The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-10

The matter of keeping a well trained
pack of bloodhounds in each county In
the state, as much for the prevention OF
crime as catching the criminal after the
crime has been committed, is gaining ad-
vocates daily. 1t is generally conceded
that if a pack of reliable hounds were to
be had within an hour or so of the conn
mission OF the crime, the criminal would
not be so apt to commit the unlawful
act. There arc in the state now a num-
Der of packs that have done splendid
service in bringing criminals to justice,
and the object of the races to be run at
the fair this fall IS to ~acquaint the peo-
pie with what is possible to be done with
the hounds and encourage every county
to keep on hand one or more packs.
The fair management will endeavor to
this movement by arranging a
number of races to be run during the fair
over trails of varying length and diff
Guilty, ending up always on the fair
grounds. In this way the public can be
educated as to the possibilities with good
dogs on the ground early and ready for
action. Several Mississippi owners have
given the proposition their Endorsement
and it is likely that nc less than halt a
dozen packs from this state will compete
for the purses. 1t is desired to give local
dogs an opportunity of showing what
they can do under varying circumstances.
Within the past few days parties out
side the state realized the Importance OF
the proposition and have requested that
they be allowed to enter dogs for the
races. The proprietor of a private de-
tective agency at New Orleans desires to
enter two pairs, Buck and Bill and Rex
and Jip, these dogs having made splen-
did records in the past. A proposition
b.. the management has been made that
if as many as three contestors will enter,
a special purse will be offered for dogs
from outside the state. 1t is expected
that with Sheriff Tate's dogs from I'm
ion county, that nave tracked down
many criminals; Cullen g. Hiler's mag
nificent pair of English bloodhounds from
Oxford. that nave a record unbeaten, to-
gether with several other packs from
the state, the event will prove an edu-
c%ational one worthy of consideration.
Then, if McMahon's dogs from New Or
leans, Siler's from Montgomery and 9TH
ers from the outside come in, it will be
well worth coming many miles to see.
At any rate, the proposition is being
strongly indorsed, and the event will be
/. one of the best yet proposed by the state
fair management. The interest already
displayed insures its success, and it is to
be hbped that others will take the mat
ter up in the future, adding greater III
terest as the year grows older.
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Improved methods of farming are in
larger use than ever in our state, the
farmer adapting himself to conditions
and taking advantage of the near cuts
to a large extent. The following from
the Maben Press tells of what one man
is doing, and with any crop, possibly
with the exception of cotton, where the
labor for picking is so hard to get, it is
practicable:
"Mr. j. A. Sanders is farming this year
on scientific principles. He has under
taken to cultivate fifty acres of lane and
is doing all OF the blowing himself. Mr..
Sanders has all of his land broken ex-
cept about one days blowing, and has
rebedded all that has been planted. He
first bedded his land with Il disc cult
yator, and rebedded with a pillow cult
yator and middle buster. The land IS In
fine condition. He is now running his
c~ultivator over his corn that is just com
ing up and is fixing it up right. The
good part of his blowing is, that he
never gets leg-weary, as he rides and
does all of the work. We have visited
his farm and know whereof we speak.
The old mode of farming would require
three men and an equal number of mules
to do the work he is doing. The labor
saved in making one crop will more than
pay for two cultivators."
The following report of road condi-
tions in Coahoma county is refreshing
indeed when it is taken into considera-
ton that IL public roads are universal
ly bad at this time of the year.:
County Road Commissioner I. Likens
reports that our county roads are in eX-
cellent condition and says that he has
enc hundred and fifty miles of road that
an automobile can travel with ease. A
few years ago one could scarcely tour
the country on horseback, and this rapid
change for the better is due in the main
to the enterprise and far-sightedness of
our splendid board of supervisors"
Coahoma has spent a great deal of
money on her roads in the past few
years, as shown by the bulletin on roads
issued last fall. Some of it was UNI
doubtedly not well spent, but an effort
was made and the result has been graft
fying indeed. Other counties take no
tice.
Reward offered.
The governor has offered a reward
for the apprehension or information
that will lead thereto OF the four ne
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