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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
III arried

Last Sunday afternoon al
5 o'clock, Miss Lillian Morehead
and Mr.. George Claridy were
united IN marriage at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Morehead, on 9th,
Avenue South. Rev. L. M.
Broyles officiating.
The bride is one Of the city's
sweetest and amiable young
women, while Mr.. Claridy is a
promising figure in our business
circles, being in the employ of
E. p. Brownlee as book keeper.
THE COMMERCIAL wishes for the
young couple a life of unlimited
happiness.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
CARD PLAYING
And PRIZES
A Bill introduced Making it a
Crime For Ladies' to Play
For Trophy.

A Jackson special says: The
amendment offered in the House
yesterday by Mr.. Foster Of War
rem, to the chapter on criminal
procedure including "anY game
of cards where prize is offered
as award given to the successful
guest or player" has attracted
much attention.
The ladies card clubs of the
state will be up in the collar Of
Representative Foster after this.
Mr.. Foster comes from the good
old city of Vicksburg, whore it is
understood the ladies do not play
cards or other games Of change,
and, If true, of course he will not
suffer politically or otherwi Sc,
but it is safe to predict that he is
going to have the ear-burning
from now on until his bill is
changed, as he Is going to be
talked about more than any other
one in the state for awhile. The
House was discussing that chap
ter Of the Code bearing on Grim
inal procedure when this Foster
amendment was offered, and
while it may have been in the
shape of joke, Mr.. Foster will
never again see the joke side of
it. The House adopted q resolu-
tion on lobbyists since then, but
the ladies' OF the State Of Missi5s-
ippi are not going to 50 register,
and they would ike to see the
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
The BoH and Mother Nature

The best nurse for a boy is
Mother Earth, either dry or wet
The closer to her he sticks, the
better man heis likely to be in the
end-the truer, the more straight
forward, the healthier.
The separation from the soil
which the trend of modern civili-
zation seems to be making abso-
Lutte, especially in the case of the
city boy, and more and more so
in the case Of the country boy,
since he is being led TO look
toward the city and copy its ways,
this trend cannot be but harm
full for the youngsters, and there
is need for much insistance and
demonstration on this point.
The boy and Mother Nature,
it cannot be too often reiterated
are friends, and all he wants is
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
Bank Cashier Skjps The
Country.

A Jackson special says Ehe
whereabouts Of George Riohber-
ger, cashier Of the Bank Of Jones'
town, notice Of the failur Of
which was received at the state
AUDITORS office about ten days
ago, are still q mystery. LJ is
morally certain that he has 6ip-
ped the country and is now either
on Canadian or European soil
It's reported that he was seen I'm
New York a few days after the
banl, closed its doors, while still
another report located him at
Birmingham, but neither of these
have been positively confirmed.
The investigation made by Mr..
Al. Nachman, received shows
that Richberger made q very
complete job of wrecking the in
stitution, and the only consoIa-
ton thus far found is that il was
not large bank. The receiver
has notlcomp leted his investiga-
ton, but enough has been learn
ed to know that the depositors
will lose all of their money
amounting to about $4,000. The
heaviest loser is Jamestown
merchant named l.. T. Marcus,
who had about 1000 on deposit.
Richburger destroyed some of
the stock books of the bank, and
other valuable records. rendering
it absolutely impossible to ascer-
tain the exact financial status of
the bank.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13

an opportunity to associate with
her. Give him chance, let him
90 camping, live in the country,
if all the year around, SO much
the better, certainly in the SUM-
mer. Let him get to know the
world, animals. birds, trees, -
by growing up with it, and do
not cramp his physical, mental
and moral stature by substituting
for the living green earth and its
friendly creatures, dirty asphalt
streets and the dingy brick walls.
The boy should have the open
world as a birthright, and If our
presnt conditions of society rather
restrict this Inheritance, it should
be the aim OF those into whose
hands the management Of his
affairs are temporarily placed, to
see that he gets as much of it as
possible. Vivian Burnett in The
Craftsman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
THE COLUMBUS
P0STMASTERSHIP


All Of Columbus is on the cave
Of expectancy in regard to who
will serve the city as postmaster
for the next four years. Today
Postmaster Woods term expires,
and while he is a formidable and
popular applicant for re-appoint-
ment, it is by no means certain
that he will receive the plum.
Besides Mr.. Wood, Messrs Allen
Jordan and Charles Hale, two
prominent aspirants for the po-
sition, are each favorably men
toned as the probable winner.
Mr.. Wood will continue in the
capacity of postmaster until his
successor is named and qualified.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
Common Colds Are the Cause of Many
Serious Diseases.

Physicians who have gained nation
al reputation as analysts of the causeIof
various diseases, claim that if catching
cold could be avoided a long list of
dangerous ailments would never be
heard of. Every one knows that pneu-
monia and consumption originate from
a cold, and chronic catarrh, bronchitis,
and all throat and lung trouble are ag-
gravated and rendered more serious by
each fresh attack. Do not risk your
life or take chances when you have a
cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
will cure it before these diseases. de-.
velop. This remedy contains no OPIUM,
morphine or other harmful drug and
has thirty years of reputation back OF
it, gained by it's cures under e-ery con-
dition. For sale by Johnston &:.Caine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
JUDGE CAYCE
Appointed
As special Judge to Hold
PrentiSS County Court
HONOR WELL DESERVED
Judge Sykes Continued Illness Makes Z
Special Judge NGCtSsaD---TWO
Weeks Term.

Governor Vardaman on last
Monday appointed Judge New-
nan Cayce of this city as special
judge to hold the two weeks
term Of the Circuit court of Prem.
tiss county, which convened at
Bonneville, Miss, this week.
Judge Cayce left Monday night
for that place and will probably
be absent ten days or longer,
Judge Sykes continued illness
making him unable to sit at this
term. This is a just compliment
to an eminent man; one in every
way capable and fitted for the
honor preferred, and we are not
at all backward in asserting that
Judge CByce's dispensation of
justice in this instance will re-
tain for him the reputation he
has made in former positions of
trust, as the state has no better
or more enlightened apostle OF
the law than he.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
CHILD LABOR
LAW AMENDED
The Judiciary Committee Has
changed Age Limit.
FROM FOURTEENTH TEN
Years is the Age Set For Child Labor in
Factories of the State The Usual
Opposition Presents Itself.

At a meeting of the Judiciary
Committee held Saturday, the
child labor bill was up for con-
sideration. and it is understood
that it was decided to amend the
original draft so as to make the
age limit under which children
may be permitted to work in
factories from fourteen years to
ten.
Children over ten years of age,
and under twelve, may seek such
employment as this, but the limit
of days work is placed at six
hours, which is practically pro-
hibitive, as most factories would
hardly desire to employ children
for this short length of time per
day.
Considerable opposition has
been shown to the efforts of the
Legislature to make any laws of
this kind whatever, and during
the. past week large number Of
manufactures have been in the
city and appeared before the com
mittee to argae against she pro
posed legislation. Seyera} ladies
most Of them members Of one
or another Of the various wo-
mems beqovolent organizations.
have also appeared oefore the
committee and presented argu-
ments in favor OF the legislation,
asking that the limit be placed al
fourteen years. The committee
will make their report some time
during the coming week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
CLARK SAYS
HOLD COTTON
Declares BuIIiSh Elements Are
Making Efforts to Force
Holders to Sell.

President Walter Clark, Of the
Mississippi Cotton Association,
yesterday gave out to the press a
letter in reference to the bearish
tendency of the market at the
present time.
In the letter he states that a
desperate effort is being made to
bluff the holders of spot cotton
and force them to sell. The bear
element, he declares, have not
even confined themselves to the
facts, but have flooded the coun-
try with false statements.
He declares that the circular
letter recently sent out by Mr..
Price, in which it is claimed that
a cotton buyer at Clarksdale had
on hand twelve thousand bales of
cotton purchased from the State
of Mississippi which heswas will
ing to sell at any price, was not
true and entirely misleading.
Although the Mississippi divis-
ion had never advised holding
cotton for 10 cents, he is convinc-
ed that the statistical condition
of the market warrants such a
prlce, and a firm holding move
ment is the only thing necessary
to bring about sharp advance
In conclusion he makes a
strong plea to the farmers to
stand together in this movement,
and II this Is done nothing but
success. can crown their efforts.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13

courtof Warren county; affirmed
John Goolsby vs.. Matt Goolsby,
from the chaneery court Of La
fayette county affirmed.
York Shields VS.. State, from
the chancery court of Claiborne
county; reversed and remanded.
BY Harper.
John F. Hall Commission Com
pany vs.. r. L. Cook & Company,
from the chancery court of War
rem county; affirmed.
Kansas City, Memphis 6
Birmingham Railroad Company
VS.. j. w. Meard, from the chan
Gerry court of Monroe county !;
affirmed.
By Truly:
Remoneda Brothers VS.. w. j..
Loggins from the chancery court
of Leflore county; affirmed and
remanded.
Scott Williams VS.. State from
the chancery court Lof Grenada
county; affirmed.
E. G. Shines vs.. H. @, Hamil-
ton, from the chancery court of
Holmes county affirmed.
By Calhoon.
Kansas City Memphis and
Birmingham Railroad Company
VS.. D. O'Callighan, from the
chancery court, of De Soto
county; affirmed.
d. Winegarden vs. State, from
the chancery court of jackson
county; affirmed.
Warren Pryor vs.. State, from
the chancery court of Jackson
county; affirmed.
VIII Scott VS.. State, from the
chancery court of Warren county
affirmed.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
TOURISTS HURRYING SOUTH
indications Point to ReG0Yd-BraakiHg
Yaar Scr pacaaanar rraffin in rlig.a

Year Fer Passenger Traffic in Dixie.
Notwithstanding the mild win
ter in the north and west, pas
senger officials state that the
tourist travel for January this
year to Florida and Georgia
points has been much larger than
for the corresponding month OF
last year. In this estimate, ths
travel of those attending tho
mortor car races at Ormondis not
included, although the attend
ance at the races this year was
also reported as more than last.
Every day this travel Of the
millionaire immigrants to Dixie
is increasing, as is proved by the
heavily loaded through trains
from the north, which pass
through Atlanta. Hotel men
also report that more reservations
of rooms have been made for
this month and March than last
year, and sign points to record
breaking number of tourists in
the south for the season of 1905.
While the growth in the through
travel has been large, the growth
of local travel in the south has
been even greater. Passenger
officials say that never before
have there been so much visiting
and general travel in the south
by southerners as this year.-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13

color of the mans hair Ewho
would dare to demand THAT they
place themselves on record as
lobbyists If that is ever done
Mr.. Foster is going TO be the
baldheadest man in the House in
a mighty few days.
Mr.. Foster may have introduc-
ed this amendment as a joke,
but he will find out before it is
over with that the joke is on
the .sother fellow. It is stated
that he has threatened if the
House does not adopt his recon-
mendation to this committee and
turnsshim down, he will bring it
up again in the shape of an
amendment under the head Of
"Chimes and Misdemeanors." If
he does, he might just as well re-
tire to the shades Of private life
of his own accord, as he will be
retired anyhow.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
Lame Back

This ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism OF the muscles and may
be cured by applying Chamberlain's
Pain Balm two or three times day and
rubbing the parts vigorously at each
application. II this does not afford
relief, bind on piece OF flannel slightly
daInpened with Pain Balm, and quick
relief is almost sure to follow. Tor sac
by Johnston 6 Caine.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13

Just little Kodol after meals will
relieve that fullness, belching, gas on
stomach, and all other symptoms of in
digestion. Kodol digests what you eat,
and enables the stomach and digestive
organs to perform their functions natur-
ally. Sold by Chapman & Mayfield.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
DECISIONS OF
SUPREME COURT
Long List OF Cases Disposed
Of By That August Body
On Last Monday

The following decisions were
on Monday afternoon handed
down by the Supreme Court. In
place of Supreme Justice Whit
field, Hon. W. H. Harper of the
Jackson bar, presided.
BY Truly:
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pa
cific Railroad Company vs. Thoe.
B. Barmore, from the chancery
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
Choice Residence Lot

We have on the market for a
few days only one of the choicest
residence lots in the city. II you
are interested come and look at
it.
COLUMBUS REALTY Co.
10 South Fourth street
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13
WAIVED.

Every body to know that RE-
SUITS are obtained by Advera
tising in THE COMMERCIAL.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-02-13

Typewriters and Typewriter
Supplies.-at DIVELBISS'.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
WHAT CHRISTMAS IS FOR.
Mr.. Dooley" on "The Christmas
Spirit"

Chris mas comes but vans a yea
an they amt amy other time like it.
All tn rest iv tn year. fish days an
feast days. holy days an unholy DAYS.
all tn wurruld is in a clinch. 4 gram
ras>lin' match is woin' on in ivry cor
ner iv tn civylzed wurruld. We're
all in Il tangle. tiyhtin'. quarreliu'.
robbin'. plundrhin', or m%urdhrin'. ac-
cOrdin' to our tastes. thrust no man,
No, | won't &c that far. I'll say
prctind ivry man is honest. an be-
lieve none iv thin ar-re. In that way
| keep my friends an save me monev
Nobody thruSts me. Down tn stairs
through tn kitchen, an into tn par
lor we go over tn house. strikin' high
or low, no holds barred. no blows foul.
It's what Hogan calls tn STRUGGLE f'r
existence, an it'll always go on while
there's Il dollar in tn wurruld. a WON
an. or Il ribbon to wear in our coats.
We've f'gotten ivrything else but
pundin' tn man undher us. or kneein'
tn man on top iv u.s.. whin suddenly
We hear a voice: Gentlemen, "intle-
men,. not befure tn childher.' An we
get up an brush tn dust off our
clothes an shake hands, pretendin' it
was all fun. Tn kids have come in.
That's what Christmas is for, Hin
missy. But FIR that wan tw%inty-four
hours, whin there's a white flag up.
an tn worst inimy | have. or tn
worst frind cud come within stones
throw iv me without fear. we'd die IL
eNhau>tion." Mr.. Dooley in Ameri-
can Magazine.
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sugar g that in every test they have
made the highest yield of suyaro of any
bects raised in the United States. 90
ing as high as % per cent. when II
per cent. is considered a good aver
age, and yielding a tonnage far greater.
than that of Colorado or Utah.
When the great government canal
from st. Mary's river is completed, T
expect to see not less than four or five
sugar beet factories in this valley of
two hundred thousand acres. This
Will mean the cutting up of the land
into tracts of from 30 to 100 acres to
the family and will furnish homes and
"a livelihood to not less than fifty
thousand happy, cOntentcd people.
And with oven Il million acres of free
range on either side Of the valley, all
OF the beet pulp, besides thousands of
acres of alfalfa hay. will he used to
fattcn the cattle and sheep from this
the markets of the world. not with one
great rush. ~cOngeStiny markets and
railroads to o it before the biz
zard sweeps down from the north. but
distributed evenly through the entire
season. Instead of being looked upon
with suspicion by all buyers except
the feeders and Gamers. it will be
ready for the tooth of the epicure and
sought out by the best butchers and
importers of the country.
In the next twenty years, all of the
irrigated land in this great valley will
have IA value of not less than one
hundred dollars per acre.
THOS. Nj. EVERETT,
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other bitches have been constructed
from either the Milk river or it's trib-
utaries, until today there is a network
OF canals aggrc~ating morc than POO
miles in length and i~rriyatiny about
10000 acres of land.
The soil Of this great valley i, com
posed of alternate layers of wumbo
and sandy loan in VARYING thick
nrs>eS. extending to the depth of about
twenty feet. where a strata of quick
sand is encountered there being in
no place Il gravel sub,oil-and con-
tanning less alkali than any other por-
ton OF the state. This great depth of
soil, with its layer OF impcrvious
Gumho. reduces Sccpagc to Il minimum
and thus in>urcS bOuntiful crops of
hay and grain with one irrigation in
a season. This is not possible with Il
crave >ubSoil.
The Harlem canal is about eighteen
miles long. irriyatiny the valley on
the north side of Milk river for a dis
lance of about twelve miles. and COW
ering about 1900 acres, which yield
each season from twenty-five to thirty
five thousand tons of bluejoint hay
besides thousands of bushels of oats,
wheat and vegetables. This b~luejoint
hay alone, under this one canal. is
worth IN the cars at Harlem no less
than three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars annually. 1t is no uncommon
thing TO get as high as $780, O per acre
net from Il single crop.
But with all this showing the pos>i-
hilitieS of the valley have scarcely
been touched. Single individuals are
now trying to farm from 300 acres to
many thousands. and the result is poor
cultivation. poor irrigation. and in
most eases poor success.
While the change in the las, fifteen
years has been great. it is but Il feeble
effort when compared to the change
that will he brought about in the next
fifteen years. Alfalfa and sugar bee,s
are the great crops that will make this
valley the Egypt of America. With
its twenty feet of fertile soil almost
free from alkali. SO adapted to the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19

THE MILK RIVER It's .a trt~s"t s
3 Described 81
3 VALLEY IS GROWING u BY 8

-7BorT eighteen years ago there
was thrown open to settlement
that vast stretch of country reaching
from the Missouri and Marias rivers
on the south to the Canadian boun-
Diary on the north and from Dakota
to the main range Of the Rocky noun
tainS. east and west. with the Milk
river flowing most Of the way through
its center comprising the greatest
stretch of irriyablc land in one body
in Montana. In 1859. the town of Chi
nook was started. cattle and shccpmcn
began to settle up the Bear Paw noun
tains and u small portion of the val
ley.
In 1870. r. &. Burns started the first
irrigation canal out of Milk river.
and the good people of Chinook talked
OF mobblng him for the sacrilcye of
trying to supplement God Almighty
in the matter of furnishing moisture
for culture of the soil. They told
him that the rain should fall upon
the just and the un Illus, alike. but he
insisted that neither would have
enough and went ahead with the con-
struction of his ditch.
In 1859. crops without irrigation
were Il failure. In 1890 they were
again Il f%ailnrc, in 1891 the failure
was repeated, and the good people
who had not gone back to their wite'S
people in the east went in with Burns
to furnish water to the thirsty land.
This canal has since been extended
until at the present time it covers
about eleven or twelve thousand Acres
Of land in the vicinity Of Chinook.
In 1892 the Paradise ditch and the
Harlem ditch were started from Milk
river. and in a short time all were
turning the water from its useless
VOYAGE to the gulf. and making ii
convert the worthless waste of sage
brush and cactus into waving fields
of blueioint. alfalfa and grain. The
Fort Hclknap canal (thr successor of
Burns pruject) divert> about 1000 or
5000 inches of water: the Paradise
canal about 1000 inches, and the Har-
lem canal about 5000 inches. Many
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
Montana Has Prospered.

The total valuation of taxable wealth
in Montana e years = was $780,
697,sl7. while the valuation for 1906
was $2224, LIS, 26S. The gradual increase
is shown in this exhibit
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FERGUS COUNTY

Henry NJ. Rae
A. G.. Greene
B. Thompson
f. X. Cheadle
Edward Martin
f.. 4. Chandler
John B. Ritch
G. II. Meyersick
John Marshall
Roy E. Ayers
o. WasmansdOrt1
Lena e. Newell
Fred +. Attix
Julius Peterson
w. II. Neill
John Ross
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TETON COUNTY

William Cowgill....
Samuel L. Potter %.
t.. EricksOn...
Kenneth Mckenzie. F..
j. f.. Webb.
Sterling Mcdonald .
a. G. Warner ......
+. \. Savory......
Phil T. COle.........
John w. Shields -.
Nellie Il. Brown....
w. Power 49,.
George +. Miller =.
H. +. Hughes
Chas. H. PearsOn..
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CHOUTEAU COUNTY
ASSESSMENT, 1906

S7HE value oft taxable property in Chouteau county, according to returns
made to the assessor or the fiscal year 1906, a 81, TO-, 429-an amount
which mak it a county of the fourth class. The property upon which this
valuation is placed consists of the following:
neal estate anu HlDro'ehnehts 80" 2,9l2OS3
l-alHoau toPertH ........ ..... 4,o42, 40
lGonal property .... ....... -. ....... 3649,59l
Total $50. ST. 1O4.429
he Chouteau county Assessment list for the year 1906 shows the various
of property arev valued at the figures shown n this exhibit:
Real estate other than city or town lots-49l, IA acres. .......,. s 1.435Os3
improvements n same ..... . ........... ....... ........ 492,l35
' ale OF all improvements on lands the title to which is vested in
ahotherh mi the person 50 listing Observation-Disclosures. 3.1OO
~ OF Town 1ots.. 800. 27O99O
o'eh OF same. 49, SOIL
neSt q" ii"es'' 49,. ..."'.. 2sl62
"epno lines. -. -. 1883
gravel pes' slalloh grounds, oepots n roundhOuse. ..... 93Ss5
Iotal value OF real estate and Improvements $500. o9fo O3
Total value of all personal property. 361o 51
A"al. SOL 4
lotal value of railroad property fixed by State Board of EQUALIZATION 1912 75
Total value of all property sl l4, 49
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VALLEY COUNTY
j. l.. TruscOtt 49,.
Truman Nj. Patten..


John w. Tattan 80.
S. G. Small.
Lyman Barnes
G. Beede. .
w. B. Shoemaker !.
James Fox..........
John l.. Slattery....
w. Fl. Mann........
Faye Otis.
c. a. Tillotson....
Andrew Davidson :.
William McBride..
II. l.. COrnwell ....