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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-08
Resolutions and Petitions.

A large number of resolutions and
petitions have come in looking to the
holding of constitutional convention
for the purpose of revising the local.
ark of the fathers. 1t would not be
surprising if the movement would bear
fruit at the end of the season or In
the near future. a strong movement
to this end set in two years ago, but
because the idea was novel and the
cry of expense was raised nothing
came of it. Now its advocates are
more hopeful. 1t is argued that the
state is now conducted under anti
quated and inadequate methods and
bounds. which while simple and suf-
ficient while the commonwealth was
new, have long since been outgrown.
The development of new conditions,
the rise of corporations and the in
crease of wealth have created new
problems which must be met in more
elastic fashion. Two points in particu-
lar are urged in favor of holding
such convention. Under the constitu
ton q uniform system of government
is prescribed for cities, which fact is
regarded as detrimental to some of
the larger cities.
There is strong sentiment in Mil
waukee for such convention and re-
Gently the common council of that
city petitioned the legislature for such
change. The desire is to unite the
city and county government into one
on the theory that it would not only
be a great saving of expense but
would obviate much overlapping and
conflict inevitable under what in many
respects is double system.
State Could Wisely Assist.
Also under the constitution at pres
ent the state is prohibited from as
sisting in the work of internal i'm
provements. This clause was put in
because at the time of Wisconsin's adj
mission many eastern states We're ON
the verge of bankruptcy because Of
OVERRIDING internal improvements and
the fathers of Wisconsin resolved to
forestall such error here. Now, how.
ever, the state is wealthy and it is
argued that it could wisely assist in
such work. Big canal and drainage
schemes await state aid and will be
pushed if revision Of the constitution.
so permits.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
hoses Hold and Dies,

Williston-Olaf Karistad. who lived
two miles south OF Banks, was over
come by gas in a well he was digging
for Mrs. Gounvor Olson, living near
Banks. The well was down 81 feet
and Karlstad by means of a test augur
discovered hat he would have to go
forty feet farther 10 water. He was
lowered into the hole to make a fur
Their examination, but had been down
only a few minutes when he called to
the man above:
Haul me up, quick!"
They started to draw the man up, but
when he was within fifteen feet of the
top he loosened his hold on the rope
and fell back.
They lowered the rope again and
told him to fasten it about him, but
he only groaned. Finally one of those
at the top descended into the well and
succeeded in getting the unconscious
man to the top. A doctor worked over
him several hours, but he could not
be resuscitated. Karlstad was 20 years
old and is survived by a widow.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
New Rate Law Now In Effect,

Bismarck.-The new North Dakota
2k-cent per mile passenger rate law
went into effect July 1. Under it's
provisions the legal passenger rate of
railroads in North Dakota for pas
senger traffic is 2h cents per mile in
ordinary travel and 5000 mile coupon
books may be purchased for $50. Tick
cts under the new rate may be pur-
chased as far west as Glendive, Mont,
paying the new North Dakota rate
to the state line and 3 cents per mile
from the state line to Glendive. If
tickets are purchased to points west
of Glendive in North Dakota the old
3-cent rate continues to be in force,
as the new schedules for points west
of Glendive have not yet been COM
piled. The rates will be ultimately
harmoniZed to the coast.
All special reduced rates for clergy
men, charity beneficiaries and officers
of charitable associations, as well as
inmates Of soldiers homes have beer
abolished in the state and clergymen's
permits will be no longer honered in
North Dakota.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Horse Thief Is Killed.

Bottineau-Alex Larron, head Of a
notorious band of horse thieves that
has been operating through Manitoba
and the northwestern part of this
state and Eastern Montana, vas shot
and killed in the mountains northeast
of here by Thomas Kerr, a farmer.
He served a term in the state peni-
tertiary for horse stealing and broke
Jail at Devils Lake a short time ago,
where he was serving time for grand
larceny, and a notice Of the sheriff's
reward for his recapture was found in
his pocket when killed. He was rid
ing a stolen horse, proving through
the mountains, and meeting Kerr, who
was hunting, threatened to kill him
and started to pull his gun, but Kerr
was too quick for him and put three
bullets through him before he could
get into action, two through his body
and the last through his head. He
had been proving around the mount
aims for several days soaring people,
and one mans wife is now at the point
of death, scared by his threats, Kerr
will not be arrested. The body was
buried here. He has a sister and sev-
eral friends in this part Of the state.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
NORTH Dakota NEWS.
State Fair Mites,

Grand Forks.-The North Dakota
state fair will open in Grand Forks
July 23 for a hve-day exhibition that
promises to rival all previous North
western fairs. Growers and stock men
announce that they plan larger exhi-
bits than ever before and that because
of favorable conditions their exhibits
will be higher grade than ever be-
fore. The machinery men Of the
Northwest are interested too, and will
make larger displays than ever be-
fore.
The North Dakota fair has been CIV
en- a two-cent rate, which is very low
and will, it is believed. attract more
visitors than ever before. In the mat
ter Of freight, the fair is favored also.
Only half-rate will be charged on ex-
hibits shipped from any part Of the
Northwest. Returning exhibits will
be carried free to original point, there
by affecting a nice saving for the
exhibitors.
All the dignitaries of the state will
visit the fair, Governor Burke and the
other state officials and all members OF
the legislature will attend az the guests
of the Grand Forks Fair Association.
Other prominent North Dakotans will
be present, as well as many Of the
prominent men of northern Minnesota,
A lively and exciting a c program
is on for every afternoon, and is at
tracing horsemen from all parts OF
the country. The horses entered in
clude ONE we'll known performers and
the sport will be sensational. The
carnival company that will show is
preparing a list Of wonders that make
the North Dakota fair as much a va
cation as an education and promise no
Ill moments.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Indians Steal Horses.

Fargo-U. S. Deputy Marshal G.. j
Stout arrived in the city with foul
full blood Sioux Indians whom he ar.
rested on the Fort Yates Indian reser-
walton on the charge of horse stealing
They were lodged in the county jail
and will be arraigned before Judge
Amidon.
The names Of the young bucks are
John Swift Bird. Alfred Lean Elk. Sid
ney Bear Heart and James Windy
They are students of the farm school
on the reservation inc were in the
habit of breaking out and stealing a
horse, which they would sell for $25
or $50 and use the proceeds for a good
time. This trick was practiced by the
Indians several times and it was con-
cluded to make an example of the foul
caught in the act.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Locomotixe Hits Car.

Keyport, N. j., July s.-Christophe1
Herandt, a silk manufacturer of Pat.
erson, was killed and other members
of his family injured when a locomo.
tive stuck and demolished an auto in
which the party was returning home
from Ashbury Park late yesterday.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Banker Drowned.

C%rookston, Mimi, July s.-News
reached this city Of the drowning of
Albert Hedberg of Warroad, cashier
Of the First State bank of that place.
MIR. Hedberg was boating in the Lake
of the Woods Saturday evening. He
was taken with cramps and before
help could reach him he was dead.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Deadly Gasoline Stove,

Madison, Wis, July s.-Mrs. Ole
Bortness, wife of a retired farmer at
Mount Horeb, twenty miles west OF
here, was burned to death, her clothes
having caught fire from a gasoline
stove. She was fifty years old.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Seized With Cramps.

Bismarck, N. D., July s.-While
swimming in Apple creek, near the
farm Of Samuel Falconer six miles
from here, a man named Mulherring
was drowned last night. The creek
was high IN account Of rains and Null
herring believed to have been taken
with ann
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
TORNADO WRECKS TOWNS.
Buildings Demolished at Long Pine
and Polk, Nebraska.

Long Pine, Neb., July s.-Long
Pine was visited by a tornado Satur-
day night and heavy damage was
done. With but few exceptions all
the fronts of store buildings were
blown in. The Methodist church was
demolished, the roof of the North
western round house was blown off
and a livery barn was demolished.
Three persons were hurt, one SER
iously, Thomas Wright badly by fly
ing glass.
Telephone lines are down, the sta
ton was blown over and the city Jail
demolished.
The wind was followed by a terrific
hailstorm. Heavy damage is re-
ported to the crops.
Polk, Neb., July s.-This little
town, founded last September, was
badly wrecked by combined wind
and hailstorms Saturday night. Bust
ness buildings were demolished or
damaged and crops over a consider
able distance ruined.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Loses Job; Takes Life.

Grand Forks-John Hancock, agent
for the Duluth Elevator company at
Meknock, shot and instantly killed
himself. Hancock had been agent for
the elevator company for a dozen
years and the company sold the prop
erty to a farmers organization. This
deal lost Hancock his job and he went
to an outbuilding n killed himself.
His body vas found by his wife. The
bullet entered the top Of his head.
At Meknock 1t is reported that his
act was due to a shortage in his ac-
counts.
He was about so years old and
leaves a wife and adopted daughter.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
Machine Goes Wrong.

The party had been invited by DR..
Nichols for an outing, and after din
ner they drove to the parks of the
Mill City afterwards came to the riv-
er boulevard. When in the vicinity
of Shadow Falls the machine baked.
DR.. Nichols got out and fixed the ma
chine.
The auto started at a lively clip and
the doctor lost control of it. He tried
to reverse the machine as it was 60
ing rapidly toward the embankment
at a sharp turn in the road.
While DIR. Nichols was endeavoring
to stop the machine to prevent the
apparent disaster his guests saw the
danger and as the machine got to the
brink of the precipice they jumped.
PIunges Over Embankment.
DR.. Nichols and the machine went
over the sloping embankment to the
river front 200 feet below. The auto
mobile was smashed into pieces and
the doctor fell unconscious on the
bank of the river, bleeding from
many wounds, his clothes torn to
shreds.
The other members of the party
had not jumped soo% enough to
avoid the cliff and each of them
rolled down the slope to the bottom
where they were found in a badly
bruised condition. Mrs. Nichols and
Mrs. Smith were both unconscious.
The accident was reported to the
Prior avenue police and Sergeant
Christian sent out several men who
removed the injured people to the
Cobb hospital. Each of the party
had to be carried to the top of the
embankment.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-07-11
AUTO PlUNGES
down CLIFF
MINNEAPOLIS PLEASURE PARTY
HURLED OVER 2OO-FOOT
ENHANCEMENT.
Machine Becomes Uncontrollable-
Two of the Occupants Are Serious
ly %Injured-O Others Jump From Car
and Are Hurt.

Minneapolis, July s.-Five Mime.
apolis people, two women and three
men, while automobiling on the
Mississippi boulevard, near the Town
and Country club; Sunday afternoon
were hurled-over an embankment 200
feet high. Two are thought to be
fatally hurt. The party consisted Of
DR.. and Mrs. j. H. Nichols, 814 South
Tenth street; Mr.. and Mrs. j. "A.
Smith, 2716 Harriet avenue and @. F.
Williams.
DR.. Nichols seems to be in the most
serious condition, he is cut and bruis-
ed in all parts of the body. He
received internal injuries that may
prove fatal. @. F. Williams received
injuries that may be fatal. He is
painfully bruised and last night he
was said to be in a critical condition
from shock. MI. and Mrs. Smith re-
cefved many cuts and bruises from
rolling down the embankment and
Mrs. Nichols was also bruised and cut.
All are suffering from shock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
HUNTINGTON
 AND ROYSE

We call the attention of our read CTS to the ad which appears in this issue for Dunnington and Royse, con- tractors and builders This firm is composed of Alderman c. F. Dun nington and MT. E. C. Royse, and they have some of the largest con- tracts recently awarded. They have the contract for the erection of the new three story brick High School building, now in course of construc- ton, description of which with cut appears elsewhere in this issue. They also have the contract for the con- struction of the beautiful new two
 story Hicks and Senyard building now nearing completion at the cor ner of Second and Main. In addi- tion to the foregoing, MT. Dunnington last year finished big contract for the paving of South Main street. They are among our most reliable contract ors, and the Graphic commends them to those desiring work in the build ing line
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
Arkansas New Million Dollar State Capitol Buildng
 (Now in Course

thousand dollars is being expended on the old headquarters. More spac- ious apartments are to be added and mentsmany modern Y. M. c. A. fea- lures added
 Doctor o. w. Clark and o. G. Blackwell are planning to erect a large brick sanitarium in this city for the convenience of the sick here and elsewhere. The physicians will have apartments for out of town pa tients and will have an experienced corps of trained nurses and assist ants on hand.
 The Carr Memorial church, which was destroyed in the East End fire will be rebuilt at once, the contract having been let some days ago. It will cost about ten thousand dollars and will be of brick 1t is to be erected at East Sixth avenue and Me- braska street.
 The big new WaterWorks plant, on West Fourth avenue, which will take the place of the old one on the river bank in the northwestern suburbs of the city, is in course of construction Many hundreds of thousands of dol lars are to be spent on the new building. The wells are being drill ed and other preliminary arrange ments made.
 The new addition to the Hammett Grocery Co.,, which will cost when completed nearly ten thousand dol l lars, is a beauty. It is about com | pleted and adjoins their present large wholesale house at Third ave nue and Pine street.
 The new residence of Alex Strauss on West Fourth avenue is one of the many attractive homes that have re- gently been completed and is now oc- cupied.
 The handsome home being erected by T. M. Phillips on West Second avenue will cost about $6,O00 when completed This home is patterned after one of the most fashionable residences in St. Louis.
 Mrs. M. c. Cross is spending $1,60( in adding a porch and veranda to hel
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
l.. B. LEIGH & co.

The Graphic calls the attention of it's readers to the ad of l.. B. Leigh & Co.,, general insurance agents at Little Rock, Ark. Leigh & Co. are general agents for some of the strong est insurance companies in the world, list of which appears in their ad in this issue, and you would do we'll to read the list. This gen. Bluff by the Home Insurance Agency, and by prominent agencies every where in the State.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
ABOJ NDING PROSPERITY
 FOR AMERICAN FAPuFP

In this weeks issue rne Maoufac. turers Record of Baltimore, Mi, says:
 Notwithstanding the fears ill .4ta early summer that the long ceIJ spring would bring disaster t0 the crops, il is now assured that Nature will bless this country With abundant harFests. It is true that the phenom ena1 yield of corn and wheat last year may not be quite equaled, but it is also true that the output will ex- ceed the average of recent years. and at the same time the increase in the value of farm products is likely to far more than offset the decline in the aggregate yield. There may be a decrease ill wheat of possibly 750O0.. 900 bushels, but with the price more than 20 cents bushel above the cor responding time last year there ought to be a net increase of $75,000,000 to $lOO,00O,000 in the value of the wheat crop over that of 1906. With an In. crease in the price of corn and cot. ton, the falling off in these crops will likewise be doubtless offset by their higher values. Thus the farmers of the country are once more to be blessed with a vast income-an in- come so great as compared with five or six years ago that it is difficult to comprehend the magnitude of the gain.
 "The value of farm products in diff ferent years has been as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08

already attractive home on Laurel street.
 The Lakeside Methodist church is soon to be rebuilt at it's present loca- tion. The new building, which is to be erected by Lane and Mitchell, is to cost about 5000. The old church building will be removed.
 The new Fire State No. 8, which was recently thrown open to the pub lie for inspection, is another great addition in the improvement line in Lakeside. This building is modern in every respect and is being equip ped with the latest fire fighting para phernalia
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
PINE BLUFF BRICK CO

We call the attention of the read CTS of this edition to the ad of the Pine Bluff Brick Co. of this city. The daily capacity of this concern is 50,- 900 brick and it operates one of the largest and most complete brick plants in Arkansas. The Pine Bluff Brick Co, in an industry of which Pine Bluff is justly proud and the Graphic comments it to builders ev- anywhere.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
THE KNOX-SMART co

The Knox-Smart Real Estate Co., have recently added an insurance de- partment to their business and now represent some of the strongest and best companies to be found. The in- surance department is in charge of MT. Robt F. Powell and the real es- tate department is in charge of MT. Felix G. Smart and they will be "dee- lighted to answer questions" or wait on you at any time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
PINE BLUFFS
 MARCH OF PROGRESS

chute and janitor service The building will cost a large sum of money and will be the first modern office building in Pine Bluff
 Many Improvements have recently been made in the old Antlers Hotel building on Main street The lower floor has been converted into attrac- tive offices by the Citizens Light and Transit Company and it's officers, The upper floors have been remodeled into offices and the third floor will be used as bachelor apartments.
 Talbot and Company, on Second avenue, near Pine street, are remOd- cling their building and will add many improvements to their present quarters The work is now in pro- gress and will require several weeks. New entrances are being put in the building on Second avenue and new offices are taking the place of the old ones.
 L.. c. Matthews will soon let the contract for the erection of a fine residence on South Main street. The site was recently purchased from R. H. Stearns.
 The work of remodeling the inter- for and exterior of the Grand Leader is progressing nicely. When complet- ed, this store promises to be one of the most attractive in the city. It's show windows will be the most beau tiful in Arkansas.
 The Southern Grocery Company is erecting a commodious and costly warehouse at Fourth avenue and Chestnut street, to take the place of their warehouse, which was destroy ed by fire several months ago.
 The J. B. Speers Company, said to be the largest wholesale grocery house in Arkansas, will soon begin the erection of new headquarters near it present location. This build ing will be of brick and will be one of the largest and costliest whole sale houses in Arkansas.
 Mrs. J. R. Westbrook is erecting an attractive residence on West Sixth avenue near Walnut street. The building is almost completed. It is two story, modern building and it's interior will be most attractve.
 The residence being erected in Lakeside by Russell Hollis is near ing completion. The cottage is beauty and will be occupied within the next two weeks.
 Dr. R. c. Thompson is figuring on remodeling the old Thompson home stead at West Barraque and Laure streets. The residence of Alderman J. A. Clement was recently remodel
 ed and repainted and when the
 Thompson home is improved this
 block will be one of the most attrac
 tive in the city, Several new resi- dences have been put up on thl!
 block in the past few years. Work on the Y. M. c. A. building continues uninterrupted. TWent!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08

These figures bring out several re- markable facts. Between 1880 and 1890 there was a gain in the value of
 farm products of only $254 ,O00, 900. Between 1890 and 1900 there was a gain of almost exactly ten times as much, or $2,250,O00,0OO But probab- ly the most striking fact in this re- markable exhibit of increasing pros- perity of the farmers is that the gain in the last seven years, between 1900 and 1907, of $2,2S3 100000, is only g per cent less than the total gain of 20 years between 1880 and 1900. The increase in the last seven years of $2,283, 100000 is a gain of nearly 50 per cent in that time. This gain is seven years is almost equal to the to- tai value of the farm products of the country in 1890. In the latter year the per capita production of all en- gagged in agriculture was $287, al- most exactly the same as in 1880. while at the present time the per cap ita of all engaged in agriculture is about $6O0
 Under these remarkable conditions we can readily understand the won derful change which has taken place in the financial condition of the far mers of the entire country Burdened as the West was ten years ago with farm mortgages, and as the South was until to 1902 or 1903, both sections are now to a very large extent free from such indebtedness, the aggregate of farm loans probably being smaller than at any time since 1865. The prosperity of the farmer is seen not only in the paying off of hundreds of millions of farm mortgages and in the building of better homes, but also in the heavy deposits in the country banks throughout the West and South. Every banker in all the agricultural regions of the country has been i'm pressed during the past few years with the great increase in the deposits of farmers. and in many portions of the South large proportion of the deposits in the country banks are made up of surplus accumulations Of the agricultural classes. With such fundamentally sound conditions it is scarcely possible however unWise may be the anti-corporation legislation of the day, for the country to sink again into the depths of panicky times such as we have had in the past. So far as the South is concerned, it is quite safe to count that this section will receive for it's cotton and cotton seed an aggregate of $900,O00,000 The worlds demand for cotton has been growing at such a rapid pace that we are not likely to see low prices for a long time to come, if ever again and whether this years crop fulfills the estimate of the bulls or the bears, the price will doubtless be so regulat- ed by market conditions as to give the great total of sSO0,00o,00O. Of this sum, Europe will probably pay into the South to meet it's bill for cot ton at least s5OO,00O,OO0, and with such conditions there must of neces- sity be great business activity