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME
Region Capable Of Producing Immense
Crops.
THE LARGE RANCHES DOOMED
Land Becoming Too Costly to Be Used
for Pasturage-Great Underlying
Artesian Basin Tapped.
THE LARGE RANCHES DOOMED
By WILLIAM f. CURTIS.

By WILLIAM F. CURTIS
special Correspondence of The Star and Chicago
Record-Herald
LAREDO. Tex. March %, 1906
Everybody down here thinks that B. F.
Yoakum, the working head of the Rock
Island and Frisco railway systems. is a
wonder. He is Texas-born and Texas-bred,
and the people of the state regard him as
an empire builder about as the Macedoni-
ans esteemed Alexander the Great. Mr..
Yoakum is remarkable man. He was
born al Palestine. where his father was a
literary farmer and wrote a history of Tex
as which is considered a standard. The
son peddled fruit trees and was q book
agent and ran dairy and was engaged in
various other enterprises in his younger
days, and finally became a land boomer or
immigration agent for the Gould railway
lines In that capacity he attracted the at
tention of Mr. Hoxle, founder of the Mis-
souri, Pacific system. and was employed by
him as immigration agent In 1884 he be-
came associated with Urich Scott in the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass railroad and
built it from Waco to the gulf without any
money. 1t went through receivers hands
and reorganized with B. d. Robinson
as president, who made Yoakum his assist
ant, and thought so highly of him that, IN
1893, when he went to the Santa Fe he took
Yoakum with him and put him in charge
of The Texas division of that road gen.
eral manager In 1897 Mr.. Robinson, hav-
ing been elected president of the Frisco
SYSTEM took Yoakum with him there as
vice president and general manager. Two
years later Mr. Robinson died and Yoakum
succeeded him in the presidency.
At that time the system represented
l, l20 miles. 1t now has mileage of 600
miles Two years ago 1t was amalgamated
with the Rock Island. although operated
INDEPENDENTLY Yoakum Is the chairman OF
the executive committee, which has con-
troll of more than 1900 miles-the largest
system believe, that is or ever was under
a single management.
Roads Under Mr.. Yoakum's Control.
The following is a list OF the roads under
Mr. Yoakum's control and those In which
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MODEL OF COLDS AIRsHIP.

tanned, and a perfect balance is promised
for all times. 1t does not have to be
flop along like Siegfried's bird, but a
graceful and orderly ascent may be made
from the ground.
The inventor, Mr.. Gold. has for twenty
three years suffered from complete pa
ralysis of his lower limbs, and it is par
ticularly pathetic that he who has been so
long deprived of motion should be bending
his inventive energies to the most battling
problem of motion
Seated in his rolling chair. where all his
working hours are spent, he holds tenderly
in his large fingers. swollen by Illness,
beautiful little model of his invention. be
side il Is the one with which Santos Du-
mont circled Eiffel Tower three years ago.
Differences Noted.
See" said he, ''the difference. You no.
tice that In the model of Santos Dumont
the gas receptacle is separated by ropes
from the ship itself. This is one of the
mistakes he and all the rest have made.
Because, don't you see, there is so much
danger of the ship being torn from the re-
ceptacle Mine placed right below the re-
ceptacle is much more practicable. But one
of the great superiorities of my invention is
the fact that this gas receptacle, pointing
to the elongated pigskin-shaped holder of
the model is to be of aluminium.
Now, all other inventors have made this
of silk, which. while no lighter than this
denied in by the wind. Such DENTON would
result in the machines loss of speed. con-
Probability. direct sailing, and would. If the
wind was furious. cause a fatal explosion.
The wind would roll off this you see, like
water off a ducks back.
The rudder. usually exposed to the wind.
is in Mr.. Colds model protected by the
frontal piece, which cuts the wind.
Rapid Motion.
My propeller here in the back further
explains Mr.. Gold, makes 5000 revolutions
a minute and a speed of 100 miles an hour.
Then my amidship propeller. placed here
under the carriage in this vertical position.
enables me to ascend or descend at will
Both propellers are driven by gasoline
motor.
But one OF the features I have not men,
toned is that instead of Illuminating gas,
hitherto used by all aeronauts. 1 mean to
carry hydrogen gas-48, 600 feet of (which
has twice the lifting capacity of the other"
Mr.. Gold Is the inventor of bicycle con-
troller,' for which he got patent in 1897,
and of a flexible anchor chain the de-
sign of which was lost on the old Kear-
sarge. For this loss Mr.. Gold is now suing
the government for $23, 600.
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the chain to get where / was at first I
shall never forget the thunderstruck tone
IN which the sentinel reported my audac-
ity: ''Er hat sogar die Kettle uberschrlt-
tent Gle has actually stepped over the
chainD
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ON NEW POLICE COURT
RAPID PROGRESS MADE BY THE
CONTRACTOR.
Expected the Building Will Be Com
pleted by First of Next
November.

Two heavy iron beams set above the new
Police Court building have attracted the at
tention Of hundreds of pedestrians. Many
OF them make inquiries as to the reason for
these beams having been erected so high IN
the air. and want TO know II any more of
them are to be erected. For the informa-
ton OF inquirers the contractor says they
are merely supports for the roof. and that
no more Of them to be put up. Al
though the new building Is far from being
completed Il already presents a good outline
View OF what II is TO be- an Improvement
over the old building which stood upon the
corner OF 9Th and ID streets for so many
years. In front OF the building is the office
OF the contractor Mr.. /. Pavarini and huge
plies OF brick hide the lower portion of the
building from view.
On account Of the open weather during
the winter months the contractor was able
10 make greater progress upon the building
than he had anticipated. The work Of tear
Ing down the old structure was necessarily
slow. but when the excavations had been
made for the foundation and the mechanics
were able to start upon the work they lost
no time in pushing the work forward IN
order TO have IL finished 10y the beginning of
the coming calendar year. The workmen
are SO far ahead OF the schedule of the
contractor that the latter expects he will
DO able 10 turn over the building 10 the
District before the time stated in the con-
tract.
I'VE know that the court officials are
anxious TO get into the new building as
early "a possible said a representative of
the contractor 20 Star reporter yesterday
afternoon. and we hope To be able 10 turn
the structure over to them some time in
November"
By November /.
Unless something out of the ordinary
happens It IS thought the building viii be-
practically completed the 1st OF November.
There was a slight delay caused early IN
the winter by the inability Of the contractor
TO get certain material, but there is no
longer any prospect of further delay on
that account. About forty men have been
employed upon the building. but on account
or the progress OF the work ii is likely the
number VIII soon be decreased Some little
delay has been caused during recent days
because of the plumbers strike The fall
ure of the plumbers to keep their work up
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has put the carpenters behind to some ex-
tent, but the contractor hopes that this diff
hculty will soon be overcome and that the
work may be pushed forward to completion
without any further delay.
The judges and other officials OF the
court are, 1t is said, heartily tired of carry
ing on their work in the present cramped
quarters, and hope that weather and other
conditions will be such that the contractor
will be enabled to complete and turn over
the building before cold weather sets in
next winter 1t Is the intention of the
court officials to get their records stored
away in the freproof vaults and their work
ing material in place before opening for
business in the new building The archi-
tects made an effort to plan the structure
in order that the work Of trying the thou
sands of cases annually and dealing with
those who have business there may be
done with the least possible friction.
First-Class Work Specified
The specifications call for flrst-class work
in every part OF the building, and there
will be an effort made to have the latest
improved plumbing throughout the struct-
ure. in order that there may be no reason
for complaint about the sanitary conditions.
On account of the increased amount of
work It is thought that an additional janl-
tor may be appointed to assist the veteran
"Parson' Hughes. who has been the faith
ful janitor for more than twenty years
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The Big Texas Ranches.


States belongs to the Farwell family of
Chicago and their associates. 1t covers FIVE
counties in the Panhandle of Texas. John
V. Farwell, Charles B. Farwell Abner Tay-
lor and A. C. Babcock of Chicago built a
state capitol for Texas some years ago.
which cost them S., 900 600, and received as
payment 100000 acres of land, which is
now known as the X. l. L. ranch.
Col c. G. Slaughter owns the largest in
diyidual ranch north of the Rio Grande-
100000 acres on the Staked plains of west
ern Texas. There are however. several
much larger spots Of land belonging to
single owners on the southern side of that
river. Col. Slaughter is a son of a captain
In Gen. Sam Houston's army, and, In the
early '50s, drove ninety-two head of Louisi-
ana cattle across the state of Texas and
bought a ranch which spreads over 1,S75
square miles. Charles Goodnight has
ranch thirty miles square In the Panhandle.
Mrs. Adair owns one nearly as large In the
same neighborhood. The largest ranches in
southern Texas are the st. Gertrude, which
covers ], 250,o00 acres. and the La Para,
which has 100000 acres. They were taken
up about the same time, shortly after the
Mexican war, by Capt. Miffiin Kennedy, a
Mississippi steamboat man, and Richard
King, his pilot. who did good service during
that struggle. Both added to their holdings
afterward until they became the most Inn
portant landowners in the United States.
When Capt. King died few years ago he
left the property to his widow. and 1t has
since been managed by his son-in-law, Rob-
ert j. Kleberg, while Capt. Kennedys son,
John Kennedy. Is now the owner and man
ager of the La Para. He has 10000 pure
bred cattle fenced in with SEQ miles Of wire
fence and cared for by 800 Mexican ranch
eros. He usually ships about ten thousand
tat steers to market every season. Both
Mr.. kleberg and Mr. Kennedy, as I have
already said, are deeply interested with
Mr.. Yoakum in the agricultural develop
ment of this far-away corner of. Texas and
are associated with him In all his enter
prises down here.
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Immsnsely Fertile Lands.


Immensely Fertile Lands.
One popularity about FARMING down In
that part .of the country is that any kind Of
9. crop can be planted any month In the
year, for II will grow just as well in jan
uary as In June
/ saw the onion beds stretching mile after
mile along the International and Great
Northern railroad between San Antonio
an acre five years ago, and now sells for
$50 an acre It usually costs about 500
an acre, and seldom less than $40, to culti-
waite onions, with Mexican labor costing so
and 10 cents day. The seed Is planted in
September in beds. The plants are trans
planted in rows In December. and the on
ions are ripe and ready for market by the
LIST of April. The ordinary Yield is from
I2,00O to 20eo0 pounds of oiaions to the
acre. and the price the ground varies
from cents pound for the earliest onions
that ripen to 1 cent pound at the end of
the season.
Watermelons, cantafoupes, cabbages and
potatoes and other vegetables can be pro-
duced here quite early as in Cuba or
Bermuda, and the railway facilities for get
ting them to market promptly give the
Texas truck farmers great advantages.
Sugar cane produces with greater abund-
ance than anywhere else in the United
States, and the yield is equal to that Of the
best plantations in Cuba. In Louisiana It is
necessary to replant the cane every third
or fourth year. In the Rio Grande valley 1t
will grow for ten years without replanting.
and the rice crop is said 10 surpass any
that has ever been raised n louisiana or
in other parts of Texas.
The enormous profits that can be gained
from farming will probably break up the
The land Is becoming too valuable for pas
turaPe.
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to system yet. because farming In that
section Is only two years old. The first
harvest was In 1904, and the truckers ship
ped out several carloads Of beans, onions,
tomatoes and other garden sass
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
When Woman Isn't Young.

The report is that local religious
institution which is for young won.
en-" has drawn the deadline of youth
at 35. Every woman over that age
will be marked % and requested to
sklddoo. This is painful. 1t is unkind.
What Is worse. it is impracticable. We
are glad the task is to be performed
by women. No man nor set Of men
would ever have dared tackle such a
problem-not they. This is simply
another example OF woman's inhu.
manity to woman.
We have been told for many ages
that woman Is as old as she looks
and man is as old as he feels. Just
now, we say IL with regret, most won.
en- look like 60 and most men feel like
Methuselah. But the general rule
seems q good one. 1t is a plain, un.
palatable fact that women will deceive
as to their age as long as possible and
then openly lie about II. There are
many women who were born during
the ravages OF the civil war who still
claim sweetly to be in the thirties.
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MICHIGAN NEWS.
The Wreck Of the Mills.

che steamer Nelson Mills, coal
laden, was run down and cut in two
by the New York Central liner Mil
waukee, abreast of the st. Clair ship.
yards at IL o'clock Thursday morning
and two OF the crew of the Mills, Mrs.
Moore, wife of the engineer. and the
wheelsman, name unknown, were
drowned.
The accident occurred In the bend
OF the ST. Clair river opposite the
Great Lakes Engineering Co.'s ship
yards, at almost the same spot where
the Canadian steamer Erin was cut
In two by the big steamer John Cowie.
May 81, drowning five people.
The Milwaukee was down bound.
The collision cut the little steam
barge nearly in two and she sank at
once. The Milwaukee stood by and
rescued most of the crew OF the Mills.
Mrs. Moore and the wheelsman were
below and were caught in the wreck
age and carried down with the sinking
boat.
F. ID. Osborn Is captain OF the steam
er Milwaukee, The Milwaukee Is 325
feet in length, "A feet beam and 2S
feet deep, and of steel construction.
while the Mills was a little wooden
boat, 164 feet in length, 30 feet beam
and IL feet in depth. She was owned
by d. w. Mills, of Cleveland.
1t is said that the steering gear OF
the Mills broke and that she ran
across the bows of the big boat.
Parboiled in a pit of hot water. John
: Mielke, aged 40 years, who was en-
ployed at the plant of the Railway
Steel Spring Co., died at Harper hos
pital, Detroit, Friday. The pit is for
the reception of the boiling water
from the cylinders and is about 3x5
feet in size and 4 feet deep, but con-
tanned but three feet of water when
the dreadful accident took place, the
company's officials declare.
After walking about the engine
room and in other parts of the big
plant, Mielke's shoes we're greasy and.
of course, slippery. When he started
10 walk across the edge of the pit he
slipped and fell into the steaming wa
ter, and was almost entirely i'm
mersed.
! Mielke, as yard foreman, was super
Intending the laying of some iron
Plates over the top Of a pit.
He suffered intense pain and his
cries asking that he be killed could
he heard for blocks. He lived one
block from the plant and his wife
hearing the cries ran out to see what
| was the matter. She was net by a
workman who told her of the accident
to her husband and hurried over Ia
see him. He was suffering such pain
that he did not recognize her. Mrs
Mielke never left her husbands side
and when the ambulance arrived she
| begged TO be taken along with him
but was sent to the hospital by anoth
CT conveyance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
To Enforce Pure Food Law.

Washington.-As the result OF the
new pure food la which goes into
effect January next. the department
OF agriculture is making preparations
Tar tie increased labor and equipment
invoived in it's enforcement. The
working forces and the appliances OF
the laboratories at Philadelphia, Chi.
cago, Baltimore and Kew Orleans will
be largely increased, while a. TIE ports
of New York and Boston there will be
erected new laboratories in which to
conduct the necessary examinations
OF all food products coming into this
country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
ALLEGES CARRIERS ARE UNFAIR
Wichita (kan.) Company Appeals to
Interstate Commission.

Washington.-Thre petitions were
filed Thursday with the interstate
commerce commission by the John
son-Larimer Dry Goods company. of
Wichita. Kan, against the Mallory
line Of steamers sailing out Of New
York, the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe railway. the Wabash, and about 40
other lines, alleging unjust, unreason-
able and discriminatory rates on cot
ton fabrics and knit goods shipped to
Wichita, as against the rates accorded
various shipping centers in the west.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion made public an order calling
upon the railroads of the country for
information in regard to block signal
ing practice and electric signaling ap-
pliances. The information is asked
in order that the commission may
comply with Joint resolution passed
at the last session or congress.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
Died of His Injuries.

After lying unconscious four days al
Mercy hospital, Bay City, with a frac-
tured skull, the result of a street fight,
James Brown, 20 years old. died
Thursday afternoon. Brown, II is al.
legged, attacked Andrew Remember, %
years old, and was struck by the latter
in self-defense. Remember caught
Brown on the point of the jaw and his
head struck the curbing of the pave
ment as he fell.
Prosecuting Attorney Orr says he
will give Remember a square deal and
that he is satisfied Remember did not
intend to injure Brown as bad as the
case turned out. A charge of man
slaughter will be made so that full
investigation can be had. There is lit
tie question but what Remember will
be discharged.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
BANKER IN OLSOH'S CHARGE
sTENslAND TURNED OVER TO
CHICAGO STATES ATTORNEY.
President Takes Hand In Bringing Flu.
gitive TO Justice-May Return
on Refrlgerating Ship.

Chicago-Paul o. Stensland Is
absolutely In the custody Of Assist.
ant States Attorney Harry Olson at
Tangier, Morocco. This information
was obtained In a cablegram from Mr..
Olson, received Friday by Acting
States Attorney Barbour, as foi.
lows:
"Stensland turned over to me-"
The brevity of the dispatch leaves
much to conjecture, but, Mr.. Barbour
believes that Mr.. Olson has brushed
aside all difficulties and Is In a posi-
ton to start for home with his prison
er as soon as a ship Is available.
The action of the United States
representatives at Tangier In turning
Stensland over to Mr.. Olson is be-
lieved to be due to the cablegram sent
from the state department at Wash
ington. in accordance with the in
structions of President Roosevelt.
The president wired from Oyster
Bay that he desired the department
of state to go to any necessary ex.
tent in the effort to bring Stensland to
justice, adding:
He is one of the most obnoxious
types OF criminals. He robbed hun
dreds of very poor people. and is
said TO have caused several sui.
cides."
The present indications are that
Stensland will return to America on
the United States refrigerating ship
Glacier. unless some better method OF
transportation is found by Mr. Oh
son.
1t is undesirable TO take the pris
oner through any foreign country, for
fear of possible extradition entangle
ments. The ship Glacier, il it is avail
able, will solve the problem. for this
vessel is expected to sail direct for
the United States withoS stopping on
the way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
SENATOR DEPEW NEARLY WELL
Will Return to His Seat In Congress.
Early in December.

New York, Sept. S.-When congress
meets at the beginning Of next Decem-
Der Senator Chauncey M. Depew will
be found in his seat. This assurance
was made by . member of his fam
lily.
Senator Depew's recovery has been
slow, but the gains he has made have
been held" he said. AT no time with
in the last year has he been in such
good health and spirits, and the doc
tors assert that If the improvement
continues he will be equal to the
strain of another session OF con-
gress."
For several months Senator Depew
has been in retirement at his home
in Dubbs Ferry. The nature of his
malady has never been made known,
but was generally understood to have
been in the nature Of a nervous break
down.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
Dastardly Work.

John r. Bibles Ionia Wagon Works
was barely saved from destruction
Thursday night by the discovery of a
Waterman that some vandal, evident
ly bearing a grudge against Mr. Bible,
had turned the water off the big boiler
in the main engine room of the plant.
A few moments later there would have
been an explosion of sufficient force to
wreck the whole works.
Further investigation developed that
probably the same person had demol-
ished several hundred dollars worth
Of the plants latest improved machin-
cry with a siedge hammer. The sledge
was secured by breaking into the
blacksmith shop.
Mr.. Bible, who is former mayor of
Ionia and a well known Democratic
politician, attributes the deeds to some
one who has spite against him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
n attendance

n attendance. thought surely
would die. Ichanged medicine and be-
gan using Doan's Kidney Pills when
was still in bed. The relief | found
was so great that kept on until
pad taken about ten boxes. The kid
hey secretions became natural and
after years of misery | was cured
have increased in weight, and show
no symptoms of my former trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-13
Mother pecapitates Babes.

Columbus Grove, O.-Mrs. Henry
Knippen, wife of farmer living near
Cloverdale, Putnam county, decapitat-
ed her two children, boy aged three
and girl aged one and one-half years,
and then went to the home of a neigh
Dor and told what she had done and
asked them to go to the children. The
boys head was nearly cut OF, while
the girls head was found near the
body. A carving knife was used. The
woman was discharged recently from
the Toledo state hospital for insane.