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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-15
MOUND CITY
November 10, 1907.

Mrs. Henry Pride, of Pulaski,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. S, Bril-
ION here this week.
The cloak sale at Miss Ida John
sons dry goods store Tuesday was
great success,
Miss May Gallon Of Mounds, wal
shopping in town Tuesday.
| Evidences of an attempted robberl
| Sunday night were found at the gro
Gerry store of Bestgen 4 Westermar
Monday morning. One OF the real
doors had been tempered with but the
woud-be robbers had evidently been
/ frightened for they failed to gain en-
/ trance into the store. This store
must be spotted for it, together with
Blum's dry goods store were robbed
about two months ago
Mrs. A. ems Glasco made bust.
ness trip 10 Cairo Monday
A meeting Of business men and
several women was called at the M. u.
ehrreh Monday evening for the pur-
pose Of organizing a society TO see
that tie laws are obeyed and 10 i'm
prove aud beautify the town. The
society will be known as the Mound
Cityi Hnme Defenders and its nom
Lers stand ready 10 loan the city
enough money to pay back the license
to the saloons on per cent interest
The following officers were elected
President, T. p. Stophlet; vice presi
dent Mrs, A, w Williamson; secre-
tary. joe s Mert2, treasurer Mrs II
NJ. Smith The following committees
were appointed Bylaws c. S. Britton,
! A. Childers and Miss May Haw
Sins. Legal. T. NJ, Ford, J. A. Waugh
md A. w. Williamson; Program, Rev
q. r.. Htley Mrs. Jennie Adams and
he Congregational minister Finance
". 7. Jaceard. G Hughes and J. w \
3undschnh The society starts out
With tlirtyfire members aud we hope .
o see it grow and do good work. I
Mrs. May Camp aud mother Mrs 4
n. II. Brelsford OF Mounds, were 4
hopping In town Tuesday
The members ~ the LpHRftSaloila6
.hurch expect to hold services IN the
sunday school room Of theif new
office until the rest OF the building
5 completed
Mr.. Earl Van OF indianapolis. is the
nest of his sister, Mrs. W. G. futile
ere this week
Mr.. Met Quarles. Of Vienna. Ala, n
he guest of his wife at Mrs. Chas,
.ivesays residence i'll this city.
Mound City, Nov. i4.-Ahout thir-
v-seven persons partook Of the hos
,itality of Mrs. George =. Martin a.
er residence on East First ami
,earI streets wednesday afternoon
he games of the evening was pro
ressive block Mrs W. 7 Iacard
inning the first prize and Mrs, Joe
!. Melfz the second probe Mrs
,elia Tucker was awarded the con
oiation prize, while the guest prize
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-15
We'll! Ven

Man for man. If not woman for
woman. the humility End terror OF
Americans in the presence IF English
people Of their own class on above Il
is with Whatever care dIaEuised--a
pathetic thing London OuUoak
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-15

young man in
one end OF the
rowlioat as he
rested on the
oars.
why, of course
its a surprise, /"
repeated the girl
In the ridiculous
~ frilIy white
sunbonnet, who
sat in the other
end, 81 am
not a mind read
err
a h @ youn &
man lifted OK
asperated eyes
to TIL G S k y.
Didn't yon have
any idea at all
that THAT isl
say honestly, sal
lie haven't you
b q e n expecting
right along that
I'd say what |
just said? Didn'
you ow /
was head over
heels-''
Fl never thought
any such thing
said the pretty
girl. dabbling her
fingers in the lake
he idea / m
not in the habit
of supposing that
every man who
looks at me is in
love with m e.
There isn't any
reason a n y h o "
why YOU should
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-15

The Bulletin Is The only paper With
n radius of ise rsIics With the ser.
Zee Ct ~ Assee:sle5 rr~,a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-15

NVI1IT TllIofy Y 9ulnu.
". an unlimited amount
Of good reading ia 40 Unabridged die
tionary. it is distributed in tantallz.
ing manner
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
AGAIN THE PARCELS POST.

Postmaster General Meyers an- nouncement that with the consent of congress- the postotfice department will institute a post parcel service and establish postal savings banks does not make it certain that the government will embark upon these enterprises either immediately or in the future. It means, however, that the opponents of those projects will have to make a vigorous campaign.
 The chief opponents of the parcels post are not the express companies. notwithstanding the attempt of the protector to make the people think so. By far the strongest opponents are the small merchants all over the country. A parcels post system which would en- able the mail order houses in the large cities to deliver to customers in a town or city hundreds of miles away a package of groceries or dry goods as cheaply as merchant in the purchas- er's city can deliver a similar package with his own horse and wagon must result to the disadvantage of the local merchant. Therefore he fears that the tendency of the system would be to concentrate the cash business in the hands of few big firms in the very large cities and to leave for the local dealer only the customers who buy on credit. Naturally the small dealers are going to fight Postmaster Meyer $ project and they will have good many arguments on their side.
 Nor is the argument at all one sid ed on the postal savings bank question. Such banks would be safe, and they would often be convenient, but there are objections to them. The money would be taken away from the town in which it was deposited and either be held by the federal government for its own use or invested in some kind of securities like bonds It would not be available for local enterprises. The postal banks, therefore, would be in many cases detrimental to the welfare of the town no matter how beneficial to the individual depositors. There will also be, therefore, strong ard well grounded opposition to this part Of the postmaster generals plan.
 All of this has been said before and probably Postmaster General Meyer has some answer to it. If his answer is satisfactory he may get his plan adopted, but unless it is satisfactory and convincing he is not likely to.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
 THE OIL KINGS THREAT.

John D. Rockefeller is seeing things.
 Unless the administration changes its policy and ceases its prosecution of the big interests that have been rob ping the people, there will be a panic and financial disaster, in his opinion.
 The very character of the threat should stiffen the backbone of the ad- ministration and encourage it to pur- sue its investigations of questionable trust methods.
 It may be that these men who con- trol millions and who have been tight ening their grip on the industrial af- fairs of this country can precipitate a panic, but they dare not. As sure as they do the people will not rest until they have revolutionized industrial conditions, and that means govern ment control and ownership wherever such control and ownership are pos sible.
 When the campaign against the trusts had brought to light evidence of wrong doing that could not be gain said, the conservative journals of the country were not slow in urging an immediate return to sane. sober and altogether legal methods. But instead Of acknowledging their error allowing it to have been no worse, and begin ming an era of reform, the trusts con- tinued their policy of arrogant ob, struction and open defiance of law and the constituted authorities. The Standard Oil, one of the most brazer offenders. blocked the investigation of the government in every way possi- ble But information proving eonclu- siyely that the company had wrung millions from the people by illegal acts. was not hard to find, and armed with this the department of justice has finally driven the corporations in- to corner. Somebody complains that Judge Landis imposed fine amount ing almost to confscation, yet the tes- timony shows that since 1882 nearly $500. GOO, 600 have been paid in diyi- dends. How small by comparison is this less than s30, GOO, GOO fine.
 And now Mr. Rockefeller sounds the note of warning. He doesn't say, but he might as we'll have said: Hands of the Standard Oil, or we will bring suffering and misery to the people of the nation. . for that is what his words mean. Well. if this financial Sampson is ready to pull the house down over his own head. the sooner the better. This nation cannot endure if it must bow the neck and pay tribute to the favored few.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
EXCHANGE GOSSIP

Weather conditions in Katalla are not nearly 50 bad as some people would
 make them appear. The sun shines just as brightly on Katalla bay as it does on Puget Sound and the summer air is just as balmy, while the gran deur of the surrounding landscape can- not be excelled in any country or cline. Herald
 Concerning the Alaska political (not party situation, the Herald says
 Alaska for Alaskans, the motto which The Herald carries at the head of these columns, means in broad sense, that Alaska should have com plete political autonomy; in other words that her people should be given the fullest measure of self-goyernment, which in the past has been extended to their states, territories and posses sions of this republic should as speed fly as possible be given to Alaska: it means that the people of this great commonwealth are as capable of gov erning themselves as are the dark Kanakas, the Porto Ricans, who yester- day were Spanish subjects, or the little brown Filipino, many of them still clad mostly in sunshine, and whose fayorite industrial implement is machete; it means that Alaska, with class of cit izenship unequaled in any portion of this union, demands only that this union, demands only that which the
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
SIGNIFICANT STRAW VOTE.

The Chicago Tribune has been talk ing a vote of the editors of the middle west on choice of Republican presi- dential candidates. It asked the Re- publican editors of Illinios, Indiana. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the two Dakotas, Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas if they approved the progress size policies of President Roosevelt. Of the replies l, 569 approved the poli- cies of the administration and 65 did not.
 The question, "do you prefer pro- gressiye or conservative man for Pres ident Roosevelt's successor" l, 435 want progressive and 176 a conserya tive.
 For first choice of candidates 9A were for Taft, 19l for Cannon, 159 for Fair banks. 19 for Knox, Is for Hughes, 239 for LaFollette, and scattering votes for dozen others.
 Fairbanks makes a poor showing as II I CA HE 1cD FOS-o LOilJC llDlI HIS O6 II state. Taft's popularity is really sur prising. His home state is not includ- ed in the list, but he has big follow ing of newspaper men in all the states canvassed.
 President Roosevelt received 158 votes, but the Tribune explains that in the great majority of answers re- ceived the voters expressed themselves in favor of Roosevelt if he could be prevailed On to accept the nomination.
 3Ir. Taft's popularity outside his own home is most complimentary to the Ohio man. For first choice he leads all others by more than four to one while he is the second choice of 322 and the third choice of L5s. Of course these editors no doubt express ed their personal choice, but it is safe
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Some friends of the cause have ask ed the editor of The Miner why he has not had as much to offer lately on the subject of territorial government as had formerly been with him a seem ingly ruling passion. The question is easily answered. It is because he con- siders the fight won-in fact, practi- cally all over except the shouting. That is certainly the condition as ap- piled to the campaign of education be- gun by him twenty years ago. renewed with the inception of the Ketchican' s pioneer newspaper, and continued un- til the press and people of Alaska have been made practically unit in their adhesion to and advocacy Of the cause of popular home government. He is loath to strike fallen enemy, or to continue fight already won, and is content to surrender all the honor and credit to those who entered the fray later on, and to whose earn estness and courage is due the victory. Until therefore. something in the way Of argument more effective than the false statements and ialser reasoning that is now opposed to the cause is brought to the fore, The Miner will be content with the consciousness of duty we'll and faithfully performed-of a victory honestly achieved in the ed- ucstion of the people of Alaska into a high sense and appreciation of their political rights and duties.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

ures calculated to promote their vel fare. That he was hailed every where with loud acclaim and genuine oya- tions was only to be expected. He is not only a friend of Alaska in con- gress, but constitutes in himself one of the solid interests who is insistent in his demand that her people shall be accorded the privileges of local self government.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
FIN WITH THE BOYS

An Alaska exchange remarks that the Muir glacier is said to be dying. Remembering how the master of a tourist ship used to poke her bow up against its crumbling front. the won der is that good many people didn' die with it long ago.
 The Douglas News remarks that the prospect of q railroad has caused Val deg to boom. IL is sincerely to be hoped that the projectors of that boom have done something more than mere ly sent up rocket of which nothing more than possibly the stick will ever be found.
 Home grown watermelons are one of the luxuries at Fairbanks. Haven't seen it so asserted by the Fairbanks papers, but have 10 good reason to doubt the truthfulness of the better informed press of the Gastineau Chan nel region.
 The Douglas News notes with aston ishment that the Alaska cable refuses to furnish free reports of the move ments of Yukon river boats. Consid- eriDg the fact that there is 20 cable in that section it's refusal to render free of charge the service suggested can hardly De deemed unreasonable. The same paper notes as a matter of news that the Pacific Coast Steamship company has raised the frst-class fare between Seattle and San Francisco to s20. That can only be considered strange because 0. the fact Of there being hundreds of people who couldn't be induced to sell their preference for the rail over the sea route for twice that anCGlt.
 The perars say that there is move ment or foot to ship frozen mutton from Australia to the Yukon territory. Just as if it couldn't be just as easily frozen in the Yukon as in any part Of Australia.
 The Douglas News thinks any Alas kan ought to be able to answer the Post In:elligencer's prize ans wer to tie question of ''what is the Seattle S9irit?' In fact, aEswers it in the sare column by the suggestion that Charley .Joe's stolen totem pole which he traced to Seattle, was 'spir- tied away"
 Douglas News: Thomas Gale, Alaska's delegate to congress, is meet ing with an enthusiastic reception from the miners of the Panama section in the course of the tour of the creeks which he has commenced. At Gill more, on behalf of the miners, "White Horse" Smith presented Mr. Gale with a fine horse and equipment for the journey, and assured him of the con- fdence and support of the miners. The ovation was repeated at Pedro, Twin and Goldstream creeks.
 They have man up at Skagway whose name is Death. The Alaska re- cords the fact, however, that he has sold his holdings preparatory to talk ing flight.
 Recently the Skagway paper in mentioning what will be news to Ket- chikan people that 'sKetchikan dem- ocrats want the next convention held there" suggests that the amount of rainfall will not be an argument" And it might have added, neither an absence of wind necessary to the hot air without which such affairs are
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

to believe they also reflected the sent iment of their communities.
 The Tribune's vote is by all odds the most significant straw in the presi- dential campaign. and it's result is highly satisfactory-zto the friends of the leading candidate.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Says Speaker Cannon: There will be no revision of the tariff by the six tieth congress. There, that question is settled.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Governor Hughes must expect to remain in politics. He is going to make the rounds of the county fairs in his state.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

There is little danger of a trust do- ing anything out of spite. There is no money in that sort of business.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
SEPTEMBER ', 1907

Kings kiss when they meet. Which is one good reason why man should never want to be king.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Some times it looks very much as if Mrs. Eddy's next friends love her dearly for the money she has made.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Speaker Cannon declares that he reads nothing but the head lines in the newspapers. If that is true we can readily believe his assertion that he knows nothing about anything that is going on anywhere. It has come to be a fact that the one sure way to not know what is printed is to read the head lines.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

There are many alleged cures for the whisky habit, but the real cure is we'll kept resolution to quit drink ing the stuff.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

The Miner is in receipt of the initial number of Maj i.J.F.A Strong's new paper-the Katalla Herald. The mere announcement of the name of it's editor and publisher will carry to all who are acquainted with that gentle lication is fully up to the standard of excellence if, indeed, not far in ad- vance of that standard as applicable to Alaska journalism. The Miner ex- tends most cordial welcome home to this veteran of the Alaska press.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

IL is announced that John D. Rocke- feller has decided to keep his mouth shut hereafter. That is evidence of not all he has resolved to keep shut. His pocket is tightly buttoned and his strong box double-locked against that fine
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Edmond Rostand, who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac and some other things, is him to destroy his manuscript as fast as he writes. What pity lot more writers are not afflicted with the same way
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Congressman Sulzer concluded his tour 0. Alaska at Nome, having been cordially received by the people every where he stopped on the way. He was hailed every where as the friend of Alaska, and can but carry with him to the East and into the next session of congress, if such thing be possible,
 even more kindly feeling for the people who recognize in him the fore most friend and advocate of all meas-
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

While there may be few persons. scattered here and there, who believe in government ownership of all rail- roads, there is probably only one man in the country who fayors complete Hartman ownership.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Miss Ida NJ. Tarhell says Mir. Rock efeller is a fanatic. Which seems rather mild when it is considered that versatile woman like Miss Tarbell could have thought of a lot of other things to call him.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

According to late reports, Mir. Grover Cleveland has been getting along so we'll in physical way that he doesn't even have to feel grateful to the people who have been worry ing about his health.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Former Governor Odell. of New York, has had an operation performed on his jaw" Must be going to re- enter politics
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

The fate of the peacemaker has been theme for many ribald paragraph, but one of them has turned the tables in New York. He interfered to stop a fight between strangers, and had to kill one of them to do it. The peace maker escaped unscathed.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Japan is sending out invitations to all the nations in the wolrd to attend a worlds fair in 1912. That settles the war question.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

If it is true, as foreign doctor says, that American women cross their legs too much. he ought to have had enough modesty to say nothing about it.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

It is costing San Francisco 500 a month to keep Abe Ruet in jail, but there is modicum of consolation in pointing to the fact that he has cost the city several times that much when he was at liberty,
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Judge Wickersham has wired an order from Valdez to the clerk of the district court here to continue all matters pending until September 7th, as it will be impossible for him to reach Juneau at an earlier day. Judge GunLison himself may be here by that time. Juneau Record.
 This from the Juneau Dispatch can be taken with as many grains of salt as the reader chooses to season it with: "C. c. Coutant and son Walter are arranging to return on an early steamer to Wyoming where they will make their future home. The health of Walter does not warrant continuing a residence in Alaska. Both will be greatly missed in business circles. n
 Solicitor Moran, of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, left on the City of Seat tie for the sound. He was unsuccess- ful in his attempt to secure large sum of money from Juneau for free pufIs in the telegraphic columns of that paper. The business men did not take kindly to his scheme. Dispatch. The Juneau people probably had for gotten the vast benefit derived from previous "write-ups' of character similar to that proposed by MT. Moran.
 The News says that the agricult- ural experiment station farm at Ram part is now conspicuous field of waving grain and grass, and beauty spot in the landscape on the north side of the river.n
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

Men who have been trying to drink all the whisky in the country may feel encouraged to know that they con- sumed Il. 409, 252 gallons more last year than the year before.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

The Standard Oil company has de- clared another $, GOO, GOO quarterly dividend. Reports that the Standard Oil was about to go to the poorhouse were evidently without foundation.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07

If they keep fooling with that Tan gier tangle they are likely to get some Of the great powers to biting their thumb at each other, and then what will become of The Hague peace con- gress?
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-03-27
An Old Kentuckian
Writes About Texas.
Meta. Texas

NelLdt 4 e&dS
will try and give a short description
of this part of Texas. AS most every
one knows, Texas is the largest state in
the Union. It's measurement from
north to south is TAO miles and from
east to west, SIS miles. Area, zoo, oil
square miles or 17O, 247, $40 acres. Meta
is pretty little village of Hopkins
county and is in IS miles of Sulphur
Springs, our nearest X. R., town and
county seat. 1t is in the northeast
ern part of Texas, and on the broad
praries where the land is almost as level
as a floor, where one sees the first and
last rays of the rising and setting sun.
We have had a very mild winter here.
Ice hasn't been one-fourth inch thick
and the ground hasn't frozen that deep.
We have had three light SHOWS. The
woods and fields are green, flowers are
in bloom, gardens are up and looking
well, farmers have almost finished
planting corn and some are now plant
ing cotton. Cotton is their principal
crop here. Oats and sorghum grow
here, also peaches and small fruit to
some extent. Blackberrys are largely
cultivated and sell at zoe per gallon.
Apples are not raised in this section.
live cattle are shipped to northern
markets, droves of 800 to 500 often pass
through our town.
We have a good school. Teachers
wages of public county schools from
SIS to $50 a month.
Everything seems prosperous. We
like Texas very we'll but for health give
me the hills and valleys of dear old
Kentucky. She can not be surpassed,
and though we may wander far away,
our best and dearest love will still be
with our native state.
THE dear old state of Kentucky,
Our long loved native state,
We have always loved her dearly,
But we love her more of late"
Mrs. H. H. Johnson.