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The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
EMBEZZLER COLE IS PARDoNED
Wisconsin i,'an Obtains Favor Under
 New Parole Law

Madison. Wis.-Arthur \. Cole. Of Marinette. who on March %. 1906, was sentenced 10 two and one half years in the state prison for em. bezzlement while serving as clerk of the circuit court of Marinette county. has been granted parole by the state board of control. under the parole law passed by the legislature two months ago. Governor Davidson approved the parole and Cole will leave prison Oct. 1. The application for pardon was vigorously opposed by political enemies Of Cole in Marinette. After embedding g goo of the coun- tvs money, Cole disappeared from Marinette with young woman with whom he was infatuated leaving his wife and several ch.dren. After Cole was caught and sent to prison his wife obtained a divorce and married another man.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
FAMILY FOOD.
Crisp, Toothsome and Requires NO
 Cooking.

A little boy down in N. C. asked nis mother 10 write an account oi ho" Grape Nuts food had helped their iam' fly
 She says Grape-Nuts was nrs' brought to her attention on Visit U Charlotte, where she visited the Masoi of that city who was using the food py the advice of his physician. su' says:
 They derive so much good from II taat they never pass a day Tilhou' using it. While I was there used 'he Food regularly. I gained aeout i' pounds and felt so we'll that when 'e. turned home began using Grape-Nu'' in our family regularly.
 My little IS months old baby shciu ly after being weaned was yer! '. with dyspepsia and teething. She "s' sick nine weeks and We tried efei' thing. She became so emaciated thas it was painful to handle her ana "o thought we were going to lose he,. One day a happy thought urged me " V try Grape Nuts soaked in little @ai i' milk.
 Well, it worked like a charm an' she began taking it regularly and HI. proyement set in at once. She Is no" getting we'll and round and fat as ias' as possible on GrapeN Nuts. .,-
 Sometime ago several of the iali,i, were stricken with LaGrippe at 'n' same time, and during the worst slase' we could not relish anything in 'h' shape of food but Grape-Nuts aA' oranges. everything else nauseated .'
 We all appreciate what your ia nous food has done for our family There's a Reason" Read Tne hoA' to Melville" in pkgs.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
RESTAURANTS FORM A TRUST.
Board Goes Up soc Week on Ac-
 count of the Rise in Provisions.

Lawrence. Kas.-Lawrence is in the grip of restaurant trust. The trust has advanced board from $350 per week to si per week, and there is no relief by going to another restaurant. because all the restaurants that are worth while are in the agree ment
 For years the price of a meal ticket calling for 21 meals in Lawrence has been s3.50. All the reputable restau- rants have charged that. ard the downtown people who board are used 10 paving it Some time ago one res tauraHt decided 10 charge separately fer is big dinner on Sunday. The req son given was that the dinner cost the house more than the 1G 2-3 cents that hole in a meal ticket represented % f was ruled that meal tickets were not good on Sunday dinners The boaraers kicked. but did not leave Now the separate fee for Sunday din Ter holds. and the meal ticket. good on all other occasions, is hiked an even 50c
 The great advances in the cost of provisions. meats and fruits are given as the reason for the increase
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
ELECTION WILL PROCEED.
Justice Brewer Reserves Oklahoma
 Decision Until Next Month.

Chicago. Il.-Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court. to whom application was made Sun dax for a writ of supersedaes. re straining the redistricting of certain counties in Oklahoma, has reserved con slderation of the application until the matter can be brought before the supreme court when it meets next month. In the meantime the cleo. ton will proceed in accordance with the proclamation of Governor Frantz on Sept. I1.
 My action in deferring eonsidera- tion of the application, said Justice Brewer. "is due to two questions which have arisen in my mind. One question is whether Mir. \. \. Noah of Woods county. Okla. who submit led the petition to me has the right simply as a taxpayer and citizen to bring this suit The other is whether this is not a political move and one ahich the court should decline to con. sider at all My action will not af- feet the election which will go on as the constitutional convention. proyid- ed the question of the right of the convention to divide the counties will come before the supreme court
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
KILLED IN HIS CELL
FIRE GRIEF SHOOTS wREckER
 OF HIS HOME
SLAYER HAD SHELTERED VICTIM
Averaging Fireman Taken at Scene Of Tragedy Is Having
 Maniac.

Franklin. ohio-Winiam H. Mil Ter. assistant fire chief of this city. shot and killed James H. Little-. who Is charged with having eloped with MiIler's wife. Is in a cell Of the city prison After be had slain his enemy Miller became g raving maniac. and $ in irons in a cell adjoining that in which he killed Littler.
 Littler was formerly Miller's friend The fireman gave him shelter three months ago when. as a tramp. hungry and Iootsore he applied for help He then got Littler 8 position and took hin n as a boarder at his home Some time ago Miller was found unconscious near his home. with his Skull frae- tured The same day Littler disap- peared. and suspicion pointed to him as MilleF's assailant \ warrans ehars- ing assault with intent 10 kiIl was sworn out against him. but he was not apprehended.
 Mrs. Miller disappeared three weeks ago. taking her youngest child. Miller went i2 search of his wife and stated that he found her in Springfield with Lit:leT. He furgave the woman and had the man arrested on the old war rant. and on another charging Little with breaking up his home.
 Wednesday Littler was brought back to Franklin for trial The jail is in the engine house. X loud report shook the building and citizens found Littler dead in his cell with the top of his head blown of. Beside the cell stood Miller with q gun in his hand He fought ike madman. but was placed in irons and physicians pronounced him hopelessly insane.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
4 Horses Good Fortuna

A sriritualist came to our hous. some time ago and claimed to be abla to locate our lost friends if We da sired. We had an old horse which We had sold years ago and my mother wanted to know where he was. Moth. CT began:
 We had very good friend who d. ways did all our work. He passed from us several years ago and the last We heard of him was that he was in Los Angeles I would like to know if he is still living"
 The spiritualist made certain mo. tions and knocked on the table and then said:
 Your friend is in Los Angeles and Is married to a rich young woman."- Judge.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
JUST A GENTLE p,.~
One Remedy Appearance. ,,.
 Nobleman Had Neve, 'a'satsl

The earl of Surrey, at,erv..,
 enth duke of Norfolk, who wa a eiss torious gourmand and ba,s aa and a leading member of q, ,afes steak club. was so far from eia s hees his person that his servants aa! h avail themselves of his fits o, a. .sea ts ness-which were pretty freonaa1 sa1es the way-for the purpose ., ? ing him. On these occasion. ss's ,sa stripped him as they would a eo.a .as' and performed the needful .h,sp ps
 He was equally notorious uOas .a horror of clean linen. One a.. . M his complaining to Dudley No.., n his club that he had become - ' feet martyr to rheumatism and " r every possible remedy wltbon, asa =. cess the latter wittily replied. 'e
 Pray, my lord, did you eva.
 clean shirt?" "
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
CASE OF ECZEMA IN so..
Suffered Three Years-Ha,a. - Most Affeeted-Now Well and i.
 Grateful to Cuticura

Ny wife was taken badly wit,
 ma for three years, and she ona, ee1e a doctor with no effect at all pnti, s1.sa z employed Cuticura Soap and ojn,nss. ,as one Of her hands and her lef, aH. were badly affected, and when :, would stop using Cuticura Soar cue cue ointment the eczema came back m bu, very slightly, but 1t did her q sigh. ~. '. good. Then We used the entira sa. VI '. euticura Remedies and my wife is .. " arely recovered. She thanks Cp,icv.. very much and will reeonma,d |. highly in our locality and in eve,, nook and corner of our parish V Robert Hydropolis, La, Jan. 5 ana Sept. l, 1906" s
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
SPANISH VETS AT SANDUskY.
Fourth Annual Encampment Opens at
 Cedar Point.

Sandusky, Ohio.-The fourth an nual eaeamament Of the Spanish American war veterans began al Cedar Point on Monday afternoon Contests among various cities are be ing waged fer next years encamp ment The main contestant is said te be Asbary Park. Other cities bidding for the eneamPment are Boston and Denver.
 The contest for commanderin chiet for the ensuing year appears to rest between Willis H. Alvin of Ports mouth. commander of the New Hamp shire department. and Walter Scott Hale O California
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
IN THE sUPEaLaTivE DEGREE.
Little Son's Explanation Seemed to
 Cover the Case.

Little son, aged seven. whose train ing has been of the most painstaking and conscientious, rather took away his mothers breath in describing the dogs game of ball. He ended with:
 And, mother. Topsy caught the ball ,n her mouth. and then just ran like h-l"
 Like what-" cried the startled mother.
 Wy. like h.. don't you know, mother- innccentiy.
 No, don't believe I do. Juot how is that. dear?.' she asked faintly
 Well. don't know jus what i; means. myself" he confessed. but it's 8 whole lot faster than 'licketysplit.' '"
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Says Mrs. Roo. Is Insane.

Paris, France-The members of the American Friendly society met 10 con. sider the case of Mrs Amy Root. who claimed to be related to the Ameri. can secretary of state Dr Cowan. an American Of 1G Place Xendome. who has been endeavoring to befriend Mrs. Root since he found her dis putting with a cabman, says she is evi. dently insane.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
FiREMEN RESCUE f5o.
Fashionable Apartment House Dwell.
 CTS Are Overcome.

New York, v. Y-Trapped by flames in the fashionable Arlington apartment hotel e and C4 Montague street. Brooklyn 4o families. com. prisias l5a persons. fought desperate. ly for their lives in smoke-fllad hall. ways and rooms and many of them Were overcome. Nearly all who col lapsed were women. Bremen bravas death to reach them and 5o were found when the flames were with n only a few feet of them. They were carried down ladders, fire escapes and blazing stairways.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Of Little Faith,

At the Pine Grove camp ground in Canaan. Conn, little girl was re moved by her mother for disobedienee and being naughty to her playmates. The child was told that when she said her prayers at night she should seek forgiveness and ask the Lord to hSa her be a better girl. Here is he prayer which the youngster made un- der protest:
 "Oh. Lord, want you to help me to mind my mamma, to help me to be a better girl. to help me 10 be good to my playmates, to-but. pshaw, Lord, what's the use? 'spect you don't believe half I'm saying"
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Two More Deaths from Plaoue

San Francisco. Cal.-Two more deaths from bubonic plague oc. cured Monday and three additional cases were verified. Following are the total Of the disease: Number of eases, 2l' number of deaths. 1s. These are exclusive of the cases in Berke- ley, which proved fatal. Attention is called to the fact that thus far the aeath percentage is very low. less than one-half The standard death rate for the plague is above so per cent.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Wounded Robber Win Reoov.r

Vnlon, No-Charles Anderson. the alleged burglar who shot the assist. ant marshal Of Pacific. Mo. and was then shot by Dr. Mckay of that place while he vas trying 10 escape. is do. ing well in the county jail. and pr. Sterberger says he will recover. but with the loss of one eye. which was pierced by a shot.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Four Trainnnen lni,4red

Peru. lnd.-Engineer Charles 4. Wilcox, Fireman H. Massmore. Brakeman II. C. Evans and Conductor J H. Molloy were seriously injured, Wilcox perhaps fatally. in a collision between a Wabash freight train and q gravel train al West Lebanon.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Gives Body to Science,

Edward F. Gilpatrick, an ossiaed man. has made all arrangements for the gift of his body at death to the Harvard Medical school for dissection, study and research He fears ho may not live long He was stricken at 30 years and was found in poor house near Portland He gives his bedy without expense.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
GOVERNOR HocH IN WRECK.
Escapes Through Car Window Whe,
 Colorado Flyer Is DeraiIed.

Topeka, kas.-The fast Colo rado flyer passenger train of the Atcb. iSon, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad was dsrailed at Warkarusa. l2 miles west q Topeka. Three Pullman cars anf one tourist sleeper left the tracks.
 Governor Hoch was slightly br,lisad He escaped through car window.
 None Of the passengers received other than minor bruises.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Receiver for Fabian Company.

Gineinnati-Beeause of the myste. rieus disappearance in New York of Seward Heidelhach. president of the Fabian Manufacturing Co iu this eitv. NJ. E. Moch was appointed receiver Of that concern and rlaced under a bond of sG00.0 .000.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Receiver for Fabian comnanv

Cincinnati, Ohio-Beeause of the mysterious disappearance in New York of Seward Heidelbach. president of the Fabian Manufacturing Co. in this city, NJ. E. Moch was appointed receiver of that concern and placed under bond of S600.00e
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Products of Ton of Peat.

By experiments recently made at the Institute of Technology one ton Of peat taken from a bog within 20 miles of Boston produced 100 1000 feet or gas, b gallons of tar and five gallons Of paraftin, and 1t is claimed from the six per cent. of ash innumeraoie oy products could be obtained.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Girl Hurt in Rup,,..,

Pawhuska, okla.-LittIe Mary Fl. len Gibson was critically iniured here in runaway. While driy. ing her pony the animal became fright. ened and ran. colliding with a post The buggy was upset
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Oldest Congregational Church.

The Pi'grim Congregational church near LonGo1. founded in 1916. is the oldest of the denomination in the em. pre- and 1t was from it that the Lonss don contingent of the men of the May flower was recruited.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Lightning Strikes Sino Sine

Ossining. \. 4.-Lightning Thurs day night ripped out sections of the railing surrounding Sing Sing prison and splitting the huge stone blocks in which they were imbedded created a panic among the prisoners
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Beer Depot Burned

Mount Vernon, Ill-fhe beer depot. stables and storehouses of the Apbeu- ser,Rusch Brewing association of S. Louis and Holcomb & Wetzel burned The loss is sc.000.
The Forrest City times., 1907-09-13
Fifty Buried by snowsIide.

Santiago, Chili-Over fifty per sons are said 10 hay. b2en buried alive by vast avalanche of snow that has rolled down the mountain side and obhterated the Chilian custom house at Juncal This station is on the Argentine frontier hisb up in the Andes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07

the hardest and rarest forms of vegeta-
lion grow. the number OF plants thus
equipped Is most abundant. or the one
species OF plant having the most eXtraor-
dinary equipment for storing water Dr.
MacDougal In report to President Wood
ward OF the Carnegie institution, shows
that the camel. so long famed as the ship
OF the desert has been outdcnc by the
lhervillae Sonorae. and may no longer he
considered pre- eminent for Its powers OF
enduring arldity.
The Ibervillae Sonorao" saws DR. Mac
Dougal, develops a storage organ at the
base OF the stem. the size OF a squash
which 3s furnished with n heavy outer
covering highly resistent' 10 evaporation.
During the dry season these structures
| lie on the surface or the hot sands unaf-
fected. With the beginning of the rainy
| season roots arc quickly formed shoots
| are sent up, and fruit and seed quickly
| maturad, when the thin stems die away
and the plant goes into resting condi-
| tlon for another year. Some of these
plants were collected and placed on dry
| where they have remained ever since
10 the rainy season In native habitat thin
stems have been sent up which after
| time die back after having developed
| leaves. Five years growth has thus been
| made at the expense of water stored up
| in October. 1901. and the great storage
| organs are still sound. and give evidence
| that. they may furnish supplies for the
| annual formation or stems and leaves for
| decade. A large number OF other spe-
cies from the desert show similar ada pta-
tions.'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07

comparatively small part of the great des-
ert area embracing southern California
and large part OF Arizona, all OF which
is preserved from subrnersion beneath the
waters OF the Gulf OF California by the al
luvial deposits OF the delta of the Colorado
river.
The lowest portion Of the Salton basin,
which itself Is the lowest area OF the en-
tire southern desert tract, Is 2S7 feet be-
low sea level. One OF It's features Is a
beach line twenty-five feet above sea
level, which shows that il was once COW
cred by lake which emptied southwark
into the Gulf of California. The emer-
gence OF this territory from submersion,
lively recent date. having occurred with
in few thousand years The Salton des- =
ert is new indeed, but Is old enough TO
possess vegetation all its own.
When the Salton basin was flooded by
the Colorado river some three years ago,
II seemed probable that engineers would
be able To turn the Colorado river per-
manently back into its old channels, and
the staff at the desert laboratory looked
forward TO enjoying the spectacle of the
mer desert then under water. The recent
breaking of the rivers bounds. however
has again postponed. perhaps indefinitely
this Interesting phenomenon. Had the
dam; built to shut the Colorado river out
OF the Sal;on basin. proved adequate tc
the task. according to the scientists the
driving up of 400 square miles of water
would have taken place within five years
owing TO the extraordinary evaporation
and seepage In that territory.
Scant Annual Rainfall.
1t is in this region where there is but 8
! scant annual rainfall and practically M
| noticeable precipitation of moisture dur
| the storage organs of vegetation are found
] most highly developed. Here where onl,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07

cup shaped yellow flowers are found early
OF mornings full OF curious but delicious
mlHture known 70 the MeXicans as "agua
mlel," water honey. There Is another
curious variety OF cactus whose leaves.
covered with Inch long spines strong
enough to pierce the heaviest gloves are
vet eaten by burros with discomfort
whatever. There many fbrous
plants of value for rope making which is
not yet determined. There is. in fact. Il
whole treasury Of botanical secrets to be
opened and hundreds OF new plants which
may he made to yield returns and service
to man.
The foundation OF the Carnegie institu-
tion afforded the first opportunity to
scientists Of the new world TO pursue sys-
tematic botanical Investigations In these
practically uneXplored fields OF the great
rxpanses of the american deserts. The
desert botanical laboratory was estab-
lishcd in 1908 at Tucson. Arjz. OH the edge
OF the salt desert adjacent TO the lower
Colorado river Previously some few In
vestigations had been conducted by indi-
viduals representing institutions OF learn
ing and botanical museums. but without
the correlation OF the resulting data DR..
MacDougal director of the desert labora-
tory, took up the work where 1t had been
left OF and adopted plans of a scope be-
| fore impossblp
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07
OF Great Practical Value.

The work of investigating the desert
vegetation Of this country is not one
merely OF scientific interest, but OF great
practical value No effective work toward
reclaiming the desert regions and adapt
Ing them 10 the uses of man can De made
until their vegetation is known and un
derstood. Then, and then only. can they
be intelligently used In the new scheme OF
things which shall make the now arid re-
gions productive. Nor should 1t be
thought that the desert Is poor in vege-
tation. Not only has 1t many varieties.
but also many plants which through their
environment are Of most curious and
interesting nature. There is the little
plant with soft. thick leaves or petals
which, growing In a waterlesS region. has
saved many from a horrible death by
thirst. It's leaves. when chewed. furnish
n sap or juice in considerable quantities.
But where does II get this moisture?
Then there is the great cactus from
which the famous Mexican drinks called
mescal and pulque are made, whose core
or heart when tasted Is much like the
sweet potato. whose stalk and blossoms
make such succulept and fattening food
for cattle that the animals brave all the
thorns to get them. and whose clusters OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07
STUDYING DESERT VEGETATION

such as Jamaica. California and parts OF
South America. Similar transportation
Will he made from agricultural States OF
the middle West. The plans formed for
carrying on this work are broad and com
prehensive: but necessarily final results
cannot be obtained and tabuated for some
years TO come. when sufficient time will
have elapsed for observing changes in
form caused by changed conditions.
For the present Individual discoveries
of the Investigators VIII undoubtedly prove
OF greater general interest to the layman
than the broader discussion of the ultI-
mate aims OF the work. Among the for
mer therefore may he cited one desert
plant Indigenous TO the arid territories
of southern Arizona, southern California
and the Las Vegas valley of Nevada
which may be described as a vcrtahle
camel among vegetable growths. 1t is
recorded in the report OF Prof ID. T. Mac
Dougal, director of the desert botanical
laboratory at Tucson, that this plant dur
Ing cne short rainy spell of the Arizona
desert abSorbs enough water to enable it
TO live and perform it's functions for years
without another drink. The tests OF the
life tenactiy of the specimen have eX-
tended only over five years as yet and
therefore il is impossible TO say how
much longer than this the plant VIII live
without water
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07
Work of Desert BO-
tanical Laboratory at
Tucson, Arizona.
Where Investigations Are Made.

Investigations have been made In the
great Salton basin. Lower California and
Mexico. the Las Vegas desert OF Nevada.
the desert surrounding Great Salt lake In
Utah. the Tehuacan and the Oaxaca des-
erts Of Mexico and the arid regions In the
higher attitudes of the Santa Catalina,
Sierrita. Quiiotoa and Tucson mountains
for the purpose Of 'ascertaining all that Is
to he known regarding the growth, forma-
tion and migration of desert vegetation
In connection with this botanical research
meteorological observations have been
made continually with results which are
already highly satisfactory
One OF the richest fields for the investi-
CATION OF desert vegetation proves to be
the Salton basin in southern California
which is already one OF the principal
scenes of DR.. MacDougal's work. This
desert. which has recently come into much
fame owing to its nundaton by the wa
tcrs of the Colorado river and the de-
structon OF many thousand dollars worth
of property. is an Irregular. oblong de-
preston In the earth. with an area of
more than 1000 square n1iles. extending
from an angle formed by the San Jacinto
mountains and the San Bcrnardino hills
in southern California across the Mexican
border we'll into the northern part OF that
country. 1t comprises, however. but a