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The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-07
HOMES

From time to time I will give in this column a list of bargains in real estate of all kinds. Watch the changes from time to time. If you wish to rent or sell, get yourself represented here. If you wish to buy, make an investigation of these properties.
 No. 347 1-2. 1S4 acres sand and dirt land farm mile from En- met, Ark, on rural rodte, 5 roo m dwelling, tenant houses, barns } artesian wells; 75 acres in culti- vation, 40 acres good timber, 60 acres pasture land; all under renee. .............. .....'. $zOOO No 34j. so acres of improved up land, 2 small houses on same, overflowing we'll, barns and other outhOuses, 35 acres under fence, 23 acres in cultivation. young or chard; 4 miles from Prescott. .................. $7.50 per acre
 No. 346. 80 acres of fine bottom land al of which can be cultiva- ted; no improvements except about Is acres in cultivation; 5 miles from Prescott; reasonable terms ............... $lO per acre
 No. 34S. A 12 acre home in one of the prettiest little villages in Nevada county, new 5 room cot tage, well painted and all out buildings and fences in good con dition; small office building on property; good orchard, water and wood, daily mail, healthful location; improvements well worth the price. 800
 No. 347. 500 acre fine bottom land farm near Fulton Ark. about 175 acres now in cultivation, re mainder in timber consisting of white oak, gum, maple, walnut and ash; public road on both sides of farm; we'll watered ten ant houses; fine opportunity for investment at. SIS per acre
 No. 344. 800 acres timber land, oak, gum add pines miles from Prescott near Camden branch railroad. d............ $7.50 per acre
 No. 342. 120 acres timber land near Lackland, Nevada county; other lands adjoining, $3.5O per acre. t
 No. 3l9 50 acres of improved farming land 2 miles from Pres colt, on rural route, telephone line; good houses, barn and we'll; {; all under fence;' 30 acres in culti- vation, fine wood land; water in creek all summer; easy terms. ............... $15 per acre
 20 acres 1-2 mile from the cor poration line of Prescott,on pub- lie highway, all under tence, no other improvements; high, gent ly rolling, we'll wooded; excell- ent location for building, small farm or other purpose; easy terms. ..... 1925 per acre No. 297 40 acres 5 miles east of Prescott, uuimproved, $2.5O per acre.
 | Three 2.acre tracts just out side of city limits, fine location for building; within reach of water, lights and local telephone exchange, good neighborhood; will sell only to those who will build and make homes; see me for prices and terms.
 A well improved up land farm of 2S0 acres 8 miles east of Pres colt; fine stock farm; good barns. orchard and tenant house, good neighborhood with school and church facilities. .. $10 per acre No. lS2. 24O acres of wild lands a few miles east of Prescott; low price and easy terms.
 No. 24l. 40 acres of uninprov- ed land near Sutton, Ark, $1.5O per acre; bargain at the price No. 304 600 acres of unimprov- ed land in the southern portion of Nevada county, S3 per acre. Two nice office rooms for rent veniently located.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-07
Hofel Arrivals
MILLER HOUSE

M. Adair, Antoine; s. T. Ley ser, J. c. Mcfarland, W. E. Woodworth, St. Louis; M. A. Hardin, Antoine; J. Franks, Gin. cinnatti; w. c. Lasswell, Thebes, Illinois.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-07

For Rent-5-room house. $500 per month.
 For Sale-60 acre farm 3 miles from Prescott. If you have $l5O.00 you can handle it.
 SEE ELLSWORTH.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09
w. O. w. ApPOTNTEE

The sovereirns Of Woodcraft oi
Louisiana will learn with mnct
pleasure that Sovereign g. NJ Wen
formerly of Louisiana, but who has
been q successful manager OF the
Wood,nen Of the World In the state
Of Minnesota for The past several
years, has beon appointed State Man
aRer OF the WOodmen of the World
Of louisiana. and has his Office ana
residence ut Shreveport. La. having
moved his family South on the 2nd
instant. Sovereign J. g. Root, SOW
ercign commander. certainly made a
good selection when he appointed
Sovereign We'll state manager.
a. o. Patureau. special deputy or
the w. o. W.. has been promoted I
district organizer by state Man
ager y. NJ. Well. Sovereign Patu-
feau will have his headquarters in|
Alexandria. Ia.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09
Wilkinson Speaks at Hcssmer.


l ilessmer. La. Nov. lion r. s.
Wilkinson had the second meetin.
of his campaign in Avoyelles Parish
II Hessmer IL o'clock "Wednesday
afternoon. Col. Wilkinson and his
party. consisting Of Judge - G. Hun
Ter. Judge q. II. CouviIlon and Hon.
II. i. Jofferion. drove here from
Bordelonville Wednesday morning
and reported very pleasant drive.
The meeting was very well attend
ed rs The most representative voters
~ this section. who were very much
Interested III the speech showing
their appreciation by frequent bursts
Of applause.
The meeting was held IN front Of
=. a Bernaff.s store. and was called
10 order by Mr.. Bernard. who asked
Judge Convillon to introduce the
speaker Judge Couvillon made q
strong speech in French. and was
followed by Hon. y. j. Ioiferion. nf
Marlsville, who made q short speccl.
also IN French
Colonel Wilkinson was then intro
ducnd. ana made a forceful speech
On The issues Of the day. He was
IN his best foln. speaking for fully |
an hour. and his audience listened |
Snd appreriatively
throughout re closed his speech |
with y few words in French. whie', |
greatly pleased his hearers, most ot |
whom were CreoIes
Hon. Paul Capdevielle then made
! short sDeeeh in behalf Of his own
candidacy. The meeting then al
nnrncd and Colonel Wilkinson and
ais party were Immediately started
IN the road to cottonport. accom-
panied By Drs Perkins and Fox. of
where big rally was
leld Wednesday night at o'clock.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09
ARCADIA
Brewers Horse Wins Every RACE.
Fifteen Blue Ribbons for Stock



Arcadia. Ia, My {. ! gerics -
petial meetings are being held ~
he Arcadia Fresbf Ian Church this
week. Rex \ +, &pencae. Inc Pas
or. Is assisted by Rev VIM H.
Riehardson. IN evangelist from Ala-
lama. The meeting Will cont iule
ton days 81 more. and services arc
held aft ernoou and night daily
Hon John \ IIfewcr President 81
The Eienyille Parish Fair Association
1aa Just returned from five week Is
min. visiting all IT he parish fairs
u north Louisiana His fine horses.
Nellie H. Bullet and Debo. won
very race entered and made Il splen
lid record fos themselves In the
i've stock show ring MI Brewer eap
ured fifteen blue ribbons on his nn
lnimals
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09
RECORD OF THE MAILS,

In compliance with an order from
the post office department, the To-
cal post office kent record Of the
business passing through this Office.
The departments reason for keen
ing this record. is to ascertain the
of mail that is being handl-
81 by the railway clerks over this
division of the Southern Pacific.
The record was very good and
shows to what proportion the post
ttfice has grown. 1t is Also an in
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09
Shreveport.
tFrom Fridays Daily.)

Shreveport. Nov. 7.-Every citizen
OF Shreveport is proudly watching
The progress being made on the new
$4,000 three-story city hall. which
Is to be completed by the middle of
next March. Today witnessed the
laying Of the first Of the stone on the
structure.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09

Mr.. Bryan declares that nine
tenths of the republicans are demo-
Gratis. but don't know it: there 8
more truth than poetry in that state
ment.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09
LEEsvILLE.
Contract Awarded for Erection g
$8G 900 Parish Courthouse.
From Fridays Daily.

Loesvile. La. Nov T. The Polio
Jury today lot the contract To build
the Vernon Parish Courthouse tu w
6. Whitney. Of beaumont. Tex. FOR
sSS 900. ~
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-09

The Hague peace conference
should reassemble. Bat Master
son. the most notable Of the remain
ing gun fighters Of the West. has
had dianer It ths~White House.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

thusiasm, "Oh, it's great ] love it,
That is all that Miss Della was ever
heard to say with reference to the
long dreary. dangerous drives. Those
who know the winsoine face well, how
ever, say that each morning there is
little shadow on her brow as she
carefully places the mail bags, a seri-
ous look in the merry eyes as she
caresses each tough little broncho and
examines the harness to see that all
Is taut for the long pull
All the ranchmen could tell YOU that
II harm should come to their little Del.
IA IT would take more powerful argu-
ment than a lawyer could frame to
save the perpetrator from the ven
geance Of the unwritten law.
Al tenderfoot once asked Della II
there we're any rattlers to contend
with.
Rattlers? Well. | should say SOL
came the reply in her clear girlish
tones. 4ive got so now that ] never
mind them at all Just kin them
that's all And you have to act mighty
quick, too. for yon hardly ever know
they are about until YOU hear the
rattles and then-well. its up TO you.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14
HANGS BY HAN 70 TREE.
California Girl Has Experience Like
That Of A6soiom.


San Franolsco-Thrown from a
horse that she was riding and caught
BY her hair on the overhanging branch
Of a tree. Miss Bianch Maud Cameron.
a beautiful san Francisco girl who
graduated from the University Of Cali
fornia last year. suffered very pain
ful and remarkable accident at Red
nluf.
She remained suspended until, On
account Of her weight. the hair that
vas enlangied in the tree tore away
from the scalp aud then she fen IN.
conscious to the ground. Her injuries
though they cause much suffering. are
not dangerous. With party Of
friends Al Red Blum she rode a few
miles down the river to q picnic trip
the other day. AT the side of the
river. where the horse made a sudden
rush down the embankment. she was
thrown from the animals back and
her hair caught In the tree branch.
Before aid could reach her the hair
and scalp had given way and she bad
fallen to the ground.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

Flora returned bearing, as q trophy Of
var. a large section Of the hobo's
pants-tramps do not wear trousers.
The remnant contained what was
once a hip pocket and in the pocket
were Miss Emma's purse. rings. mon
ey and all
II must reward the poor fellow,
cried Miss Cosgrove almost hystefieal
IN her delight
The farmer left her at a friends
house. borrowed a pair Of overalls
from him and returned with the tramp
decenlly attlred
u found the purse on the road" the
hobo explained. Il put it in my only
pocket that viii hold anything. ! carry
q flask there when I have full one.
was hurryine-for I have an awful
thlrst-when the dog
Here my poor man. take this $40
and buy a suit Of clothes. said the
grateful Miss Converse.
eThank you. lady said the fellow
Butt -but-Im no dude-these over
ais are fine as I told you. lady
have an awful thirst Thank YOU
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14
HOUSE HAUNTED;
ICE IN THE WELL

decided that it was time to move on
before more terrible events occurred.
Shortly afterwards, it is said. jolly
party Of young people, returning from
j dance, conceived the idea Of visiting
the untenaated house. Two young men
volunteered to 90 ahead and investi-
gate. They entered the pathway lead
lng to the front door and paused
aghast, for at one Of the upper WIN
dows a faint light was shining. t
flashed, died away, tilckered again, be-
came bright and then went out.
Weak with fear, but determined to
brave it out, the boys crept cautious
ly up the steps. They tried the knob.
Suddenly the door opened, there was
a blaze of light, and something struck
and threw them from the steps 70 the
ground. When they mustered sufficient
courage to again look at the house the
door was closed the building was
dark, and there was no sign Of any
i presence other than their own. Thor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

oughly terrified, they made their way
back to the others. gasped out the
story, and the little party hastened
homeward, giving the "frozen-weli8
house q wide berth.
The frozen well" IA located in the
yard Of the dwelling and is covered
by an antiquated house, constructed
Of rough boards, which has fallen into
decay. The bucket and ropes worn by
the hands Of other generations still
hang within the little roof. The shaft
Is about 40 feet deep and at The Dot
tom is frigidly cold water. On its sur
face are chunks OF ice. some Of which
may be raised in the bucket. There
has been much speculation as TO the
formation Of this ice. which is in the
we'll the year around Many shall0wer
wells in the town never freeze. There
are undoubtedly extensive springs
near the bottom Of the well, and It Is
thought possible that the streams
which supply It flow through under
ground eavefns From the well sounds
which may have been the cracking Of
the ice. but which have been attrib-
uted to other causes by superstitious
people, have been heard to issue n
the winter and the spring
Some Of the former tenants refused
to drink the water, preferring to bring
what was required a long distance
The water has a brackish taste. prob
ably caused by limestone formations
in this vicinity, but ii view Of the
phenomena associated with the house
the well Is looked upon with sus
picion by many persons Some house
wives even frighten their children b
telling them that the ghosts viii droI
J them into the frozen well Il they d
not obey their parents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14
HOW HE FOUND HIS FACE FOR
NEW GOVERNMENT COINAGE.
Dead Sculptor Left Design Of Face
Of Pretty Irish Waitress Of Yer
mont Who Served Him
with Soup.

Augustus ST. Gaudens is dead, but |
he has left behind the design for new
government coinage which proves how
earnestly and patiently he sought for
the ideal face which should adorn the
new coins. Plenty Of faces he might
have had. Pretty women by the score,
and hundreds all over the country who
would have considered it a privilege
to have become the model for the
head on the new coins which the gov
ernment was planning to issue, but st.
Gaudens was waiting for his ideal,
and strange indeed was the way he
finally realized his hopes, Il was
at dinner in the little country town Of
Cornish, w.t., that his attention was
drawn to the serving maid who
brought him his meal, and he knew
that his quest was ended He had
found the classic profile. the absolute
ly pure features which the Greeks
once loved, the curving lips, the cor
rect nose. the splendid forehead, the
wellset eyes, and soon the face Of
Mary Cunningham, the unassuming
little Irish maid, will be known from
Maine TO California and from Mime
sota to the gulf. She will be on pen
nies, on ten-dollar gold pieces and
$40 gold pieces. She win jingle In
our pockets. let US hope for many
years.
But the mere fact that St. Gaudens
wanted Mary Cunningham 10 pose for
her profile didn't make the thing pos
sible at all. The waitress demurred.
she didn't want to be sculptor's
model; she had never done anything
Of the kind. She would far rather
wait on table
And then the sculptor had to plead
-he, who could have had many a SO
ciety woman to pose for him for the
coin merely for the asking He point
ed out to Mary Cunningham that shf
owed q duty to the country.
You must pose.' was the artists
final fat, and Mary Cunningham did.
And when 1t was over she wen
back to the table and started serving
soup and lamb and apple pie and coi
fee-this girl Of the wonderful fac
which Is soon to be known whereye
Uncle Sans copper and gold goes
Mary Cunningham was born in ire
land 26 years ago. She came to thi
country not long since She workel
first in Boston aid finally went t
Vermont as a waitress, and 1t wa
there that st. Gaudens discoyere
her.
The work on the designs Is bein
finished by Henry Herring. an artls
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

apologize in the aspect Of the prison
ers, VINO boldly stared back at the
magistrate with a iovial CLEAN in their
eyes.
Regarding the two prisoners with an
air so serious as 10 be droll were two
sun tanned. chunky young men in mis-
fit trousers. coatless and shirtiess. for
the young women had the young mems
shore togs on them and the real
iackies were worrying over what
might happen 10 them when they got
back to the cruiser Washington ana
made explanations. Their shore i'm
erty, they knew. was past, and ret
they had ne respectable clothing il
which to report back for duty
Magistrate Tighg looked over the
papers in the case and found out
from Policeman Kelly that tha pair.
who had described themselves as
Edna Mcdonald and Kittie White.
each 21 years old. had been arrested
for masqueradIng IL the mems cloth
ing At z.s0 o'clock ii the morning.
The girls frankly admitted the fanlt
and said that they considered the
whole thing as a joke. They had ii.
vaded the iackies room while they
we're asleep and taken the uniforms.
but did not intend that the hoys
should long be deprived 0f them
Magistrate Tighe suspended sen
tence on the women and sent the
jacAles after their clothing When
the girls app6rel arrived the transfes
waF mgde d rooms IN the rear Of fAs
courtroom.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

who had been assistant to the dead
scuIptor for many years. The bas
relief on the designs submitted az
first was too high and it Is now being
reduced in order that It may be pos
slbIe to pile the coins one upon an
other. which could not be done when
the figure was higher than the rim.
Coins with too high a projection in
the center cannot be stacked and
would topple over.
The one.cent piece calls for the pro
file Of an ideal head with an Indian
headdress; with 13 stars around head,
and the word Liberty" underneath,
also the date, 1907. On the diverse
side are the words "One Cent" with
a wreath around them,
The ten-dollar gold piece or eagle
has the same ideal head and head.
dress. and band around the head,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14
PLUckY slxTEEN-YEAR-oLD MAID
RUNS STAGE ON LONELY
TRAIL.
IS IDOL OF THE COWBOYS
Takes Up Fathers Work When Health
Falls him-Rattlcsnakes, High
waymen and Billiards Don't
Terrify Her.

Mile, S. D.-lf a bold bandit should !
step cut from behind clump Of bush
es on the lonely trail between this |
place and washington Springs and de.
mand that the dust-covered mail stage
halt he would be faced BY small de-
termined looking girl behind a small
determined looking revolver.
The girl would be Miss Della Spain,
who has recently celebrated her six
teenth birthday and is known as the
pluckiest Iasaie in the land Of the pa
k0tas.
Four trips a week. 20s miles in all,
does Della make In the stage, Journey
ing Tfty-two miles each way, and a
difficult trip II Is. Lighter and less
cumbersome than the oldfashioned
rumbler. perhaps. but still very much
the genuine article Is the stage that IL
driven BY the winsome little maid
in her cowboy garb, with kerchief
knotted loosely about her slender
throat and broad sombrero crownlng
her curly locks as picturesque 2 fig
ure al ever stepped out before the
footlights In play Of the Wild West
Though SO thoroughly the girl Of the
plains. Miss Della is quite able to hold
her own In the social world for the
little girls father was too proud Of
his daughter not to give her all the
advantages that could be had al
though many sacrifice 4 cost him.
Unlike many a girl for whom much
has been done, the little maid q the
plains was not unmindful Of the effort
that had been put forth. and when the
time came that her father. himself the
driver Of the stage and mail carrier
over the route from Miller 70 Wesslng
ton Springs. failed in health and
strength by reason of exposure % the
elements and long years Of driving
little Della instantly tool ~ the work
At FIRST her fathers affection for
bade the thought of such a sacrifice
but with clear business logic she
pointed out to him the hiring Of mel
10 drive the stage would eat up Al
the nrofits and also open the way fol
him 10 be deposed; 50 he gave Up t
her.
That was a long time ago and 70
many months little Della has been per
forming all the duties Of the regula
messenger Of Uncle Sam. as well a
carving ont the usual side lines o
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

dress and the word Liberty upon IL.
There are l3 stars around the head
and the date, 1907 underneath On
the diverse side is standing eagle
with a bunch Of darts representing
war and Peace In one talon and an
olive branch in the other. Surround
ing the eagle are the words Ten Dol
lars.
The $40 gold piece, or double eagle,
represents the figure Of Liberty stand
ing on a rock with fun face, as
though approaching, holding torch
in the right hand and an olive branch
IN the left. indication Of the capitol
at Washington in the background.
with the sun shining and the word
Liberty over the head Of the figure
and 46 stars surrounding it. On the
other side is an eagle, flying through
the suns rays. with the words United
States Of America over the eagle and
the words Twenty Dollars under it.
Around the edge Of this coin are the
words r Pluribus Unum" and 1a
stars, which answer for the milling
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-14

found. This diamond the cullinan.
has been a sort Of elephant upon the
hands of the diamond company until
the proposal was made to present the
gem to the king Of Great Britain that
It might be added TO the precious
stones already on the royal crown.
This big stere was found near Pre-
toria in January, 1905, BY MIR Fred
Wells. and has since that time laid IN
the mine eompany'a Vaults. L weigh
9025lk carats. or one pound, six
ounces. and is four inches long by 2iA
inches wide and one hall inch thick.
For q stone Of such immense Size,
worth according to the scale employed
# he trade a fabulous sum- tliefe +
no market. and the mine COMPANY has
really been embarrassed By It's pos
session. sssA s. e.s..l.- 49,
not aaord 81 have gueh great value q
lhg idle. ana II did not haFs se esss