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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPRESS
TRAFFIC In GIRL SLAVES

A SYSTEMATIC effort is to be
"A made by the bureau of immigra-
ton to put an end to what is popularity
known as "the white slave traffic, !"
which, it is asserted, has been con-
Quoted, especially in cities on the
Atlantic seaboard, for a long time.
On recommendation of Robert
Watchorn, immigration commissioner
at Ellis Island New York, Miss Helen
NJ. Bulls has been appointed an i'm
migration inspector for the particular
purpose of developing information re-
garding this traffic. Miss Bulls re-
sently has been connected with the
Travellers Aid Society, and has done
much work along philanthropic and
sociological lines.
Commissioner Watchorn says that
despite the scrutiny with which i'm
migrants are examined as to their
right to enter the United States many
women of non-English speaking races
are being imported for immoral pur-
poses. The method by which this is
accomplished is so we'll devised that
the victims of the importers nearly
always avoid detection by reason OF
the thorough coaching they receive
prior to their embarkation for this
country.
Mr.. Watchorn suggests that Miss
Bulls is in position to furnish the
department conclusive proof of the
existence of the traffic. This would
enable the immigration officials not
only to deport those who have been
brought unlawfully into the country,
but also to punish those who are re-
sponsible for this sort of immigra-
ti0n
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
FORESTRY BUREAU RULES
OVER MILLIONS OF ACRES

WAsH1NGToN.-The Forestry Blu
w reau, which now administers
more acres of land than any other
institution in the world and is the
landlord branch of the Federal Gov
eminent, has just compiled it's report
covering statistics of grazing on the
public lands of the great West. The
figures will give some idea of the scale
on which Uncle Sam has gone into the
land business, and are very comfort
ing because of their very size, for if
the existing policy is unmolested the
vast areas of forest and mountain now
embraced in reserves will for all time
be administered in the interest of the
entire people.
There are now more than 1856 ,000,-
600 acres of land in the national for
ests. Grazing is permitted, but under
strict regulations, made in order that
the grass may not be destroyed by
overlooking This, by the way, is
what has caused most of the friction
in the West. Owners of flocks and
herds in that section of the country
grazing without restrictions of any
kind. Many of them in time came to
look upon the public domain as their
very own, in an important sense, and
they were quick to resent any effort
on the part of the government to con-
serve either forest or grazing land.
But this friction is rapidly disappear
Ing, as the western people see that
without such conservation the range
ard forest in time will be destroyed.
A glance at the regulations govern
| ing grazing on the government forests
will give the reader a very good idea
of the government forest policy and
how it is being administered. Stock
men who desire to make use of the
range apply for permits stating the
kind of stock they have, the quantity
| of it and the location of the range they
want. The forest officers then proceed
to make allotments, apportioning the
available pasture among the appli-
cants on as equitable basis as prac-
| ticable.
Sometimes stockmen who live near
forests or have stock near them allow
that stock to drift across lines. If this
is done carelessly or wilfully it is con
sidered trespass and the offender is
subject to fine and may also be sued
for damages. The number of tres
| pass cases last year was 1873, of which
1913 were settled out of court. The
sum collected for these trespasses ag-
gregated $5,576. These trespass cases
have been another source of friction
between the government and the
grazers. 1t is difficult for the west
to realize that, the country now being
thickly populated, it is no longer pos
sible to maintain the old time free
range without destroying that range.
The entire system of permits and fees
is for the purpose of enabling the
government to know that the range
within the reserves is not being over
| fed. POI,
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Common Carriers and Charitable Or
CARNATIONS Alike Seek Remedial
Observation-Disclosures and Robberies
Are Laid to the Doors Of Migrants
---Problem Most Acute in Eastern
States.

tricts. There the hobo" is a serious
menace-he trespasses, steals and
sometimes even wrecks a railroad
; train and commits assault or murder.
An Incident at Ridgway.
An incident at Ridgway, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, week or two
ago shows how train crews are in
danger from tramps. In this case it
was a bottle of nitroglycerin that did
the damage, putting four or five men
in the hospital and injuring one of
them so badly that his leg had to be
amputated.
Two freight trains were about to
leave Ridgway when the conductor of
one of them found a man lying upon
the top of boxcar. The crews of the
two trains, when about to eject the
man, found him apparently powerless
to move. He seemed to be in drunk
en- stupCr. In his pocket was bottle
which the trainmen thought to be
whisky. This bottle was taken from
the tramp by an engineman, who
either dropped or threw it on the car.
Immediately it exploded, doing severe
damage.
"Hobo" Depends on Rail.
To nearly everyone the picture of a
hobo riding on a freight train is d
familiar sight 1t takes only a min
utes thought to grasp the fact that
the railroads are the most valuable
in hn traT, A
tramp cannot remain tramp long I'M
less he can move about and be a
stranger to whomever he meets.
Thus the hobo depends upon the
railroads to go from city to city and
from state to state. He cannot pay his
fare, rarely having money, so he steals
his rides and thereby becomes tres
passer. If "ride-stealing' can be pre-
vented, vagrancy will receive its
deathblow. And that is the peg upon
which the effort to disbaRd- the army
of Migrants is to be hung.
Cooperation Is Necessary.
Naturally enough the railroads have
always been anxious to stop free
rides" The trespassers not infre-
quently steal valuable packages of
freight, damage cars, interfere with
signal and switching apparatus and at
times attack and seriously injure en-
ployes But it has been impossible to
make any Roadway against ride
stealing" because the trespassers, if
detected and arrested, are rarely pun
iShed nv county or town off cialS but
are just ordered to move on" which
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
NEWSPAPERS FAST EATING
UP OUR SPRUCE FORESTS

r. HE rapidity with which the news
L paper is eating up the American
spruce forests has caused some alarm
among officials of the government,
who have been looking into the thing.
The conversion of spruce timber into
paper is going on at the rate of 1866
900 feet for every working day in the
year And most of this timber is cut
in the United States, although a few
wood pulp logs are imported from
Canada
During 1905 the newspaper demand
alone consumed 100000 tons of manu-
featured white paper. This was one
third of the output of all the paper
mills in the country. To make it re-
quired an army of $4,000 men, who
drew 100000 in wages. The mills
used raw material amounting to 1,300,-
900 cords, representing the cut of
about 100000 acres.
The present tariff on lumber causes
this enormous drain to fall almost en-
tirely upon the forests of the United
States. 1t has been suggested that
it would be a wise political and eco
nomic move to remove this lumber
duty, and let the paper mills begin to
eat into the almost limitless forests of
Canada.
incidentally the price of paper
would drop some, and the paper trust
would not have quite the monopoly on
affairs which it has to-day.
Increased size of newspapers and
magazines is laid by government ex
perts to the introduction of the type
| setting machine. In 1890 newspapers
and periodicals averaged 81 pages
each, on a basis of weight, and in
1900 sc pages, 1905 they came to 8.5
pages.
During the rs years from 1880 to
1905 the number of newspapers and
periodicals of all classes in the United
States practically doubled. During
that time 10000 publications were
added. During the last decade the
number of morning newspapers In
creased III per cent, while the mum
Der of evening newspapers increased
lib per cent. $685.
During the last 20 years the evening
newspapers have increased more rap
idly than morning newspapers. A
hundred years ago there were 35e
newspapers in the United States, hav
ing an aggregate circulation of %,
1921, 700 copies per annum.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

reached the amazing figure of $25, 000,-
600.
The showing made in the reports
was supplemented by reports of the
interstate commerce commission,
which stated that in the last five years
1884 trespassers had been killed.
Not all of that slaughtered army were
tramps, yet it was shown that the
vast majority were of the class of
almless wanderers whose vagrancy is
much mixed with viciousness.
An Army of Migrants.
Representatives of the Baltimore &
OHIO railroad reported to the confer
ence that these hordes of the Tents of
Shem constitute one of the most seri-
Gus problems with which the road
mad to deal Others, who were compe-
tent to testify, asserted that from one
half to three-fourths of all trespSssers
were tramps
IL was asserted that on the Balti-
more & Ohio accidents caused by
tramps We're not infrequent, and that
the robbing of cars, freight houses and
6 stations was of almost daily occur
renee
James McCrea, president of the
pennsylvania railroad, declared that
lQe sO0 Migrants arrested on his road
Tor trespassing in 1906 were but a
small percentage of the Migrants con-
stantly travelling over the Pennsyiva
MIA system.
Conference in Minneapolis.
Al the Minneapolis conference ini-
tlal steps were taken to establish a
national vagrancy committee, which
VIII nave as its work the study of
Nasrancy and the recommendation of
measures for the reduction of vag-
iahcy and for the more rational assist
ance OF the honest wayfarer out of
"ork. Its field is very large, and be-
cause general knowledge of the real
WIS OF vagrancy Is so limited, the eff
.ese ol the committees work will prob
aoiy not be immediately apparent
0s 1t is evident that much thought is
~ e,oay pelng given to the question of
sne public's duty to the vagrant, and
Tue Migrants danger to the public
toiesslonal jokemakers have Gre
eeu out OF the tramp or the 'hobo,"
ssu ne is more familiarly known, a pic
~ esque' happy-go-lucky soldier of for
sans POSSIBLY one tramp in thou
IN nu Jusufes this pleasant concep-
III out those who know them best
I've no illusions about the thousands
~, ''Srahts who roam over the coun-
eona ~ IN cities persons generally re-
Isn ,u me tramp frivolously as they
wae VS. al the colored pictures in coa1ic
tho eAiies; but It is very different with
se VINO dwell in thinly settled dis
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

means that they board the next freight
train that comes along.
Thus, to accomplish results, there
must be cooperation between railroads
and authorities. To obtain this CO.
operation several charity organizations
are planning national educational
campaign and will seek to have ade-
quate legislation enacted and the laws
enforced The railroads through their
regular employees and through their
police departments will work in har
mony with the charity organizations.
Acute in Eastern States.
The tramp problem is peculiarly
acute in the eastern states. The av-
erage number of trespassers killed to
every 100 miles Of track in the United
States is 1.6 persons, In the group
of states including Louisiana, Texas
and New Mexico the proportion falls
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Economical Boarders.

"Do you know any Bedouin Arabs,
Mr.. Slimm?" asked the boarding house
lady. .sa.s,
why, what are you talking about,
MADAME"
well, l read in the papers, to-day,
that the Bedouin Arabs can go a
whole day and only want a few dates
soaked in melted butter. thought
I'd like to get a few of EN- to board,
that's. all"-Yonkers Statesman
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

Chicago to do with the thou
sands of tramps who wander aimlessly
about the country and interfere with
the safety of passengers travelling on
the different railroad systems has be-
come a serious problem, and has
aroused the charity organizations and
the railroad companies to the need of
a general cooperation with the au-
thorities in an attempt to put an end
to yagrancy in all its forms.
At recent conference of represen-
tatives of several large railroads in
Minneapolis there was presented from
each road a set of figures approximate
ing the amount of damage sustained
by the different systems through the
depredations of tramps. The total sum
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
TRACTION AUTOS TO BE
USED In WORK ON CANAL

~ RACTION automobiles are the
i latest thing for the Panama canal,
and their use, according to officials
of the canal in Washington, presages
the doom of the ancient and time
honored railroad velocipede, now used
by track walkers and employees in
charge of switch lights in sparsely
populated communities. 1t is not be-
yond the realm of probability, in the
opinion of some of them, that the run
ming of automobiles on railroad tracks
will become a fad if the railroads will
stand for it. a
The purchasing agent of the COM
mission has advertised for two such
machines for use on the railroad
across the Isthmus of Panama cap
able of carrying ten persons each and
able to make speed of 40 miles an
hour on level track with the engine
running at normal speed. The en-
CINE must be stout enough to climb
grade of eight per cent, and to in
crease their speed to 25 per cent.
above normal, or, in other words, to
make SO miles an hour. The car must
burn ordinary stove gasoline and have
a capacity to go 125 miles at full
speed and load. 1t is the purpose of
the commission to place these cars
in the inspection department for the
use of the chief engineer and his as
sistants, who now have to rely on
passing passenger, freight, dirt or
special trains in inspecting the work
along the canal. -
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

to less than single person par hun
dred miles,
But in group 2 of the interstate COM
merce commissions classification of
states, comprising New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland, the proportion rises to 80
per hundred miles of railroad in oper-
alton. This means that the largest
number of tramps are in this and
neighboring states. The cities con
tinue to attract the Migrants
1t is the country districts and little
towns that suffer most from the "ho-
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Still Owed for Them.

A couple of men were chatting in a
club smoking room about a friend and
his motor. HE seems to be very well
satisfied with it" remarked one.
"Oh, yes. Hasn't paid a copper in
repairs all the nine months he's had
it, he tells me-"
HIN. / heard the same story from
the fellow who's done all the repair"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
For The greatest success

Life is greater than any series of
surroundings that may affect it, and
the greater success in life consists in
following the possibilities of our high
est selvesARidley.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
PROPRIETARY REMEDIES VS..
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS

Statistics Show, of the Deaths from
Misuse of Drugs in TWO Years, Only
Three Per Cent. Were Due to Patent
Medicines, According to Figures
Based on Medical Certificates.
The independent., 1907-02-07
CHURCH MUSIC
IS NOW AN ART
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

BOSTON. Feb, Crisp and clear
with the beginning OF I.enton services
ring out anthem. oratnrio and hymn
Music makes Lent In popular cstima-
tion Many fair scotfcr who has gone
in for other purposes than 20 pray a.
TO pass Judgment on other worshipers
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-14
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
CELEBRATE LANDING
Discovery Of Continent Observed at St.
VibIana's-Rev. J. j. Clifford
breaches on Purpose of
Organization

In commemoration Of the anniversary of
the landing Of Christopher Columbus the
knights of Columbus last night attended
in body the solemn vesper service at
the cathedral Of st. Vibiana. Rt Rev.
Mgr. Harnett, v. G., was celebrant OF
the vesper service, Rev. William Palmer,
deacon;i Rev. Joseph McManus, subdea-
con, and Rev. ]. M. w. Beaudry, master
of ceremonies. The main altar had been
adorned with clusters of pink roses.
The main portion of the church was re-
served for the knights, who entered in
procession singing Onward, Christian
Soldier"
The sermon was preached by Rev. ]. j.
Clifford, pastor of the Church of st.
Thomas the Apostle. He said in part:
"Your organization is here tonight for
a double purpose-religious and patriotic.
Your presence in this cathedral church
of the diocese Is for the purpose of pay
ing tribute to one whose divine providence
it was to be the discoverer of this con-
tinent 1t is the great privilege of this
order to give recognition to Christopher
Columbus
Unfortunately there is sad lack of
reverence given the discoverer of this
continent If we sift this reason we find
that it is based on an opposition of heredi-
tdry religious pTeJuulce. AHu 10 you,
brother knights, belongs the duty of keep
ing before the world the fact that Chris
topher Columbus was Catholic.
1.-THE knights of Columbus is one of the
most potent organizations. You have
been the assistance of the weaker brother,
you have helped him to fight his battles
and in keeping him bowed down to the
church.
my prayer for the Knights of Column
bus is that the members will never be
found wanting, that they will battle for
principle and in the providence of God
that the name of the knights of Colum-
hus will be synonymous with true Catho-
lie gentlemen"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-14
BURBANK PLAYERS GIVE
coTTRELL's "IN ARKANsAW'

''In Arkansaw," this weeks offering al
the Burbank, is styled q comedy drama.
But for the program, however, patrons OF
Davis, kremer, oliver ct al. might have
felt themselves quite at home yesterday
afternoon at the Morosco house, Tor &c
the casual attendant Nthe performance
savored more Of 'melo" than OF comedy
drama.
The piece is by Harry D. Cottrell and
1t contains all Of the old friends melo-
dramatic audiences learned to know and
expect in plays of the type decade ago
The loving heroine forced to raise the
mortgage on the old home by marrying
the villain, instead of being allowed tc
throw herself into the arms Of the bucolic
swain Of her choice; the besotted father
driven to drink by nagging wire; the
woman betrayed and then deserted by the
villain; the country lout who loves the
romantic, novel-reading country lass-al
these and many more are to be round II
the cast Of characters
OF course, the country sweetheart wins
the girl, the villain is compelled TO give
his name to the deserted mother, the
home is saved and all ends happily. witt
the customary "Noah's ark" tableau for
the final curtain.
Miss Blanche Hall is the prosecuted
heroine, and by her winsome personanty
and very commendable work manages tc
rob the role of much Of its commonplace
ness.
william Desmond plays the country
sweetheart in his usual dashing style
John Burton gets lot of laughs out ,ol
the besotted fathers lines, and A. Byror
Beasley is the cruel wrecker or hearts
and homes. The audience yesterday
afternoon was more than satisfied, wh1cf
is, perhaps, all that really matters.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-14
SACRIFICE SALE OF ESQ PIANOS AT
nr rnHy11
PIANO lOMRANY
756-760 South Broadway. opposite Hamburger'a
new building.

is guilty of an eternal SIM. To mock
God, to insult the Spirit, and to live
life of practical atheism is to fore
shorten the days to doom. Sacrilege
means spiritual suicide. Sudden death
is a striking fact of our time. Never
did people sin against such fierce light
and never were so many people called
without moments warning to face
God and the judgment of the great
white throne.
From the frozen plain of criminal
neglect still others drop into a burning
hell Life is a conflict. The relation
between talent, toll, and triumph is VII
tall The sons of Korah were consumed
in a minute. They perished from the
door of the Tabernacle. The symbols
of worship which they held in their
hands at the time of theeir destruction
witnessed against their own souls. The
earth opened and swallowed them up.
They went down alive into the pit. Many
live in the shadow of church spire and
still die the death. An earthquake is not
heartquake. God has power to pun
ish the ungodly.
"The distance from the church to hell
is not great. The true preacher stands
between the dead and the living to
admonish men, to proclaim the mercy
and the judgment of God, to stay the
plague of sin, and if possible to prevent
the multitude from going down quick
into the pit
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-14
PREACHER DESCRIBES
HIS VISIT TIC ROME

"a Visit to Ancient Rome" was the
tonic chosen by Arthur s. Phelps al
Central Baptist church last night. lie
said:
I'VE descended into the maritime pris-
on, built 700 years. B. G., where Paui
and Peter are said to have been connneu.
A dent in the stone is pointed out, where
Peter leaned his head when weary,
and the spring is shown in whose waters
he baptized his two jailors. From this
prison. 1t Is believed, Paul was behead-
ed. The Coliseum Is one OF the most
imposing ruins in the world. More than
10000 persons, in the days OF Rome
greatness, sat here and watched the
opening gladiatorial combats, lasting one
animals were killed. When this sport
grew tame, Christians were brought
forth and thrown in.
',This spot was once occupied by the
gardens of Nero, who, 1t is said, lllumi-
mated them by night with the burning
bodies of Christian martyrs, as MS
torches No wonder the catacombs,
which we visited. are full of symbols
of the resurrection! They form sub
terranean circle about the city, with
three floors, and 446 miles of passages,
the tonbs arranged in five or six tiers
on either side. One or two may still
be seen in the part open to visitors,
with hair and skin still adhering to the
skull,
Near some of the bodies are the in
struments with which they were slain,
and bowls which once contained their
life blood. So that chance references
like that of the epistle meant much,
when Paul sends greeting to the saints
that are in Caesars household?
"In the scala santa Sacred stairs),
are twenty-eight steps brought from Rome
by Empress Helen in 1926, and covered
with wood by Clement XII. These are
probably a genuine relic"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-14
116 OFFICERS OF SUNDAY
SCHOOLS ARE INSTALLED
Normal Graduates of First Methodist
Church Given DipIomas-HaIf
Hundred Enter Two Years
Course

A special service was held yesterday
morning at the First Methodist church
when 116 officers and teachers of the
Sunday school were installed. Following
this large installation was the gradua-
ton of the normal class of the Sunday
school, the members of which had com.
pleted a two years prescribed course
preparatory for teaching in the Sunday
schools.
Those who received diplomas were
w. r. Carter. Rae Strong. Nell and
Ruth Mcintyre, Ina Langtat, Rudolph
X. Wuest, Mrs. Clara Coils Lovejoy
Bessie Knapp. Mrs. Wilhelmina Olson
Matheson.
Dr. Robert Mcintyre, the pastor, ad-
dressed the class and presented the di-
plomas DIR. Mcintyre spoke highly OF
the work accomplished in the school
and of the work of the superintendent
DR.. H. w. Brodbeck. Rev. e. "A. Healy
also made an address. s
Three papers by members of the class
taken from the regular work, were read
Yesterday a new course was opened,
to continue the coming two years under
the direction OF Mrs. M. r. w. Wood,
O trained teacher, who has had charge
of the normal department of this church
the past ten years. Fifty-one entered
the normal class yesterday.