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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26
WASHINGTON, May ss.--PresIdsnl

WASHINGTON, May so.---presideni
Roosevelt, Ia 10 make trip ilown Che
Mississippi River. lIe haa accepted
Professionally an invitation from tho
governors of sixteen states 70 make Tho
voyage, Tor the purpose of seeing the
river and harbos work III progress on
that stream. The journey VIII probab'
" b. taken early 10 October, for Mr.
Roosevelt goes 10 Canton, O.. septean.
Der s0lh to speak at the dedication OF
the Mckinley monument. He win 80
from there 10 st. Louis or some other
point on the Father OF Waters and
thence down 10 Memphis. where he win
attend the deep waterways convention.
II Ia believed he will make an address
before this convention. although this
has not been definitely determined yet.
The trip win take about six days and
win be made on one Il the government
steamers, This decision OF the pfesi-
dent has brought Joy to the hearts Of
undoubtedly win make ths most OF
their opportunity IN impressing upon
the President the necessity for estab.
llshlng this great shlp canal. The Pres
idents interest In the question Of wa.
serways development Il well known,
AMI he N q hearty admirer g the Ma
tlcnal Rivers and Harbors Congress
which, composed of bnaiuess men, ship
pcrs and communities throughout the
United States, Il seeking 10 have Con.
gress appropriate not less thaa $4,000.
900 year for the prosecution of this
journey of the Chief Executive undoubt.
edly win give a strong stimulus to the
work Of The organization. which Is now
endeayo'ing to increase even further lie
membership, 10 the end that the Amer
lean people may express unitedly 10
Congress their desire that this devcl.
opment may be continued,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26


Illinois gave way TO West Virginia
last year In the matter OF coal prolue.
ton. According to statistics compiled
by the Geological Survey, West Virgin.
ia supplautei the Sucker statt and
took position as the second coal pro.
ducing State Of the Union, During 1900
Il had total output 81 i5,256,asS short
tons, while the production oi Illinois
was 4i,4T0,ts5 short tons. The loss Of
place by illinois was due to the almost
complete suspension Of mining opera.
ticns III that State II April and por.
ton Of May, because Of labor troubles.
According TO the figures the total produc'
tion OF coal Ii the United States last
year was als,0aobsl short tons Of
1000 pounds, valued at s5le,6lo 7a4.
Compared with 1905, these figures show
an increase Of a per cent in quantity
ard Of rs In value,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

The man with the bale hook is not
the unskillei laborer Of popular esti.
nation. That is why the big steam
ship companies have had so much diff
Guilty in handling freight during the
strike which has already cost them sew
eral millions Of dollars, and why 50
many liners have sailed away with
holds half empty or still filed with the
same goods which they had brought
across the sea. For practically all ships,
New York is a final destination, where
one entire cargo comes out and anoth-
er goes in. A cargo all Of one commo-
dity like the sugar bags and -four bar
rels which are handled by Italians at
the Brooklyn docks Is comparatively
simplei but to stow a cargo Of general
merchandise with neatness and dis
patch and at the same time 80 securely
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

There Is probably no other estate in
New York about which it would be so
difficult TO secure exact information as
that with which Trinity Church was
endowed BY good Queen Anne zoe years
ago, The very vague statement recent
" put forth BY its rector concerning
the income Of the parish, stimulated the
inquiry Of one Of the title guarantee
companies as to how long 1t would take
to make list Of the various parcels Of
real estate held BY Trinity and what
such list would cost, elicitiag the in
formation that it would be necessary
to search the public records for three
centuries past, and that the cost of the
investigation would not be less than
$1,000. One of the chief difficulties in
the way of finding out how much of the
famous old "Bowerien of Anneke JAMS
is now the property oil "AIs. Trim" as
the corporation was styled in para.
BILE written in its defense more than
century ago, lies in the fact that
large portion Of her holding are leased
for long periods to Others, under whose
names they appear on the Tax Assess
or's books. Fifty years ago, when Trim
ity was investigated BY committee Of
the State Senate, it appeared that orig
inally the mother Of Protestant church
es In New York owned 206S lots, Of
which Sls had been given away and 69l
remained. The other 1859, it was In
ferred, had been sold. This report Isl
the only full one made since 1914, when
the present policy Of keeping the finan-
cial affairs of the corporation secret
was adopted. With this report for a
basis, however, and some shrewd COM
putations Of the present value of the
unassessed property therein listed,
Trinity's wealth in real estate has been
estimated at $so,SeS,lOO. The famous
brown structure which frowns unheeded
upon the Mammon worshippers of Wall
Street is assessed at $ll5,5OO; but the
site which it tccupies and the cemetery
surrounding it is one Of the choicest
pieces Of New York real estate, being
valued at no less than $l7,OOOOO0
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

When "Silent' Smith, the most CO.
centric of New York's multi-million,
aires, purchased the sumptuous palace
at the corner Of Sixty.eighth street
prosiacally known as s7l Fifth Avenue,
he smiled contemptuously and dismissed
with his accustomed brevity Of speech
the warning Of his friends that it was
the house Of doom. 1t Is recalled that
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

More than eighty million bushels Of
wheat this year In Kan~as, Ii the pre-.
diction made BY George W. Finley, of
Topeka, who Is here On business before
one Of the departments. Mr.. Finley
declares that the farmers Of his state
expect to reap even greater profits than
In previous years because of the high
price for the cereal, He declares that
so far as he knows. aud he has the la.
test reports, very little damage to the
grim In Kansas has been done, al.
though the farmers df Oklahoma have
suffered considerably. Mr.. Finley says
the day Of the plodding farmer has gone
by, that they have chopped of their
whiskers and are now riding around in
automobiles
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

President Roosevelt this weela was
presented with 4 solid gold folding card
comforting on him life membership
In the National Association OF prdfes.
slonal Baseball Leagues The card will
admit The President 10 all the games
played by the different clubs which ara
members Of the Association. The card
Is Of regulation baseball ticket size,
graved In enameled gold, date OF pre-.
seniation and the name Of as many Of
the cities as there is room for. Ths
committee making the presentation con.
sisted Of Eugene =. Bels, Of San Fran.
ciscoi P. 7. Powers, Of New York; j.
II. Farrell, Of Auburn. N. Y, and M.
J, Regan, IL Boston. The President, In
accepting the card, said he regarded the
game Of baseball as the typical Amcri.
can outdoor sport and that he was par.
ticnlarly interested In II because men
Of middle age could play.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26
MISSISSIPPI TRIP
President May Make Voyage In
October.
NECESSITY or SHIP CANAL

West Virginia Moves Up To Second Coal
Producing state--Arguments In Favor
Of a National Uniyersity--pubiic Land
10 Be Open In July,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26
|KUROKrS VISITS
Planned 10 Show Friendly Re-
Iations With America.
DEWEY AND KUROKI TOGETHER

Great Dinner in New York Planned as
Public Demonstration Of Friendship
Mystery Of Old Trinity's Millions
Fifth Avenues Hoodoo Palace, Etc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

Several hundred thousand acres Of
public land in California, Washington
Oregon and Wytming will be thrown
open for settlement in July and for en-.
try in August. Secretary Garfield, of
the Interior Department, this week, Ii.
sued an executive crder putting this in
effect. OF this AS7,cSO acres edioin the
Washington National Forest Reserve in
Washington, l2o,os0 adjoin the San ia,
cinto National Fores Reserve In Cali.
fornia; 24o0O adioin the Medicine Bow
National Forest Reserve in Wyoming,
and 47S,760 acres are adjacent to The
Cascade and Heppner National Forest
Reserves in Oregon. The methods 81
settling aul entering on these lands will
be similar to those employed in the
opening Of public lands in the past.
The political sensation df the week
was sprung by Senator Cullom, when he
came out nat.footedly for Uncle Joe
Cannon for tn nomienation for Pres.
ident in 1908. The Senator bearded the
President in his den and told him that
he was in complete sympathy with
Representatives Prince and Chapman,
of illinois, both Of whom had declared
previously that the illinois delegation
e the convention would vote as uni
ty for Speaker Cannon from beginning
70 end, Senator Cullom believes that
Uncle Joe" would bc the most apprc-
pirate successor the President could have
and thinks that the movement to put
him at the head Of the ticket next year
y gaining ground steadily.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
Court Martial May
Visit Brownsville

The Penrose court martial is con-
templating a trip to Brownsville to
view with its own eyes the scene
of the outrage committed by the
fends under the command, but not
under the control of Major Pen
rose. The suggestion by Major
Taylor, a member of the court,
that the court visit Brownsville in
order to get accurate information
as to the bullet holes, was heartily
concurred in by both the prosecu-
ton and defense and especially
urged by Major Blocksom, who
was on the stand, and who said
that only by a personal inspection
could the court get the proper
evidence on this important point.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
CITRUS FRUITS AND DATES.
Nurseryman stiIwelI Is Planting Both Of
these Fruits at His NurysF:es.


If citrus fruits and dates will
thrive in this country Sufficiently
to make them adaptable for COM
mercial purposes, Nu-seryman H.
g. Stilwell proposes to be one of
the FIRST to establish the fact. At
his nurseries near Brownsville, he
already has a fair beginning of
what promise to be verv fine or
ange and date groves. He has
just finished planting 500 two-year
old sour orange seedlings for stock
and expects to bud onthese an inn
proved variety of sweet oranges
which he will import from Florida.
Last year Mr.. .Stilwell planted a
quantity of seeds of the Tigris
date, which he obtained from the
Agricultural Department, and from
these he now has ZOO plants that
are already over a foot high and
showing their true nature. He is
planting 100 pounds of the same
variety of seed this spring, and by
next year will have very large
number of plants.
The success achieved by Prof.
Stiles in producing matured dates
on the native palms growing in
this region by fertiIizing them
with pollen from the male species
of the date. brought by him from
Mexico, has encouraged Mr.. Still
well to believe that this luscious
fruit may grown here successfully
for commercial purposes, and he
intends to make thorough test of
II
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
A POETS Meaning.

Klopstock, the German poet
whom his admirers rashly COM
pared to Milton, was once question
ed at Gottingen as to the exact
meaning of one of his stanzas. He
read it over once or twice and then
delivered this judgment: q cannot
remember what l meant when I
wrote it, but 1 do remember that it
was one of the finest things I ever
wrote, and you cannot do better
than devote your lives to the dis
coyery of its meaning"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
Practical Advice.

A farmer wrote to the editor this
letter:
Mr.. Editor-Sir, have horse that has
been afflicted for the past year with Pc
rfodical fits of dizziness. Please answer
through your valuable paper and let me
know what 1 should do with him, as he
seems to get worse instead of better.
am afraid he will be unfit for work If
something is not done soon.
The editor replied in the next
issue as follows:
Our honest advice. based on a careful
perusal of that excellent work, Every
Man His Own Horse Doctor" would be
to take this horse some time when he Is
not dizzy and sell him to stranger.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
PERSONALS.
Dusty weather.

Dusty weather.
DR.. Layton was quite i'll yester.
day, but is much better today.
S. D. Hanna, the land man,
made business visit to Raymond
vile today.
County Treasurer Hicks and A.
B. Cole, Esq. went to Hidalgo by
today's Matamoros train.
c. S. Cooper of San Antonio,
representing the Maverick-Clarke
Company, arrived last night.
The many friends of Victor Egly,
the veteran blacksmith, are pleased
to learn that he is recovering from
his recent severe illness.
F. II. Clark of Tyler, Tex, re-
presenting a patent gate, of which
he is the inventor, is visiting
Brownsville in the interest OF his
invention, having arrived Sunday
F<W. Boss, inspector in charge
of immigration for this district,
left by this mornings Matamoros
train for Rio Grande City, where
he goes on official business.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Butler and
daughter of -Des Moines. Iowa,
who have been spending a short
time in Brownsville, left this morn
ing for a two weeks tour in
Mexico. Monterey, Mexico City,
Queretaro and other leading cities
of the republic will be included in
their itinerary.
B. Sachs left yesterday for San
Antonio and will be followed to-
morrow by his partner J. Sack.
These gentlemen have finally
closed their business here, and go
into business in New York. They
have made many friends here by
their upright methods, and carry
with them the best wishes of all.
DR.. w. F. George of Kansas
City, Mo-, who has been spending
the winter in Brownsville, and H.
P. George of De Queen, Ark, who
arrived week ago, accompanied
by his wife. were callers at THE
HERALD office yesterday. Both of
these gentlemen are much pleased
with our country. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. P. George left for home today.
They will read The WEEKLY HHR-
AID for further information about
this land of promise.
D. R. Morgan of Baldwin, Miss,
has been here several days on a
prospecting trip, being the guest of
his old friend DR.. L. R. Burress, the
Baptist pastor. Mr.. Morgan re
presents fifteen families or more
and it is quite probable that he will
induce them to come here and in
vest. as he is delighted with what
he has seen of the country. He
eft for home today.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
Signed, JOSE FERNANDEZ

WANTED: Local representative
in Brownsville to look after renew
ais and increase subscription list,
for prominent monthly magazine
with large. high-class circulation,
on a salary and commission basis,
with continuing interest from
year to year i'll the business Great
ed. Experience desirable. but not
essential. Good opportunity for the
right person. Address Publisher.
box So, Station o, New York.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
Where the Patch Belongs.

A New Highlander recently had
occasion to engage a gardener. One
morning two applicants appeared
one decidedly decent looking man,
and the other of much less prepos-
sessing appearance and manner.
After very little hesitation, the
man of the house chose the latter
applicant.
A friend who was present, evinc-
ed surprise at this selection, ask
ing:
Has that man ever worked for
you before?"
No." replied the other; I'm in
fact, 1 never saw either of them
until to-day
Then why did you choose the
shorter man? The Other, had a
much better face.
Face!" exclaimed the proprietor
of the place, in disgust. Let me
tell you that, when you pick out a
gardener, you want to go by his
overalls. If they're patched on
the knees you want him. If the
patch is on the seat of his trousers,
you don't. Success Magazine. :"
For SAL E-44 acres, mile south
Raymondville, joining railroad east
side, heavy Mesquite timber, $40
acre. p. O. Box 144, Brownsville,
Texas. 211d-1tw
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Bord Holders of
the first mortgage 6 per cent inter-
est bearing bonds of the Rio Gran
de Railroad company will be held
on the eleventh day of March, A.
D 1907. at Brownsville, Cameron
County. Tex, for the purpose of
appointing a trustee to fill the place
left vacant by the death of NJ.
Schools.
Signed, GERMANARAMBURU.
Signed, Jose FERNANDEZ
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-03-05
TIE DAILY HERALD.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 1907.
Weather Forecast

Tonight. unsettled weather, cold
er; Wednesday, partly cloudy to
cloudy; light northerly winds.
Free press., 1907-08-03
Experiment Fails.

G. C. Morris who has been here
conducting experiments to destroy the
bind weed, or wild morning glory,
returned to Chicago Wednesday
morning. He was sent here by the
American Steel Wire Co. to test the
effect of iron sulphate, a by-product OF
the company, on the bind weed. Mr..
Morris has been in the city since June
8th and he says, in an interview with
him, that he thinks the iron sulphate
might kill the weed, if given time
enough. The time required. however,
would probably be another year, as it
was discovered by Prof. Roberts Of
the State Experiment Station that the
roots of the weed go more than four
feet deep.
Prof. Roberts will now build a cage
six feet deep and viii endeavor to
get all the roots of single plant if
such is possible.
John Schlyer's garden in the south
part of town is completely filed with
this noxious weed
Free press., 1907-08-03
clark sets Contract..

E. F. A. Clark of Topeka was
awarded the contract for construct
ing two wings on the main building of
the Western State Normal in this city
last Saturday. There were three bids
as follows: Blanchard Construction
Company SAG, 800, Swanson & Sons
$36, 6,910, E. F. A. Clark $50, 5S6.
The south wing will be 60x63 feet and
the north wing 6Ox78 feet.
Mr.. Clark is the contractor who
built the State Normal Gymnasium
here two years ago and he has always
given entire satisfaction.
Free press., 1907-08-03
cut. the weeds

We are sure that we are only voicing
the opinion of all good citizens of Hays
in earnestly appealing to the city
authorities to cut the weeds along our
streets, and to compel all other negli-
gent citizens to follow suit by cutting
the weeds on the vacant lots and around
their premises.
A prominent citizen came storming
into our sanctum last Saturday with
these words, why don tyou newspaper
men make the city cut the weeds?''
The authority to dictate terms to the
city officials does not lie with us and
we can only bluntly express what we
think is the desire of the people.
Free press., 1907-08-03


Another auto bound for Denver
from Kansas City will pass through
Hays to-day Saturday.. Joe Whitman
of Kansas City leaves there Saturday
morning, at 4:30 o'clock and he will
endeavor to arrive in Denver at 8
o'clock Sunday morning. 1t will be
race against time and the party,
consisting of four persons, will not
stop to eat or sleep on the way.
They will stop for gasoline at Salina,
Oakley and Lima Junction, Colo, and
and arrangements have already been
made for the gasoline so that no
time will be lost in waiting. They
are scheduled to pass through Hays at
6 p. m. to-day but it is not probable
that they will be on time.
Free press., 1907-08-03

| The editor paid a short visit to the
new and growing town of Yocementc
Iast Tuesday. It was the first we had
ever seen of t.ae town, and to say the
least we were surprised. Surprised,
first by the vHstness of the cement mill
under construction on the side of the
hill which six months ago was barren
and rocky hillside; secondly we were
surprised by the size and singular
beauty of the newly completed office
| building, which indeed looks more like
the residence Of wealthy New Yorker
than it does the home office of a
cement plant. The Office building is
largely of REINFORCED cement, of two
stories and about dozen rooms. The
cement plant,l which con sists of two
buildings, the cement manufacturing
building proper and the machine shops.
are of cement REINFORCED with steel.
The steel framework is now completed
and work has commenced on the steel
lathing and the cement plaster ring.
The work on the mill was let to five or
six different contractors and the
workmen are divided into as many
gangs. About seventy men are
employed at present and more are
being added as fast as possible.
There are probably dozen frame
buildings in the little town. Several
enterprising men have opened up
business houses there: among them,
Glenn Unrein, groceries and dry goods,
VIM. HildebTandt, restaurant, Grant
Gobel, hotel, C. Schwaller, lumber
and coal. Three or four frame
buildings, haFe been erected by the
company and We are told that as many
more would be put up soon. No depot
has yet been built by the railroad
company and no freight can yet billed
to Yocemento but we were informed by
Prof. Haworth that operations will be
started on ! station and freight
depot on the 9TH of August.
Space and time will not permit US to
tell all the things we saw in our one
hours visit, but if you have not yet
seen Yocemento you will be amply
repaid in taking two hours time some
afternoon and seeing the infant city.
NOTE: This above article was set up
for last weeks paper but was crowd
ed out by local news.
Free press., 1907-08-03
Overstreet-Palmer.

Married:-at the home of DIR. and
Mrs. F. S. Palmer at 1875 Monroe ST.,
Topeka, Kansas, Sunday, July %, 1907
at 4 o'clock P NJ, Miss Marion
o 7erstreet and Mr.. Don Tracy Palmer,
Rev w. S. Baker officiating.
Miss Marion Overstreet is one of
ElDorado's most popular young ladies,
is graduate of ''The Western Con-
servatory of Music of Chicago, and a
most talented musician. Miss
Overstreet was Assistant Postmistress
of the Senate of 1907. The bride wore
a white silk tissue gown trimmed in
maline lace, with a jumper of white
tucked chiffon elaborately trimmed in
point-lace
The groom wore light gray. Dom
is well known Hays boy and a host
of friends here will remember him as a
bright, jolly, school boy. He is now
Collector for large Mercantile House
in Topeka.
At seven O'Clock an elaborate dinner
was served. The brides father, DR.. ].
L. Overstreet and her sister, Miss
Edna Overstreet, came up for the we'd
ding Only the immediate relatives and
Miss Alice Freese attended the we'd
ding.
The bride and groom have the most
hearty good will, congratulations and
and best wishes of this community.
Free press., 1907-08-03

The Warren-Baker Construction
Company, of Monument, the successful
bidders for the contract of laying
between Thirty and forty cement
crossings for the city OF Hays, began
work this week. The crossings will be
four and five feet wide and one foot
deep. Ten men are now at work and
more are expected soon. Drivers are
cautioned to look out for the red
lanterns, as number of the crossings
will be impossible for few weeks.