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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
.BOlO CANADIAN
TO SIEz{ ISLAND
IN LAKE SUPERIOR EELD on UNI
TEr STATED OVER HUNDRED
YEAR..
.DEFIES U. S. AUTHORITY
expedition Ready 70 Sa''--oeteF
mined to urfurl Union jack
and Declare Island Part OF
British Empire

Duluth. Mimi. Aug, GA specia' %
itae News Tribune Of Port Arthur
Canada, says,
Isle Royale, the historic ana plc'
trresaue gem of Lake Superior y y
Ia invaded tonight By Canadians ~
s. CAPTAIN s. e. Young. o. NE
Ninety sixth Regiment
The British dag will be hcisted ~
me island, and the territory toFiiialiS
declare Il part cf the British e+api!t
aaa 1 norton cf Canada, The eXped.-
ltion unaer Young LEFT here this even
inr Al soon "a the landing II ahect'
ed the union jack will be RAISED
All win be done In all orderly man
NH. but it III altog Their likely tha'
resistance will be Offered hy United
states customs officers, Should tha'
atgnitary demand that the yessA'
carrying the exposition comply wlta
tie regulations Of the department
which he represents
| Isle Royale has been held siacs
! early In the last century by the Ihi
tied states, but all Canadians ae
ouainted with the geography and ms
Itory at the country resist the suo
iposition that the island Is rightfulA
Eheld by the United staes. y lies
north Of the fortyninth parallel q
latitude. which line deIimits th'
boundary between Canada and tn
I United States
1 Basing the contention upon th'
claim that the land anil water mort
Iof the forty-ninth parallel is canadiai
TERRITORY, Young viii take the actio'
which he hopes will attract the at
itentlon III the authorities 70 such a
lextent that correspondence may arts
with the United States &c the en-
THAT the positive ownership 81 n
lisland may be established.
H Young has not applied for nor y
ceiyed government sanction 70 IN
expedition
All noon preparations We're e0mpi'
Eted. and the first expedition ever U.
ldertaken Iii gasoline launch
seize territory was ready to embark
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
aPLANT STONES" or VALUE.
Germs That Are Occasionally Found
in Certain Vegetable Grcwths.

Among the MANS strange things 70
be found In the Philippine islands afe
the so-called plant stones eneoun-
tered now and again In certdin vegeta.
Bile growths.
The bamboo, for instance, according
to Kultur and Nafur, contains 2 stone
very similar to the opal. but on ac-
count Of the rarity With which i IS
found, much more costly than the opal.
In many thousand cane stalks cut
down and carefully examined there
may perhaps be one In which TINS
beautiful greenish-pink sclntiiiaFinS
stone has been formed from the minute
particles OF silicious deposit that ini
parts its intense hardness to the outeF
covering of the cane The bamboo
cane stone ii known as Tahashirs
iii the interior Of some cocoanuts
gtone.llke secretion ~ found that ~ mo-
inferior III brilliancy to the most beau
tifuI genuine pearl.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

NAE samring III lNEne pend feh.
rflts HUN. slouat KasNalln Mlsssf
laac given uad CART Cracker al Ni35il
.lAucket, Mel. accomplished t'la dlis
cult feat IL as aaiag KaiaaHin ofa'
tte sa0w, says LIZA KcrncAses l@aTna
Starting from cainp AZ N g@a 'Ha
with u Gnide, Y ~ rrnaa N AASa#e'
az elght mites On snoW%a aatl
gntat ihe night at Birch e@ap cS,,
num mountain. ana ahaut twc aaai
unclglf miles f95m the tcrt NJ taN,
s,l,le. Rrch ed lib u d tsag stFne
tifo elght Nv tea feet On tho gyoaE1,
aad just High dill \ 70 pcgait 0nsl
III stand cF3ct wlsen under the rhlses'
HUN. II is built 81 birch lass a4ii
has Il ROOT of birch Lark Ths t7af-
Ms.y III M small that n has ~ bad
nearly double In order enter. Lear
ing their guide at the cs2'' the next
murniae the two young won IA ascoAa-
an tae mountain by what ~ aown &s
the east slide, and found ~ 9selyas
"a tableland few feet IA width
Farther Oh was peak 81 aWhat
higher, but separated FROM the table
laaa On which they stood by nola
mnlch. which their guide had u AIRED
them was impossible iii winter
After ascending nearly tn the edge
III lha gulch and taking few pic
tpres warned by the apnroat Ing
heavy clouds, the young women + art.
"a down the mountain On the 4 ef
side Of the slide, The deaccnt WIS
RAPID. but spaamodic They We
compelled to slide from tree 10 tree,
and though the distance slid was ussl-
aljy not more than six feet, they usll-
ally brought up against the tree with
snueh force They reached the camp
al the foot Of the mountain consider
ahiy The WNrsA FIJI their rough expe-
giauee. bat Msde their way over the
I etssht miles that separated thon from
TGSHe pond that afternoon
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

The river marked $50 on the Cairo
gauge last evening showing a fal ~
\ OF a foot In "a hours
Rising rivers were reported from
points above here yesterday as foi
lows. Evansville o.S, Mt vernon
|1o Guntersyille 05, Florence W.
The Dick Fowler from Padueah siaa
u lot of wheat for Cairo and wa
nearly an hour late getting away oi
her return trip.
The II. s. snaghoat John n. M't
comb came out from st. Louis az l;'si
b III. yesterday and will spend sun
|aay here. Y.
The Ferd Herold arrived from y
Louis al , b. m. and was here foai
hours adding freight for lower rive
Ipoints. she got $50 tons here
the Stacker Lee will be up iron
Memphis tonight or In the inornln;
hound for st. Louis. She put on 4'sat
packages OF freight at Memphis, II
lcluding 2,333 sacks Of wheat
Capt, BENEFITS boat, the John :
summers, was expected to be let o.
1.-THE Monnd City ways yesterday thoi
loughly overhauiei.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
LARGE DELEGATION 70 v'sH
NJ SPRINGFIELD TO CONFER
"t ABOUT PRESIDENT $
VISIT.
WANT GUARD OF HONOR
For Nations Chief Executive ~ Cairo
October 3, to Consist Of Fourth
Regiment and the Danvile
Battery.

III accordance with resolution
adcpted at the meeting Of citizens
Friday night, the executive commit
tee appoiated al the same meeting
Yesterday chose the delegation VINO
are 10 visit Springfield. The sense Of
the meeting was that the deleSatlo'i
shculd be a strong enc, IN order that
tbs governor and ether state Officials
might Ne duly impressed with the
earncstness al this community In the
desire to I'D the president honor, ana
NJ committee selected the following
gentlemen:
George Parsons. II. A. Smith, Y n
Aisthorpe. VI. s. Dewey. G, O. PatieF'
VI. N. Butler, J. Z. Magee' Il. A
Halliday ". j. Johnston NJ .. lit1-
atte Leon u. Denison. W T. Grin
stead. j. r. Rector Or. Cause. Watts
Narler. w. r. Greaney, J. ] Jenneiie'
PAM 4; schuh. r. C. Clendenen, John
SNYDER. w. b. Thistlewood, z. ~
stuart Frank G. Cannon.
| II is expected that all these will go
| to Springfield and seek to induce the
governor to order the Fourth kesi
/ ment. /. n. G. and the Danville bat
tary' ID cairo, as an escort 70 tne
nrasfaent Oh the occasion OF his visit
These gentlemen Will leave fol
lsprIngfield in the very near future "
Ior.ler that there may be ample TINS
m oversome any obstacles that mal
lpresent themselves aud that al PR
variations for the coming Of these OF
ganizations may be perfected " geo
thine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
NEWS Or RIVER
/ AND STEAMBOATS,
|RlvER DISPLAY PLANNED FoH
.THE PRESIDENT AT 81. NAN
LOUIS, CAIRO AND N.
MEMPHIS.
Heavy July Tonnage at Pittsbura 6e'
cause Of Good Boating water
Local and General Notes

The president will probably sae
many things he has never seen pe'
fcre in connection with river traf1ic
when he comes down the river "a
October. III Mayor Parsons succe %
la carrying out hts plan the presl'
dent will see in the Cairo harbor tne
greatest field Of coal that ever came
aown the river III a single tow--rtlany
hundreds of train loads an ~ enc
tcw. st. Louis will show nm =
grand river parade, and Tins VIII ~
repeated at Memphis where the
i .akeg-to-the-Gulf convention Will Us
IN session, and where II Il intended
IA gather d great fleet o. boats fof
the occasion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

Despite his rheumatism and lumba-
go the old farmer was in hot pursuit
If the lads who had been pilfering
his cherry trees.
Keep on running, Billy" painted
the boy with the hat full of red cher
ries. Hes coming. and coming fast.
I can hear him putting and he sounds
like a steam engine
eWhew,~ gasped the lad who was
stumbling through the tall grass An
that amt the worst OF it. When ne
gets us he is liable 10 turn from a
steam engine to a thrashing ma
chine"
And soon the lusty yells that
emanated from the old orchard told
that the transformation had taken
place
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
The Trne Phonetic speIIer.

The child II the true phonetic
speller. Mi. Roosevelt, as kipling
might say, is a bloomin amateur be-
side i1ui--or her. Little Eslie nag
been staying il q quiet woodland
place-the Cockney grille was con
yalescent from severe illness Her
letters home were full Of the Joys
of country lie, and reckless spelling,
rae lanes andsmeddoes tshe Erote e
a girl friend 10 lendon) y cta,liplsH
wiy lnyly flours. got pofe hahoA
fun. Bootlful Star Annie Moahs'
Prim Roses, Daiseys and Butter cups
and Jhon Quills--o my And the
adult into whose hands the artiess
letter fell wondered If spelling were
not a vastly over-rated accomplish
ment!
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
Her Fathers Child.

A lawyer well known for his ready
wit in adapting himself to eircam-
stances and circumstances To his ease
has a young daughter who bids ialr
70 be his match. Lucy was told sac
should have no more candy ana 'he
dish was placed on high she'll OUT
III the childs reach. Left alone IN
the room. Lucy pushed a chair to the
shelf aud climbed upon the chair. Just
as she touched the dish her iather
entered.
why. what is papa's little girl DO
ingg7 he exclaimed.
Getting a candy for papa ex'
piained Lucy, promptly. -lAppincott
Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
Little Bows Answer.

Two travelling men were conyersing
fl the lobby Of the Auditorium Annex
when little boy, a guest at the hotel,
sai down near them. says the Chicago
Chronicle They at once drew him
into conversation and listened to his
childish opinions The boy had tray
eNi considerably with his parents
ard was possessed OF much worldly
wisdom that Amused the drummers.
FiraHy the talk turned TO what the
CHILD would Go when he grew up. +.
"W-culln't yen lac 10 be travelling
mar ?" asked one OF the men.
"Oh. no." was the quick answer.
"My mamma wants nc to be a gen.
tleman.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

A quite small chamber was the one
room in all Windsor castle where the
late queen permitted smoking.
A seIf-colored blue gray paper was
on the walls. and the single billiard
table was lighted by six oil lamps
until quite the last years of Queen
Victoria's reign.
II was indeed a homeiy apartilen ~,
SAYS the Throne, but II the waua
could speak they could tell strange
stories of emperors and kings princes
commoners. ministers OF state poe's
bishops and the endless procession %
great and important people whc
passed an hour there TO smoke las
cigar.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
The WEATHER
General Conditions.

rain fall for the IA hours ending
last evening measured .o3 of az inch
Yesterday was partly cloudy with ~
I'LL stir Iii the air. The government
bulletin reported measurable ram
from twelve places, none IN the river
valleys The extremes of tempefa
tnre we're Loo In Phoenix. Ariz.. am
I'D at Moorhead.
Forecasts For Today.
cairo ana vicinity. Fair am
warmer.
Illinois. Warmer, with fair eas.
I ana showers west portion.
Kentucky and Tennessee. Party
\ cltudy with probably occasional SHOW
err.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
DEFENSE OPENS
IT'S TESTIMONY
I'M CONDEMNATION SUIT 81
CAIRO d THERE'S RAILROAD
VIC. JAMES ROCHE
COURT coNvENEs
WEDNESDAY. a.

The Cairo & Thebes Railroad com.
pany put their last witness ON the
stand yesterday morning In their con
delnnaticn suit against James Rocne,
Albert Il. be Baum giving his testi'
mony for the company
The defense introduced It's evidence
by the testimony of County Surveyor
Henry Weiman, OF Thebes who was
On the stand when court adjourned AZ
noon. The latter will continue ms
testimony when court eonyenes Vel
nesday.
Attorneys Leek and Green will g1
to Vienna Monday to appear In this
contested election suit Of Spann w
Sheridan and II they do not return
BIZ Wednesday afternoon the case vii
be resumed BY Attorneys Lingle ans
David =. Lansden.
Attorney Lingle returned to BIZ
home In Jcnesboro yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
TOWN IS WP[O(I
OUT BY FIRE
FOLLOWING EXPLOSION OF oY-
MANTLE AT WINoNA, WASHING
ToN-TwENTY ARE INJURED.

Spokane. Wash. Aug. Fire FOL
lowing an explosion In the Oregon
Railway and Navigation company 3
coal shed at winona Wash, killed h.
F.. Buchanan. car inspector. injured
twenty. and at last wiped out the
town last night The residents dc
clare tho explosion was caused by
dynamite. stored b. the company last
autumn. A spark from an engine SCI
fire to the depot. and the explosion
followed. The CORNERS inquest i
Ion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
BARREL AS LETTER COX.
Mali Had Been ii ODD Receptacle for
TWO Years.

Two letters. which had been found
tEAer circumstances which give to.
tNa matter a somewhat romantic in
t4fest, reached the division af dead
letters d faw DAYS aga, having been
transmitted with d letter from Guaya,
quil. Ecuador, addressed TO the post.
master general BIZ Allejandro Mann
who explained that while on pleas
ure cruise in his private yacht he
called at The pest Office Of Bay, in the
Galapagos or Tortoise Islands, q
group III the pacific, Off the west coast
al Ecuador, and near the equator
Upon examining d barrel, which was
tiaeed there many years ago by the
nlitish government for the reception
ut mail. etc, for the accommodation
Cf passing vessels, he found in IT
the two letters mentioned, apparently
iateaded tor delivery I'll the United
states. Both were written in 0cto-
bsf, 1905. and were directed to MEM
bars If The families Of the writer's
Though the letters were badly
laaea and weather stained, al well a.
somewhat damaged By insects, the adj.
dresses acr fairly legihle, and 1t Is
probable they win reach the hands
Of those for whom they We're intend
cd. through the postmaster at the II
I fees OF destination Washington Dis
I patch to the Baltimore American.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
vyortsa Beth WAYS.

Percy kept from school by a cold
eot 30 noisy IN his play that his moth
O.. suaerxg viih a headache. suggest
ed in DESPAIR that he play at being
a little deaf-aaddl1ib boy.
The iaes struck him favorably. but
ths nov LAY was noisier than the
old.
Il should think, venturcd his moth
or. that "A little deaf-and.dumb bog
would not make any noise
~Oh. but be- would," said Percy
~You see. he couldn't hear it."
Ills mother sisaed.
Dear mother" his Voice broke I
On her fmnzitgs prcssuily. # q
noisr brfhcfs vou why don't 70
r,aF az being a title deaf-and-dun
Dr.. Notwithstanding Mas
aue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
Yesterdays River Forecasts.


the Ohio at Evansville and MI
Vernon win begin falling this AFTER
r.,on or tonight and fall for several
days. AT Paducah. will not change
much during the next "a hours. ami
probably rise slightly Sunday Az
Cairo, viii continue falling during the
next or days.
The Tennessee at Florence VIII
continue rising slowly during next "a
hours. AT Jacksonville. not much
change during the next 4s hours.
The Mississippi from below ST
Louis to Cairo. will continue falling
during the next or 3 DAYS
N. M. CUNNINGHAM.
Observer
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
DIAMONDS FOUND
IN ARKANSAS
ON PIKE COUNTY FARM IN
STRATA OF BLUE CLAY
FIRST DISCOVERY OF KIND
MADE I'M AMERICA.

Little Rock. Ark. Aug 5--Dia-
monds Of fine quality have been dis.
covered in Pike county, Ark, in dia-
mond bearing blue clay Of volcanic
origin. the first discovery OF the kind
OF America The geogolical lorna
ton Is Ike that OF Kimberly, Africa
namely OF peridoites and Breceia
The crater. CT pipe. was located b.
drilling. The diamonds we're found
On q farm near MuTfreesboro. Aetua
mining is confined 20 the surface a
yet and I4e diamonds, varying in siz'
from l-sl carat to s-l4 earats, hasl
been found.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
WINNERS OF
A|RDOME PRIZE
"a EcTloN CONTEST CLOSED
LAST NEIGHBOUR ELEC Ed
BY BIG MAJORITY.

The election Of officers for the Alt
dome theater closed last night aitef
4 very spirited contest, aronsing the
children who took part In the afalf.
The winners and their closest ccnl-
.neAifors worked faithfully and sue
eaATea in getting large number oL
votes.
The new officers who will receive
the prizes offered by Manager WIZ
hanson are. Manager, Marion Wool
ward; assistant manager, Iona Bondu
rant: stage manager, Harry Green
ticket seller, Ruth Pettis. The prizes
are IS, So. 81, and 81, respectively
with season passes to the theater foi
eacl.
The total vote cast was as fol
lows;
Manager
Lucille Haberer. 1884: Helen Schulz
a: lena Bondurant, 2; Gladys Harmed
50; Inez Davis, f70: Paul Gholson
It9: Alice Strong. 10: Mea McNemer
/ A-Lf AlAAtDU tifNtls - ~ "N~N'
Greaney, 90: Charlotte CaBdee, 20
Willie Bambrick. SO; Marion Wood
ward. 34Ss: Julia Strong, IL; Ralpl
McGruder 20.
Assistant Manager.
lucille Carr. %; Helen Galligsn
81; Irma Schulz. 81: Esmerslda III
berer, 1884; Inez Davis. l70. Darrell
Schulz, 1870; Iona Bonduraut s43s
Julia Strong, y; Ralph McGruder, q
Stage Manager.
, Katherine Cary, u: Vance Mslon,
2Gsi; Mea McNemer. ?; Inez Davii
2 lie: Hal Green. 1877; Harry Cree
r 343S. Julia Strong. y; Hele
2 Schulz. 20.
Ticket Seller.
Harry Green. 90 Otto Builder, i;
Alberta Blattau. 2es4; Inez Dayi
l70: Barclay Naugle. l91; Ruth Pc
tbs. 1888: Julia Strong, u: Iona 30
iurant. 20.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
NAT EMMERSON|S
TENN|SCHAMP ION
DEFEATED l.. n. WAiDNER OF
CHICAGO IN FINAL TOURNEY
AT ONWENTSfA-CARRIE B.
Nicely WoMEN's CHAMPION

Chicago. Aug. 3.-Nat Emerson, oil
Cincinnati, champion In 1905, wen the
Western tennis honors today defeat
ing L. II. Waidner. of Chicago, IN the
final tourney at Onwentsia, O., 20
al. G-3. Kreigh Collins, the title
holder, defaulted be cause of eye
trorbIe. Carrie q. .Seely, OF Chicago
won the women's championship. She
defeated Mrs. Robert Williams, -
Ga
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
Little Pitchers.

Tommy-why. Mir Smith, you
didn't go in the ocean steamer after
all. did your
Guest-What makes you ask that.
Tommy had no idea Of going IN
the steamer
Tommy-weli ali the came mamma
zaid rhen papa told her be had asked
you to dinner why did he do that. be-
cause she was sure you was half seas
over"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
Heavy July Tonnage.

A pittsburg special says lhe
remarkable shipments Of July Wheh
the river kept above or near coal
barge stage nearly all the time y
shown by the commercial statistics
|of Davis Island dam, the total ton
mage for the month amounting e
4os .5ss tons, as against 2,150 tons fol
|JuIy. 1906. No dam, Ohio river
Iagain became the head Of navigation
ltaday when put In place.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
ROBBERS HEARD
PARROT TALKING
AND FLED-soo MEN SEARCH
WOODS FOR THEM-WIFE OF
MICHIGAN BUSINESS MAN
MISTREATED.

Kalamazoo. Mich. Aug i.-NeaTiF
900 men tonight are searching the
woods near Three Rivera FOR Two
men who last night Attempted 90 rob
the home Of J. c. Thomas. business
man. Mrs. Thomas was bond an
gagged and thrown int the cellar.
The men started to GO through the
house. but a parrots talking frish.
ened them away
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
rannerlnn wlth the Truth.

A school teacher trying to explain
to his class the meaning Of the word
''concelteF." said,
Suppose would so arsund say
ing: Look how good am to my
class. or Dragging about how much
| know OF how good-looking ! am
what would you say ! was?'
"A liar" instantly responded MS
class.-Judge's Library.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

"Did you ship that load Of eie-
phsnts' ears TO the florist on the sub
urban express?
-No. / Thought It would be more
4, order fo send them Oh the trunk
line. American.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

81 have come long way 20 per
sorallv offer you some Of my hunor-
Gus stuff" said the seedy looking man
a he proffered the manuscript
~But my dear sir. snapped the cd.
itor. we cant accept any far-tetched
witticisms. Kansas City Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
HIS LAsT WORK.

New York. Aug. 3.-Throrgh a let
ter from President Roosevelt made
public today, il is learned that Angus
tus st. Gaudens had designed new
gold coins which are being com
pleted. This design Is probably the
last complete work Of the sculptor
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
a KEEN Scent.

whats aaby 50 pleased abonb
e-fae IA the grandmother.
.eh is mamma and papa are con-
3. - rfrIiea Katie. the nu-se.
nj s5- them, Katie
-Sar 3. mz'am. But the BABY $
,c-o "a eorv keen. Ha srleils tie
-ntonoblie. maam-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
GREAT SCULPTOR DEAD
Designing Of New Gold Coins SAID &c
Be His Last Completed
Work.

Cornish, n IT,. Aug. 3.-Augustus
St. Gaudens the great sculptor, died
here today after a brief illness He
expired AT $50 p. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

Resujts is what the advertiser wants
and that L. what he gets when be
places his Advertising in the Bui'
l~fiz- -.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

Any Item that Is OF interest TO
is OF interest to yoar friends. T
phone your news 10 the BuIlsis-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04
mois, spo, Of II. Earth

Pain falls on the eastern coast OF
ireland on about 2os days in the year
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

You pay a little more Tor cla' silied
advertising IN the Bulletin tnan
other Cairo papers pu, you get me
rszzltA
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-04

Harry Green. 90: Otto Builder, IS;
Alberta Blattau. 2gs4; Inez Davis,
l70; Barclay Naugle. 1871; Ruth Pet
It's 1888: Julia Strong, u; Iona Bon
durant. 20.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-14
OLMSTEAD.

August 13. 1907.

n August 10, 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Horstman, OF 81.
! Louis are visiting with Mr. and Mrs
Ed Kurt.
Rev. H. A. Huebotter leaves today
for Red Bud, ILL.,. to attend the pas
toral conference which Is being held
at that place from Aug. B to is.
Mr., j. Kirschner and daughter We're
shopping in Mound City Saturday,
Miss Georgia Kratz was on the sick
list,
Mr., and Mrs. Reischauer, of Jones'
boro. spent Saturday with their broth
err, Martin and family at Olmsted.
Mr. Bowen, from Champaign, ILL.,
has opened new restaurant here and
Is doing a thriving business.
Miss Emma Kastin, of Carlinvilla,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Hua-
hotter
Mr. Hoehlhuberer's new house is
almost finished and when completed
will be handsome building. Mr.
Meyer is doing the work
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-14

fence; also by reason Of the fence he
turn on in blowing. so that instead of
only two acres he is actually and alb
solutely deprived of the use and in
come of two and one-half acres. rep
resenting to him an annual income of
$1,000. i'm other words he has been
forced to accept for his land what he
could have realized from ii in is
years aud still have the land left. and
probably increased 50 per cent in
value. He might II he was lucky put
his $4,000 ont at per cent and get
nearly as much as his land had
brought him. but il is more probable
that he would realize about , per cent
from il.
in addition to losing his ground he
finds that il takes more work to cul-
fivate what he has left He has two
fields where he only had one before.
he has TO make twice as many turns
in blowing as he used to-. II is quite
likely that instead of being nestangu-
lar in shape his fields are left with
sharp angles and probably threec,>
nered pieces. and where he used TO
be able to go from one part Of his
field TO the other at any point he
CHOSE. he finds that he has only one
point at which he can now cross from
u field TO the other The aggrava-
ton and Inconvenience Of having 10 |
tally contend with these things. year |
after year. can only be appreciated by
hose who have experience with /
hem. and cannot be properly esti-
mated from a PecuniarT standpoint.
II. instead Of forcing the farmer or
sther land holder TO sell. the legisls