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The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05
LEASING PUBLIC LANDS.
DANGER TO THE HOMESTEAD IN
ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE LIVE
STOCK GRAZING.
Measures Pending in Congress to
Allow Stockmen to Fence and
Craze-DifficuI,y Lies in Protect
ing Rights OF Settlers.

There is a strong movement afoot,
and several bills have been introduced
in this Congress TO provide system
of renting or leasing the public graz
ing lands of the West at small charge
of from one TO five cents per acre.
There are some 300,000,OO0 acres or
western public lands which come under
the general classification of Grazing
Lands" some of which are extremely
barren in character-almoSt desert
and are capable of sustaining live
stock at the rate of only about one
head of cattle to so or 40 acres; other
lands where there is more rainfall, are
much better for grazing purposes. ana
some of the best of them are capable
of sustaining a steer on probably ?, )
or acres. Many of the latter class are.
however, suitable for homesteads.
The difficulty has always been, as II
is today, to provide rental plan which
will give stock raisers sufficient con-
troll of the land to warrant them in
fencing it and improving its grazing
at the same time leaving the
such that the settler and
home-steader will at all
times have free access thereto.
Under the improved methods of farm
ing advocated by the Department of
and the new drought re-
sisting crops which are being intro
duced by that Department, large tracts
considered fit for nothing but
grazing, are being constantly brought
under the head of agricultural land.
The climatic conditions of the inter-
mountain region are extremely varied,
and the settler (where he is not him
dered by stock growing interests which
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a leasing bill which will give some pro-
lection to the oyercrowded grazing
lands and at the same time afford the
honest settler an advantage at all times
TO establish home. is considered to be
a dubious question. Chairman Laceys
leasing bill does not seem to be much
of an improvement upon the measures
previously brought before Congress-
Unless the small stockman and the
homesteader. with 25 or 80 head OF
cattle or a band of 100 or 200 sheep.
feels that he is to be protected. and not
driven out of business by the big out
fits, he will kill this bill as he has
killed all such previous bills which
have been presented.
Viewed from broader standpoint
the danger to the country lies in tying
up under lease large areas of fertile
country which are suitable for home
making under their present natural
condition without irrigation. and which
are gradually settled as further know
ledge is gained of them, and better
methods of farming them are intro
duced
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05
A Fair Patent Attorney.

Miss Florence II. King of Chicago en-
ioys the distinction of being one of the
few women patent attorneys registered
in the Patent Office at Washington.
Fifteen years ago Miss King, then an
ignorant country girl, earning her liv-
ing as domestic, CHANGED to over
hear a quarrel between two families
which was taken to court for settle
meut, Miss King was subpoenead, as n
witness, and among other undreamed
of things which dawned upon her in
the course OF the trial the occupation
of the court stenographer was the most
Interesting. After court adjourned she
questioned the court stenographer on
what he had been doing and his ans
wers settled the veXing question of n
profession for herself. She was not
satisfied to remain a domestic; the
more genteel employment of a school
teacher. which her family had suggest
ed did not appeal to her. 81 will be-
come a court stenographer," she said.
At this point in the story of her life
Miss King said with smile: Having
become court stenographer l wanted
to become the court
In May. 1895, Miss King was admit.
ted to practice at the bar OF Illinois.
She specialized on patents, and soon
relinQuished court reporting to devote
herself to her practice.
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of the river-22 feet wide-just the
width of the steamer, and the scrapinS
and scratching of tue branches on
either side awolle me. We stepped out
on deck and saw the most wonderful
sight of all. THE Gates" as IL Is called
Here the stream is so narrow that the
branches of the great cypress meet
overhead, and the gray Spanish moss
hangs down like a long delicate veil
1t all seemed very uncanny, as II the
witches were after us, with gurgling
water and the disturbed birds scream
ing and crying like lost children.
The next morning when we left the
Ollawaha and passed into the Silver
Spring, the water suddenly became as
clear as if cut off with knife. I'm
mense gar-fsh and catfish swan about
in shoals. A large hawk perChed on an
old dead trunk, and a great blue heron
winged his stately way. slowly over
our heads. We soon landed and with
regret hade goodbye to our pleasant
fellow travellers. We reached Eustis at
half past five for it had taken all day
10 make 20 miles.
At Eustis We spent nearly two weeks,
surrounded by lakes and pine woods.
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Continued on page 81.
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tive measures as suggested themselves
to himself and his son, DR.. Perry A.
Terhune.
After a time Doctor Dick" found
that he could no longer retain food,
and gave up eating. For five weeks
nothing except water, and now and
then little medicine passed his lips.
One Sunday night several physicians
dropped in to see him, and he took the
opportunity to enlarge upon his non
starvation theory.
You see," he began with smile,
81 cannot retain anything but water,
yet l am strong and able to move free
ly about in bed. l am proving my old
theory that no one ever really dies of
hunger. So-called death from hunger
is simply due to terror, if there is
plenty of water to be had.
Il will call your attention to the
case Of a young girl that came under
my own observation. She was i'll with
a disease which was pronounced in.
durable by skilled physicians. That
girl did not eat anything for forty.
eight days except about half soda
cracker day. Did she die? Not bit OF
it. On the contrary she got entirely
well, and in the forty-eight days when
she did not eat, she pursued the even
tenor of her ways, went to parties and
danced. too"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05
STARVATION SELDOM OCCURS.
Doctor Proves Theory That Terror
More Frequently Causes Death.

DR.. Richard A. Terhune, dean Of the
physicians of Passaic, N. Y, by whom
he was always spoken of affectionately
as Doctor Dick" died at his home re-
Gently of intestinal cancer. He had not
eaten anything for over a month, and
to the last bantered his brother prac-
titioners on the fact that he was a liv
ing example of his pet theory that no
one would die of starvation if he had
plenty of water to drink.
The aged physician, who was a stall
wart man, became i'll about seven
months ago. He speedily diagnosed his
ailment as intestinal cancer.and gave
out a fatal prognosis of his own case,
All the Passaic physicians and scores
more from the neighboring town and
cities called on him in the months of
his illness, with many suggestions as
to treatment, but he turned a deaf ear
to all and only employed such pallia-
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05
Mattresses OF Moss.

Mattresses OF Moss.
This Florida moss, by the way, Is
not moss at all, but kind of minute
pineapple, and it seems that both it
and the pineapple are true air plants.
There is no underhrush in these Flori-
da pine woods except now and then
patches of scrub palmetto, which looks
like the ordinary ornamental fan palm
that we cultivate for ornament in the
north, except that it never grows high
nor has any trunk.
Coming over a little rise we would
perhaps look down on a pretty lake. its
banks lined with orange groves. Every
drive We took showed us several new
lakes so that this seems well named
the Lake Region of the state.
Colonel t has a beautiful home
among the pines, and there l plucked
my first orange and grape fruit, my
first lime and lemon. There, also, l saw
the fragrant blossom, the green orange
and the ripe, yellow fruit, all growing
on one tree. One of the finest groves
we visited contained 1000 trees, cover
ed with oranges, while many of the
trees were full of bloom. These brides
flowers look like white wax stars
among the rich, dark, vanished leaves.
and the trees met overhead. forming
arches under which we drove-oue OF
the most attractive sights imaginable.
We pulled all the fruit and blossoms
we wanted. 1t is fascinating expert
ence to stand under a large orange or
grapefruit tree, and look up through
the branches, the leaves so rich and
green, with golden globes hanging
from them, their weight sometimes
bending the branches to the ground
1t rf Irrrn
ing out of white sand.
PicnicinR Among The Oranges.
On the first day of March we drove
to the young grove in which my hus
band and son were interested, there
picnicing in the pine woods along
side and sucking oranges by the dozen
This reminds me that when oranges
are ripe-and the season is six months
long-you never take a water bottle
with you when you go driving through
Florida.
The mornings and evenings have
been cool enough for little fire, bu
the days are like those of our northern
June. We saw bananas growing, ant
the long purplish blossom is very odd
The fruit grows exactly upside down.
Eustis Park is a pretty place; JUS
a drive through pine woods almos,
clothed in Spanish moss. They bury
this moss in the sand to rot off the out
side, the inside fiber making gooC
substitute for hair which is used in the
manufacture of mattresses. There are
several factories, l am told, in the
State which make fine mattresses out
of this moss. In the Park the gray
squirrels chase each other up anC
down the branches, and we counted
IA in less than two minutes The blue
herons fly continually back and forth
and the little ponds through the parl
are full of white water lilies Mex
week I will tell you about real south
ern darky baptism. c. G. G.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

An ancient gentleman telling of Alex
andria in Washington's day, announced
that breeches were hung on hooks and
the wearer donned them by going up
three steps and then letting his person
down into them from above. Such
,breeches hooks can be seen AT the pres
ent time in the Roberdean home in
Alexandria
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

In the new uniform recently adopted
by the Chinese army the only badge
distinguishing a general from private
Is one Of three gold buttons on sleeve.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

Permanganate of potash is being
successfully used in India as an anti
dote for the bite and venom Of the
dreaded cobra.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

An old lady has recalled that the
first boots for women's wear came in
fashion in 1928. They were laced at
the sides and CATERS and boots both
had fringes at the top.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

are naturally against any settling and
development of their regions), is con-
stantly encroaching upon their graz
ing domain and finding new localities,
here and there, of a very great aggre-
gate extent, where he can acquire
successful foothold to carry on agri-
cultural operations.
The Lacey Leasing Bill.
One bill in particular has been intro
duced by Chairman Lacey of the Public
Lands Committee of the House, and is
apparently intended to protect small
stockmen as well as to prevent any re-
strictions against the settler. In the
| first place it provides that no corpora
tion can lease government land. A
man who had homestead or owns
a piece of land, may lease as much as
5000 acres, which in most grazing To-
caities would not be an excessive
amount. The measure provides that
such leases shall not be transferred,
and that where they include watering
places there shall be left open right
of way for other stockmen to pass
through the land and to use the water
| for their stock. 1t also leaves the
leased land open at all times to home
stead entry by actual settlers.
c,
and as though it might be administered
SO as not to work to the detriment of
settlement and of the small stock
holder On the other hand it seems
apparent that it would be exceedingly
| difficult to prevent big cattle corpor-
alton from hiring dozen cowboys to
| take up homesteads in their own names
erecting thereupon shanty residences,
as has been done in thousands of cases
| in the West, and simply to hold their
claims and their 5000 acres each, of
| leased land, for the benefit of their
employers; SO that single cattle bar
on might easily acquire the use of 80
or 40 thousand acres.
Hard for the Homesteader.
1t is also not at all certain that once
holding a lease to the land and with a
fence around it, the cowboy might not
bulldoze intending settlers into passing
on to some less hostile region. No
homebuilder, unless he be made of ex-
ceedingly stern stuff. cares to attempt
making a home in the face of Win
chester or of threats that If he at
tempts settlement, his fence wires
will be cut, his grass all eaten off and
the place be made so hot for him that
he will wish that he had never gone
into the COW country. This course has
been pursued by the stockmen with
great success in many western sections,
even where the settler was trying to
make a home upon free public land,
where the cattlemen had no shadow of
legal right to fence or hold it. That
the legal lease-right to fence the land
and keep other stockmen off would be
invoked to repel settlement goes with
out saying.
Whether it will be possible to frame
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

Gold coins usually remain in circu-
lation twice as long as copper ones.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-05

Each day We drove through the deep
sand, the horse just walking; but it
was lovely, lazing along after this fash
ion, through pine woods, tall straight
trees with a sheaf of leaves at the top,
and always the gray moss swinging
gracefully in the breeze.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
Contract for SprinkIing.

The sprinkling of the streets of this city has never been done upon any systematic basis. One man probably paid for a privil- ege that his equally able neigh bor also enjoyed, and to put all on the same footing, the water company this year proposes to make contracts for the season from April 16 to November l and to sprinkle only those blocks where the property owners or renters are willing to subscribe for the service for that time. And as stated, unless the people are willing to get together, there may be no street sprinkling, whereas if all pay a proportion ate rate to the frontage of their property and guarantee it for the season by subscribing to such a contract, general service may be secured without the cost falling heavily upon any indi- vidual.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
Please Read This.

The Ladies Helping Hand of the Baptist church of Newport, Ark, will have a bazaar in the parlors of the New Hazel Hotel on Thursday. March p, com mencing at 10 o'clock a. m. They will offer for sale aprons, bon nets, handkerchiefs and notions of various kinds, together with a fresh new line of Mexican drawn work, Mexican doll fans and other Mexican novelties just inn ported from Old Mexico. Also homemade cakes and candies. Please come everybody and assist in a worthy cause. 75 d6t
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
THOMPSON DEFEATS RANDY.
Carouthers and Harder Also Easy Win. ners of Primary Election Phillips
 and Watson Win In Second Ward.

The municipal primary of Thursday to nominate ticket by the white electors of the city of Newport, polled 362 votes, sur passing the predictions of the most staunch advocates of the primary, and insuring the suc- cess of the ticket nominated, which will be headed by w. R. Thompson for mayor.
 In the mayoralty contest, Mr.. Thompson defeated R. w. Randy by 126 votes and in fact every nominee won by large pluralities. R. c. Harder had an easy race for recorder and w. H. Carouth- CTS likewise defeated his two opponents with a big lead. as the tabular vote below will show.
 w. B. Hurley for treasurer had no opposition and received the highest vote cast in each ward.
 In the First ward, two mutil- ated ballots were thrown out, one not having received a scratch.
 w. A. Billingsley and Ike Goldman were nominated for aldermen from this ward with out opposition.
 In the Second ward, s. R. Phillips and o. D. Watson were elected aldermen over O. l, Hubert.
 | That the nomineees are al good men worthy of the offices to which they aspire is generally conceded. They were chosen by the best citizens of Newport in fair and honest election after clean campaign. They should and will be- elected and the de feated contestants will be theil loyal supporters.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16

given Jeff half of it, you farmers that are making this complaint, are not hurt. By being liberal to railroads in this way, you will have more roads built and get teh times this amount back in cheap freight rates. It seems to to ',care you farmers nearly to deNh every time man makes a littis fee. Why, you ought to live hp in New York where the corporations will give a fellow an hundred thousand dollar check without telling him what to do with it, and where United States senator confesses that he draws nearly that amount an- nually from corporations, and is never molested by his people.
 Now I don't think Jeff got any of that fee. First, because l don't believe Clarke is that lib- eral; secondly, Jeff don't want money. Jeff is after big politics and the advancement of the state. If he ever needs money and the blind tiger men don't help him, St. Peter will hardly let any of them into the Holy City.
 Now let's stop all our grunt- ing and growing and go to the polls and elect Jeff to the senate and in ten years we will all be rich. Then every fellow that can't ride an automobile let him send a bridle to Washington and l verify believe Jeff will send him back a mule. SORGHUM.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
Another Officers Troubles.

Hot Springs, March 1.-Two unknown men approached Pa trolman Finn Parker as he walked his beat Tuesday night and suddenly assaulted him, de- priving him of his club and pis- tol, and beating him severely with his own weapons.
 The miscreants apparently worked for revenge, rather than with motives of robbery, for they afterward threw the unfortun- ate officers pistol over a bill board, but kept his club, leaving him in the ditch in a semi-con- scious state. No clue has been obtained to their identity.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
FEDERAL COURT SUITS
include Several Actions for Damage. Against Newport and Jackson
 County Citizens.

Suits have been filed with U. s. Circuit Clerk Parse in the fol- lowing cases: l.. c. and Ida Branyon, non-residents, vs. V. R. Harris, c. B. Collier and T. J. Jennings, of Jackson county.
 Branyon was a school teacher and secured a school in Jackson county under Collier and Jen- nings, directors of the district. Harris wrote the directors that Branyon was living with the lady that afterwards became his wife, causing him to lose his school. MT. and Mrs. Branyon are suing for $10,0O0 each.
 Della Ray, nonresident, vs. T. s. Stephens, ]. o. Jones and L. Minor of Newport, for false arrest and imprisonment, $10,- GOO.
 Nellie Griffin, nonresident, vs. T. s. Stephens, J. o. Jones and L. Minor, Newport, for false ar rest and imprisonment, S10, GOO.
 L. F. Reeder is attorney for the plaintiffs. -Batesville Guard.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
Republicans to Meet.

Little Rock, March 15-Chair- man H. l.. Remmel will call a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Republican state Central committee for March 20, in Little Rock, for the purpose of making recommendations for the postoffices at Searcy, Rogers and other places, and register of the land office at Dardanelle, which were left open by the last meeting of the full committee.
 The committee will also fix the time for the meeting of the Re- publican state convention to nom- mate ticket for the September election. There has been very little discussion of the identity of the lamb being led to the guber- material slaughter, although Hon. Harry H. Myers has been men, toned for third term. Judge John I. Warrington of Harrison l is also spoken of favorably for the honor. It is probable that a full ticket will be nominated.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16

The Independent most heartily subscribes it's fealty and the editor will prove himself a will ing worker for the primary tick ct from top to bottom.
 He entered the campaign to take his chances and will now gladly uphold the cause of his
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
People of Jackson County Ought to Line UYfor
 Davis. INCONSISTENCIES PLEA.
Send Governor Davis to Senate and Reward the Friehd of the Farmer Who Don't Believe Hn Taxing Rail-
 roads Out of EX= / iStenCe.

I live in Illinois, but have late- ly travelled over most of the farm ing lands of Jackson county and would like to make Arkansas my home if the people would just drop fogyism and move forward a little.
 By all means the people of Jackson county ought to vote for Governor Davis for the U. 5. Senate. He is your friend.
 He helped you get your hog law at the last session of the leg islature and if he goes to the U. s. Senate he will possibly be able to pass national stock law which will protect the renters and small farmers from the in- trusion of the rich mans stock.
 He has built you a new State House.
 He discharged his janitor, an old confederate soldier, and gave the place to a negro. Some are kicking at this but l think this right, and if he can get the state rid of old man Berry and few more of these old rebels it will be better off.
 Some are abusing him for not pardoning Rufe Johnson. Now the governor told Mir. Gus Jones in St. Louis that he would never pardon Rufe Johnson as long as his excellency was governor and this was right. A few local pol iticians here want Rufe's liberty but Rufe killed a man and the citizens of Jackson county may be sure the governor will never turn Rufe loose on them.
 The best thing your governor has done is to give the railroads two hundred and fifty thousand dollars off their taxes. You must encourage railroads to come to Arkansas and when you get them don't tax them out of existence. As one of the appraising board l am sure the governor saw that he had raised the railroad assess ment too high and he had the courage to knock off the excess when they went to pay their taxes. Now I have heard many farmers complaining at Jeff about letting the railroads off for half their taxes while the man with the 80 acres and the gray mule had to pay on his full value. Some of them intimate that Clarke gave Jeff half. of that S3O,OOO fee. Well, suppose he did; Jeff helped to elect Clarke and Clarke ought to give him something.
 I have heard of Clarke's work ing for the governors election. Jeff says in his speech that he wished the railroads had given Clarke $1OO, 1000. Plausibly so; those figures divided by two o.ives far better results than the half of $3o,0Oo. Maybe they would have given Clarke the S1OO,O0O # Jeff had knocked eff enough more of their taxes to have justihe4 1t. But suppose Clarke had gotten $100,OG0 and
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16
Baptist Church.

At 7::3O every evening this week, there will be prayer ser vice at the Baptist Church. Ev- cry body cordially invited.
 E. P. J. GARROTT,
 Pastor.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16

successful opponent MT. Harder. To his friends, he wishes to eX- tend his sincere thanks in ap- preeiation of their confidence and support.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16

Read the Daily and Weekly Independent.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-16

Put into making it, so that it shall be fit for you to buy, we know that you will never again pay twice our prices to some fashionable to-order tailor or be satisfied with half our values from some dealer =. =. =. =.