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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25
In the Circuit Court Of Florida, 2nt
Circuit Leon County In Chancery.

Greasy Simmons. Complainant, vs. julius Sim
mons Defendant. Bill for Divorce.
II having been made TO appear by the affidavit
Of the solicitor for the complainant that the resi-
dsHce Of the defendant julius Simmons In un-
known and that there IL no person In the state ~
Florida the service Of n subpoena upon whom
would bind the said DEFENDANT and that the aaid
defendant In over the age Of twenty-Onc;
II In therefore ordered that the said defendant
Julius simmons. be and be hereby Ia required Ia
appear to the said bill Of complaint Monday,
ths fourth day Of March. Ip7. and that this order
be published once y week for eight consecutive
weeks, IN the True Democrat. Newspaper pub
llahed In the city Of TalhhaaRee. and In said county
and State.
Witness, Henry r. Felkel Clerk " said Court
and the aeal thereof this 2Gth day uf December, A .
d. 1906
lREALl HFHRY r. FEIKEI.
Clerk ~ Circuit Court
A true copy Attest,
HENRY r. FEIkEL.
A4-st Clerk Of Circuit Court.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25
HENRY 7. FEIkEL.
A4-st Clerk Of Circuit Court.

In the Circuit Court Of Florida. End
Circuit for Leon County. In Chan
eOry.
HAllls Randolph Complainant, VA Bran Ran.
dolph, Defendant Bill for Divorce.
II having been made Ia appear by the affidavit
Of the solicitor Of the complainant that the resi-
dencs Of the defendant Bran Randolph In not In
Florida but IN In ThonAavllle, Georgia within the
United States and that there u no person In the
state Of Florida tho service ~ n subpoena upon
wh1m would bind tho said defendant and that the
said defendant " over tWent y-une years Of age
II 10 therefore ordered that the sa.d defendant
Bran Randolph bg. and he>is hereby required 10
b. and appear pn Monday, the fourth day Of Feb
Fuary, 1907, and that this order bg published once
: week for four consecutive weeks In the True
Democrat, . Newspaper published IN the city Of
Tallahassee, and In RAid county and State.
Witness. Henry r. Felknl, Clerk Of said Court
and the seal thereof THE Goth day Of Decotnber A.
H. 1908.
taHALl HERHY r FELkEL
Clerk Circuit Court
true copy Attest:
HRNHY r. FELKEt.
A4-u Clerk Circuit Court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
Long-Winded Speeches.

Canada's supreme court has fixed a maximum of. three hours for counsel addresses, which decree has recalled some tales of overlong speeches.
 The story is told of a counsel who pressed his argument for very long time with frequent repetition. "Mr -,' T said the judge. you have said that be- fore" Have I. my lord?" replied coun- sel apologetically. 'I am very sorry: forgot it." Don't apologize" was the judicial response; "it was so very long ago"
 An American lawyer who seemed unable to arrive at the end of a pro- longcd speech at last ventured to express A fear that he was taking up too much time. "Oh, never mind time" observed the judge, but for goodness sake do not trench upon eternity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

way improvement are now in many in- stances it's strongest advocates. Their present position is illustrated by the statements of President James J. Hill who has pointed out that if the water ways are made effective to the point where they will take care of the bulkier and less remunerative classes of freight, the tension on the railroads will be re- lieved and they will be enabled not only to handle their business more expedi- tiously, but to make more money out of 1t.
 Several years ago these advocates of waterway improvement formed an or- ganization which they called the Ma tional Rivers and Harbors Congress. During the past two years, under the energetic leadership of Representative Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana, this as- sociation has grown rapidly in numbers and strength until it now includes many of the most prominent business men and influential representatives of the various professions in nearly every American community Congressman Ransdell who has become the leader in this movement, represents tine Fifth district of Louisiana -one containing hundreds of miles of waterways, so that his attention has naturally been fixed on their needs for many years Furthermore, he Is one of the most active members of the rivers and harbors committee of the House and has therefore spent a large part of his time since he entered Congress in dealing with subjects of this kind. Outside of his official duties he has travelled to every state and territory of the country in the past two years speaking in favor of the adoption of a national policy of waterway utilization. He is a close friend of MT. Roosevelt and in some degree the Presidents interest in this subject has been stimulated no doubt by the facts and figures collected by MT. Ransdell.
 The annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress is to be held at the New Willard Hotel in this city on December 4, 5, and S. practically coincident with the opening of Congress. Following upon the deep waterways con- tion at Memphis, and similar meeting in advocacy of the Atlantic coast inland waterways at Philadelphia, this gather ing is intended to register the high water mark of enthusiasm on this sub- ject.t In addition to representatives of commercial bodies from every part of the country a number of governors have signified their intention of attending. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

the census year 1900, when the crop , amounted to 22O0,0 900 bushels, of more than s110,000,000 to the farmers of those states on freghts to the seaboard alone To take another comparison, there is a commerce in iron ore and coal of about 30.000.000 tons annually between Pitts burg and the Lake Erie harbors of Con neaut and AShtabula. The ore is car ried by boats from Duluth to Ashtabula or Conneaut, a distance of approximate 1y 20J0 miles, at a charge of about so cents a ton. It is then loaded on cars and carried 135 miles to Pittsburg for 30 cents a ton, or seven times the water rate, taking into account the difference in distance Coal is carried from Pitts burg to these Erie ports at 90 cents ton, and thence shipped by water to upper lake ports at 35 cents a ton, or about one-twenteth of the cost by rail.
 At the present rate of progress some of the most important works now under way will need years for completion. On the Harlem river, where q commerce of nearly $300, O00,000 passes annually, q plan of improvement to cost S2.7O0 GOO was be- gun 28 years ago. To date $1 ,350.000 has been appropriated and spent and the work is only half completed. At this rate an- other 28 years will pass before it is finished. Thirty-one years ago project for six foot slack water navigation on the Ohio was adopted. Of g locks and dams provided for in the plan, six have been completed and four more begun. Meanwhile the project has been changed to a nine foot depth. Unless the work is hastened 1t will drag on for 50 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
A chummy. Fearless Bird.

From the Outing Magazine.
 So unafraid are hummingbrds of man that they will readily enter open windows of houses if they see flowers within. have even read of their visiting the ar tihclal flowers on ladys hat when she was walking out. and other writers speak of their taking sugar from between per sons lips. In room they become con- fused. and, being so frail, are apt to in jure themselves by striking against ob- jects. More than once I or members of my family have caught the frightened lit tie waifs for their good. and release them in the open air. It Is of no use to try to keep them in captivity, unless. possi- bly, It were in greenhouse, where there were plenty of flowers, for no artificial food has ever been found which will nourish them. Yet even there they would probably kill themselves by flying against the glass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
The Surprised War Secretary.

From the London Sketch.
 MT. Haldane is telling very funny story against himself. On a week end visit the other day he arrived at the country station and found that his hosts carriage had left with the other guests. In the yard was a station bus, in which sat a solitary passenger a ladys maid MT. Haldane got in, and the other occupant of the bus at once entered into affable conversation with him. My bit of stuff," she said, hates going to Lady -, and she's going so because she ears MT. Aldane' 8 going to be there, and she wants him to give her son a billet"
 "Oh. indeed" replied the war secre- tary.
 Yes, and she thinks she will get it too.'
 After time MT Haldane getting bored by his companions flow of language, opened the omnibus hood when climb ing the hill. He was about to alight when the lady's maid. placing her hand on his arm, said. "Oh. no. you don't till you've paid 'arf the fare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

is expected that the convention will be addressed by one of the members of the cabinet probably either Secretary Root or Secretary Cortelyou, and 1t is safe to say that except for his ironclad rule to address no conference in Washington, the President himself would make a ringing speech. Ambassadors Won Sternberg and Jusserand are to tell what the policy of waterway improvement has accomplished for their own countries, and the conven- tion will probably go on record as ad- vocating the placing of waterway im- provements on the same plane as the army, navy, pension and other objects of the attention of. every Congress.
 Requests will be made that yearly ap- propriations be devoted to the rivers and harbors of the country instead of an ap- propriation about once in three years, as has been the custom. Coupled with this will be request that this appropriation shall amount to not less than s50,000, GOO a year. While the National Rivers and Harbors Congress has laid down tho rule that 1t will advocate no specific scheme, but only the adoption of a general nd- tional policy, most of the organizations and individuals who are behind special projects, such as that of deepening the Mississippi or constructing an inland waterway along the Atlantic coast, are
  guing, and with reason, that no project however worthy is certain of execution unless a broad national scheme of im- provement is adopted.
 Figures show the tremendous saving already due to water transportation in this country. It Is estimated that in the case of the freight which passed through the "Soo'' canal between Lake Superior and Lake Huron in 1905, amounting to A, 4,0O0OO0 tons, the difference between the actual rate of transportation by water and the rate which it would have had to pay by rail represented an economy of $156, 900. The total expenditures on the lakes up to date have been about $70,000, 00O. so that the saving on commerce through the "Soo" in a single year was more than twice the total cost of all im- provements in the entire lake system.
 The difference between freight rates on wheat from Chicago to New York by lake and canal and by rail Is 5.35 cents a bushel in favor of the water route On the cereal crop of the states adjacent to the lakes-Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Mich igan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, the difference represented a saving for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
Big 5 av vin g S on Sheets and Pil-
 low Cases

Three thousand 72 sheets, hemmed, ready use, regularly 59c. -.
 81x90-in. same as abt regularly Toe ..........
 Five Thousand hemn pillow cases, fair qual--, muslin, regularly 121ac. .10c
 45x36-in. hemstitched pil- low cases of good quality muslin, worth 25c each {. .16c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
HESS WATER IN STOCKS
 AND MORE IN RIVERS"
This Has Become the Presidents Slogan Says FendGen eral Demand For Waterways Improvements Voiced at Convention In Washington Next Month-Shippers Want to Reduce the National Freight Bill and
 Railroads Hope They Will Succeed

Washington, November S0.-It was suggested a few days ago by member of Congress who is a strong admirer of MT Roosevelt that he would be known fin history as the water president be- cause of his efforts to drive water out of stocks and to promote water in trans portation' Certainly what the Presi- dent hopes to do toward inaugurating a definite policy for the utilization of the country's natural resources, particularly the waterways and forests, is likely to he very much in discussion in the next few months, for it is well understood here that this topic is to figure promi- nently in the forthcoming message.
 The President has indeed long been in favor of a broad national policy in re- spect to the waterways of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

and within the past veal he has become an enthusiast on the possibilities held out by their development. Several influences have combined to turn his attention par ticularly in this direction. As an. advo- cate of the regulation of railroad rates. 1t has been brought to his notice that wa ter competition is most effective because an automatic rate regulator. Much of his time and thought has been given to the Panama. canal project and he has dis cerned that the value of the canal to the United States will be greatly enhanced by the improvement of seaboard harbors and internal river highways to accommo- date deeper draft vessels. Again, among those who are familiar with the Presi- dents ideas it is said that in view of the criticisms of the work of his administra- tion on the ground that 1t has been chiefly destructive, he is anxious to iden- tify himself with an important construc- tive policy before the expiration of his term of office.
 In selecting the policy of utilizing the nations water accessories and preserving the water supply by means of forests, the President shows his usual keen ap- preciation of the demands of public sen- timent After a period of comparative neglect lasting for half a century, pop ular interest in the subject of water transportation has been strongly revived. During the past 12 months especially the congestion of freight on nearly all the railway lines of the country has aroused producers and dealers who face a grow ing difficulty in getting their goods to market Railway men themselves who formerly fought all proposals for water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
BraW Laddies,
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper'S Weekly.
 A short while ago there was started a movement to have the kits of d certain one of the British Highland" regiments discarded in favor of ordinary trousers. It was objected that the men would be dscontented at this cnange, and the colonel gave orders that census of the regiment be taken, in order to ascertain the wishes of the men themselves. The colonel is the descendant of d long line of Scotch lairds and strives earnestly to uphold the old traditions.
 The sergent who took the census of the regiment finally appeared with his re- port
 "All the men, with the exception of three, are in favor of the change, sir. = he said
 Indeed" the colonel said. f1'ell ma the names of these three true clansmen. They shall be promoted"
 The sergeant read from his list.
 They are, sir," he said Patrick Doolan, Hans Steinbrenner, and Moses IkenStein.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
On the Spanish Main.

From the Chicago News.
 The pirate ship was being attacked by the frigate.
 Great Neptune.' roared the buccaneer mate. Here come the boarders!
 The pirate chief gazed over the bull warks and grinned.
 "Boarders, indeed.'' he chuckled. They are almost as famished looking as sum mer boarders down on farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

Southern Railway for Atlan- ta, four daily trains, 6::25 a. m., 4:15 p. m., 4::25 P. m., 12::30 midnight. Leave on time, wait for no connection. Go with the crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
LeWyArtCo.
 Hillman Hotel RIA N. Nineteenth Street

is the place for holiday shopping. Full line of exquisite novelties in imported and domestic art goods. Have your se- lections set aside at once. We are daily sending out our choicest speci- mems in the city and to outside friends. No duplicates. Mexican lrawnwcrk. White china for decorating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

SALESMEN WANTED! We want ten good salesmen for Pianos, Organs and Talk ing Machines. Men of good ad- dress and habits and hustlers can secure permanent, well paying positions.
 E. E. Forbes Piano Go.
 1909 Third Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
Her Only Chance.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Stella: Did she give farewell dinner to her bridesmaids?
 Bella: Yes She isn't engaged yet, but the cook is going to leave
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

America; by far the greatest that has
ever been found in the Coer d'Alenes.
Then someone told Peck that his
worthless old skate of a burro had been
one of the prospecting party. and he
brought suit for a share. The case was
fought through all the courts of Idaho.
attracting widespread attention and in
spring new jokes by the hundred. 1t
was brought to an end by a Solomonic
opinion delivered by Judge Norman H.
which this is an excerpt;
This court is of the opinion that the
Bunker Hill mine was discovered by
Iaeck's jackass, Phil O'Rourke and N. S.
Kellogg. AS plaintiff owns the jackass.
he is entitled to a one-third interest in
the Bunker Hill claim and a one-fourth
interest In the Sullivan claim"
The properties in litigation were then
valued at $4,000. 600. and the decision
of the supreme court gave Peck clear
title to interests from which he realized
more than 81. ESQ. 900. At the time of his
death. last July. he was ounted one of
the riches citizens of Spokane.
Within the last few weeks Leadville
has been the scene of greater activity
thar at any time since the repeal of the
Sherman law in 1898. The rise in the
price of silver has created a new de-
mand for the carbonate ores that made
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
+. =. z1cxEx on LOCAL SITUATION

T. B. Hickey, the well-known capt.
talist. mine owner and stock raiser.
passed through this city this week.
en- route from Goldfeld to his home
in Carson City. after spending several
days in the southern mining ountry
on business. In speaking with a Ga
zette representative in regard to the
condition Of mines in the southern min
ing fields. Mr.. Hickey said:
Although stock are now lower than
they have been since the mining stocks
OF the southern mines were first listed.
and there is not much trading in the
mining exchanges. Goldield and other
southern mining camps were never live
lier and more prosperous. Scores of
mines are being worked in the Goidfeld
district and the ore is being extracted
as rapidly as men can dig it from the
lodges and send it to the surface. MANY
or the mines are striking high-grade con-
stantly and this ore is being sacked and
shipped just as rapidly as possible.
"Goldield at present resembles a mon
ster oil field on account OF the great
number OF hoists now standing in the
mining district. There are at present
ESQ hoists standing over shafts in the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

the camp famous. Scores OF old mines
are being reopened. and new discoveries
have been reported in many places In
the vicinity that YOU have been sem
sational were it not for the overshadow-
ing interest of the new districts OF
Southern Nevada. AS a consequence
every chance meeting OF oldtime Colo
RADIO mining men calls for an exchange
Of Leadville "reminiscences.
The first strike In the district dates
back to the Pixies Peak or bust slo-
gan of 1860. when the whole empire
within a radius of 200 miles of the peak
was known as the Pixies peak region.
Two parties happened to strike Twin
lakes at the same time, the Stevens
party of seven men and the Johnston
party of four men. They all cached
their -four and provisions and then sep
arated. Each party agreed to notify the
other by a pistol shot in case they
struck it. The Johnston party entered
what is now called Iowa gulch, and the
stevens crowd tried their luck In an
other gulch to the left. For a time
neither party had any success. The
stevens party became hungry, and a
man named Slater started for the cache.
In his absence Abe Lee began to pan
some worthless looking dirt to Kill time.
and one OF his companions derisiyely
called out:
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

roots down. The first carload shipped
averaged $500 to the ton, and the Man
haitian boom was on.
Most famous Of the mines of Idaho
is the Bunker Hill and Sullivan. in the
heart of the Occur d'Alenes. Like the
story of Manhattan, the tale of its dis
covery carries no moral that would bear
recital before a Sunday school class. N.
S. kellogg was a prospector who had
been grubstaked by Ed Cooper and c. O..
Peck of Spokane. One day kellogg went
into Peck's office with specimens of ore.
which he had secured near the site of
the present town of Wardner. Idaho.
Peck pronounced the ore worthless, and
declared the gr~ubstake partnership dis
solved. Soon afterward Kellogg fell in
with Phil O'Rourke of Denver, who
thought the ore was good, and Joined in
a second expedition. grub-staked by
Harry Baer and Jacob Goetz of Spokane.
The pair soon CHANGED on a burro.
which belonged to Peck. 1t was not
much of a burro. even as burros go. IT
would have been dear at SO and Peck
had turned it loose to forage for itself.
1t was pressed into service to carry the
grub and outfit. and did duty for thirty
days. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan
properties were located, and it was not
long until they were demonstrated to
cover one Of the greatest ore bodies In
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

We'll, what ave you got?'
I've got California right here in my
PAM" he answered.
His companions ran up to be shown
and found that he had made a phenom-
email strike. The pistol shot signal
brought the other party to the spot.
claims were staked, and a new mining
district was born. 1t was named Cali
fornia gulch, in honor of Abe Lees re-
mark. and in sixty lays contained 49,
900 people.
Like the miners of Washoe. those of
California gulch were worried almost
to the point of insanity by a heavy sand
that clogged their sluice boxes. 1t was
silver. but they didn't know it. In ten
years they cleaned up $25, 900. 900 in gold
and threw away probably SIPS, 600, 900
in that worthless" black sand. The plac-
ers were finally xhaused and the camps
of California guleh were all deserted.
excepting our or five log cabins tina
never became ~tenantless. In 1876 the
first ton of carbonate ore was hauled
by oxen to st. Louis. and the year fol-
lowing 200 tons made the long jour-
eny across the mountains and plains.
Then shelters were built at Leadville
and the greatest carbonate camp in
the worlds history was fairly launched
upon it's remarkable career.-Mining
Reporter.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18

Goidheid district and more are arriving
constantly. l never saw a more pros
porous camp than Goldfeld and there
is surely a tremendous mount Of work
being done there.
NOT only are hoists and mining
machinery being installed on many of
the claims. but new claims are being
opened up and developed every week
ana hundreds of men are being en-
piosed. 1t surely is not because the
mines are not active that stocks are
so low. The mines are all being worked
ana there is some other reason for the
present depression in the stock mar
ket.
Many large buildings are being con-
s'ructed In Goldfeld and thousands Of
dollars are being expended for the i'm
proVement of the city which is today
IN my opinion the greatest mining city
IN the world."-Reno Gazette.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-18
strike xrAn

"A report received in this city a few
uass ago states that the P%ittsburg and
1reenwater Copper company has made
a rieh strike at a depth Of SIS feet. No
nsures are given. The company owns
hiteen claims about 20 miles south Of
Greenwater.