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The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30
Round About New York Gossip of People and Things
 in the Great Metropolis

Geranums still survive as the stock flower, and Mrs. R. T. Wilsou, Jr.. has mixed them with white daisies and ivy on the facade of her new Adam house in Fifty-seventh street. Mrs. Philip Lydig, on her house in East Fifty-second street, has rows of coral colorsd geraniums and daisies. Tho facade of Mrs. James Stillman's house. in East Seventy second street. has . line of flaming scarlet geraniums over the main entrance.
 Mrs. Burrall Hoffmanns house on Fifth avenue has coral geranlums. Mrs. Victor Sorchon's windows arc filled with pansies and ivy; and Mrs. NJ. T. Pyne, whose house adjoins, has used geraniums and daisies.
 One feature of the floral decorations is tho preponderance of the flowers below Fifty-ninth street. There arc few houses further up that show any decoration. The Astor houses never were adorned with flowers and tho same thing Is true of the houses of Mrs. Fish and Mrs. Mills and tho J. H. Smith house. Of all the handsome homes on Seventy-second street, be- tween Fifth and Madison avenues, only the StilIman house shows flower dis. play.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30

MAS Vice President Fairbanks born w in log cabin? This great ques- tion, which threatens to become an issue in the next presidential cam paign is causing excitement among the sons of Indiana. In The Life and Speeches of Charles Warren Fair banks" by W. H. Smith, is shown picture of log cabin in which the vice president is reported to have been born.
 The authors son, William Wolff Smith, in reply to recent article in an eastern weekly, has taken up the assertion that the autobiography is inaccurate and that the picture is one of series of fakes resorted to for the purpose of promoting the vice presidents political ambitions. Will liam Wolff Smith has issued the fol lowing statement:
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30

ing. There was no delegation of prominent citizens at the train to tender the Colts the freedom of the city. Red lights did not glow, nor cannon boom. Throngs of beautiful maidens did not strew the streets with flowers in front of Mique and his men.
 While the Colts may have been depressed by the seeming frigidity of the greeting rendered them, they failed to show it by their performance against the league leaders at West End Park yesterday afternoon. T h e y didn t look in the least like the Hitless Wonders that the east ern dispatches have been telling about for the past two weeks. They also gave the lie to those eastern tales to the effect that they couldn't go the whole dis tance of nine innings, for when, by mere fortunate bination of circumstances, Mr. Babb' S bunting hunters succeeded in tying the score in the ninth in- ming, after having been shut out for eight innings, the Colts did n't lose heart. They kept right after the stirring Cristall and finally took his measure in round eleven.
 RESULTS YESTERDAY.
 Little Rock 3, Memphis }, 11 innings.)
 Shreveport ,, New Orleans 1.
 Birmingham 1, Montgomery ?.
 Atlanta Nashville, rain.
 GAMES TODAY.
 Memphis at Little Rock.
 Shreveport at New Orleans.
 Atlanta at Nashville.
 Montgomery at Birmingham.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30
PRESIDENT ORDERS CUT IN CANAL ZONE EXPENSES

INT xrASHINGTON.-By direction of w the president there is to be an other reorganization of the isthmian canal commission. This time the principal branch of the commission affected will be that in Washington. which has been executing the orders of Chief Engineer Goethals with reference to the dispatch of labor and supplies to the canal zone. Now, however, the president has given i'm perative instructions that the most rigid economy consistent with the highest degree of efficiency" shall be the policy. As a result an order has been issued abolishing the auditors office and placing the work of auditing the accounts of the commission under the auditor for the war department. The purchasing business will be in trusted to an officer of the army.
 Joseph Bucklin Bishop of New York. who has been in charge of the office here since the reorganization some months ago, may proceed to the isthmus and perform the duties of secretary there. The advisability of this action is now under considera- ton The president has stated em- phatically that Mir Bishop must be retained at his salary of S10,000 per annum. David R. Ross, purchasing agent, and Ernest s. Benson, general
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30
CONTROVERSY OVER THE FAIRBANKS BIRTHPLACE

Much was made of picture in the book representing the house in which Mir Fairbanks was born. AS the house was burned a few years after his birth and no picture had been taken of 1t, MT. Fairbanks at the request of Mir. Smith (my father) made a rough pencil sketch from memory which was dressed up for publication" This, MT. Smith says, Is al the connection MT. Fairbanks had with the picture.
 In the autobiography Mir Smith says Mir. Fairbanks was four years of age when the cabin was burned, and Indianians are pointing to the asser- tion that MT Fairbanks can sketch with accuracy building that was de- stroyed when he was four years old as a demonstration of his wonderful memory.
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of the 7th Congressional District

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 In addition to the coupons clipp- ed from this paper, votes may be SC cured by'sending or bringing to this office paid-in-advance subscriptions. During the period of this voting contest which is from July 1st to September 7th every person bring ing or sending to this office paid in-advance subscription will have the privilege ot casting a vote for the candidate of their selection for each , cents in the amount paid.
 This State Fair voting Contest is being taken up by several papers in each Congressional District and one State Fair Queen will be elect ed from each of the seven Congress sional Districts in the State of Ar kansas.
 The total number of votes from this paper and all other. papers i'll Seventh Congressional District will be sent to the standing committee of the Arkansas Federation of Wo- mans Clubs directly after Septem- Der the seventh and at a special meeting of this committee these votes will be audited and the suc- cessful candidate will be announced at once.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30

auditor, who also received S10.000 probably be succeeded by Maj Hodges of the engineering corps of the army, whose army pay will be increased to $5.000.
 It is said the president expects criticisms of the canal administration during the next session, both from Democrats and from representatives of that element in his own party which is not in sympathy with his policies generally. As rigid economy is the surest way to avoid just criti- cism, he has instructed Secretary Taft to cut expenses to the bone while at the same time seeing to it that the dirt is kept flying.
 Secretary Taft has forwarded to the president reports showing that, ex- elusive of $5O,O0O,0OO originally paid to. the French company for all its rights in the property, there had actually been spent up to last March only about s34,000,000 out of a total appropriation of $145. 5.000,000. The total sum appropriated for actual con struction is little over $74,00O,0OO. Thus the commission has available for purposes of construction about 40,000,000 with which to operate un- til congress authorizes the expendi lures for the next fiscal year, begin ming July l, 1908.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30
SAVINGS OF SAGEs.

Victory changes, oft her side Homer.
 As the mother. so the daughter.- German
 What is just and right is the law of laws.-Latin.
 Those that are quick to decide are unsafe.-Greek.
 Keep cool and you command every. body-St. Just
 The most cunning are the first caught-French
 The strength of empire Is in re- ligion.-Ben Jonson
 A single day grants what a whole year denies.-Dutch.
 He who abandons his poor kindred, God forsakes him.-Spanish.
 Eat goose on Michaelmas day you will have plenty of money throughout the coming year.
 Pick an oak apple with . worm in 1t you will be rich; has 1t a fly in 1t. however, poverty must be yours.
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 Some folks think they are pious be- cause the sight of pain gives them pleasure.
 There never yet was sermon that could have any force on a head full of fashion.
 The burdens of earth demand that our hearts be nourished with the bread of heaven
 Some folks feel sure they are build. Ing on rock because their hearts are hard as flint.
 The spirit of brotherhood never needs to hire billboards to have it's good deeds made known.-Chlcago Tribune.
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The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-30
Little Rock 3; Memphis 2.

Little Rock, July 30. -Sadden- ed and downcast by the recent unfortunate events in the East, NJ. Finn and his balltossers ar rived in our city Monday morn
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-15

water. III Grent Britain. Willie irrigas
ton was introduced ,by the Romans,
little use wgs made of it until the
beginning Of tho present century.
There, as elsewhere when 1t has been
tried, the results have commonly been
little short of astonishing.
To make two blades OF grass grow
where only ono grow before is rightly
regarded as iii limo with mans proud
est achievements. Irrigation Is pos
sibiS tho most practical ana success
tnI way OF effccting this, and every
dollar spent for that purpose is well
spent. Tho conversion OF desert into
luSuriant meadow lind is one or the
most useful and satisfactory evidences
OF mans progress toward the conquest
OF nature.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-15

1t is now year since the disaster at
San Francisco What has the city
done in tho way of rebuilding in that
time?
According to the Sunset Magazine
OF that city. on the average, ne~
building has been finished every for
ty-hve minutes since the fire. THE
building permits issued since Apri.
u.s. 1906 proceeds our contemporary,
"lhave already CFebruary 10th) repre-
& scented a gross expenditure OF over
s10OoO,0o0 more than the building per-
mits issued in Baltimore in two years
after its fire The building permits
issued in San Francisco in 1906 were
nhout s22.ooo,oOo. That year was a
record breaker up to that time. Labor
j Commissioner Staffords report shows
that 100000 a week is paid out for
a wages, or s52,o1O,oOo per year, and as
wages only represent about so per
cent. of actual cost of building it is
conservative to say that we in San
Francisco at present are building at
1.-The rate OF over SiOo,VVorpou per year.
This seems hardly believable, but we
cannot get very IA: away from the
facts. san Francisco never had a
brighter future This is certainly
THE 'optimist's day"
And good reason for it. In add
tlon to the building record the bank
sclcarances for 1906 were s1.s9S,4oo,779
against s1,SS4,529.7sS in 1906, and the
clearances for November broke the
record That is a great exhibit for
American pluck and enterprise. Not
even an earthquake can shake the
faith of Americans in their country
or in themselves The rebuilding Of
San Francisco is an inspiration. Pes
simsts may wall and prophets of evil
may shout calamity to come But San
Francisco, Baltimore, Jacksonville and
Galveston laugh them to scorn and
send back their messages of good cheer
and confidence Every day in the year
IS the optimist's day in America,
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A Gallant Rescue.

When A1r. Bryan learned that Colone
John Temple Graves had sulked ana
left the Chattanooga banquet hall be-
cause the committee attempted to 1nuz-
zle him, he lifted his voice in behalf
of free speech and insisted that Co4one,
Graves be recalled.
Then" says the Chattanooga Tine..
there was hustle and hustle to find
Mr.. Graves He was caught at the
Read House preparing to leave for
the Atlanta sleeper. When advised Of
Mr.. Bryan's wish that he would not
forego his address, Mr. Graves rcturn-
ed promptly to the banquet hall and
filled his place on the program"
Upon what slender accidents great
events 90 sometimes hang! Suppose
Mr.. Bryan had not known; .or, know
ing. had not protested. Suppose Colo
mel Graves had escaped, in spite OF all
efforts TO overhaul him
But such suggestions have a tragic
ring, and we dismiss them with q
shudder. Suffice it to know That for
tune favored the brave. Colonel Graves
was captured and safely landed, and
the Proposal was saved to history.
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Irrigation.

Results Of 5tthe extensive irrigation
work which..the. govtrnment has been
conducting in the waste places Of the
West are given In some recent corre-
srondence to the New York Evening
lost Eight new towns have been
established, one hundred miles OF
branch railroads have been construct.
ed, and 10000 people have taken UP
tlelr residence in the desert, The
whole arid region OF the United States
covers Approximately coo 100000 acres
One-tenth of this area Is already par
TALLY irrigated. Enough was done
long ago 10 prove couclusively that
when these dry lands are more fully
B supplied with water they can unques-
ticnably be converted into valuable and
fertile farming fields. TO this desr-
able end nearly q million dollars d
month is now being expended under
the direction OF the Geological Survey.
Irrigation Is nearly as old as his
tory. Necessity being the mother OF
Invention. 1t was naturally Hrst re-.
sorted TO by those countries which
suffered largely from drought. II was
extensively practlccd in Egyp as early
las 1000 T. c., and in Mesopotania.
Persia. 1ndia. China ana other sections
Il OF the East in times OF remote an
tIauity. The great canal OF the ira
raohs, connecting Pelusiun. Win the
Red Sea. was an irrIgatlng canal Bu,
the most stupendous work Tor this
purpose produced By any ancient race
MAS undoubtedly the immenge rescr-
Foir al Yemen, Arabia, built to store
cutter Tor irrigating the Valley Of
AitFab, Tho dam Of the reservoir was
M tNa tpiles long and 100 feet high. ana
Gas 50 duEably built that It was in
eratipn for more than 1000 years.
~ snnny parts Of tho world crop,
an Kinds depend so wholly upon
sttteial watering that even races
Nieh have small conception OF gcien,
the nethods of agriculture turn IN.
:& atinctiyely TO 1t. In this hemigphert
the ancient Peruyians aud Mexican
Il huilt immense aqueduc,s for convey
ing water TO fields which were scant
NJ rs provided With It In Europe to
day the southern peoples practice /
quite extensively. The valleys OF II
Z Po, Adig&. Tasus, Douro and othe
rivers are subjected to a very Ihol
ough and systematic irrigation. I'll
81 Monderful productiveness Of tie so
m I1ombardy is attributed directly /
4 lhe careful and skilfpl distribution /
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-15
Delegate Elected.


Paramount Hive, No. IA, Ladies OF
the Mactabees, met In the Town Hall
Tuesday afternoon. State Commander
Miss 4atta M. England was present
and presided. MISC. A. Brothers ladS
commander of the hive, was elected
delegate to the convention OF the Lady
Maccabees to be held at Norfolk. Va.
May 13th-1Ath. Mrs. Charles w. TO-
lard was elected alternate, Mrs: ROD
inson, lady connander Of Richmond
Hive, ana Miss Binno, lady commander
Of Church Hill Hive, were visitors.
The silver tea given in the home Of
Mrs. Nnnntc Boatright, of Venable
street, to raise money to send the dele
gates to tho convention. WAS a com.
plete success. The evening was pleas
antly spent by MI present. A fine mus
steal program was rendered and res
freshments wore served,
, = ~ i. A v r. &
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HEIR TO FORTUNE.
Mrs. John G. France, Of Rich
u1ond. Will Get Large Sum.

The will Of Mr.. j. Stake Wayne, who
died on Easter Sunday. March 31st.
in Cincinnati, O.. was filed for pro-
bate in that city Saturday. Under its
terms Mrs John G. France. No. 1902
Hanover Street. Richmond, will be-
come ono-third heir to a property
which has been estimated as In excess
/ OF half million Of dollars.
Mr. Wayne, who was a native of
Savannah, moved to Cincinnati shortly
after the war, and engaged in the
tobacco business in that city. where
lie accumulated considerable for
tune.
The two other heirs to the estate
are n sister Of Mrs. France, Mrs, Cecil
Walker of Australia, and brother.
Mr.. Richard Wayne. sthool-boy. of
Cincinnati. The will was dated May
"a 1906,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Three times within lve weeks Governor
Hhnly, Of Indiana, has set aside tho SEN
fences OF convicted murdcrers.
BENJAMIN Livingston. OF Washington. D.
c., member OF firm Of clothiers, is the
youngest Mason In the United States. He
applied one day after becoming twenty-one,
was accepted and was Initiated on April 3.
4 The Senate of the United States lost Il
10, Of hair on March I, when Clark, of
Montana Carmnck. of Tennessee, and
spooncr or Wisconsin. retired to private
life, Most OF the others are bald-hended.
Gahe Richards the Oldest gambler In tho
country. now cighty.nine, will deal faro
in the frontier rambling house at the Min
Ing Exposition during ts two weeks run.
beginning April 18th. Mt the Grand Central
Palace, In New York City.
SIX years. $40 yards Of duchess silk lace,
400 yards ~ silk thread and an Infinite
amount OF patience were consumed by Miss
Amelia 81. Redel, of Marshnlltown, Ia In
making a black lace dreas she is showing
to friends in Chicago.
Ambnssador Erycc, the British repro
sentative in Washington, il rapidly acIuir.
ing q reputation fol being the most demo-
cratic member Of the diplomatic corps. Ile
~ easily accessible TO visitors and he
smo'ea well-seasoned pipe during working
hours.
| Cardinal Merry Del Val. the papal sec
rntary Of state, Is said 10 BIO one OF the
most modern Of men. lio usually drives
J about IN IDS Old world coach. and is said
i 70 play an eEcellept game Of golf and can
4
| a twenty yards.
| A clergyman, who wat Invited BY tho reg
/ ular chaplain OF ~ california Legislature
] the other day 10 oner prayer with upllfted
4 eyes and onlEtretched arms, said: 1--WE
I reErot O Lord, that NO many members hayo
come here solely 10 draw pay, draw eorRs
and draw poker"
| cHarlenaEae Tower, American amtassa,
dor % Germany, has three tan sons. one OF
| whom shpwcd hls tact At an Interview thu
! boys had withlt Kaiser, Why, they ara
| taller ltan sot are Mi Tower said tho
limpeFor, W you'd not be. Your Majesty,
| it 10 %oufd s1tnJ Az STRAIGHT as Your Ma
y Icsty does" rIpl!ed enc OF tRe boys.
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Don'ts for Marrying Men.

a little book recently published I'M
Ger the thoroughly inclusive title.
"Don'ts for Every body" gives a nu,n-
per Oh valuable hints to all those
earnest ones who make 1t their aspira.
uon and daily business to become per-
lect ladies and gentlemen No one
who dutiful1y followed its precopts
could possibly fail to grow. in tho
shortest time, Immensely refined. In
teresting as 1t all is. that portion deal
ing with woman and matrimonv is
undoubtedly the most important. That
Is always true OF everything. "Wo-
man." in the words of tho tus
OF a new mHgazine-"woman, the UNI
DERIVING cause of every event, good
or bad, great or small, has, without
question. been discussed more than
ANYTHING else in the word.n Which
great truth Is as immutablc as was
ever any law OF the Medes and Per-
slams
To return to "Don'ts for Everybody -
those of our masculine readers who are
contemplating a step into the better
estate could not possibly do better than
to cut out the appended list and paste
it ln their several hats:
Don't marry the woman who expects
to have "a good, easy time
Don't marry the woman who wants
to refurnish her home every spring.
.Don't marry the woman who expects
a declaration of love three times q
day.
Don't marry the woman who mar
ries in order to have some one to pay
her bills.
novels. and dreams of being duchess
or a countess, or the wife of multi
millionaire
The question Of whom not to marry
is 50 large a one that it is not pos
sible. of course, to cover 1t fully in the
limits Of one small volume. Other wo-
men than those SO succinctly character
lied above UNIQUE tionably come I'M
der the head OF the donts. Yet tho
man who avoids even these viii have
done much His one great trouble, OBJ
viously, will be in determining whether
or not any given lady possesses the
prohibited traits. Here, alone, the
don't scheme appears trifle wobbly
Clear vision and unbiased judgment
! are difficult in the somewhat exciting
period of courtship, ana doubtless many
q follower of the manual will awake
too late. to discover that he has mar
ried all the frailties which he had
been specifically cautioned to shun.
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Borrowed Jingles.
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comerorll, ana behold him, the Grand Ola
Stanupnttcr
Whose mind is 50 fcnrrully plain,
Reside him nil logic seems mad us halter
And only the Tarin looks sanc.
First reared on a farm, with nh ld-fnshio,,-
ed notion
or duty to honor's last ditch.
He stands like rock In hts simple devotion
\ stanch honest friend OF tho Rich
When rural admirers grow genial ana thnk
Tho shore Acres cut OF hla chin,
They rnshly compare him to Abraham Lin.
And that's where dclusions come In
Enthusiasts nud him from bclfry to secplc,
Forgetting the truth as they must.
That statesmen are seldom SO close to tho
people
As when they are hugging some Trust.
SO, when he's at rest from Congressional
duties.
TO greet him the populacc flow;
Strong men from Frog Centre and keE
County beauties
And babies to kiss Uncle Joe,
With tcgas Of homespun his shoulders thry
lilvcr
Which moves the nvunculnr heart
SO deeply and well that hos forced TO de-
His favorite Lecture on Art.
''The High Art he says both cnlightcns
and brondens
Wherever the High Tariff whoops.
l amt so durn stuck on that Teller Saint
Gaudens.
But say, like Rogcrss groups!
"And why to them forcgn-made drawings
ana sketchinGs
DO frcc-born Americans snrk?
II Europe feels proud OF her paintings ana
We're proud of our Burnt Leather worl1!''